HOTMESS

Interactive Performance Art

HOTMESS is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Sophie May and Gabrielle Miller.
They create surrealistic narratives and performative art offering audiences healthy escapism.
Designed to ignite your creative fire, we immerse you in a fictional world, using costume, sound, lighting and stories.

Sophie May is a Gamilaraay artist living and creating on Bundjalung Country. She works with ceramic sculpture, mixed media painting, and runs interactive, expressive art workshops for children and adults.
She is inspired by her cultural background and using visual art as a powerful tool for self expression.

Gabrielle Miller is a director and performer bringing ingenuity to the stage and screen through music, dance, acting, puppetry and mask. A chimerical storyteller with a wide reaching practice, Gabrielle trained at the Atelier für Physisches Theater in Berlin and has toured worldwide with many of her self devised shows.

HOTMESS was created during the 2022 Northern NSW floods - as an escape from the hardship, grief and exhaustion we were all experiencing.


In The Flesh

Our signature show, In The Flesh is a decadent life drawing experience designed to ignite your creative fire and release you from normality.
Be prepared to be immersed in a fictional world of costume, sound, lighting and performance used to playfully nudge one to question the fabric of life through emotional experiences.
We thrive on the edge exploring ideas that are cheeky, evocative and conceptual, creating a banquet of food for thought, a bit of heat in your seat and a smile on your dial.
With meticulous art direction, we curate each show to create a dynamic space where participants can liberate their creativity.
Our goal is to transcend boundaries, fostering an environment where the audience actively engages, experiments, and discovers the diverse worlds we craft through performance.
Welcome to a new dimension of artistic expression with HOTMESS.

HOTMESS have performed at Splendour In the Grass, Return To Rio, Party In The Paddock, Cairns Festival Horizon Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Metro Arts, GUAM, HOTA and Byron Theatre.

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Instagram: weare.hotmess