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My name is JOHN-PAUL HUSSEY and I am a Melbourne based performance artist, writer, director and designer. Although I do a wide range of work from theatre, live art, cabaret  to performance installations, my main focus is on text  based storytelling through live performance with a multitude of characters and interconnecting narratives. All of my projects are supported by a strong sense of design through imagery, costume and other multimedia. Enjoy!

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“…trips the light fantastic between autobiography and surreal imagination…Hussey is a hypnotic performer, with a daunting arsenal of characters, accents and high-octane physical comedy at his disposal…”

- The Age

“Hussey is a human dynamo!…a consummate comic character actor with a rubber face and a compact build that allows him to glide and prance around the stage like a dancer…his comic timing is impeccable as he switches physicality and accents.”

- Herald Sun

“…a densely layered chunk of performance blending hilarious autobiography, lyrical fiction, speculative philosophy, psychoanalytical symbolism, pop and high culture references with cheap clowning…it will be on your back for some time to come.”

 - Sunday Age

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This is Melbourne performance artist Daniel J Mounsey collaborating with two other performance artists, from North Korea in their show

THE MAN WHO BELIEVES IN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Picture by John-Paul Hussey © 2013

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Picture by John-Paul Hussey © 2013

Wall of China

Picture By John-Paul Hussey © 2013

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DR HECTOR JULIO MENDEZ – Mexico’s Minister of Soft Furnishings

The Doctor presides over many departments:

The Department of National Comfort
The Department of Spooning
The Department of Sweet Smelling Babies
The Department of Honeycomb Milk
The Department of Big Pillows
The Department of Golden Friendships
And of course the Department of Soft Knees

The Doctor has appeared ONLY ONCE in your presence.

HE WILL COME AGAIN.

 

Head Pastor of Gyms for Jesus

Head Pastor of Gyms for Jesus

G’day! This is Brad from ANZ Basic Home Loans  and guess what, awesome, it’s casual Fridays!

John-Paul Hussey © 2012

A big thanks to SAM HOFFMANN, living in the Northern Territory at the time, for kick starting this dialogue.

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