The Thursday Group

Welcome to The Thursday Group. We are a Melbourne-based theatre ensemble investigating psychophysical theatre practice and co-devised performance-making. Co-facilitated by Matthew Crosby and Tessa Marie Luminati, we explore Suzuki Method of Actor Training, Jerzi Grotowski and our own variations as a path to building edgy vital performances that pose questions about the way of things. We work in the beautiful Small Hall North Melbourne, Australia. We are interested in an open conversation with our peers, students, teachers, theatregoers and with our friends and collaborators nearby and around the world. Join the conversation🎈

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The Thursday Group trains and performs on the lands of the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We humbly make our contribution to stories that have been told in this place for thousands of years and we pay respect to elders past and present. This land was never ceded.

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Falling Heads

Image: Alex Clouston, Jack Kirby Crosby, Wenmiao Xin

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Currently, the group is collaborating with Danish artists Andrea Albernaz and Iza Mortag Freund (Isla Collective) on a new performance directed by Matthew Crosby. Falling Heads explores the notion of splitting—sibling from sibling, people from people, mind from body. It arises from Akutagawa Ryunosuke's 1917 The Story of a Head That Fell Off. Performing October/November 2025, Falling Heads uses Thursday Group psychophysical theatre practice techniques to produce a Brecht-inflected performance of acute relevance in today's existential world conflicts.

Angelique Zhou and Damon Branecki, Work in Progress showing, August 2024

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Training and improvisation, workshop intensives, open rehearsals and performance-making.

Come join us.

Come join us each Monday evening, 6-9pm in The Thursday Group studios in North Melbourne

Synthesis of Suzuki Actor, Jerzi Grotowski and Thursday Group variations training. Sharpen your skills, discover energetic performance modes, come join the conversation! 🌞

Monday Sessions

Need information about The Thursday Group and what we do? Drop us a line!

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