Charley Allanah

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Charley Allanah is a director, performer, and writer and co-artistic director of House of Sand. Her directorial credits include Welcome the Bright World, The Talk of Angels (State Theatre Company South Australia); That Was Friday, The Split, all h0urs, REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN., (House of Sand); Trans Scripts (Paul Lucas Productions); Titus Andronicus, Mother Courage (Adelaide College of Arts). She was Assistant Director on Julia (Sydney Theatre Company), Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Australia) and Maggie Stone (State Theatre Company South Australia). As an actor she has appeared in Triple X (Sydney Theatre Company/Queensland Theatre) and King Lear (State Theatre Company South Australia). Her play The House Collector had a staged reading at KXT Storytellers, and new musical Must Go On (with composer Nick Delatovic) is in development with Canberra Theatre Centre. Charley has held managerial roles at The Sydney Fringe and Sydney World Pride and works as a business advisor to creative entrepreneurs through Creative+Business. She is a qualified audio describer, providing fulfilling accessible live performance for blind and low vision audiences, with a specialisation describing musical theatre and dance. Charley is an advocate for representation, diversity, cultural safety, accessibility and inclusion in the arts and is currently LGBTQIA+ Co-Chair of the MEAA Equity Diversity Committee (and of course a proud lifelong MEAA Equity member). AWARDS & ACCOLADES: 2022 Winner Ruby Award South Australia - Best Collaboration Clock for No Time 2018 Nominee ATG Curtain Call Award — Best Ensemble, Professional Welcome The Bright World 2018 Nominee Adelaide Critics Circle Award — Group Award, Professional Theatre Welcome The Bright World 2018 Nominee Adelaide Critics Circle Award — Innovation Award Welcome The Bright World 2018 Nominee BroadwayWorld Sydney Award — Best Director of a Play REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. 2018 Nominee NZ Fringe Award — Best Directed Chaos directing award Fear of Eggs 2018 Winner Adelaide Fringe Weekly Awards —Best Dance Pedal & Castles 2017 Nominee NZ Fringe Award — Most Innovative Work Feet.Us 2016 Winner NZ Fringe Award — Most Promising Emerging Company (House of Sand) 2016 Nominee NZ Fringe Award — Best In Fringe Castles 2013 Winner Helpmann Academy and Independent Arts Foundation Neil Curnow Award 2012 Winner Advertiser & Critics Circle ‘Best In Fringe’ Adelaide Fringe Festival Love Child 2011 Winner Adelaide Critics Circle Award – Emerging Artist 2011 body of work as Artistic Director, Early Worx GENERAL REFEREES: Sarah Goodes [email protected] 0411 878 250
Theatre Director, Former Associate Director Melbourne Theatre Co., Former Associate Director, Sydney Theatre Co. Kerri Glasscock [email protected] 0422 583 190
Festival Director, Sydney Fringe Festival; Former Director, Venue 505 & The Old 505 Theatre Terence Crawford [email protected] 0434 331 061
Playwright and Actor; Former Head of Acting, Adelaide College of the Arts; Former Board Member, STCSA