Mia Mackintosh (she/her) grew up on Gunaikurnai land in country Victoria and spent most of her life on Gragin (Raymond Island). She is a dancer, singer and actor, and first discovered her love for performing as a child through dance concerts and eisteddfods. Mia went on to study the Bachelor of Performing Arts at Federation University’s Arts Academy in Ballarat. Those three years involved performing in an original Australian musical, The White Rose with Director Janice Muller and Musical Director Claire Healy. The Lower Depths directed by Bagryana Popov and A Seat At The Periodic Table, a student devised work where she was both a director and choreographer. Most recently, she played Orlando in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando adapted for the stage by Neil Bartlett. Mia has a passion for queer, feminist works that empower minority voices.