A head and shoulders headshot of Nescha who is smiling and has her head slightly cocked to one side. She has long dark hair flowing over her shoulders and is wearing small gold hoop earrings with a black top and a short sleeved cream cardigan.

Nescha Jelk

Development Coordinator (she/HER)

Nescha graduated from the Flinders University Drama Centre in 2010. She is a co-founder and member of RUMPUS and one half of theatre company Tiny Bricks. For the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Nescha has directed Single Asian Female, Euphoria (co-pro with Country Arts SA), Jasper Jones, Terrestrial, Switzerland, Straight White Men (co-pro with La Boite), Gorgon, Volpone, Krapp’s Last Tape in the ‘Beckett Triptych’ (2015 Adelaide Festival, 2016 MOFO), Othello, Jesikah and Random. Other directing credits include How to Kill Your Husband (State Opera South Australia), Meet Me At Dawn (Gavin Roach Productions), Yerma (Foul Play), Sepia (RiAus/Emily Steel), Hamlet (Actors Folio), Alice and Peter Grow Up (Milk Theatre Collective), As One (Tiny Bricks) and Deluge (Tiny Bricks in association with Brink for the 2016 Adelaide Festival).

Nescha works part-time for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as an Artistic Coordinator. Nescha also freelances as a dramaturg and grant writer for independent artists and arts organisations.