Belloo Creative is an all-female, award-winning Australian theatre company that produces original contemporary works for stage and film.
Mentorship Program
Mentoring new and emerging artists is part of Belloo Creative's ethos. We believe in paying it forward and sharing the knowledge we've gained from those who've mentored and supported us in the past. We've made mentorships a core component of all our projects and have found ourselves not just sharing what we know but learning and growing through these vital relationships with the next generation of artists.
Past mentees have included: Masako Mizusawa (HANAKO, 2016); Emily Coleman (Rovers and The SAND Project 2018); Alice Marsh (AKIRUNO Digital and 2020 Helpmann Academy mentorship with Caroline); and Madeline Romcke (writing mentorship for her new work, Biting Tongues, 2019).
Our 2022-2023 mentees are Amer Thabet and Yasmin Omidian.
Amer Thabet (Mentee). Photo by Barbara Lowing.
AMER THABET
Amer arrived in Brisbane in 2019, prior to which he studied acting at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Syria for two years.
While studying at the institute he undertook many courses separate to his training, and has appeared in several television series and stage productions. His credits both during and outside of his studies were extensive, as both an actor and assistant director.
The Revisionist (Refraction Theatre) was his independent theatre debut in Australia in 2019. In 2020, Amer performed in The Neighbourhood (La Boite) in which he recounted his move from Syria to Australia. There was a play reading of his autobiographical work, Falling Up, at La Boite in 2022.
Yasmin Omidian.
YASMIN OMIDIAN
Yasmin is a student in grade 11. She moved to Australia from Iran with her mother and two brothers at the age of four, as a refugee. Yasmin’s life has always been a tumultuous ride, but the one constant has been her aptitude and passion for writing. Throughout Yasmin’s schooling years thus far, she has been introduced to authors, written dozens of short stories and had a taste of writing plays.
Yasmin shares her values about the significance of culture through leading her school’s social and cultural events and aims to express them just as eloquently through her writing.
It is Yasmin’s hope to use Belloo as a stepping stool to explore herself creatively as a writer to someday publish her own works, whether that be playwrights or novels.