Aidan Fennessy (1966-2020). Aidan’s work as a writer and director has been produced extensively both in Australia and overseas. His writing credits include The Heartbreak Choir (Melbourne Theatre Company), The Architect (Melbourne Theatre Company), What Rhymes With Cars and Girls (Melbourne Theatre Company), National Interest (MTC and Black Swan State Theatre Company), The Way Things Work (Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre and Tamarama Rock Surfers), The House on The Lake (Black Swan State Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre Company, and productions in Rome, Athens and Madrid), The Trade (Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Tasmanian Theatre Company), Chilling and Killing My Annabel Lee (Playbox/Chameleon, Queensland Theatre Company). He was nominated at the 2016 Helpmann Awards for Best New Work. He won the 2012 Victorian Premier People’s Choice Award and the 2010 Griffin Award. Aidan was co-founder of Chameleon Theatre, a member of the HotHouse Theatre Directorate, Artistic Director of The Storeroom Theatre Workshop and Associate Director of Melbourne Theatre Company.

Ensemble Theatre: PHOTOGRAPH 51. Q Theatre, Auckland: GODZONIA. Hampstead Theatre: ANTHROPOLOGY, WILDERNESS, DRY POWDER, NO ONE WILL TELL ME HOW TO START A REVOLUTION, KISS ME, LABRYINTH, THE ARGUMENT, FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS, DELUGE, THE EMPTY QUARTER, DONNY’S BRAIN. Theatre Royal Haymarket: COOKIES. Southwark Playhouse: ROUNDELAY Gate Theatre: DREAM STORY, LULU. National Theatre & Spinx Women Centre Stage Festival WER & WIF. BAC & Summerhall, Edinburgh: HOW DOES A SNAKE SHED ITS SKIN, Chichester Festival Theatre: (as director) CORAM BOY, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, (as adaptor) THE BUTTERFLY LION, CROSSING LINES, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Bristol Temple Meads Station: THE STICK HOUSE. Trafalgar Studios: LOVELY AND MISFIT. Theatre 503: GBS. Finborough Theatre: ROULETTE.

As Director; Little Eggs Collective: PINOCCHIO, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, EXTENDED PLAY: OLIVER SHERMACHER (with City Recital Hall), METROPOLIS (with Hayes Theatre Co). RaCreate & Old Fitz Theatre: DO YOU MIND? Sydney Grammar School: RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. St. Vincent’s College: MATILDA, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS. Assistant Director; Ensemble Theatre: THE GREAT DIVIDE, Joshua Robson Productions & Hayes Theatre Co: BONNIE AND CLYDE, CITY OF ANGELS. Opera Australia: IL TRITTICO. Actor; Belvoir 25A: POV (with re:group), JESS AND JOE FOREVER (with Sugary Rum Productions), THE ASTRAL PLANE, Christine Dunstan Productions: TIM, Griffin Theatre Company: WHEREVER SHE WANDERS, Little Eggs Collective: THE LOST BOYS, Sydney Theatre Company: THE REAL THING. Film: HOT MESS. Training: Lee Strasberg Institute of Theatre and Film (New York) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London).

Principal Pianist: Gondwana Choirs. Solo performances: Glass’s Etudes for Solo Piano at Perth International Arts Festival, Center for the Art of Performance UCLA and Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Commissioned compositions for: Acacia Quartet, Alicia Crossley (recorders), Brisbane Birralee, Chamber Singers (2020 Composer in Residence), Divisi Chamber Singers, Ensemble Offspring, Homophonic, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Phoenix Central Park, Steel City Strings, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, The Australian Voices, The Consort of Melbourne and The Song Company. Opera Composer: MARGARET AND THE GREY MARE, in collaboration with artist Katy B Plummer and a coded-for-purpose artificial intelligence named The Grey Mare Chatbot. Albums and releases: debut album MAD RUSH, HALO for Australian Vocal Ensemble AVÉ, STARWALKER for guitar and piano commissioned by guitarist Matt Withers, and a new work for percussionist Claire Edwardes and harpist Emily Granger for the Hush Foundation. Awards: Solo albums on ABC Classic have garnered 8 ARIA nominations and 3 wins. MARGARET AND THE GREY MARE has recently won the APRA AMCOS Art Music Award for Work of the Year: Dramatic, as well as first prize in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

Ensemble Theatre: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, A CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION, KILLING KATIE, THE APPLETON LADIES POTATO RACE. Belvoir Street Theatre: CURSED! Bell Shakespeare: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Company B: PARRAMATTA GIRLS. Griffin Theatre Company: WICKED SISTERS. Hit Productions: BARMAIDS. Melbourne Theatre Company: AUSTRALIA DAY. National Theatre of Parramatta: JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM. Sydney Theatre Company: TALK, CHILDREN OF THE SUN, M.ROCK, THE WHARF REVIEW. Sydney Opera House: BABIES’ PROMS: JINGLE BELL. Sydney Festival: SYMPHONIC FAIRYTALES. Queensland Theatre Company: THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE. Film: RIP TIDE, TRUTH, BLACK & WHITE & SEX, SAY NOTHING, CLOSE CONTACT, CRACKERS, THE ROLY POLY MAN Television: BUMP, THE CREW’S SHIP, THE LET DOWN, DEAD LUCKY, DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, EAST OF EVERYTHING, ALL SAINTS. Valerie is a proud member of MEAA.

Malthouse Theatre: MACBETH (AN UNDOING).  Fever103Theatre: CLIMBERS, BRITANNY AND THE MANNEQUINS.  Victorian College of the Arts: BABY TEETH, WHEREVER SHE WANDERS, THE WOLVES, SLAUGHTERHOUSE, TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS, DEFAMATION OF WOOD, MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, THE SEAGULL.  Short Film: HERE THERE BE MONTSTERS.  Film: THE WANDERING.  Training: Victorian College of the Arts.

Ensemble Theatre: CLYDE’S. Belvoir Street Theatre: SAMI IN PARADISE. Black Honey Company: ONE THE BEAR. Club House Production: 44 SEX ACTS IN IN ONE WEEK. Gordon Frost Organisation: ANNIE THE MUSICAL. Hayes Theatre Company: ZOMBIE THE MUSICAL. Outhouse Company: THE ROLLING STONE. TEG Dainty: HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL. Urban Theatre Projects: MA’P BOULÉ, HOME COUNTRY. Sydney Theatre Company: A RAISIN IN THE SUN, BLITHE SPIRIT. Film: 2:22, TRUTH, THE GREAT GATSBY. Short Film: GIRL AND BODY, FOURTEEN. Television: CLEVERMAN, 600 BOTTLES OF WINE, DANCE ACADEMY, DEADLY WOMEN, FACING EVIL. Training: Actors Pulse.

Essential Theatre: EMILIA; Hothouse Theatre: THE MESSIAH; THE FABULOUS DAME FARRAR’S STUPENDOUS ACTS FOR THE STAGE!!! La Boite Theatre: SPEAKING IN TONGUES; THE JOHN WAYNE PRINCIPLE; THE POPULAR MECHANICALS; A PAPER HOUSE. Melbourne Theatre Company: THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR; LADIES IN BLACK; CYRANO DE BERGERAC. Queensland Theatre: LADIES IN BLACK; THE VENETIAN TWINS; A CONVERSATION; PROOF. Schnapperhead Productions: ZOO-ILLOGICAL. Star City Showroom: TODD MCKENNEY LIVE. Television: MISS FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES; SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY; FAT COW MOTEL; MORTIFIED; MEDIVAC. Awards: Helpmann Award “Best Production” LADIES IN BLACK; Helpmann Award “Best Touring Production” THE MESSIAH; BRISBANE LORD MAYOR’S PERFORMING ARTS FELLOWSHIP. Training: BA Acting Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Australian Theatre for Young People: THE DEB. Athenaeum Theatre: GHOST STORIES, Darlinghurst Theatre: ONCE. Capitol Theatre Sydney: GREASE, THE LION KING. City Recital Hall: PUSS IN BOOTS. Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide: GREASE. Paramatta Riverside Theatre: SHREK THE MUSICAL. Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide: GREASE. Sydney Opera House: CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CONCERTS WITH SYDNEY ORCHESTRA. Sydney Theatre Company: CHILDREN OF THE SUN. The Regent Theatre: WICKED. Other: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE NEW ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THREEPENNY OPERA, SWEET CHARITY, WESTSIDE STORY, SWEET CHARITY Film: NIM’S ISLAND, THE NAVIGATOR, DAY BREAKERS, STAR WARS Television: LOST FOR WORDS, DOCTOR, DOCTOR, FIGHTING SEASON, HOME AND AWAY, JAY’S JUNGLE, BED OF ROSES, MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS, PLAY SCHOOL, LEGEND OF THE SEEKER, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, WATER RATS, SURPRISE SURPRISE, STARSTRUCK, STREET LEGAL. Composer & Author: Albums for ABC for Kids and authored many children’s books. Tours & Performances: Queensland, Melbourne, South Australia, and WA Symphony Orchestra. Awards: 2007 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production for Children for JAY’S PLACE.

Australia Theatre for Young People: FOLLOW ME HOME. Belvoir Street
Theatre: BLESSED UNION. Every Other Theatre Company: ALL BOYS.
Everything But The Kitchen Sink Festival: ORIGIN STORY. Liminal
Productions: TOO HUMAN. Little Eggs Collective: MOON RABBIT RISING.
New Ghost Theatre Company: SOTOBA KOMACHI. Film: LEGEND OF THE FIVE.
Short Film: TOO MANY ETHNICS, PERCENTAGES. Training: Academy of Film, Theatre & Television.

Ensemble Theatre: KILLING KATIE- CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK CLUB. Bell Shakespeare: THE ALCHEMIST (with Queensland Theatre Company). Darlinghurst Theatre: EVERY SECOND, DEATHTRAP. Griffin Theatre Company: SUNSET STRIP, PORN.CAKE, CRESTFALL. Queensland Theatre Company: AWAY ( with Griffin Theatre Company), THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, BECKETT X 3, RUBY MOON. Seymour Centre: GLORIA, ARLINGTON. Sydney Theatre Company: STILL POINT TURNING- THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY, IN A HEARTBEAT. Film: BABYTEETH, EAGLEHAWK, RIP TIDE, THE TAIL JOB, FLAT DADDY, JOSH, BAD BEHAVIOUR. TV: COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS- SEASON 2, FRAYED, WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA’AM, ELEGANT GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO KNIFE FIGHTING, RAKE, TEAM 11, BLUE HEELERS, THE DAY OF THE ROSES. Awards: 2012 John Chataway Innovation Award UTA UBER KOOL JA ( Adelaide Fringe Festival) Training: Actors Centre Australia.

Ensemble Theatre: UNCLE VANYA, THE ONE, BENEFACTORS. Michael Cassel/Eva Price: TITANIQUE. Opera Australia/Cameron Mackintosh: MISS SAIGON. GWB/Cameron Mackintosh: MISS SAIGON ASIA TOUR. Hayes Theatre Co: ZOMBIE: THE MUSICAL. Little Eggs Collective/Hayes Theatre Co: METROPOLIS, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Artists in Motion/Dubai Expo: DIWALI, NYE, WHY? THE MUSICAL, DAILY PRODUCTIONS. Artists in Motion: RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, THE QUEST FOR THE MOON, HSING YUN. Betty Productions: 48TH UAE NATIONAL DAY. Training: BFA, MFA: National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre, MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, THE ONE, BABY DOLL, FULLY COMMITTED, THE ANZAC PROJECT. Other Theatre; Bell Shakespeare, TWELFTH NIGHT, TITUS ANDRONICUS, JULIUS CAESAR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Belvoir, JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM, WINYANBOGA YURRINGA, ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, THE DROVER’S WIFE, IVANOV. Griffin: BLAQUE SHOWGIRLS, JAILBABY, PONY, GHOSTING THE PARTY, ORANGE THROWER, DOGGED, SUPERHEROES, THE BLEEDING TREE. Hayes Theatre, ZOMBIE! THE MUSICAL, LIZZIE. La Boite, ONE THE BEAR, BLACKROCK, LA VOIX HUMANE. Malthouse, WAKE IN FRIGHT, BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN, FIERY MAZE (with Sydney Festival). Opera Australia, IDOMENEO (with Victorian Opera), THE MAGIC FLUTE. Sydney Theatre Company, FENCES, CITY OF GOLD (with BSSTC), A RAISIN IN THE SUN, HOME I’M DARLING, 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING, BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN. Queensland Theatre, DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Awards: Three Sydney Theatre Awards. Two Green Room Awards. Australian Production Design Guild Award.  The Mike Walsh Fellowship.

Ensemble Theatre: UNCLE VANYA, BLACK COCKATOO. Bell Shakespeare: HENRY V, HAMLET. Belvoir Street Theatre: THE WEEKEND, TELL ME I’M HERE, JUNGLE AND THE SEA, MY BRILLIANT CAREER, EVERY BRILLIANT THING, THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, CURSED, THE SUGAR HOUSE, BABYTEETH, BAGHDAD WEDDING, RUBEN GUTHRIE, PAGE 8, GULP-ILIL, ANGELS IN AMERICA. Griffin Theatre Company: SPEAKING IN TONGUES, THE SMALLEST HOUR. Melbourne Theatre Company: THE SOUND INSIDE, THE WEIR, THE SUBLIME. Queensland Theatre Company: BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE, NEARER THE GODS. Sydney Theatre Company: JULIA, NO PAY NO WAY, APPROPRIATE, SWITZERLAND, THE CHILDREN, BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEANNE, BAT-TLE OF WATERLOO, THE SPLINTER, DISGRACED. Film: THE MOOGAI, FIRESTARTER (THE STORY OF BANGARRA) Awards: Three Helpmann Awards, Two Sydney Theatre Awards.

Theatre: Ensemble Theatre: COLDER THAN HERE, MASTERCLASS, ULSTER AMERICAN, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, SUMMER OF HAROLD, BENEFACTORS, CLYDE’S, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, BOXING DAY BBQ, THE CARETAKER, PHOTOGRAPH 51, BLACK COCKATOO, BABY DOLL. Belvoir Street Theatre: COUNTING AND CRACKING. Crossroads Live: CINDERELLA, 9 TO 5. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, ONCE, A CHORUS LINE. DreamWorks: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Gordon Frost: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SHREK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, THE BODYGUARD, DIRTY DANCING. Griffin Theatre: PONY. GWB Entertainment JAGGED LITTLE PILL, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Hayes Theatre: RIDE THE CYCLONE, MURDER FOR TWO. National Theatre of Paramatta: YOGA PLAY, FADE. Paul Dainty: TINA. Television: SHANTARAM, WELLMANIA, YEAR OF, MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS. Film: JUNGLE.

Ensemble Theatre: COLDER THAN HERE, THE GREAT DIVIDE, TODD MCKENNEY: PETER ALLEN AND ME. Belvoir 25a: AN OX STAND ON MY TONGUE. Megan Bennetts: LOSING IT. Sport For Jove: VENUS & ADONIS, ROMEO & JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, MACBETH, RICHARD III, HENRY IV. Squabbalogic: HERRINGBONE. Assistant Stage Manager: Ensemble Theatre: UNCLE VANYA, MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, ULSTER AMERICAN. Bell Shakespeare: THE LOVERS. Belvoir Street Theatre: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA. Opera Australia: LA TRAVIATA. Red Line Productions & Sydney Opera House: AMADEUS. Company Manager: Bar’d Work: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Film: 17 MINUTES, DISARMED, LIFE AFTER MAN, KAIROS, LONG STORY SHORT, PSEUDOMONAS, RITUAL, THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US. Music Video: AMALIA, IN HEART’S WAKE & RAYN.

Ensemble Theatre: SUMMER OF HAROLD. Belvoir St Theatre: COUNTING AND CRACKING (Melbourne, Sydney & New York Tour), HOLDING THE MAN, TIDDAS, THE WEEKEND, AT WHAT COST? (National Tour), BLESSED UNION. Red Line Productions & OMUSUBI Productions: THE FACE OF JIZO. Awards: Inaugural Peter Hurford Award for Excellence (Commendation) 2022. Training: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Ensemble Theatre: MCGUFFIN PARK, A DOLL’S HOUSE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BOXING DAY BBQ, A BROADCAST COUP. Australian Chamber Orchestra: WILFRED GORDON MCDONALD PARTRIDGE. Belvoir Street Theatre: INTO THE WOODS, MISS PEONY, THE CHERRY ORCHARD. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: ONCE, A CHORUS LINE. Hayes Theatre Company: THE LUCKY COUNTRY, JEKYLL & HYDE. NTGent, Belgium: ONE DAY I WILL MAKE THE ONION CRY. Film: THOR. Couture: NICOL & FORD. Training: Advance Diploma of Production Design, Design Centre Enmore. Bachelor of Costume, The National Institute of Dramatic Art. Masters degree of Costume Design, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.