It Begins in the Third Person: The Origins of Excordis

It began in the summer holidays of 1998 - high school had finished forever, Trevor and Marisa had both been rejected from highly lucrative summer jobs at Safeway, and the weekend drama class they had attended for the last five years had been cancelled due to the 'extreme arrogance' of all the attendees. Eager to prove their ex-teacher wrong, the pair arrogantly set about writing, directing and producing their first full-length play under the guise of 'Excordis Theatre'. Surprisingly, it was a roaring success.

Many years of self-penned theatrical works followed, including several shows for the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Likened to 'a young D-Generation', by prominent members of the Melbourne arts scene, they were a creative team on the rise.

But suddenly, the real world intervened. People graduated from uni and got 'real' jobs (or realised they were never any good at acting anyway). Nobody had time for 'doing plays' any more. Trevor moved out of the toilet-cleaning game and became a rising star in the Arts Management world. Marisa started a band, moved overseas, moved home, got a record deal, was dumped by her band, and became some kind of film and video producer.

For many years, Excordis lay forgotten - until a fateful day in 2006, when the pair decided that the world had waited too long. It was time for another Excordis venture. But this time, it would be in the filmic, and not the theatrical world.

Perhaps it was their greatest move- or perhaps their greatest mistake. Only time will tell...