Arlo Gibson Actor Profile

Arlo is an Auckland based multi disciplined artist who has been working in film, television and theater for the last eight years. He graduated from the Actors Program in 2013, and has featured in a number of South Pacific Pictures productions including ‘Last at Eleven’, ‘The Sounds’, ‘Step Dave’ and ‘Shortland Street’. Other highlights include playing guitarist Chris Sheehan in Great Southern’s telefeature ‘The Exponents, Why Does Love?’, and feature films ‘Mega Time Squad’ and Leo in the award winning comedy ‘Nude Tuesday’

In 2017 Arlo traveled to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to perform in the sellout season of 'The Generation of Z'. Arlo has since self produced, created and starred in a number of productions including ‘Thomus', ‘Skyloving' and 'Non Flower Elements’. In 2020 Arlo premiered his first solo and durational theatre work titled “Just One More” which took home the 2020 Spirit of the Fringe award at the Auckland Fringe awards.

Post lockdown Arlo has been keeping busy with a five month run of Hackman’s Destination Mars, a national tour with Binge Culture’s Werewolf and Gary Herderson’s Skin Tight Circa theatre. He has also a short film Just Kidding I Love You set to release and has most recently completed shooting on a NZFC Catalyst short Help, I’m Alien Pregnant directed by Thunderlips.

Other theatrical credits include: The Events, Mating in Captivity, Grand Opening, Cult Show: The revitalization of the Women’s Archive, Second Unit: What We Do In The Shadows, Dynamotion’s Top Town, Red Leap’s adaptation of Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame, Standard Acts and This Fragile Planet with the New Zealand Dance Company.