EDUCATION / TRAINING:
2007-2010 Classical ballet training
1995-2010    Suzuki Actor Training Method
1993-2010    Astanga Yoga
1998-2000    Suzuki Actor Training Method - Suzuki Company of Toga - Japan
1991-1992    Queensland University of Technology - Academy of the Arts, Associate Degree of Arts (Dance)
1989-1990    Queensland Dance School of Excellence

COMPANIES / COLLECTIVES:

2002-2010   THE BRIDES OF FRANK (performance group)
1998-2010    TRANSMUTE COLLECTIVE (multi-media) – Directed by Keith Armstrong - employed as
                        performer/performance director
1995-2007    FRANK THEATRE – Directed by Jacqui Carroll and John Nobbs - employed as Actor
1996-1997    THE CHERRY HERRING (Independent Dance Collective) – resident artist
1993-1994     DARC SWAN DANCE COMPANY – employed as dancer/choreographer

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE WORK: (selected shows)
THE PIPE MANAGER (solo dance/theatre work)
--2009 Brisbane Powerhouse premier
- 2008 Brisbane Powerhouse - creative development showing
- 2007 The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts - creative dvelopment showing

PINEAPPLE QUEEN (Written by Norman Price)      
- 2009 La Boite Theatre premier      
- 2006/2007 Metro Arts - Creative development showings
- 2005 DA DA Cabaret Series, The Zoo, The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
- 2005 Frank Summer Expo, Brisbane Powerhousee

INTIMATE TRANSACTIONS  (Interactive performance installation - Transmute Collective)
- 2009 Australian regional tour
- 2008 Synthetic Times, media Arts China 2008, Beijing, China
- 2006 The Performance Space and Arts Space
- 2006 Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
- 2006 Bios Gallery, Athens, Greece
- 2005 The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, Scotland
- 2005 Australian Centre for the Moving Image and QUT Creative Personnel Industries Precinct
- 2005 Prix Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
- 2005 B.Tween Festival, Doncaster, England, 2005

FLUFF (Children’s show)
- 2009 The Sydney Festival
- 2009 The Auckland Festival, New Zealand
- 2009 Queensland Performing Arts Centre
- 2009 Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
- 2008 ASSITEJ international conference for young people, Adelaide
- 2008 The Arts Centre, Melbourne
- 2006 Queensland Performing Arts Centre
- 2004 Sydney Opera House
- 2004 Windmill Performing Arts, Adelaide Festival Centre
- 2002 Out of the Box Festival, QPAT

MANGA ULYSSES (Frank Theatre and Southbank Institute of Tafe)
- 2006 Brisbane Powerhouse

TIL DEATH DO US PART  (The Brides of Frank)                     
- 2009 Metro Arts
- 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival
- 2005/2007 Brisbane Powerhouse

SWEET YETI (Solo dance work)
- 2006 Velocity, QUT Creative Personnel Industries Precinct
- 2000 New Moves Festival, Glasgow, Scotland    
- 2000 Three Frank Women, Metro Arts   
- 2000 Australian Dance Week, Queensland Art Gallery
- 2000 Brisbane City Gallery

PIANISSIMO (Lisa O’Neill and Christine Johnston)
- 2004 Sydney Opera House 
- 2003 Magdalena International Women’s Festival, QPAT

MACBETH (Frank Theatre)
- 2005 Queensland Performing Arts Centre
- 2004 The Sabana Foundation Adana Theatre Festival, Turkey
- 2003 European Regions Festival, Czech Republic
- 1998 Australian Shakespeare Festival
- 1997 Karnak Playhouse
- 1995 Metro Arts

FUGU SAN (Solo dance work)
- 2005 The Click, The Institute of Modern Art
- 2002 Asia Contemporary Dance Festival, Osaka, Japan  
- 2002 New Territories Festival, Glasgow, Scotland      
- 2002 Bodyworks, Dancehouse  
- 2001 Scope, The Performance Space       
- 2000 L’attitude 27.5, Brisbane Powerhouse 

GROUNDED LIGHT (Lisa O’Neill, Keith Armstrong and Ben Marks)
- 2003 The Floating Land Festival, Noosa

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S ROMEOS (Frank Theatre)
- 2003 Brisbane Powerhouse

THE LOVE THAT WE KNEW (Solo performance work)
2003 - The Click, The Institute of modern Art

OEDIPUS REX (Frank Theatre)
- 2003 MKFm International Youth Theatre Festival, Pula, Croatia
- 2004 Brisbane Powerhouse

DOLL SEVENTEEN (Frank Theatre)
- 2004 Karnak Playhouse
- 2003 Queensland Performing Arts Centre
- 2002 The Brisbane Festival

RASHOMON (Frank Theatre)
- 2004 The Brisbane Festival
- 2001 Brisbane Powerhouse 

MYRRHA (Directed by Diane Cilento)
- 2002 Brisbane Powerhouse  

FRANK EXPO (Frank Theatre)
2001-2005 - Brisbane Powerhouse

GHOSTING (New-media performance installation)
- 2007/2001 The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts

RODIN’S KISS (Lisa O’Neill and Caroline Dunphy)
- 2001 L’attitude 27.5, Brisbane Powerhouse

TAIKOZ (Frank Theatre and Taikoz)
- 2001 Brisbane Powerhouse

DOUBLE VISION (Directed by Maryanne Lynch)
-2001 Queensland Performing Arts Trust

LIQUID GOLD (Transmute Collective)
- 2001 Brisbane Powerhouse and Site Gallery, England

HEAVY METAL HAMLET (Frank Theatre)
- 2000 Shizuoka International Arts Festival, Japan
- 1998 Olympic Sea Change Festival

TOKYO VOGUE (Frank Theatre)
 - 1999 Brisbane City Gallery

GLOBAL ARTS LINK OPENING (Frank Theatre)
- 1999 Global Arts Link Gallery

TRANSIT LOUNGE (Transmute Collective)
- 1999 Metro Arts

TEARDROP EXPLODES (Solo dance work)
- 1991 Cityscapes, Australian Dance Week

SALOME (Frank Theatre)
- 1998 Toga International Arts Festival, Japan
- 1999 Karnak Playhouse
- 1998 Price Theatre
- 1997 Princess Theatre

YETI IN E MINOR (Solo dance work)
- 1998 Options Dance Festival 
- 1996 Cherry Herring

MARBLE (Lisa O’Neill and Christina Koch)
- 1997 Brisbane Stage X Festival, Metro Arts

ELECTRIC HERRING (Solo dance work)
- 1997 Brisbane Fringe Festival

THE TRAGEDY OF OEDIPUS (Frank Theatre)
- 1997 Woodward Theatre
- 1995 Riverstage Botanical Gardens 
- 1995 Princess Theatre

PROJECT #14 (Multi-media performance)
- 1996 Brisbane Festival

ROMEO AND JULIET (Frank Theatre)
- 1996 Karnak Playhouse
- 1996 Princess Theatre

MUSIC THAT PAINTS PICTURES (Solo performance work)
- 1996 Queensland Performing Arts Centre

ROMANCE OF ORPHEUS (Frank Theatre)
- 1996 Bunya Mountains

KAMIKAZE BUSKERS                         
-1995 Warana Brisbane Festival

SWEET YETI (Solo dance work)
- 1995 Brisbane Fringe Festival, Crab Room 

RED CAR WHITE HOUSE (Darc Swan Dance Company)
- 1994 Sydney Fringe Festival
- 1994 Dance Collections, The Performance Space
- 1995 Byron Bay Arts festival
- 1995 University of New England
- 1994 Taylor Square Arts Festival                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
PERFORMANCE COMMISSIONS - ORIGINAL WORK:
THE PIPE MANAGER             Premiered Brisbane Powerhouse - 2009
THE PINEAPPLE QUEEN       (Written by Norman Price) - Premiered La Boite Theatre - 2009
PIANISSIMO                                   Co-created with Christine Johnston) - Queensland Performing Arts Trust - 2003
THE LOVE THAT WE KNEW           The Click, The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts - 2003
RODIN’S KISS                                (Co-created with Caroline Dunphy) - L’attitude 27.5, Brisbane Powerhouse – 2001
FUGU SAN                                       L’atitude 27.5, Brisbane Powerhouse - 2000
THE FALL                                            Queensland Dance School of Excellence - 2001             
THE PEACOCK                                  Queensland Dance School of Excellence - 1999
TEADROP EXPLODES               Australian Dance Week  - 1999
THE CATERPILLAR                           Queensland Dance School of Excellence - 1997
MARBLE                                            (Co-created with Christina Koch) - Brisbane Stage X Festival, QPAT – 1997
THE STROLL                                      The Queensland Ballet - 1996

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS:
THE MARAT SADE                           Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2009
BOOTCAMP ROYALE 3                  Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2009
TARTUFFE                                          Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2009
THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
PROJECT                                            Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2008
A SWEET LIFE                                    Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2008
HAND LUGGAGE                              Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2007
BOOTCAMP ROYALE                      Southbank Institute of Technology – co-director - 2007/2008
THE TROJAN WOMAN                     Southbank Institute of Tafe – co-director - 2006
LIEBESTREU                                      Southbank Institute of Tafe – co-director - 2006
KABARET                                            Southbank Institute of Tafe – co-director - 2005
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA   Southbank Institute of Tafe – co-director - 2005
WOMEN IN VOICE 14                       QPAC – choreographer – 2005
UP JUMPED THE DEVIL                  Creative development project, QPAC, Frank Theatre – actor - 2005
URBAN DINGOES                              La Boite Theatre – choreographer – 2004
TRAPPED IN DREAMS                     Southbank Institute of Tafe – co-director – 2004
PORTAL                                               Backbone ’s Festival – project mentor - 2004
INTIMATE TRANSACTIONS   Transmute Collective - performer/performance director – 2003
FLUFF                                                Out of the Box Festival, QPAC - performer/choreographer - 2002
GROUNDED LIGHT                    Transmute Collective - performer/performance director - 2003
TRANSACT (Flesh/Skin/Bone) Transmute Collective – performer/performance director – 2001 to 2003
GHOSTING                                      Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts – performer/performance director - 2001
DOUBLE VISION                                 Directed by Maryanne Lynch, QPAT- performer/choreographer - 2001
AGONY IN THE GARDEN                 Stage X festival – project supervisor - 2001
MODEL WEARS DEATH                   Stage X festival – project supervisor - 2001
BAD MOTHERS                                  Directed by Maryanne Lynch, QPAC -  Performer/Choreographer – 2000 to 2001
IN TRANSIT                                          Hungry Hill Dance Project - Director/Choreographer - 2000
DECENT SPINSTER                          Directed by Christine Johnston - Choreographer - 1999-2001
WOMEN & ADDICTION                     Creative development project - Choreographer/Director 1998-1999
BLUE NARCISSUS                            BEMAC - Choreographer/Director – 1998-1999
PROJECT #14                                The Brisbane Festival – performer - 1996
BRITTLE                                               Brink Visual Theatre Company - Choreographer - 1998
ANNIE LEE PROJECT                       Creative development project - Choreographer - 1997
VIOLENCE FREE ZONE PROJECT  East Brisbane Primary School - Artist in Residence - 1997

GRANTS RECEIVED:
ARTS QUEENSLAND - PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION - The Pipe Manager - 2009
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - NEW WORK - The Pipe Manager - 2008
ARTS QUEENSLAND - NEW WORK - Pineapple Queen Merde - 2007
ARTS QUEENSLAND - NEW WORK - The Pipe Manager - 2007
ARTS QUEENSLAND - NEW WORK - Til Death do us Part - The Brides of Frank - 2007
BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL SPARKS PROGRAM - CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT – The Brides of Frank - 2005
ARTS QUEENSLAND - Assistance to attend The National Review of Live Art - Glasgow, Scotland - 2005
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS – Assistance to attend Asia Contemporary Dance Festival –                                                                                                                                                Osaka, Japan - 2002
ARTS QUEENSLAND - Assistance to attend New Territories Festival - Glasgow, Scotland - 2002
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - NEW WORK ‘Rodin’s Kiss’ - 2001
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - Assistance to attend New Moves festival - Glasgow, Scotland -                                                                                                                                                                                   2000
ARTS QUEENSLAND - INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME  - Travel to                                                                                                Japan to observe Theatre  Olympics - 1999
ARTS QUEENSLAND - CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - Women & Addiction - 1998-1999
ARTS QUEENSLAND - DEVELOPMENT- Marble 45 Minute Dance Film - 1998
ARTS QUEENSLAND - NEW WORK - Marble - Brisbane Stage X Festival - 1997

COURSES / RESIDENCIES / AWARDS:
8th AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CHOREOGRAPHIC COURSE - 2001 - Choreographer
BRISBANE POWERHOUSE LIVE ARTS INCUBATOR PROGRAMME  - 2001/2002 - 2 year Transmute                                                                                                                Collective residency
 QLD MATILDA AWARD 2000 – For Performances in ‘Rashomon’- Frank Theatre and ‘Sweet Yeti’ - Three                                                                                                                                                      Frank Women

TEACHING:
MOVEMENT & PERORMANCE TRAINING     South Bank Institute of Technology – 2001 to 2010       
                                                                                  Goldsmith University - London – 2000                                                            
                                                                                  Yellow Earth Theatre Company - London – 2000       
                                                                                  Conservatorium of Music – 2000          
                                                                                  Secondary Schools – 1999 - 2000
YOUTH ARTS QUEENSLAND                           Youth Arts Mentoring Program – 2001 - 2004
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY    Employed as Tutor (Performance Studies) - 2006
                                                                                  Employed as guest Lecturer in Dance and Drama                                                                                   Departments – 1996 - 2010
                                                                                  Employed as Outside Examiner - 1996-1999
QUEENSLAND DANCE SCHOOL
OF EXCELLENCE                                                 Employed as part-time contemporary dance teacher – 1999 - 2000
EXPRESSIONS DANCE COMPANY                 Conducted Company Classes - 1999
HOUSE IS LIVE THEATRE GROUP                  Conducted Movement Workshops - 1996
DARC SWAN DANCE COMPANY                     Devised and Conducted Movement Workshops for                                                                                   Primary and Secondary Students - 1993-1994