Cybec Scenes

Rehearsed readings of excerpts from electric new works by Roshelle Fong, Blayne Welsh and Gideon D. Wilonja.

Mykei by Roshelle Fong

When people pleaser Janelle Wong’s partner brings home ‘Mykei’, a robotic therapy dog designed to help people live their best lives, Janelle is hopeful for a quick fix. But as she and Mykei get better acquainted, she begins to suspect the AI pooch has a bite much worse than its mechanised bark.

AIRCON by Blayne Welsh

Two unlikely lovers, Billy and James, find themselves comfortably trapped in a luxurious bunker thanks to a sudden rise in global temperature. Their dreams of starting a progressive queer family seem now at risk until a mysterious woman arrives with her own agenda. If somebody's actions result in intergenerational victims, does their responsibility become inheritable as well?

The Way We Were by Gideon D. Wilonja

Jovin is an actor on the rise with a troubled history he’s trying to break away from. Iris is a critically acclaimed film and theatre writer. Together they’re two artistic egos torn between their past and the powerful love they have for one another.

The Way We Were opens the door for dialogue about how race, age, class and privilege can affect a relationship in contemporary Australia

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Roshelle Fong

Mykei

Playwright

Roshelle Fong (she/her) is a Hong Kong born multidisciplinary artist who created the award-winning immersive show nomnomnom (2018), adapted in East Iceland, Shanghai and Sydney. She also made the online interactive theatre show Thirsty! (2020) for Griffin Theatre’s Griffin Lock-in and Google Creative Lab’s Theatre, made for the internet, and co-created the Green Room Award nominated theatre show Poona (2021) with Keziah Warner for Next Wave. In 2022 Roshelle worked with Melbourne Theatre Company as Assistant Director and AV collaborator on Laurinda, and wrote for the theatre’s annual playwriting showcase Cybec Electric Scenes. She was also a participant in Australia Council for the Arts and Creative New Zealand‘s Digital Fellowship Program and RISING Festival’s Headroom Award mentorship. Roshelle’s graduating play for the Masters of Theatre (Writing) at Victorian College of the Arts, 红铅 The Red Lead, won the Bruntwood Playwriting Prize International Award 2022 part of UK’s largest national playwriting competition.