CRY BABY COLLABORATORS

NATHAN MENAGE (Drums)

Nathan Menage has nine years’ experience in the music industry, commencing with his studies at SAE Institute and furthered through experience playing in bands (Glass Wave, Oceans and Omens, Brainfade), doing live sound, and running a recording studio for three years. His skills are most suited to engineering and problem solving, and enjoys a practical, hands-on approach. Nathan has also been involved in multiple dance productions through FRINGE WORLD Festival including The Underground and Cry Baby, going between drums and bass in different shows.

SZE TSANG (Guitar)

Sze Tsang (they/them) is a published researcher, performer and audio-visual artist residing in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia. Sze’s practice and research focuses on the relationships between self and place through audio-visual works, and their experience as a practitioner-researcher. Sze performs and has exhibited works nationally and internationally as samarobryn.

THOMAS BEECH (Base)

Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist performing and recording musician. He plays saxophone, bass guitar, guitar and flute. Thomas plays as a band member for many groups in Perth as well as a session musician for other modes of performance. Some notable performances include: Ongoing live band session player for Your Girl Pho (winner of WAMAward ‘Best Live Electronic Act’ 2020); band member for Nika Mo; sound and performance contributor for In Lingering Gestures; an art instalment in Dwellingup; and Cry Baby by Parkin Projects developed and performed twice in the city of Perth.

PETER YOUNG (Lighting Design)

Born and based in Western Australia, Peter is an experienced and versatile creative professional who specialises in lighting design and creative projects. Since graduating from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2019, Peter’s presence in the field has quickly grown with a comprehensive and diverse list of credits to his name. Theatre design highlights include world premiere productions such as Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s FIFO (2020) and Dating Black (2021), as well as Fremantle Theatre Company’s production of Meat (2021). In addition to his creative credits, Peter has worked extensively, in a technical capacity, at many of the major theatres and performing arts venues across Western Australia including His Majesty’s Theatre, Crown Theatre and the State Theatre Center of WA.