Julie trained as a junior primary teacher majoring in drama and later went on to complete her Master of Education. From 2002 to 2017, she was a registered teacher seconded from DECD to Windmill Theatre Co as Arts Education Manager. Julie has worked widely in arts education for over 25 years, predominantly in drama education, teaching all ages including the tertiary sector. Julie spent three years teaching and developing the drama curriculum for a Preparatory School in Nairobi Kenya. Previous positions include Events Manager for Centenary of Federation (SA) and Education Manager for the Come Out Festival (1997 and 1999).…

Robert Alan Evans is a writer, director and devisor based in London. Past work for Catherine Wheels includes Kes, Pobby and Dingan, Caged (based on Beauty and the Beast), Kappa and The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk. Other work for young people includes Peter Pan and The Sleeping Beauties for Sherman Cymru and most recently two dance pieces created with Choreographer Natasha Gilmore – Tiger and Tiger Tale, which attempt to tell the same story, once from an adult’s point of view and once from that of the child. His work is performed internationally and he is currently developing several television…

In 2000, Gill co-created Catherine Wheels Theatre Co. Their first production, the award- winning Martha, has toured the world. Created shortly after, Lifeboat won the 2004 Theatre Management Association (TMA) Best Show for Children and Young People. It has toured nationally and internationally and was the first Scottish theatre production to appear at the Sydney Opera House. Other show credits include Lion of Kabul, Home: East Lothian, Kappa, The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk, Pobby and Dingan and White. The multi-award winning White toured to Adelaide, Sydney, New Zealand, China, Japan, Norway and France in 2012.

Andy’s a theatre artist from the UK. He has worked extensively as an actor, director and devisor and been involved with children’s theatre companies in Scotland and has performed/co-created numerous Catherine Wheels Theatre Co productions. They include Martha, The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk and the multi-award winning production White, which is touring around the world. His directing credits include work for Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne, Shona Reppe, Polka Theatre, Starcatchers, theater junge generation and Barneteatret Vart. Most recently he has co-created a small story for Starcatchers/ Theater o.N. (Berlin) and with Shona Reppe he has co- created Huff, an installation based…

Lucas Stibbard makes theatre and performance work. His work with The Escapists, a multi-disciplinary collective he co-founded, has included co-writing, co-directing, producing and performing in the critically acclaimed, multi-award winning boy girl wall (for which he received a Helpmann Award nomination for best actor), Elephant Gun for the World Theatre Festivals in 2011/12,  Attack of the Attacking Attackers! and Packed. Lucas has worked nationally and internationally as a performer, and his credits include Bell Shakespeare (Richard III and The Alchemist), La Boite (Straight White Men, The Danger Age, Zig Zag Street), Queensland Theatre Company (Constellations, The Seagull, Macbeth, Hamlet, Fractions, Grimm Tales, Real Inspector Hound, Black Comedy, Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed, Richard…

Chris Edser currently lives and draws in Adelaide, Australia. He has worked in a diverse range of areas – from theatre to sports, classical music to novelty rock bands, wine to beer – so you’ll probably find something to talk to him about. Chris animates characters, carves things out of wood, was once a member of the video department at Fabrica Creative Research Centre in Italy, and previously designed t-shirts for Screamdance. Chris has completed a Bachelor of Visual Communications (Illustration) at UniSA where he has since taught an animation course and occasional illustration classes. His previous theatre work includes State…