ActNow Theatre Community Workshop Intensive: Making Theatre for Climate Action with Nescha Jelk

Do you want to do more for climate action but struggle to start?

Are you interested in theatre that invites community participation?

Do you like to have fun?

If you've answered yes to any of the above, this is the intensive for you.

Join ActNow Theatre Associate Director, Nescha Jelk, to experiment with playful ideas for participatory theatre that motivates climate action, as part of the 2026 Adelaide Climate Action Week.

The intensive takes place across two days.

Please note, you must be available for both of these sessions to attend:

Tuesday 28th July

6:30pm - 8:30pm

ActNow Theatre - 144 Tynte St, Pirltawardli/North Adelaide

Saturday 1st August

10am - 4:30pm

North Adelaide Library and Community Centre - 176 Tynte St, Pirltawardli/North Adelaide

This free event is designed for community members aged 18+, with a small donation suggested from allies to support the program.

All donations $2 and over are fully tax-deductible.

Please consider carefully if you are able to attend the workshop before registering your ticket.

Places are limited, and our workshops often become fully booked, with waitlists of people wanting to attend.

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Nescha Jelk graduated from the Flinders University Drama Centre in 2010 and is the Associate Director at ActNow Theatre.

For the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Nescha has directed Euphoria (co-pro with Country Arts SA), Single Asian Female, Jasper Jones, Terrestrial, Switzerland, Straight White Men (co-pro with La Boite), Gorgon, Volpone, Krapp’s Last Tape in the ‘Beckett Triptych’ (2015 Adelaide Festival, 2016 MOFO), Othello, Jesikah and Random.

Other directing credits include How to Kill Your Husband (State Opera South Australia), Meet Me At Dawn (Gavin Roach Productions), Yerma (Foul Play), Sepia (RiAus/Emily Steel), Hamlet (Actors Folio), Alice and Peter Grow Up (Milk Theatre Collective), As One (Tiny Bricks) and Deluge (Tiny Bricks in association with Brink for the 2016 Adelaide Festival).

She was a co-founder RUMPUS, an artist run curated independent theatre venue, which ran from 2019-2022.

Nescha was an Artistic Associate of Floods of Fire for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, a large scale participatory event focused on climate change in the 2024 Adelaide Festival.

Photograph used within promotional material by Thomas McCammon

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Please note: ActNow Theatre will be capturing photos and videos for promotional purposes during this workshop. If you do not wish to be recorded, please let an ActNow Theatre representative know when you arrive so we can ensure we respect your needs.

If you have any trouble RSVPing please call us at (08) 8123 0346 during business hours or email info@actnowtheatre.org.au to register.

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ActNow Theatre's Community Workshop program is supported by the ActNow Theatre Accomplices and the Adelaide City Council

This program is also made possible through organisational funding support from Create SA and Creative Australia