Teaching Artist

• Feb 2022 - Present

Leading the senior ensemble in weekly sessions. Key focus areas include collaboration, devising, improvisation, activism, viewpoints actor training, and performance skills Leading the senior ensemble in weekly sessions. Key focus areas include collaboration, devising, improvisation, activism, viewpoints actor training, and performance skills

Teacher

• May 2022 - Present

Major: Drama Minor: Media Also expereinced in teaching general Physical Education and lower-middle school health. Major: Drama Minor: Media Also expereinced in teaching general Physical Education and lower-middle school health.

Fitness Instructor

• Jun 2021 - Jan 2023

Sessional Instructor

• Sep 2020 - Jan 2023

Casual Academic

• Feb 2020 - May 2022

I facilitate summer workshops for high-school-aged young people, with a focus on story telling and devising. I facilitate summer workshops for high-school-aged young people, with a focus on story telling and devising.

Teaching Artist

• Jun 2019 - Apr 2022

Teacher: Acting, Stage craft, Devising, Scene work, and Theatre games. Key Responsibilities: Direction and Mentoring of students in productions, Preparation of students for practical exams, Creativity and Imaginative Thinking, Leadership Skills, Critical and Independent Thinking, Conflict Resolution, Research and Problem Solving. Teacher: Acting, Stage craft, Devising, Scene work, and Theatre games. Key Responsibilities: Direction and Mentoring of students in productions, Preparation of students for practical exams, Creativity and Imaginative Thinking, Leadership Skills, Critical and Independent Thinking, Conflict Resolution, Research and Problem Solving.

Director | What Of It

• Nov 2020 - Feb 2021

WHAT OF IT by Rebecca Fingher Presented by Rebecca Fingher in collaboration with Lazy Yarns Winner FRINGE WORLD weekly theatre award Creative Team Director - Mitchell Whelan Writer/Performer - Rebecca Fingher Performers - Anna Lindstedt, Courtney Cavallaro Movement Direction - Samantha Hortin Sound Design - Rebecca Price Lighting Design - Spencer Herd What Of It? is a gender-swap, chav-filled, explosive and energetic comedy drama that follows the lives of three females as they venture out to make sure that none of them die without first getting another shag. Because what's more important than dick, am I right bruv? Filled with energetic pussy-popping dances, wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap trash-talking and just general big clit energy, this poetical theatre piece is sure to have you saying 'mans not hot'. It's toxic femininity at it's finest, innit. Girls will be girls, ay bruv.

Director

• Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

WA Youth Theatre Company (WAYTCo) presents their highly anticipated Act-Belong-Commit 24-Hour Play Generator at the Subiaco Arts Centre, June 15th 2019. With the edge of exquisite pressure, writers work throughout the night, assisted by experienced dramaturgs, to create fresh out of the oven, new short plays which, come the morning, are handed to seven directors who work intensively with a cast of performers for the next 12 hours to bring the works to life. Finally, at the 24th hour, audiences arrive to enjoy seven world premieres in one evening: The newest and freshest work in the country! This year’s writers, directors and performers feature New Voices: A wealth of WA’s up and coming emerging talent. Fuelled by the determination of young blood, it will be the incubator's most vibrant reiteration yet. Don't miss WA’s next generation of artists rising to the challenge! You've been warned.

Assistant Director

• Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

A WA YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL TRUST OF WA PRODUCTION AT EAST PERTH CEMETERIES WINNER: Martin Sims Award, Theatre Award (presented by Perth Theatre Trust), The West Australian Arts Editor Award. REST is an intimate nocturnal promenade in spaces rarely visited and sites never seen in the dark. What is it to stop briefly in a place of eternal rest? What is it to explore a space that is never open after dark? This is your chance... REST is an immersive theatre experience at East Perth Cemeteries. Rest leads you through stories hidden in the graveyards. Is what is hidden here, also hidden in you? Brought to you by the multi-award-winning 2018 yourseven WAYTCo team and the National Trust of Western Australia. Premiering at Fringe World 2019 SOLD OUT 23 January - 10 February 2019

Director | Penthouse

• Jun 2018 - Nov 2018

Penthouse | Presented by The Blue Room Theatre & Lazy Yarns 30 October - 17 November ​The Blue Room Theatre Studio Penthouse parades you through the vulgar reality that surrounds high-end living; the numbness of wealth, the need for power, and an unquenchable thirst for entertainment. Griffin, the billionaire tycoon, is ruthless in his pursuit of stimulation; price is no issue, and when you’re the elite there are no rules either. Griffin’s protégé Cal is determined to score a slice of his wealth, and so seems the same with Finn, the striving musician Griffin takes under his wing. How far will they go for a taste of the 1%? A silver platter of high-octane greed, violence and masculinity. Once you’re at the top it’s a long way back to the bottom. "The dynamics of these men and the desperation, the rawness and the shame that was bought to the stage made for a powerful show" ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ - OutinPerth "this razor-sharp little monster still has what we need on the stage." - SeeSaw Magazine ​Directed and Produced by Mitchell Whelan // Devised and Performed by Isaac Diamond, Campbell Pollock and Haydon Wilson // Sound Design by Isaac Diamond // Set Design by Kaitlin Brindley // Lighting Design by Phoebe Pilcher // Set Construction by Étain Boscato // Stage Manger: Charley Newton // Associate Producer: Erin Lockyer // Publicist: James McMillan Inspired by The View from The Penthouse by Isaac Diamond, Sam Hayes and Campbell Pollock

Teaching Artist

• Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

Co-directed with Isaac Diamond, 'Blueprint' is a short devised work made collaboratively with a cast of year nine students from Hale Boys School. For many of the cast, Blueprint is their first time performing for the public, so play and exploration was paramount in this process and is the focus of the production. The cast are given very essentials of devising - the ability to play and explore and in turn, as students, the boys’ ideas and understanding have been expanded on what theatre can and could be. To begin their devising journey cast were each asked to tell a story using any method they wanted. From here common themes were drawn out and expanded upon to create short vignettes. The central theme of the work became 'water' and woven in between were references to popular video games, stories of friendship and loss, and the general silliness that came from this particular group.

Director | LESS LIGHT

• Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

LESS LIGHT Presented by Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights and Lazy Yarns State Theatre Centre, WA CONTEMPORARY, ELECTRIC, HEART-WARMING & IMMERSIVE What if the person you were talking to was you in another life? What if that person was God? In perfect darkness, story telling and live soundtrack transport audiences to life's pivotal moments and turning points. That twist in your gut, the relief from a hug. Recognisable feelings in unfamiliar territory. Imaginations run wild through the unknown, as we trip and stumble over things that feel oh so familiar. Composition: Jacob Diamond

Associate Producer (Intern)

• Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is Australia’s flagship puppetry company dedicated to the development and creation of the art form. Through puppetry we share stories that celebrate what it is to be human; connecting audiences across generations. Over the course of our 35 year history we have entertained and enriched the lives of hundreds of thousands of audience members both in Australia and abroad. Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is Australia’s flagship puppetry company dedicated to the development and creation of the art form. Through puppetry we share stories that celebrate what it is to be human; connecting audiences across generations. Over the course of our 35 year history we have entertained and enriched the lives of hundreds of thousands of audience members both in Australia and abroad.

Assistant Director | Once We Lived Here

• Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

Once We Lived Here By Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank Presented by Western Sky Theatre An authentically Australian musical about life, love, and family. Amy runs Emoh Ruo, her family’s sheep station in rural Australia. She's held onto the property through drought, bushfire, and falling wool prices, determined not to let it slip out of the family’s grasp. But when everyone gets together over a scorching long weekend, Amy has to face up to the myths and lies the place has been built upon. Is she really holding on or is she just stuck? Written by the critically acclaimed team of Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank, this funny and touching look at a passing way of life now has its West Australian premiere featuring a stellar cast of WAAPA Music Theatre graduates and a live band. Winner of the 2009 Green Room Award for Best New Musical. "A beautiful, poignant piece of home-grown music theatre. It may echo Chekhov and Sondheim but it's thrillingly pure Oz." Geoffrey Rush Director: Andrew Baker | Music Director: Josh Haines | Assistant Director: Mitchell Whelan | Production Manager: Erin Hutchinson | Designer: Rhiannon Walker | Featuring: Joshua Firman, Megan Kozak, Taryn Ryan, Ryan Dawson & Sharon Kiely