A life in theatre
Actor. Writer. Director.
Work shaped by voice, chorus, and the space between.
Selected work
Performance
- The Trojan Women — Hecuba (Hydra, Greece)
- Film and television work including Evil Angels, Neighbours, Prisoner and Chances.
Writing & Directing
- Quilting the Armour — the Story of the Kelly Women.
- Bloomsday adaptations – James Joyce, page to stage.
- The Servant of the Revolution by Anitra Nelson.
- There is Absolutely Nothing Like a Dame – a musical entertainment based on the Sing ’em Muck saga of Dame Nelly Melba and Dame Clara Butt.
- The Magic Pudding – a children’s entertainment.
- Tango Femme by Merrilee Moss.
Current work
The Hecuba Project : Voices of grief -Seeds of hope.
PLAYING TO THE GODS by Toni Maree Wells
As part of The Hecuba Project – Voices of Grief, Seeds of Hope, Playing to the Gods brings the ancient practice of lament into a contemporary communal space. Through choral voice, invocation and ritual, the work asks what happens when grief is not hidden or hurried away, but given voice, witnessed and shared.
The performance may stand alone or open into a workshop in which participants are invited to enter the work themselves — exploring text, chorus, voice and the act of bearing witness.
A place where grief is given voice.
ANTIGONE
A finished work that embraces Greek tragedy, black comedy and burlesque to explore power, intimacy, the female voice and stories modern women are expected to inhabit.
AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION
Approach
The chorus as witness
Intimacy as a site of power.
The Lamenting Chorus (Work in Progress)
Language as persuasion.
The Chorus as Witness
Voice, emerging from the silence.
Approach
A chorus gathers.
Not as one voice.
Voices arrive.
Hesitant. Separate.
One is called forward.
She speaks.
Not for herself alone.
But because she must.
What cannot be held privately
enters the shared space.
The chorus does not resolve.
It receives.
And carries.
Invitation
Collaborations, readings, and projects are welcomed.
Contact
brendaaddie@gmail.com
