Danny Ball

Just won a Green Room award playing my favourite character of all time, no biggie.

As many of you know, Ari is very dear to my heart. I gave everything I had in my little body and heart to him, because even though he’s a complete malaka pousti, he’s an important hero for our times. Anti-hero, really. For queer folk. For wogs. For the children of migrants. For the working class. For the scared, the love struck and the horny.

I’m one small part of this and every single member of the creative team built this new Ari for 2023. Undoubtedly a recognition of everyone’s work and collaboration.

Loaded presented by Malthouse Theatre.
Adapted by Christos Tsiolkas and Dan Giovannoni from the novel by Tsiolkas.
Directed by Stephen Nicolazzo.
Set and costume by Nathan Burmeister.
Lighting by Katie Sfetkidis.
Sound design by Daniel Nixon.
Movement and choreography by Ashlea Pyke.
Language and cultural consultant Odysseas Kripotos.
Stage manager Cointha Walkeden.
Besen placement (directing) - Kitan Petkovski.
Besen placement (dramaturgy) - Kevin Hojerslev.

‘I’m a runner.

Running far away from the thousand things people say you have to be. There is no dignity without choice and there is no choice. I didn’t choose to be a runner.

Music is my salvation. For the rest of my life I’m going to fuck and listen to music. My epitaph will read: he slept, he ate, he fucked, he pissed, he shat.

He ran to escape history.’