Lisa O’Neill is a performer, choreographer, performance director and teacher working extensively in the areas of dance, theatre, performance and new-media, based in Brisbane, Australia.

A multi-skilled performer and performance-maker, Lisa creates intensely engaging works informed by her rich and diverse arts practice. She has received numerous performance commissions, touring her original solo and collaborative works nationally and internationally, highlights include performances at the Institute of Contemporary Art (England); Bios Gallery (Greece); Prix Ars Electronica Cyber Arts Festival (Austria); National Review of Live Art, New Moves festival, New Territories festival (Scotland); the Asia Contemporary Dance Festival (Japan); the National Art Museum of China (Beijing); Australian Centre for the Moving Image; Sydney Opera House; Windmill Performing Arts festival; Magdalena International Women’s festival; Dancehouse; The Performance Space; The Adelaide Festival Centre; The Arts Centre and the Assitej conference for young people.

For the past 15 years Lisa has trained in the Japanese Suzuki Actor Training Method. From 1995 – 2007 she worked as an actor with FRANK THEATRE. Frank Theatre’s national and international touring highlights include performances at numerous Australian arts festivals, The Toga International Arts Festival; Tadashi Suzuki’s Theatre Olympics, Shizuoka International Arts Festival (Japan); Theatre European Regions Arts Festival (Czech Republic); MKFm International Youth Theatre Festival (Croatia) and the Sabana Foundation Adana Theatre Festival (Turkey).

Lisa is co-coordinator and director of the Advanced Diploma of Arts (Acting) course at Southbank Institute of Technology, having taught at the Institute since 2001.

She is a founding and core member of the new media company TRANSMUTE COLLECTIVE.. Transmute's interactive art installations have appeared in galleries across Australia, Europe, Asia and The United States of America.

Lisa is also co-director of THE BRIDES OF FRANK performance group and business enterprise.
Her tour-ready performance works include acclaimed solo dance pieces; SWEET YETI and FUGU SAN and PIANISSIMO, a dance/musical theatre work co-created with Christine Johnston

New commissions include the solo dance work THE PIPE MANAGER, and theatre work PINEAPPLE QUEEN MERDE.