2022 House Plays Programme

2022 House Plays Festival Adjudicator

Ellen Bailey

Ellen is an actor/physical theatre performer with extensive training in dance and movement. Theatre credits include: Taming of the Shrew, Wisdom, Storm Boy (with MTC & Dead Puppet Society), Much Ado About Nothing, Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Macbeth (Queensland Theatre); Ishmael; Laser Beak Man, Megafauna (Dead Puppet Society); Fantastic Mr. Fox (shake & stir theatre co.); Tender Napalm (La Boite Theatre Company); Medea, The Forwards, Viral (Shock Therapy Productions); Roadtrain (Sydney Theatre

Company); A Secret Place (Zeal Theatre); Armistice (QPAC); Hamlet (4MBS Shakespeare Festival); HEARD*BRISBANE (GOMA); Bustown (ATYP). Additionally, Ellen was Movement Coordinator/Consultant for Taming of the Shrew and Wisdom (Queensland Theatre), and works with young people across Queensland as a teaching artist. In 2017, Ellen received government sponsorship to undergo training with internationally acclaimed physical-theatre companies Frantic Assembly and Complicité, emboldening her performance portfolio which is also composed of film, television, site-specific theatre and music videos. Training: QUT, BFA Acting . Awards: Gold Coast Film Festival – Best Actor Lavender; Matilda Award Nomination – Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role Taming of the Shrew, Best Female Actor in a Leading Role The Forwards.