Who are The Nest Ensemble?
The Nest Ensemble is a dynamic collective of theatre artists who generate performances and workshops that deal in ideas, imagination and transformation of ourselves and our environment.
We seek to create a theatre of risk and compassion by engaging in constructive and generative conversations that build connectedness and sustainability for our artists and our audience.
Co-founded by Artistic Directors Leah Mercer and Margi Brown Ash in Brisbane in 2004 The Nest Ensemble has been based in Brisbane and Perth since 2007.
Co-Artistic Directors
Margi Brown Ash (she/her)
is an award-winning theatre maker, writer, educator, therapist and coach with her own creative arts therapy studio.
Her publications include the multi-award winning HOME, Eve and He Dreamed a Train, all published by Playlab.
Her award-winning creative PhD focused on the Artist and their Home and Belonging.
A summary of Margi’s eclectic career, including creative therapist/supervisor, can be found on her website.
Leah Mercer (she/her)
is an award-winning theatre director, theatre maker, writer and educator. She has directed all five of The Nest Ensemble’s original productions.
Her other directing credits include: The Hardest Way to Make an Omelette by Jessica Harlond-Kenny (Fremantle Festival, 2013); The Physics Project, (practice-led PhD at QUT, Winner, Philip Parsons’ Prize for Performance as Research, 2008); between heaven and earth by Zac (Stace) Callaghan, Brisbane Powerhouse, 2006.
She coordinates Theatre Arts at Curtin University and is on the board of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.
