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Julian Crotti

Julian graduated from WAAPA in acting in 2001, and has been a tutor and artistic associate with No Strings Attached since 2004, the same year he wrote and cast a series of SnackinaBox TV commercials that aired nationally.

In 2006, he performed in the national tour of Tanja Liedtke's Twelfth Floor (and in its 2009 international tour). In 2007, he appeared in Hamlet (State Theatre Company of SA/Queensland Theatre Company), Jet of Blood (Ignite Productions), The Bad Father (Feast Festival) and The Jo Stone Concert (Adelaide Fringe).

Julian is passionate about the creation of new work. Since 2005, he has studied with Ros Warby (Australia), Phillippe Gaulier (France), and the performance artists in the Gob Squad (Nottingham, UK). He has performed with P.V.I. Collective (tts: route 21), Cocoloco (Womadelaide), Car Crash (Adelaide Feast Festival) and with the No Strings Attached Men's Ensemble in As One.

In 2008, he collaborated in the production of a series of digital stories about the lives of indigenous Australians in Wadeye, a remote Aboriginal Catholic community situated on the western edge of the Daly River Reserve in the Northern Territory. He was also Assistant Artistic Director for the Growing a Fringe Festival in Bendigo, as well as a collaborator and performer in Private.Secret.Real., an original work by Bendigo's new all ability theatre company, 'Atypical Troupe'.

In 2007, Julian conceived and directed Tom the loneliest with Duncan Luke and performed as Tom in the 2008 2nd creative development showing and the 2009 performance seasons in Adelaide and Melbourne. In October 2009, Julian performed with Chunky Move in Black Marrow, commissioned by the Melbourne International Arts Festival.