Mazey O'Reilly

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Mazey O’Reilly is an Actor and Performance Maker based in Boorloo, Perth Western Australia. Recently she graduated from The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Class of 2022). Most recently she devised and performed in ‘Unmirrored’ for Fringe World 2023 (Grey Scale Theatre Co.), In 2022 she was a puppeteer in ‘The Last Ship Left’ (Spare Parts Puppet Theatre). In September she directed her original pitch ‘The HMS Wilson Smith’ for the 2022 TILT season and appeared in a full-body puppet as ‘The Man of Bricks’ in another TILT work ‘BRICKS’ (WAAPA). Early last year she played Anna in Max Frisch’s ‘The Arsonists’ (WAAPA) and ‘Vincent’s Mother’ in 2022 Fringe World sell-out success ‘Wheatfield with Crows’ (The Motif Collective). Mazey began her degree at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2020 after a year of independent training and before that great success in high school performing in the 2018 Perspectives showcase with her scripted monologue from Bovell's ‘Holy Day’. Throughout her years at WAAPA Mazey has had the opportunity to train in a variety of disciplines. She has received traditional actor training for stage and camera as well as having experience with classical text. She has also been trained by Frances Barbe in The Suzuki method of Actor Training. Mazey is a strong physical performer having been trained in Butoh, Feldenkrais, Stage Combat, Viewpoints, Phyco-Physical ctor training, Yoga, Tai chi, and Contemporary Dance. In addition to her performance capabilities, her studies have also given her great skills as a Writer, Director, Playwright, Dramaturg, Arts manager, and of course Devisor. Mazey is a confident, bubbly, hardworking individual fully charged and ready to begin her career. An actor, an entertainer a mover, and a groover who loves to paint, create and collaborate She hopes to continue her life on stage and endeavors to be in Infront of the camera more in the coming years, she hopes under the Screen West or Screen Australia logo.