GEMMA PEPPER
Gemma is a creative producer with 20 years’ experience working across a diverse spectrum of creative projects; including theatre, festivals, new media and policy/program development. Gemma has a long history producing theatre and events in Australia, working for companies including Marrugeku, Stalker, Erth, Sydney Dance Company, the Enlighten Festival (Canberra), Geelong Performing Arts Centre, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Side Pony Productions. Most recently Gemma produced the 2019 Australian tour of Side Pony Productions work The Irresistible, which enjoyed sold-out seasons at Dark Mofo, Sydney Opera House and Geelong Arts Centre.
ZOE PEPPER
Zoe is a writer and director for film and theatre. After ten years as one of Western Australia’s top theatre directors, she was selected for Screenwest’s prestigious Feature Navigator program. In 2018 Zoe completed two web series, LIFT, a Mad Kids production starring Lucy Durack and directed by Zoe which aired on 10peach, and The Big Spaghetti, which Zoe directed and co-wrote. In 2019 The Big Spaghetti premiered at Slamdance Film Festival and Zoe was awarded an Australian Director’s Guild Award for best direction in an Online Comedy Series.
For theatre Zoe directed and co-wrote The Irresistible, which was nominated for Best Play at the Helpmann Awards. Zoe has directed for Black Swan State Theatre Company, Perth Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company. She was a recipient of the Australia Council Creative Australia Fellowship. Zoe has studied film directing at AFTRS, acting at WAAPA and performance at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris.
ARIE WILSHER
Arie is an experienced software engineer with a track record working on both established products as well as bringing new products to market. In the past 18 months through his work with Smart Automation Systems he has helped to design and build platforms that incorporate mobile applications with voice assistants and smart speakers to offer users a rich and varied choice of how they interact. This has lead to a keen appreciation for the things each form of interaction excels at and how they can be paired together to give users a fun, seamless and engaging experience.
In recent years Arie has also developed Audioplay for iOS and Android. These apps are built with a range of technologies, always with a focus on giving players a fun and frictionless experience.