Jason Forrest
Jason Forrest is an Australian director, creative and educator working across theatre, film and performance internationally. A recent graduate of NIDA's Master of Fine Arts (Directing), his practice centres on inquiry-led collaboration, performer agency and rigorous process. With three decades in the arts, Jason brings depth, clarity and a distinctly human approach to contemporary storytelling.
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Recent Projects
- The Red Shoes
- Mary Stuart
- Burnin’ Up
- No Particular Order
Drama Education
- Cosi (2022)
- Lost & Found (2021)
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Metamorphosis (2020)
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The Wizard of Oz (2018)
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Shakers (2017)
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The Cagebirds (2013)
Burnin’ Up — Velvet TripMusic Video (Student Project)2025
Velvet Trip is the psychedelic-pop project of Wiradjuri artist Zeppelin Hamilton, blending psych-rock, soul and indie-pop into a genre-fluid, emotionally charged sound rooted in experimentation and imaginative world-building.
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Year: 2025
Role: Director
Category: Music Video (Student Project)
Company / Institution: NIDA / triple j / rage
Artist: Velvet Trip (Zeppelin Hamilton)
Drawing on the androgynous glamour of 1970s rock and the occult surrealism of Kenneth Anger, Burnin’ Up inhabits a vivid, hallucinatory world of searching and release. The video visualises the tension of unspoken feeling — the pressure of wanting to articulate something essential, yet being unable to find the words — as a slow-burning internal ignition.