TOM MIDDLEDITCH
Tom is an Actor/Writer/Director/ Dramaturg/Philosopher living in Melbourne.
He is a co-founder of A_tistic(2015), a company dedicated to telling neurodiverse stories, and developing a Spectrum Theatre, with the goal of developing empathy for neurodiverse humans. A_tistic’s first devised production, Them Aspies, had two sell out season at Monash Uni Student theatre in 2014 and 2015, which Tom Co-directed.
Tom’s first full length play, Pinocchio Restrung, debuted in the 2016 Melbourne Fringe festival. Tom has also worked as a Dramaturg on Genius (St Martins, as part of the Festival of Live art (FOLA)). An extract of Tom’s work The Fog in their Eyes was selected as part of BetaFest (Lonely Company) earlier this year. Tom also directed OXAGEN’s production of Twelve Angry Jurors In May of 2017. His play, Alexithymia was selected to open the 2017 Poppy Seed Theatre Festival (Co Production with Citizen Theatre, Dir Jayde Kirchert).