Elizabeth had a passion for theatre and performing from her youth and was a keen contributor to the joint school musicals- mostly the Gilbert and Sullivan romps. Once she headed to university this passion dominated with a 4 year stint at UNE in Armidale encompassing both performance and directing as major components of her Double Major in Drama and Major in English Literature.
The year after graduation she found herself not only at the newly formed Actors’ Centre but also teaching high school drama. She is still there, teaching, directing, writing for high school Drama and on the side across the years has performed in small season productions at Q theatre and directed several productions for the Short & Sweet program being a part of the inaugural group.
Keenly she has represented other drama educators as committee member then President of Drama NSW also representing NSW on the National Committee at Drama Australia National Conferences. She completed her MA a century ago also with a focus on Drama & Theatre at UNSW. She is now a mum of two and recently directed her sixth Musical – perhaps now coming full circle in the scheme of things. She was contributing and consulting editor on a major Drama text for Cambridge Uni Press “Drama ReLoaded”.
More than anything she loves theatre and is very keen to share her experiences with this forum. Each year she directs secondary students in plays from Australia and across the globe, in productions large and small.
Creative projections devised to give visible form to the world of the play reveal to the audience what we imagine are Christopher’s experiences—imbued with a child-like naïveté and yet reflecting the singular capacities of his brilliant mind. I was most …
Sydney Opera House, 21 November 2025. David McAllister’s decade-old production of The Sleeping Beauty returns, and from the first chord it is clear this is no children’s fairy tale but a glittering allegory of absolutist order. Premiered in 1890 by …
We are invited to bear witness to an age-old story — and embedded within it is a tale of storytelling itself, of culture from the world’s oldest living continuous tradition, so profoundly challenged in the early days of colonial invasion. …
Curated by Finnish cellist Timo-Veikko Valve for ACO’s 50th anniversary season, Musical Awakenings was a program that seemed designed to regulate both body and mind — guiding listeners through states of stillness, movement, and release. Valve curated an arc that …
You know you’re at a musical about a living legend when the audience turns up dressed as her. Sparkles, spangles, cowboy hats – and dozens of Dolly lookalikes – filled the theatre for Here You Come Again last night. This …
The best of TheatreSports™ champion improvisors mixing it up with some of the bravest celebrities. Be they known in sports, media or radio, musicians or actors on film or TV, writers and podcasters; one thing is certain we are …
The Company of Dramatic Arts (CODA) a highly active cooperative has brought Louisa May Alcott’s much-loved novel Little Women to life in the intimate space of Chippen St Theatre, and what a heartfelt production it is. Though it runs close …
On August 18, 2025, the Takács Quartet—Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola), András Fejér (cello)—graced Sydney’s City Recital Hall, marking Musica Viva’s 80th birthday of bringing world-class classical artists to Australia. Touring capital cities through August, this …
This is a reprise of the outstandingly exceptional debut from a young writer with so much to share about growing up. It systematically unpacks gender pressures, and all at once we find ourselves believing in the truth of the case …
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra offered a rich and varied evening at the Opera House Concert Hall, opening with the world premiere of arion, a new commission by contemporary Australian composer William Gardiner. Created as part of the SSO’s 50 …