Jason Forrest

Jason Forrest is an Australian director, creative and educator working across theatre, film and performance internationally. Currently undertaking a Master of Fine Arts in Directing at NIDA, 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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The Red Shoes
15–18 & 21–25 Apr 7:00 PM
The Loading Dock Theatre
Presented at Qtopia Sydney

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Recent Projects
  1. Mary Stuart
  2. Burnin’ Up
  3. No Particular Order

Drama Education
  1. Cosi (2022)
  2. Lost & Found (2021)
  3. Metamorphosis (2020)
  4. The Wizard of Oz (2018)
  5. Shakers (2017)
  6. The Cagebirds (2013)
No Particular OrderTheatre2025

Politics, power and human intimacy.

Year: 2025
Role: Assistant Director
Category: Theatre

Written by: Joel Tan
Director: Nigel Turner-Carroll
Company / Institution: National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
Venue: Reg Grundy Theatre
No Particular Order unfolds across three eras and shifting political regimes, tracing the lives of ordinary people navigating war, authoritarianism and fragile democracy. Structured as a series of interconnected vignettes, the work examines how love, art and humanity persist — and are reshaped — within systems of power across generations.

Key collaborators:
Writer — Joel Tan
Assistant Directors — Jason Forrest, Louise Birgan
Costume Designer — Amelie Brown
Lighting Designer — Thomas Howieson
Set & Props Designer — Isaac Valentine
Sound Designer — Arwen Davidson
Movement Coach — Troy Honeysett
Voice Coach — Robert Maxwell

Cast:
Zahara Jithoo; Maddie Flood; Theo Clarke; Ari Tjandra

Production teams:
Production, Stage Management, Design, Technical and Costume Departments — NIDA

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