Felix Nobis

Background

Felix is a Teaching-Research Fellow with the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies. He has worked as a professional actor for many years, performing with such theatre companies as Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St, Q Theatre and Redstitch. He is the creator of two one-person shows which have toured Australia and internationally, and was Affiliate Writer with Melbourne Theatre Company in 2007. He holds an MA in Old and Middle English from University College Cork, and is in the process of writing his PhD in Medieval Storytelling.

Research Interests

My current research focuses on the application of contemporary storytelling practice to the reading of medieval texts. I am also interested in documenting the phenomenological experience of storytelling performance, and examining how this differs from theatrical performance.

Other areas of interest include the medieval Mystery Plays in performance, and Anglo-Saxon poetical texts.

Creative Work

Felix has toured his one-person adaptation of “Beowulf” throughout Australia, Europe and the United States. He also adapted the work for ABC Radio National, Poetica programme. His one-person show “Once Upon a Barstool” has toured extensively throughout regional Victoria and Ireland. In 2007, Felix played “Huxley” the narrator of the arena spectacular “Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience” for both the Australian and North American tours. He has written, and presented academic papers on all of these experiences.

Currently Felix is a commissioned writer with Melbourne Theatre Company.

Selected Publications