The Current Collective.

  • Founder / Writer-Performer

    Dax leads Tayotayo Collective as a creative powerhouse whose work explores the intersections of identity, migration, and trans joy across stage and screen.

  • Producer

    Former TV producer for a big media company in Manila, Justine now champions impactful storytelling despite constraints. Renowned for hit shows like The Voice, she now explores indie theatre and production in Australia, advocating for diverse narratives and marginalised voices.

  • Ian Rafael Ramirez

    Creative Associate

    An emerging queer Filipino artist in Naarm (Melbourne), Ian works in dramaturgy, curation, and performance-making. They have projects in the Philippines and Australia, including "Swimming Pool Made of Moments," "Regine: The Fairy Gay Mother," "Baklang Kanal!," and "it would be a nice place."

  • Marketing and PR 

    A seasoned Marketing and Communications Specialist with over nine years of experience creating campaigns that connect people, brands, and purpose. Her career began in retail and lifestyle marketing, where she learned the value of creativity, agility, and audience engagement.

  • Matt Bostock is a Filipino, Chinese-Australian writer-director based on Gadigal Land. A graduate from NIDA’s MFA Writing for Performance, he was a finalist for AACTA’s 2021 Sony Pitch Competition, and a participant in FFS’ Platform Pitch Program as part of Sydney Film Festival 2023. His debut play, Short Blanket, opened to critical acclaim at Meraki Arts Bar in 2023. As a notetaker, he has worked for Goalpost Pictures and Roadshow Rough Diamond. Matt loves to tell stories as a form of truth telling and is passionate about creating socially conscious narratives grounded in emotion, which resonate with audiences.

Collaborators.

TAYOTAYO Collective’s work has been shaped by an incredible community of collaborators and co-conspirators. Across our productions, we have partnered with writers, directors, performers, designers, dramaturgs, stage managers, and visual artists whose creativity, expertise, and dedication continue to energise the Collective’s vision.

Aleks Vujicic. James Lau. Matthew Richard Walsh. Luke Visentin. Jason Jeffries. Chris Colley. Gavin Roach. David Silvester. Matthew Chang. Filipe Filihia. Sam Hernandez. Jordan Hanrahan. Megan Lourdesamy. Angus Cramton. Angelica Ignacio. Steven Mitchell Wright. Alex Winner. Bradford Elmore. Chiara Wenban. Lara Gabor. Owen Kelly. Khema De Silva. Ryan Henry. Vateresio Tuikaba. Darren Gill. Emmanuelle Mattana. Finn McLeish. Sancia Robinson. Emily Joy. John Marc Desengano. Beng Oh. Christina Logan-Bell. Emerson Jorritsma-Barber. Clare Springett. Ben Keene. Jane Miller. Tima Alexandrov. Callum O’Mara. Omar Dabash. Sebastiano Pitruzzello.