PAST FELLOWS

1996 to 2010: NIDA only
2011 to 2017: NIDA (N), VCA (V), WAAPA (W)
2017: eligibility extended
2019 to 2021: Fellowship suspended

1996  
Jeanette Cronin actor
Dan Potra designer
   
1997  
Peter England designer
Graeme Haddon puppeteer
   
1998  
Genevieve Blanchett designer
Jamie Jackson actor
Janet Robertson movement
   
1999  
Justin Kurzel designer
Drayton Morley actor
Patrick Nolan director
Gavin Robins movement
   
2000  
Andy Biziorek director
John King designer
Mark Truebridge lighting designer
Michael Wilkinson designer
   
2001  
Matthew Andrews agent
Bruce McKinvern designer
Traleen Ryan properties
   
2002  
Gordon Burns designer
Damien Cooper lighting designer
Helen Dallimore music theatre
   
2003  
Nicholas Brown actor
Samantha Chester movement
Joshua Lawson actor
Judith Meschke costumiére
Anthony Weigh playwright
   
2004  
Kerry Goodrich costumiére
Saskia Smith actor
Gavan Swift lighting designer
   
2005  
Jason Gilbaud costumiére
Kate Goodhind administrator
Ansuya Nathan actor
Dorotka Sapinska designer
   
2006  
Sophie Buttner properties
Les Chantery actor
Clarence Dany director
Nick Simpson-Deeks actor
   
2007  
Troy Armstrong designer
Jeremy Brennan actor
Jaime Meers actor
Brendan Moffitt director
John Sheedy director
   
2008  
Holly Austin actor
Ben Borgia actor
Adriano Cappelletta actor
Tanya Goldberg director/actor
James Mitchell actor
   
2009  
Michael Agosta designer
Tom Campbell actor
Bradley Clark & } designers
Alexandra Sommer
Anna Houston actor
Jamie Irvine actor
   
2010  
Joseph Au constructor
Corinne Heskett costumiére
Shannon Murphy director
Peta Sergeant actor
Matthew Walker actor
2011  
Naomi Edwards (V) director
Jennie Ellis (V) puppeteer
Shane Jones (N) director
Ailsa Paterson (N) designer
Tirion Rodwell (N) costumiére
Timothy Walters (W) actor
Stephen Wheat (W) music theatre
   
2012  
Gary Abrahams (V) director
Alice Ansara (N) actor
Grant Cartwright (V) actor
James Elliott (N) actor
Verity Hampson (N) lighting designer
Garth Holcombe (N) actor
Catherine Terracini (N) actor
   
2013  
M. Lim Davidson (W) actor
Ben Gerrard (N) actor
Sarah Giles (N) director
Sheridan Harbidge (N) actor
Douglas Hassell (W) actor
Dominic Seeber (W) performer
Nikki Shiels (V) actor
Kip Williams (N) director
   
2014  
Matt Backer (N) actor
Bridget Balodis (V) director
Briallen Clarke (N) actor
Alexandra Flood (V) opera singer
Edward Grey (W) music theatre
Will Jensen (N) producing
Trent Suidgeest (W) lighting designer
   
2015  
Christiana Aloneftis (V) opera singer
Matt Furlani (V) actor
Nicola Gunn (V) animateur
Michael Hankin (N) designer
Claire Lovering (W) actor
Adam McGowan (N) producing
Mark Pritchard (V) director
Anthony Taufa (N) actor
   
2016  
Darcy Brown (N) actor
Dan Giovannoni (N) playwright
Nicholas Hiatt (N) actor
Marcus McKenzie (V) actor
Felicity Nicol (N) director
Paige Rattray (N) director
Brett Rogers (N) actor
   
2017  
Mel Dyer (N) stage manager
P.-Anthony Keightley (W) opera
Patrick McCarthy (V) director
Owen Phillips (N) designer
Michael Sheasby (N) actor
   
2018  
Bradley Barrack producing
Charles Davis designer
Todd Eichhorn stage manager
Duncan Ragg director
Benjamin Sheen director
Andrew Strano music theatre
   
2019  
Alexander Berlage director
Peter Blackburn director
Nate Edmondson sound designer
Shondelle Pratt director
Drew Wilson puppeteer

SOME FELLOWS

A representative selection

Damien Cooper (2002)
lighting designer;
Exit the King (Sydney and New York), Dr Zhivago; Opera Australia; Sydney Dance Company; STC; MTC, etc

Helen Dallimore (2002)
singer/actor; played Glinda, later Elphaba, in
Wicked (London)

Michelle Lim Davidson (2013)
actor: Play School presenter, Top of the Lake,, etc

Peter England (1997)
award-winning set & costume designer: Opera Australia, Bangarra, four productions for Washington Shakespeare Theatre (USA), STC, etc

Alexandra Flood (2014)
international opera singer

Sarah Giles (2013)
award-winning director

Sheridan Harbridge (2013)
actor/singer/director/writer; writer/director,
Songs for the Fallen (Best Musical, 2015 New York Music Theatre Festival; National & NZ tour)

Jamie Jackson (1998)
Off-Broadway composer, lyricist; TV & film actor, USA

Justin Kurzel (1999)
award-winning director
Snowtown; Macbeth (post-production), Assassin’s Creed, Nitram

Joshua Lawson (2003)
actor, Hollywood & Australia (
The Wedding Party, etc); director/ writer/actor, The Little Death

Shannon Murphy (2010)
award-winning director; film (
Babyteeth); TV (2 eps, Killing Eve, etc)

Patrick Nolan (1999)
director; Artistic Director: Queensland Opera Company,
ex Legs-on-the-Wall; director, My Bicycle Loves You (2011 Sydney Festival)

Dan Potra (1996)
theatre, opera, dance, tv, film designer; Mariinsky Opera; Berlin Staatsoper; Muziektheater; Opera Australia; Opening Ceremony 2000 Olympics

Paige Rattray (2016)
director; Associate Director, Sydney Theatre Company

John Sheedy (2007)
director;
ex Artistic Director, Barking Gekko Theatre Company, Perth; assistant director, Edward Albee on his play At Home at the Zoo (New York première)

Mark Truebridge (2000)
lighting designer, based in Amsterdam; Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro Italy, Holland Festival, De Nederlandse Opera, Opéra Nationale de Paris, etc

Michael Wilkinson (2000)
costume designer. USA:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Sucker Punch, Tron Legacy, Terminator Salvation, Rendition, 300, Babel, etc

Kip Williams (2013)
director; Artistic Director, Sydney Theatre Company; director,
The Picture of Dorian Gray (national & international tour)

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