Andrew Sutherland (he/they) is a Queer Poz (PLHIV) writer
and performance-maker from between Boorloo (Perth) and Singapore,
currently based in Naarm on the unceded lands of the Kulin nation.
His work draws upon the viral instabilities
of identity, pop culture and the autofictive self.
Andrew's debut poetry collection Paradise (point of transmission)
was published by Fremantle Press in 2022.
His second, Act Cute, is forthcoming in July 2025.
Andrew holds a BA (First Class Hons.) Acting from LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore and works in the performance space as maker, director, performer, dramaturg, arts educator, and mentor.
He has been part of the creation of dozens of new performance works
across the independent sector, particularly in Western Australia.
Andrew has been an arts educator for Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, WA Youth Theatre Co., Black Swan State Theatre Co., Perth Festival, Centre for Stories, Australian Theatre for Young People, SingLit Station, among others.
Andrew is a current PhD candidate at the Victorian College of the Arts,
pursuing practice-as-research surrounding the 'haunted repertoires'
of the HIV+ undetectable status.
and performance-maker from between Boorloo (Perth) and Singapore,
currently based in Naarm on the unceded lands of the Kulin nation.
His work draws upon the viral instabilities
of identity, pop culture and the autofictive self.
Andrew's debut poetry collection Paradise (point of transmission)
was published by Fremantle Press in 2022.
His second, Act Cute, is forthcoming in July 2025.
Andrew holds a BA (First Class Hons.) Acting from LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore and works in the performance space as maker, director, performer, dramaturg, arts educator, and mentor.
He has been part of the creation of dozens of new performance works
across the independent sector, particularly in Western Australia.
Andrew has been an arts educator for Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, WA Youth Theatre Co., Black Swan State Theatre Co., Perth Festival, Centre for Stories, Australian Theatre for Young People, SingLit Station, among others.
Andrew is a current PhD candidate at the Victorian College of the Arts,
pursuing practice-as-research surrounding the 'haunted repertoires'
of the HIV+ undetectable status.