Bio.

Andi Snelling is a Melbourne-based, multi-award-winning theatre artist, facilitator and coach here to ignite your authentic expression and creative dreams. She is an alumna of the Creative Australia Future Arts Leader program and has received Green Room Award nominations for Best Performer and Best Writing in the independent theatre category.

A true pioneer, Andi’s work is notoriously out-of-the-box and stirs at the soul of humanity. As The Age describes, “Snelling has never met a form of performance beyond her. [She is] typically atypical and always surprising.” With over 20 years in the Arts industry, Andi is a powerhouse multi-disciplinary leader, passionate about the power of art to heal and transform.

Andi has been on stage her entire life, growing up a high level dancer. In her 20s, she trained as an actor at one of the UK’s most prestigious drama schools, and went on to have a prolific stage and screen career across Australia, NZ, UK and Europe. From London’s West End to Arts Centre Melbourne, from the BBC to Neighbours, and a decade of touring festivals with her solo autobiographical shows, Andi has been described as “sublimely talented” (The Age), “gut-wrenchingly powerful,” (The Guardian) and “a master chameleon” (Weekend Notes) performer, writer and director.

Andi is also a highly sought-after speaker and facilitator, particularly on the topics of authentic storytelling, theatre-making, access & inclusion, and the intersection of art and wellbeing. She has led countless creative developments, taught theatre-making at Victorian College of the Arts, lectured at RMIT, MCed major corporate events and facilitated countless workshops. Andi has had her poetry published and has written for and been featured in The Guardian, The Age, The Herald Sun, The Advertiser, ABC Radio and more.

Andi is as an Australia Council for the Arts Future Leader alumna, an ambassador for the Lyme Disease Association of Australia, a founding member of the Arts Centre Melbourne Arts Wellbeing Advisory Group, and served on the board at No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability.

More recently, Andi has expanded her work to supporting people from all walks of life to have their voice heard on stage, particularly those who typically face barriers to performing. Andi believes that everyone has a powerful story to tell and this forms a large part of the ethos of her coaching business, Kick Up The Arts. Alongside her freelance mentoring of artists (and non-artists) to create and produce their own artistic projects, she has been working in Community Outreach and Development for Melbourne Fringe.

Andi is excited by the many projects she has on the horizon - both her own and as a collaborator on others’ - and remains committed to leaving a legacy of empowerment and transformation through authentic creative expression.