Mia Tuco

Bio

Mia is a Melbourne based actor, deviser and physical theatre performer who has worked and trained in Indonesia, Los Angeles, New Zealand and throughout Australia. She graduated from the Victorian College of the arts in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.

Mia made her professional debut at Red Stitch in February 2022 with the world premiere of Grace in the title role (dir. Sarah Goodes). Her theatre credits at the VCA include Earthquakes in London (dir. Sarah Goodes), Pool (no water) (dir. Leticia Cáceres), Mirror Mirror (dir. Georgina Naidu), Uncle Vanya (dir. Budi Miller), King John (dir. Helen Trenos) . Other recent theatre credits include Theban Dolls (dir. Saro Lusty Cavallari) and Two Hearts (dir. Katie Cawthorne).

Mia is also an accomplished contemporary dancer and choreographer, performing in pieces by Jack Riley, Eliza Sanders and in 2018 – Simone Forti’s work, Huddle performed at the National Gallery of Victoria in partnership with MoMA. Mia’s own choreographic work includes informal get down (2018) and i was the angel in the poem you wrote (2019).