Kinetic Energy Theatre Company Inc.

please visit our website: www. kineticenergytheatre.org

Jepke Goudsmit (actor, creator, director). Originally from Holland, and after studying in NL and Poland (with Jerzy Growtowski), she worked with the international theatre research group KISS as a core member for eight years. Via Europe and USA, she came to live in Australia in 1984 and teamed up with Graham Jones.
Graham Jones (dancer, creator, director). After extensive work and studies as a dancer and choreographer in UK (Ballet Rambert) and USA (Jose Limon), the progressive winds of the Whitlam era inspired him to return to Australia. He founded NSW's first contemporary dance company (Kinetic Energy, 1975) which he housed in Sydney's first warehouse venue, in Liverpool Street (now World Square).
Since 1984, Jepke & Graham have been artistic co-directors of Kinetic Energy Theatre Company. Challenging the existing order, it was a logical thing to create alternatives where there were none: In 1985, they set up The Edge Theatre in Newtown (now called the Newtown Theatre) as a work space and low-budget venue for Australian contemporary performance. Over their 18 years there, they developed a distinctive method and style, created a unique inter-disciplinary body of work, and supported the theatre & wider community though many radical projects and initiatives.
For the last 8 years they have been based at St Luke's Hall in Enmore, where they present their work to the general public. They run a national theatre-in-education program with a focus on social justice issues, hoping to inspire awareness, action and system change. They also run Kinetic Jazz.