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WRITER & PERFORMER

Myfanwy is an artist living and working in Narrm. As an actor, writer, poet, theatremaker, and teacher, they are most interested in queer, feminist works that interrogate and challenge society as it exists under patriarchy and capitalism. Myfanwy has worked as a performer with the MTC, Theatre Works, and NORPA Lismore. Their plays have been shown in Melbourne and Edinburgh. Myf is also a professional voice actor, having narrated numerous audiobooks. Seeking to queer traditional dramatic formats, Myf is fascinated by how we can alter the current theatrical climate in Narrm. Myf is a double graduate of the VCA, attaining their BFA in Acting (2019) and their Masters in Writing for Theatre (2021).

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DRAMATURG

Bridget trained as a director at the VCA and works primarily with new Australian writing. From 2020 to 2023 they were Director in Residence at the Malthouse in Melbourne. For Malthouse, Bridget has directed Nosferatu by Keziah Warner, K-Box by Ra Chapman and Stay Woke by Aran Thangaratnam. For the Malthouse Bridget was also Assistant Director on the large-scale immersive work, Because The Night. Other directing credits include Fast Food (Red Stitch),  HYDRA (Darebin Arts), She is Vigilante (Theatre Works), MORAL PANIC (Darebin Arts), Desert, 6.29pm (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre/Wuhzen Theatre Festival), GROUND CONTROL (Next Wave/Brisbane Festival), Jurassica (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre/Critical Stages), and Kids Killing Kids (Next Wave). 

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DIRECTOR

An actor, writer and director, working in and out of Naarm (Melbourne). Most recently she directed Frankie van Kan in 'A Body at Work' at La Mama, a show about stripping and sex work; appeared in Patricia Cornelius’s 'My Sister Jill' for the Melbourne Theatre Company; presented her own work ‘My First Bike’ with Jane Bayly at La Mama; appeared in ‘Blessed Union’ by Maeve Marsden for Belvoir Street Theatre Company. She teaches regularly at VCA and is a PhD candidate at La Trobe University.

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DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Flick is a writer, dramaturg and creative producer. Flick has worked on projects and programs with La Mama, Australian Plays Transform, Darebin Arts, ATYP, Arts Access Victoria, La Mama, Rawcus, YDAS, Antipodes Theatre, Opera Express and more. As a writer they’re best known for the staged lesbian sci-fi series SLUNTIK™, and their work has been published with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing, Humana Obscura, CREATurE Magazine, and YDAS. They are a panellist for the Green Room Awards Association and a proud member of the MEAA. Flick is based in Naarm, and can be found on Instagram @flickflickcity or online flickflickcity.net.

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PERFORMER

Brooke Lee is an Australian Chinese actor raised on Dharawal country in Wollongong. Brooke graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a BFA in Acting. Their theatre credits include Stay Woke (Malthouse/Darlinghurst Theatre), Hour of the Wolf (Malthouse), Hello, World! (Malthouse), Wolf Play (Red Stitch), The Hall (Bullet Heart Club), Slaughterhouse (Belvoir Downstairs), Let Me Know When You Get Home (National Theatre of Parramatta), The Echo of The Shadow for Melbourne Festival (Teatro de los Sentidos), Puffs (Life Like Touring), Bluey's Big Play (HVK) and cover for Top Coat (Sydney Theatre Company).

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PERFORMER

Hany is a multi-hyphenate, Australian-born Korean artist credited for her dual talent in the music and acting industry. Theatre credits include My Brilliant Career (Melbourne Theatre Company), Hamilton (International Tour, Michael Cassel Group), Ghost Quartet (Antipodes), BARE (Stage Art). TV credits include Neighbours (Channel Ten/Fremantle Media); The Newsreader (ABC/Werner Film Productions), Harrow (ABC/Hoodlum Entertainment) and Wentworth (Fremantle). Lee made her solo debut in Seoul, South Korea as a K-Pop artist under one of Korea's biggest music companies MBC Music Korea. Her music can be heard on all music platforms across the world.

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PERFORMER

Nikki Viveca is a queer slam poet, standup comedian, burlesque performer and actress. She has most recently appeared in Griffin Theatre’s production of Louis Nowra’s The Lewis Trilogy, performing her own feminist poetry in The Femme Commandments and in trans cabaret spectacular Gender Euphoria. Her past work includes queer theatre shows such as Guerilla Sabbath, Back Pocket and Siete: the Seven Deadly Sins, her solo shows Wasp Movie, The Lazy Show and Asexual Healing and as co-host of variety night ACEtravaganza.

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PERFORMER

Elliot is an Aotearoa born, Melbourne based performer, comedian and theatre maker. Elliot graduated from the VCA in 2022 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts (Music Theatre) credits include: Ensemble in 'Swan Lake' ( performed by the The Australian Ballet (dir. David Hallberg); Writer and Performer in ‘Hello, Who Is It?’ (dir. Stephanie Teitelbaum) for the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival; Assistant Director of ‘Mongrel 2023’ (dir. Maude Davey); Collaborator in the 2023 and 2024 WinterLabs (Antipodes Theatre); Director and Performer in ‘Yeehahaha: the 70th Annual Law Revue’ (dir. Elliot Wood & Pascale Constance); co-creator on ‘Pass The Parcel!’ for the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (dir. Meg Taranto & Elliot Wood); and Shiv/Elon Musk in 'Lizard People' for the 2024 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

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WRITER, COMPOSER & DIRECTOR

Abigail is an Australian actor, writer, composer and theatre maker. She specialises in queer theatre, environmentalism, feminism, comedy, music, and reinterpreting texts of antiquity. It is her mission to create and be a part of the telling of stories that champion justice and humanity. As of 2021 she is a graduate of the Victorian Collage of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre Making.

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ACTOR

Miela is a Melbourne-based actor from Cairns, Far North Queensland with mixed Torres Strait Islander, Japanese, Chinese and Croatian heritage. She is a graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts with a BFA in Acting (2021).

Since graduating, Miela has been involved in Adelaide and Melbourne’s Fringe Festivals and some of Melbourne’s leading theatre companies. Her credits include, ‘MinusOneSister’ (dir. Marni Mount), ‘How To Be A Person When The World Is Ending’ (dir. Meg Dunn), Ilbijerri Theatre Company’s social impact project, ‘The Score’, (dir. Kamarra Bell-Wykes) which toured regionally,and ‘Goodbye Aunty Flo’, (dir. Rachael Maza), ‘Get Your Geek On’, (dir. Corey Saylor Brunskill) Australian Shakespeare Company’s production of ‘The Crucible’ (dir. Syd Brisbane and Tony Rive) and her first one-woman show in 2024, ‘OMG I’m Blak!’ (dir. Maryanne Sam).

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DRAMATURGY CONSULANT

Flick is a writer, dramaturg and creative producer. Flick has worked on projects and programs with La Mama, Australian Plays Transform, Darebin Arts, ATYP, Arts Access Victoria, La Mama, Rawcus, YDAS, Antipodes Theatre, Opera Express and more. As a writer they’re best known for the staged lesbian sci-fi series SLUNTIK™, and their work has been published with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing, Humana Obscura, CREATurE Magazine, and YDAS. They are a panellist for the Green Room Awards Association and a proud member of the MEAA. Flick is based in Naarm, and can be found on Instagram @flickflickcity or online flickflickcity.net.

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MUSIC CONSULTANT

Lachlan Obst is a WAAPA graduate and recent Melbournian, who grew up in regional WA. His unique upbringing sparked a lifelong passion for the arts and his childhood, surrounded by all kind of experiences and people, vast landscapes and a strong sense of community and resilience, inspired his passion for storytelling. Lachlan is currently developing Children of the Air, a new musical that explores themes of country life, education and resilience. Fringe credits include, Crookie, What Makes a Musical? and The Karaoke Club. Lachlan is a Jack-of-all-trades creative, ready for Australia’s entertainment scene.

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ACTOR

Elliot is an Aotearoa born, Melbourne based performer, comedian and theatre maker. Elliot graduated from the VCA in 2022 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts (Music Theatre) credits include: Ensemble in 'Swan Lake' ( performed by the The Australian Ballet (dir. David Hallberg); Writer and Performer in ‘Hello, Who Is It?’ (dir. Stephanie Teitelbaum) for the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival; Assistant Director of ‘Mongrel 2023’ (dir. Maude Davey); Collaborator in the 2023 and 2024 WinterLabs (Antipodes Theatre); Director and Performer in ‘Yeehahaha: the 70th Annual Law Revue’ (dir. Elliot Wood & Pascale Constance); co-creator on ‘Pass The Parcel!’ for the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (dir. Meg Taranto & Elliot Wood); and Shiv/Elon Musk in 'Lizard People' for the 2024 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

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MUSIC, LYRICS & CO-BOOK

Andy is a queer, deaf/hard-of-hearing, pianist, songwriter, performer and whose passion lies in stories of hope from a place of trauma. Recently, they performed their autobiographical award winning cabaret, ‘Everything is Shit’ at the Old Fitz. Credits include: Musical Director: ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ (Little Triangle 2022), Little Shop of Horrors, Spiegelesque (Kermond Creative), Forgetting Tim Minchin (Joy Offensive) & The Decay of Lying (by Jess Ramsey, NIDA, 2022). Vocal Director: Girl Band (New Ghosts Theatre Company) Writing: Alice (2021, writer), Holy Ship! (Cope Creative, composer & orchestrator) The Strong Charmion (sound design & composition) (Flight Path 2024) and various arrangements for productions including They’s at the Hayes and Silver Tongue (2024, Hayes Theatre Company). Andy has most recently taken part in ‘The 48 Hour Musical Challenge’ at the Hayes Theatre, composing for ‘A Tiny Doll’s House’.

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CO-BOOK & ENSEMBLE

Jess is a queer, neurodivergent theatre maker, and 2023 NIDA graduate from the MFA Directing course. Over 2023 and 2024 Jess has directed and worked on projects at Flight Path Theatre, Old Fitz, Belvoir 25a, Adelaide Fringe, Hayes Theatre, and Antipodes Theatre Company. Their recent directorial work includes ‘The Strong Charmion’ by Chloe Lethlean Higson (Flight Path Theatre), assistant directing ‘Forgetting Tim Minchin’ (Dir. Amy Sole, Belvoir 25a), ‘Berliners’ by comedy duo Nick & Tom (Adelaide Fringe 2024), and currently, they are co-directing Carly Wij’s ‘Us/Them’, (Flight Path Theatre November 2024). Jess has recently added producing and intimacy coordination to their skillset, as creative producer for 107 Projects Inc. and Intimacy Coordinator for ‘Definitely Not A Hungry Games: A Parody Musical’ for Sydney Fringe 2024.

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MUSICAL DIRECTOR

David is a multi-nominated, and Green Room Award winning musical director, freelance performer and vocal coach based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.

Regularly appearing as drag alter-ego Peppy Smears; he performs and musically directs with Antipodes Theatre Company, Tash York in their award-winning shows HAPPY HOUR, IT’S UP TO YOU: TASH YORK, TASH YORK, and their all-original show LOVE THAT FOR YOU as well as numerous other projects in cabaret and independent theatre.

As a vocal coach David works on a consulting basis with actors and singers; and is a referred voice teacher of Gary May and the Melbourne Voice Analysis Centre.

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DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Flick is a writer, dramaturg and creative producer. Flick has worked on projects and programs with La Mama, Australian Plays Transform, Darebin Arts, ATYP, Arts Access Victoria, La Mama, Rawcus, YDAS, Antipodes Theatre, Opera Express and more. As a writer they’re best known for the staged lesbian sci-fi series SLUNTIK™, and their work has been published with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing, Humana Obscura, CREATurE Magazine, and YDAS. They are a panellist for the Green Room Awards Association and a proud member of the MEAA. Flick is based in Naarm, and can be found on Instagram @flickflickcity or online flickflickcity.net.

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ACTOR ‘Blanche’

Trained at NIDA, Sophia's stage highlights include Strictly Ballroom the Musical (Global Creatures), You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (What’s On Productions), I Can Jump Puddles (Antipodes Theatre Company - workshop), Funny Girl and Kismet (The Production Company), Wild World - The Cat Stevens' Story (HIT Productions), Cafe Rebetika! (The Follies Company) and Reefer Madness (Squabbalogic).

For television, Sophia has had featured roles in Seasons 4 & 5 of Wentworth (Fremantle Media), in the ABC's hit drama miniseries, 7 Types of Ambiguity (Matchbox Pictures) and Packed To The Rafters (7 Network),

Sophia is thrilled to be returning to the Antipodes stage in the collaborative phase of this exciting new Australian work.

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ACTOR ‘Loie’

Alessandra Merlo is a versatile Australia performer, often moving between musical theatre and screen acting. A graduate from The Victorian College of the Arts Musical Theatre BFA, she has performed in 'Big Fish' (The Hayes Theatre Co), 'Titanic the Musical in Concert', starring Anthony Warlow (The Marrollo Project) and most recently, 'Midnight', a brand new Australian Musical starring Shane Jacobson and Lucy Durack. Screen credits include La Brea (NBC ), Safe Home (SBS), Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (Acorn TV/Seven Network), Neighbours (Fremantle Media). She has also featured in the short film Blvck Gold, which was selected for St Kilda Film Festival 2022 and Flicker Fest 2023, among other International Festival Selections. 'Run, Baby' and #followme as well as Associate Producing and co-starring in the short film, A Good Boy.

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ACTOR ‘ Gab’

J Ridler is a proud queer, Anglo Indian performer born and raised in Naarm. 

J was a vocalist for Broadway Unplugged (Be You Inc) and was the Bet Alternate/Featured Ensemble in the sold out season of Bearded (Theatreworks). Other notable credits include Eleven/Nancy Wheeler in Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical (Salty Theatre), Ensemble/Lauren Cover in Kinky Boots (James Terry Collective) and Christopher Robin in Disney's Winnie the Pooh, The New Stage Adaptation (TEG Life Like Touring). J is represented by Monument Management.

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ACTOR ‘ Henry’

Mikey is a Jewish, trans/nonbinary, MENA, multidisciplinary artist who graduated from Showfit Performing Arts School and Howard Fines Acting studio. They are about to make their (Hayes Theatre Company) & (JR Productions) debut as "Carmen Ghia" in The Producers. Mikey also originated the role of "Henry” in Death to a Butterfly (Antipodes WINTERLAB23). Their other credits include; “Caliban” in The Tempest (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), “Artemidorus” in Julius Caesar (Melbourne Shakespeare Company) directed by Richard Murphet, and designed by Tony nominated Dale Ferguson and have frequented the concert stage as a "soloist" (HomeGrown & Broadway Unplugged) Mikey is represented by Icon Management. 

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ACTOR ‘Lillian’

Luisa Scrofani is a Helpmann-nominated singer and actor. She made her professional debut at 19 in Violet (JRP Australia), and has gone on to successfully perform in a string of independent and main-stage productions. 

Credits include: Spring Awakening (StageArt), In The Heights (JRP Australia, Helpmann Nomination for Best Lead Female Actor), Blackrock and Dreamsong (EbbFlow Theatre Co.), My Brilliant Career (MLive + Original Cast Recording), Paper Stars (Salty Theatre), Bonnie and Clyde (JRP Australia), SENSER (TheatreWorks), Pear-Shaped (Rogue Projects), Midnight (Aspect Entertainment), and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum (Watch This).

Most recently, she was seen in the Australian premiere production of The Grinning Man (Salty Theatre), and was the Sybylla standby for My Brilliant Career (MTC).

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WRITER

Vonne Patiag is a multiple AACTA, AWGIE, Logie and SPA Award-nominated Writer, Director, Producer and Actor based in Western Sydney. His recent credits include writing and producing the 4-part series 'The Unusual Suspects' for SBS, the feature anthology film 'Here Out West', released theatrically in early 2022, and writing on 'Significant Others', a 6-part drama for ABC. Most recently, his short film 'Too Many Ethnics' had its World Premiere at Flickerfest 2023 and his one-man show 'The Life Cycle of Blanco' was presented as a Creative First Look season in March 2023 with the National Theatre of Parramatta and Sydney World Pride.

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ACTOR ‘Blanco’

Jasper is an actor, writer, dramaturg and producer, currently based on Gadigal land. Stage credits include The Heartbreak Choir (Ensemble Theatre), Blessed Union (Belvoir St Theatre), Follow Me Home (ATYP), All Boys (Every Other Theatre Company), Too Human (Liminal Productions), Sotoba Komachi (New Ghosts Theatre Company), and Moon Rabbit Rising (Little Eggs Collective). Screen credits include Legend of the Five (Benjamin Jon Creative Media) and Too Many Ethnics (In-Between Productions).

Writing credits include short plays Arthur & Marilyn and The Iceberg, and spoken-word poem Percentages.

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DIRECTOR

Beng is a critically regarded director and theatre maker who has staged a wide range of productions. He’s passionate about diversity, new work and queer theatre. He trained at the Victorian College of the Arts and is a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab in New York. He is co-artistic director, with playwright Jane Miller, of 15 Minutes from Anywhere Inc. Beng is on the committee of management for La Mama Theatre and is an associate of Contemporary Asian Australian Performance.

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ACTOR ‘Jie’

Born and raised in Perth, Luke is a proud Chinese Australian man. Luke graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Music Theatre in 2019.

Luke made his professional stage debut in 2021 playing Igor in Young Frankenstein for the Hayes Theatre Co, and originated the role of Ron in their world premiere production of Dubbo Championship Wrestling. Luke returned to the Hayes to join the Australian premiere cast of Jekyll & Hyde in the role of Bishop/Guitarist. In 2024, Luke starred in the Australian premiere production of The Grinning Man, and made his Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut in Impromptunes.

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CO-WRITER, DIRECTOR & 'FRIEND'

R. Johns was born in South Wales. She has a First-Class Honours Drama degree (Manchester University) and an MFA from U.C.R. Her work has been presented in Stockholm, Manila, Mumbai, as co-devisor in Cape Town and Athens and produced in Wellington NZ. Her thriller "Black Box 149" was part of DFAT’s Australia now Germany program at Nuremberg State theatre. "As Told by the Boys Who Fed Me Apples" was nominated for an AWGIE. She is six times published by Currency Press, also shortlisted for the 2018 BBC International Playwriting Radio Award and a finalist in the Griffin Playwriting Award.

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CO-WRITER & 'ONLOOKER/SINGER'

Aliya was born in Karachi and migrated to Australia in 1996. She recently studied for a diploma in Makeup and Media at Academy of Makeup. Aliya was makeup artist on "Miss Blossom Callahan" at La Mama (2017) and for "Tchekov at the House of Special Purpose" (VCE Theatre Studies, Courthouse, 2019; assistant makeup artist on the photoshoot for GMAR magazine in 2019 and assisted with makeup on the photoshoot for LGBTQI immigrants "Queer Refugees" at Docklands Cotton Mills for gallery exhibition in 2020. Her play Astitva/ Identity was selected for a full stage reading Montreal 2021 at the Women Playwrights Conference.

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ACTOR

Evangelos Arabatzis is a second generation Greek-Australian theatre & film-maker based in Melbourne, with a Masters Degree in Film & Television from the Victorian College of the Arts. He has worked extensively as an actor, writer, director and teacher in theatre, film and television in Australia, New York and Athens. Ange has just come off an immensely successful 2024 which saw him perform in various plays including the acclaimed, The Audition, Zorba’s Last Dance and Velika, which was part of La Mama’s inaugural Festival of Mother Tongues.  His TV credits include, Fat Tony, Sea Patrol, City Homicide & Underbelly: Infiltration to name a few.

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ACTOR

Sepideh Karimi, an architecture graduate from Iran, migrated to Australia in 2013 and began her artistic journey in theatre in 2015. She has performed in several independent theatre productions in Melbourne, focusing on human stories, identity, and social issues. Through her theatrical projects, Sepideh aims to amplify women’s voices and explore themes of freedom and beauty. For her, theatre is not only a means of expression but also a bridge between cultures and lived experiences. Her works are praised for their emotional depth and unique perspective on social themes.

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ACTORRaj is an actor/writer and theatre maker. Credits include: Capulet in Romeo And Juliet (Australian Shakespeare company). Swami Charlie (Carlton Courthouse). I Am That I Am (Carlton Courthouse). Cosmic Genie (Playbox). The Perfume Garden Malthouse, Gasworks, Chapel Off Chapel, Athenaeum).   The Twilight Series (Playbox)  His hit autobiographical show show Is It Because I’m Indian (Melbourne Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Chapel Off Chapel)  and Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre Malaysia. As well as radio plays for the ABC, he has narrated wildlife documentaries and presented education videos for schools and corporations, and has narrated audio books. His TV credits include Plonk (Channel 9); and TV commercials. Raj took the last few years off to look after parents with dementia, and is writing Is It Because I’m Indian Part 2, about those experiences. 

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ACTOR

Majid is an Iraqi Australian filmmaker and film and stage actor. He has been acting for over 35 years. He has won awards in his home country of Iraq and was a member of the Iraqi National Theatre Company. He also directed whilst teaching drama in Lebanon for four years and written his own works. Screen credits include; The Correspondent, a feature film directed by Kriv Stenders.. Other screen credits include; Getting In, directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon, an actor and cultural consultant in the feature films Ali's Wedding and Lucky Miles. He also has roles in TV series like, House of Gods for ABC, City Homicide, Rush, Nowhere Boys, Stateless and Clickbait and in short films like Gelibolu and The Fall, a short film directed by Mert Berdilek and was the finalist at Sydney Film Festival in 2020.

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ACTOR

For Anita Torrance, exploring the emotional lives of her characters is always an exciting and challenging acting adventure, whether performing for screen or theatre. Performing has allowed Anita to travel and live abroad throughout her career, securing various roles for  screen in New Zealand, Canada and the US. Anita’s most recent theatre credits is R. John’s exquisitely written ‘Birthday Book of Storms’ that premiered at Lamama in 2022, with a follow up season abroad in 2023 at the Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, NZ. Anita is excited to be working again with R. Johns and Aliya Aboo on their project JOURNEY OF THE TRUE SELF. 

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CO-WRITER, LYRICIST & COMPOSER

Tomas is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher working primarily on unceded Wurundjeri-Woi Wurrung Country. As a performer they have worked on stage and television (ABC, Hayes Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company), and as a writer and composer they have worked with Orchestra Victoria, The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, and they are workshopping Capture a new musical with Antipodes Theatre Company. Their play threadbare premieres in 2025. They are a doctoral candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where their research areas are embodied music-making, and care practices for musicians' wellbeing. Their choral symphony For the survivors and those who didn't. will prospectively premiere in 2026.

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CO-WRITER

Ziggy is a performer, writer and graduate of NIDA. Ziggy’s most recent theatre credits include; Much Ado about Nothing (Sport for Jove), Bugalugs Bum Thief (dir. Jessica Arthur), Girls in Boys Cars (dir. Priscilla Jackman), Feminazi (Belvoir’s 25A), A is for Apple (Griffin Theatre),Twelfth Night (dir. Jim Sharman), Ghosts (dir. Priscilla Jackman), Probe (Old Fitz Theatre),The Eisteddfod (Old Fitz Theatre), Pear Shaped (Theatre Works, Naarm). Ziggy is looking forward to starring in Kate Mulvany’s adaptation of The Shiralee for Sydney Theatre Company in 2025. Ziggy also toured with The Bell Shakespeare Players in 2022 and worked as a clown on Opera Australia’s Ernani (dir. Priscilla Jackman). Ziggy’s film credits include +One (Bus Stop films), Oi (dir. Sophie Serisier) - selected for MIFF’s 2024 short film program and Binchook (dir. Alana Stewart). Ziggy’s writing credits include Pear-Shaped (Theatre Works Naarm/ Monkey Baa Sydney, 2022), THIS IS NOT A PLAY ABOUT VALERIE JEAN SOLANAS, (Brand X Flying Nun 2024). 

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ACTOR

Skye Beker is a queer, Jewish, singer, actor and graduate of the WAAPA Acting Program. Skye’s theatre credits include: the Australian Premier of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), Tall Poppy (Blonde Moment Theatre Company), Things I Know To Be True (New Theatre Company), MinusOneSister (SALT Theatre Company). Skye has featured in a number of short films, notably Fruity (dir. Caitlyn Royson). Skye is excited to be a part of projects yet to be released, such as the television shows: The Last Anniversary (dir. John Polson) and Optics (dir. Max Miller), as well as leading a musical short Interlude (dir. Elder).

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Manali Datar is a Marathi multi-disciplinary artist. She lives and works on Wurundjeri and Gadigal land and acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded. In 2024, Manali originated the role of Flick in Griffin and Hayes’ co-production of Flat Earthers. Manali was assistant director on Merrily We Roll Along at the Hayes and is set to make her directorial debut in 2025 with the premiere production of Threadbare. As a solo artist, Manali has released original music and is also part of the disco-pop duo ultrafine. Her 2023 single, temple was also featured in Gold Diggers. In 2025, Manali is set to perform in Belvoir and MTC’s production of The Wrong Gods. 

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ACTOR

Hailing originally from Eagle Lake, Texas, Sara is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a BA in Music Theatre. Her TV experience includes a recurring role in City Homicide (Seven Network) and a 5th Grader in the second season of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, with Rove McManus. Sara also appeared in the US thriller Knowing, with Nicholas Cage. Her stage credits include the Australian tour of Little Britain Live, Billy Elliot (Louise Withers), Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof (TML Enterprises), Kate, Gus and the Other Kids (Fringeworld Festival), Oklahoma! (Black Swan State Theatre Company), Paw Patrol Live! (Nickelodeon and Life Like Touring), Driftwood (Umbrella Productions, Chapel Off Chapel) and SLUTNIK: Planet of the Incels (Theatreworks). Sara appeared as Jane in the Melbourne Fringe and Adelaide Fringe Festival productions of The Beep Test, which garnered four Green Room Award nominations in 2023. More recently, Sara played the role of Francine Valli in NCL’s production of Jersey Boys.

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ACTOR

Willow is an actor/writer/creative and a graduate of the VCA Music Theatre BFA. Performance credits: Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide), Ghost Quartet (Pearl, Antipodes), Legally Blonde, RENT (James Terry Collective). Writing credits: Orlando (fortyfivedownstairs/Antipodes), Death of a Demi Diva (Cabaret), Finucane and Smith's Touring Dance Hall (Resident Cabaret Artiste). Other Theatre: Treble, The Hall, The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven (Vocal Captain, BulletHeartClub), Medea Out of the Mouths of Babes (Theatreworks).

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CONSULTING COLLABORATOR

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MUSIC & LYRICS

A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts Musical Theatre program, Alec is a multidisciplinary artist working as an actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, musical director and composer. Acting credits include Once (Darlinghurst Theatre Co), Twelfth Night (Melbourne Theatre Co), As You Like It (Queensland Theatre), The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child & Room on the Broom (CDP), and before Covid cancellations, they were excited to work with Opera Australia in the cast of The Secret Garden. As a musician, Alec has musically directed, composed or performed in productions with Queensland Theatre, Sport For Jove, Hayes Theatre Co, Pop Up Globe and more. Alec holds their AmusA Diploma in Violin and currently has multiple new works in development, including the new musical ‘Silver Tongue’.

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CO-BOOK & LYRICS

Miranda Middleton is an award-winning director, writer, and choreographer with a Master of Fine Arts (Directing) from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). In 2024, Miranda is one of the Sandra Bates Directors Award recipients at the Ensemble Theatre, and is undergoing a professional mentorship with leading Australian director/choreographer Amy Campbell. Miranda’s most recent theatre directing credits include ‘The Grinning Man’ (VASS Productions), ‘The Eisteddfod’ (Old Fitz Theatre), ‘Pear-Shaped’ (Theatre Works), ‘Lemon Tree on Dreg Street’ (Theatre Works), ‘SENSER’ (Theatre Works), ‘Not Today’ (Seymour Centre), ‘Sowing Seeds’ (Gasworks Arts Park), and ‘Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody’ (Theatre Works). In 2023, she was the Resident Writer at Theatre Works, and she has two new musicals in development: ‘Paper Stars’ and ‘Silver Tongue’.

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CO-BOOK

Jacob is a Sydney-based queer playwright who still needs to say the whole alphabet to know if R goes before or after T. In 2020 Jacob’s play, This Genuine Moment was put on to a sold out season at The Old 505 Theatre and then again as part of La Mama’s Midsummer festival in 2021 to rave reviews. In 2022 his play Tell Me Before the Sun Explodes was debuted at Kings Cross Theatre, produced by Rock Bottom Productions and in 2023 he premiered Dumb Kids at Kings Cross Theatre Company produced by Legit Theatre Company.  He has worked with the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), Q Theatre, Kings Cross Theatre company, was a finalist for the 2021 Martin Lysicrates Prize, the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards, shortlisted for production by London’s Royal Court theatre and was recipient of Out For Australia’s 30 under 30 in 2023.  In 2024 he is one of Griffin Theatre Company’s Studio Artists where he is producing a new work, Daddy Always Wanted me to be a Cowboy.