PROJECTS

2024| Jane in In Other Words by Matthew Seager. Figment Productions

2023| Directing Rōmeo rāua ko Hurieta – He Pānuitanga. Te Pou Theatre (15 September) 

Directing Fracture for The Actors’ Program 

Kent in King Lear. Auckland Theatre Company (13 June – 2 July) 

Margaret Murphy in The Unruly Tourists by Luke di Somma and The Fan Brigade. Director: Thomas de Mallet Burgess (22-25 March) 

Directing Hanna by Sam Potter. Starring Cassandra Woodhouse. New Zealand Theatre Company. Arts on Tour throughout NZ (1 March-12 June): Hamilton Arts Festival (1 March) Coromandel (2 March), Waihi (3 March), Whangamatā (4 March), Tauranga (5 March), Gisborne (6 March), Upper Hutt (8 March), Kaikōura (10 March), Lake Hāwea (12 March), Alexandra (14 March), Queenstown (15 March), Invercargill (16 March), Dunedin (18 March), Ashburton (19 March), Christchurch (21 March), Picton (22 March), New Plymouth (25 March), Matamata (26 March), Kerikeri (29 March), Whangārei (31 March), Q Theatre, Auckland (29-30 April) Artworks Theatre (12 June), Waiheke Island (17 June), Lopdell House, Titirangi 25 June, Te Oro Glen Innes (21 October)

Rock Follies. Hamilton Gardens Festival (25 & 26 Feb)

2022| Director of Whakapaupākihi (workshop, 11-17 July) 

Singer in The Genius of Sondheim, Auckland Writers’ Festival (23 August) 

Whitney in workshop of Hemo is Home by Tainui Tukiwaho, Te Pou Theatre (1-3 April)

Directing Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl, Auckland Theatre Company

Directing Hanna by Sam Potter. Starring Cassandra Woodhouse. New Zealand Theatre Company. Dolphin Theatre, Auckland (28 April-7 May)

Baycourt Theatre, Tauranga (2-3 June)

PumpHouse Theatre, Auckland (31 Oct-6 November)

2021| Performer in Rock Follies Forever. Auckland Live Cabaret Festival (23-25 June)

Barbara Doran in workshop of The Unruly Tourists, by Luke di Somma and The Fan Brigade (6-8 May) NZ Opera 

Helen in Two Ladies by Nancy Harris. Director: Colin McColl. Auckland Theatre Company (9-27 February) 

2020| Guest performer in Le Basement XXXmas Cabaret. Director: Leon Wadham. The Basement (16 December) 
Reader of The Little Yellow Digger by Betty Gilderdale, soundtrack by Clair Cowan. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s Storytime series; click here to watch.

Claudia in The Divine Cabaret (workshop; 29-30 June, 27-29 July). Sharu Loves Hats

Guest performer in Jung & the Restless Covert Theatre (5 July)

Arkadina in Chekhov’s The Seagull, a new online version by Eli Kent and Eleanor Bishop. Director: Eleanor Bishop. Auckland Theatre Company/ATC on StageScreen. Click here to see the reviews

Irene in Flour by Briar-Grace Smith. Centrepoint Theatre 24-Hour Challenge Online

2019| Guest performer in A Frickin Dangerous Space-mas 

Director: Jane Yonge. The Basement (16 December)

Performer, Delicious Oblivion Spiegel Fest, Taranaki (21-22 November)

Performer in The Landing. Akaroa French Fest (7 October)

Adele in The Blind Date Project by Bojana Novakovic & Mark Winter with Thomas Henning & Tanya Goldberg. Director: Sophie Roberts. Silo Theatre (19 September)

Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare. Director: Colin McColl. Auckland Theatre Company (14-30 August). Click here to see the reviews

Viv in Spitting It Out by Sam Brooks (workshop; 27 June). Auckland Live

Performer, Delicious Oblivion Auckland Live Cabaret Season (11-15 June)

Guest artist in Actressexual. Smoke Labours Productions (27 February)

2018| DJ J-Dubz in Work Do. The Basement (15 December)

Performer in Here Lies Love. Director: Sophie Roberts. Silo Theatre (22 November-8 December). Click here to see the reviews

Mrs Warren in Mrs Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw. Director: Eleanor Bishop. Auckland Theatre Company (1-16 May)

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2017| Guest performer in Santa Claus by A Slightly Isolated Dog. Director: Leo Gene Peters. The Basement (4 December)

Narrator in Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev, adapted by Sophie Roberts and Leon Radojkovic. Director: Sophie Roberts. Silo Theatre (24 November)

2016| Pankhurst in Reds by Dean Parker (playreading). The Thirsty Dog (5 November)

Guest performer in The Opening Night Before Christmas by Thomas Sainsbury and Chris Parker. The Basement (13 December)

Glenn in Mannbannd by Michael Galvin. The Testing Ground playreading. Auckland Theatre Company (23 June)

Auntie Pie in The Book of Everything adapted by Richard Tulloch from a book by Guus Kuijer Director: Sophie Roberts 

Silo Theatre on tour Hamilton, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts (18-19 March). Napier, Municipal Theatre (12-13 March). Palmerston North, Regent on Broadway (8-9 March). New Plymouth, TSB Showplace (4-5 March)

Auntie Pie in The Book of Everything adapted by Richard Tulloch from a book by Guus Kuijer Director: Sophie Roberts. Silo Theatre at Q Theatre (12-25 February). Click here to see the reviews

2015| Kalonike in Lysistrata by Aristophanes, adapted by Michael Hurst. Director: Michael Hurst. Auckland Theatre Company (30 July-29 August 2015). See images here.  Click here to see the reviews

Pat Murdoch, Anna Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks, and ensemble in Rupert by David Williamson Director: Colin McColl. Auckland Theatre Company (29 June-19 July 2015). Click here to see the reviews

Connie White in My Name is Gary Cooper by Victor Rodger / rehearsed reading. FCC, at TAPAC (28 March 2015)

Auntie Pie in The Book of Everything adapted by Richard Tulloch from a book by Guus Kuijer  Director: Sophie Roberts. Silo Theatre/Auckland Arts Festival (14-22 March)

2014| Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in Hauraki Horror by Tom Sainsbury and Chris Parker. Director: Rachel House. The Basement (9, 10, 12, 18 December)

Vivian Johnson in Stutter and Scream by Sam Brooks (workshop). Director: Gary Henderson. TAPAC/Q Theatre Vault (19-20 July)

Elsa Lanchester in Luncheon by Aroha Awarau. Director: Katie Wolfe. I’d Like to Thank Productions. The Basement (20-31 May)

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Rita Angus in Rita and Douglas adapted by Dave Armstrong. Director: Conrad Newport. Armstrong Creative. Circa Theatre (2-12 April)

Singer in Brel. Director: Michael Hurst. Silo Theatre

‘One Night Stand’, Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall (4 March)

New Zealand Festival (26 February-2 March)

2013| Helen Clarke in A Basement Christmas Carol by Nic Sampson and Barnaby Fredric  (16, 18, 20 December). Director: Sophie Roberts. The Basement

Marion in Between the Sheets by Jordi Mand. Director: Sophie Roberts. The Large Group/Royale Productions at The Basement

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Singer in Brel. Director: Michael Hurst. Silo Theatre

Tauranga Arts Festival (26-27 October). Nelson Arts Festival (19-20 October). Christchurch Arts Festival (31 August-1 September). Taranaki International Arts Festival (27-29 August)

Diane Cassell in The Heretic by Richard Bean. Director: Alison Quigan. Auckland Theatre Company. Click here to see the reviews

Performer in White Rabbit/Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour. Silo Theatre (6 July)

Elizabeth in The Apology by Jodie Molloy. Director: Katie Wolfe. Working Titles playreading. Silo Theatre (5 April)

Performer in Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron. Director: Lara Macgregor. Fortune Theatre

2012| Singer in Brel. Director: Michael Hurst. Silo Theatre. See images here. Click here to see the reviews

Rita Angus in Rita and Douglas adapted by Dave Armstrong. Director: Conrad Newport. Armstrong Creative. Otago Festival of the Arts (5-7 October)

Andrea in The Smallest Universe in the World by Stuart Hoar. Director: Simon Bennett. “Making Scenes” playreading. Auckland Theatre Company

Sandy Stier in 8 by Dustin Lance Black. Director: Stacie Stetson

Love, Blood and Rhetoric Productions

Performer in The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Mike Daisey. Director: Shane Bosher. Silo Theatre fundraiser

Margrethe Bohr in Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. Director: Alex Bonham. Northern Lights Theatre Production Company. Click here to see the reviews

Claude in Protection by Victor Rodger. Working Titles playreading. Silo Theatre

Grace in Fix by Jess Sayer. Director: Scott Wills. Read Raw playreading. Auckland Playwrights Collective

Diane Fritata in Checkout-The Musical by Rachel Callinan and Julia Truscott. Directors: Simon Coleman and Jason Te Mete. “Making Scenes” playreading. Auckland Theatre Company

2011| Rita Angus in Rita and Douglas adapted by Dave Armstrong. Director: Conrad Newport. Armstrong Creative. Auckland Town Hall (22-26 November). Tauranga Arts Festival (20 October). Nelson Arts Festival (15-17 October). Christchurch Arts Festival (18-21 August). Taranaki Festival of the Arts (12-13 August). Click here to see the reviews

Ouisa Kittredge in Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare. Director: Colin McColl. Playreading as part of “Inspiring Works”

Auckland Writers & Readers Festival/Auckland Theatre Company

Rita Angus in Rita and Douglas adapted by Dave Armstrong. Director: Conrad Newport. Armstrong Creative. Festival of Colour: Queenstown (12 April), Lake Wanaka (16 April)

Viv in Poor Boy by Matt Cameron and Tim Finn. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Auckland Theatre Company. Click here to see the reviews

2010| Barbie in TOYS by Natalie Medlock and Dan Musgrove

Director: Cameron Rhodes/Toby Leach. Royale Productions

Barbara in August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

Director: Colin McColl. Auckland Theatre Company. Click here to see the reviews

Francoise Miguel in She Came to Stay by Dean Parker. Director: Sylvia Rands (workshop/play reading). Stepping Stone Project

Martha in That Face by Polly Stenham. Director: Shane Bosher. Silo Theatre. Click here to see the reviews

Dominique Le Bons in Le Sud by Dave Armstrong. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Auckland Theatre Company. Click here to see the reviews

2009| Rebecca in Passages by Fiona Graham. Director: Lauren Jackson (workshop; selected scenes). STAMP Double Shot

Mrs. Sowerberry and Mrs. Bedwin in Oliver! by Lionel Bart

Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Auckland Theatre Company

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Tekla in Creditors by August Strindberg. Directors: Paul Gittins, Michael Hurst. Ford Transit Productions. See images here. Click here to see the reviews

Kaye in Ghost Train by Fiona Samuel. Director: Catherine Downes (playreading). Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit

2008| The Look of Love, Evocative/Provocative. Downstage Theatre

Dominique Le Bons in Le Sud by Dave Armstrong. Director: Raymond Hawthorne (semi-staged reading). Auckland Theatre Company “The Next Stage”

Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Director: Michael Hurst. Silo Theatre and The Large Group. See images here. Click here to see the reviews

2007| Connie White in My Name is Gary Cooper by Victor Rodger. Director: Roy Ward. Auckland Theatre Company

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Jennifer Ward-Lealand Falling in Love Again. Downstage Theatre

Helen and Sybil in Decadence by Steven Berkoff. Director: Paul Gittins. Licentious Productions. Click here to see the reviews

Mrs. Williams in Advance in Order by James Milne and Kip Chapman Director: Cameron Rhodes (playreading; 6 June). Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit

Danielle in Mike and Virginia by Kathryn Burnett and Nick Ward. Director: Peter Elliott (semi-staged reading). Auckland Theatre Company “The Next Stage” (6 June)

2006| Sabine Leutenegger in Berlin-Cabaret of Desire conceived by John Verryt, Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Paul Barrett. Director: John Verryt. Silo Theatre. Click here to see the reviews

Danielle in Mike and Virginia by Kathryn Burnett and Nick Ward. Director: Roy Ward (playreading). Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit (4 October)

Olivia in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Director: Michael Hurst. Auckland Theatre Company. See images here. Click here to see the reviews

2005| Rachel in Sex with Strangers-Second Edition by Maria Gaoa and actors. Director: Colin Mitchell. Colin Mitchell Production

Stevie in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee. Director: Oliver Driver. Silo Theatre. See images here. Click here to see the reviews

Sally in The Bach by Stephen Sinclair. Director: Sarah Peirse. Auckland Theatre Company. Click here to see the reviews

 
2004| Gabrielle in The Big Picture by Fiona Samuel. Director: Fiona Samuel. Auckland Theatre Company (Play Reading Series; 6 October)

Sally in The Bach by Stephen Sinclair. Director: Sarah Peirse. Auckland Theatre Company

Aunt Dottie/Emily Greenleaf in The Talented Mr. Ripley by Phyllis Nagy. Director: Oliver Driver. Auckland Theatre Company

2003| Sally in The Bach by Stephen Sinclair. Director: Danny Mulheron (semi-staged reading). Auckland Theatre Company “Second Unit”

Annie Book in The Love of Humankind by Brian Sergent

Director: Danny Mulheron. Auckland Theatre Company (Play Reading Series; 6 August)

Marlene in Marlene by Pam Gems. Director: Ilona Rodgers (potent pause) Productions. Click here to see the reviews

Mrs. Braddock in The Graduate by Terry Johnson. Director: Simon Prast. Auckland Theatre Company

2002| Anna in Old Times by Harold Pinter. Director: Paul Gittins (potent pause) Productions. Click here to see the reviews

2000| The Witch in Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Auckland Theatre Company

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1998| Susanna Hall in The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Auckland Theatre Company

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1996| Sara Jane Moore/Emma Goldman in Assassins by Stephen Sondheim. Director: Simon Bennett. Watershed Theatre

1995| Janet in The New Rocky Horror Show. Director: Nigel Triffitt. Paul Dainty/Stetson Productions. NZ National Tour

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1993| Girl in Tell Me On a Sunday by Stephen Sondheim

Director: Cath Cardiff. Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

1992| Sally Bowles in Cabaret by Kander and Ebb. Director: Michael Hurst. Watershed Theatre. Click here to see the reviews

Singer/Actor in Side by Side by Sondheim. Director: Ingrid Prossor. Wellington Music Theatre

Viola in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Director: Glen Elston. Adelaide International Festival of the Arts

1991| Phyllis Rodgers-Stone in Follies by Stephen Sondheim

Director: Bob Addisson. Baycourt Theatre

Lyn in Via Satellite by Anthony McCarten. Director: Paul Gittins. Mercury Theatre

Renee/Girl in Magazine/Woman at Party in M Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. Director: Paul Minifie. Mercury Theatre

Eileen in The Sex Fiend by Stephen Sinclair and Danny Mulheron. Director: Chris Scheil. Mercury Theatre

1990| Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Mercury Theatre

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Singer/Actor in This Joint is Jumpin’. Director: Cath Cardiff. Mercury Theatre

Bridget in A Slice of Saturday Night by the Heather Brothers. Director: Paul Minifie. Mercury Theatre

Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht. Director: Michael Hurst. Inside Out Theatre

Glenda in The One That Got Away by The Front Lawn. Directed by Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair and Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Memorial Theatre (Wellington; 27 April-2 May) 1990 Universal Theatre Melbourne Comedy Festival (Melbourne, Australia; 30 March-22 April)

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1989| Singer/Actor in A Marvellous Party by Noel Coward. Director: Paul Minifie. The Gods: Mercury Upstairs

Glenda in The One That Got Away by The Front Lawn. Directed by Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair and Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Maidment Theatre (Auckland; 15-19 November). Painted Bride Theatre (Philadelphia, PA, USA; 6-8 October). Walker Arts Centre (Minneapolis, MN, USA; 5 October). Dance Theatre Workshop (New York, NY, USA; 21 September-1 October). Donmar Warehouse, Pick of the Fringe (Longon, England; til 30 August). Perth Theatre (Perth, Scotland). Canongate, Edinburth Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland; 15-26 August). The Purcell Room, South Bank Centre (London, England; 11-13 August). Mayfair Theatre (Dunedin; 28 June-2 July). Christchurch Repertory (Christchurch; 19-24 June). Maidment Theatre (Auckland; 20 May-11 June). Beehive Theatrette (Wellington; 23 May). University Memorial Theatre (Wellington; 12-26 May). Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North; 3-6 May). See an interview with The Front Lawn as they left New Zealand, including brief excerpts from the show.

1988| Singer/Actor in The Irving Berlin Show. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. The Gods: Mercury Upstairs. Click here to see the reviews

Lt. Genevieve Marshall in South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Mercury Theatre

Young Girl in Yerma by Garcia Lorca. Director: Lee Grant. The Gods: Mercury Upstairs

Nana in Nana by Olwen Wymark; novel by Emile Zola. Director: Paul Minifie. Mercury Theatre. Click here to see the reviews

Singer/Actor in Rodgers and Hart. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Mercury Theatre. Click here to see the reviews

Various roles in The Three Musketeers; adapted by Stuart Hoar from Alexander Dumas. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Mercury Theatre

Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht. Director: Colin McColl. Downstage Theatre

1987| Singer/Actor in Side by Side by Sondheim. Director: Alison Quigan. Centrepoint Theatre

Charlotte in The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard. Director: Alison Quigan. Centrepoint Theatre

Eugenia in Breaking the Silence by Stephen Poliakoff. Director: Alison Quigan. Centrepoint Theatre

Lavinia in Strip by Lorae Parry. Director: Ellie Smith. Centrepoint Theatre. Click here to see the reviews

 
1986| Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women by Euripides. Director: Sarah Peirse and Michael Hurst. Public Works Performing Arts Collective
Nell in Pass it On by Renee. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate
Lily in As Is by William Hoffman. Director: Murray Lynch. Theatre Corporate
Singer/Actor in Stretchmarks by Sarah Delahunty. Director: Stephanie Smith. Theatre Corporate
First Witch in Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate
Eva in Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn. Director: Murray Lynch. Theatre Corporate (from 25 July)
Hedda in Hedda Gabler. Director: Paul Sonne. Theatre Corporate

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1985| Agnes in Agnes of God by John Pielmeier. Director: Sarah Peirse. Mercury Theatre (29 May-22 June). 
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Platinum Sue in Trafford Tanzi by Claire Luckham. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate
Various roles in Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett. Director: Paul Gittins. Theatre Corporate

 
1984| Kit Kat Girl in Cabaret by Kander and Ebb. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Theatre Corporate

Various roles in Amphigouri Allegretto. Director: Gillian Sutton. Theatre Corporate (from 27 April)

Angie and Pope Joan in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill. Director: Sarah Peirse. Theatre Corporate (from 30 May)

Emilia and Mopsa in A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Theatre Corporate

Pip in The Clowns by Raymond Hawthome. Theatre Corporate

Zero in Ictus by Michael Hurst. Director: Michael Hurst. Theatre Corporate

1983| Leni in The Trial by Stephen Berkoff; from Kafka. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate

Bolette in The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen. Director: Raymond Hawthorne. Theatre Corporate

The Daughter in Rip Tide by Harry Sinclair. Directors: Harry Sinclair and Michael Hurst. Theatre Corporate

Dance Hall Doll in A Street Called Straight by Seamus Quinn. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate

Moll in The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate

Regan in King Lear by William Shakespeare. Director: Roger McGill. Theatre Corporate

Māori Myths

Story Theatre

Starters by Norelle Scott 

Theatre Corporate Community Theatre Company (Theatre in Education touring company), directed by Roger McGill

1981| Viola in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. 

Directors: Anne Flannery & Ian McClymont. BATS Theatre

Various roles in Coming Through the Rye The Town and Country Players

Blossom the Clown in You Can’t Be Brave Until You’ve Been Afraid by Murray Edmond, The Town and Country Players

Madame Popova in The Bear by Anton Chekhov The Town and Country Players

Various roles in Once Twice Thrice Upon a Tale by Joy Cowley The Town and Country Players

1980| Mary Warren in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Director: Anne Flannery. BATS Theatre

1979| Various roles in Slices of Life (devised). Director: Anne Flannery. BATS Theatre

Various roles in There’s No Point Arguing the Toss by Don Haworth.  Director: John Banas. Downstage Youth Teatre

1978| Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Director: John Banas. Downstage Youth Theatre