We are thrilled to announce Steph Daughtry as the recipient of the 2025 Scotch College Residency.
In partnership with Scotch College, Steph will receive a five-week paid residency within the English Faculty. Aiming to help further develop students’ writing and communication skills responding to creative themes.
During this residency, Steph will be introducing students to personification and embodiment writing, challenging and inspiring students with daily writing focuses.
About the writer:
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Steph is an award winning cross-disciplinary artist, producer, director, and writer working predominantly in live performance and installation.
Specialising in collaborative and devised forms of theatre that explore social and environmental impacts, her credits include Brag Drunch (Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2023), The Fish Bowl (Best Theatre and Physical Theatre Award at the Adelaide Fringe in 2022), and Eating Tomorrow (Sustainability Award Adelaide Fringe 2021).
Steph works as an independent freelance artist, as well as in her role as the co-Founder and co-Artistic Director of production company Post Dining, producing award-winning, innovative forms of entertainment and education designed to engage all the senses.
Steph is currently completing her PhD as part of Uni SA Creative exploring the impact of cultural policy on the capacity for artists to engage in professional practice. As part of this research Steph has published in the Journal of Sociology exploring the impact of arts funding, and has previously written for Felt Space as part of their writers program, and published pieces in Fine Print magazine and The Skinny (Edinburgh). Steph looks forward to using her residency to translate her research into smaller digestible pieces that engage with the artistic community at The Mill and wider Adelaide.
Photo: Bri Hammond
Presented in partnership with Scotch College
