Hey! I’m Andi.

Artist. Coach. Soul Whisperer.

I’m a multi-award-winning performer, writer, theatre-maker and coach whose work stirs at the soul of humanity. I help the creatively curious turn their truth into brave art and their lives into its expression. I believe art is not just something you do, it is a way of life.

I’ve worked for over 20 years across stage and screen in Australia, NZ, the UK and Europe — from London’s West End to Arts Centre Melbourne, from the BBC to Neighbours, and a decade touring my four critically acclaimed solo shows. My physical theatre tour de force, Happy-Go-Wrong garnered five award wins and two Green Room Award nominations (Best Performer and Best Writing) in its eight-season history, while my one-on-one poetry experience, type-a-poet was nominated for Best in Experimental Award at Melbourne Fringe and continues touring nationally to a variety of festivals and events.

My practice draws on autobiographical and experimental forms that explore the personal as universal with artful authenticity. Rather than presenting theatre as a polished illusion, I’m interested in exposing the mechanics of it by deconstructing it — allowing dramaturgy, performance devices and the performer-audience relationship to become a visible and visceral co-creation. Above all, I create work that feels deeply human: big-hearted, spiritual and with a good dose of theatrical mischief.

Beyond the stage, I’m a speaker, facilitator and creative leader with a passion for healing through authentic storytelling and creative empowerment. I’ve taught at the Victorian College of the Arts, lectured at RMIT, led programs for Arts Access Victoria and facilitated countless creative developments and workshops. I’m an alumna of Creative Australia’s Future Arts Leaders program, 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 of No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability. I am proud to be one of the eight writers selected for La Mama Theatre’s IMMERSE Melbourne Playwriting Program.

Over the last 5 years, my work has expanded into supporting people from all walks of life — particularly those who face barriers to performing — to step into the spotlight. Through my coaching platform Kick Up The Arts and my freelance mentoring, I help artists and non-artists create and produce their dream projects. I’ve also recently worked in Community Outreach and Development for Melbourne Fringe. My work and writing have been featured in The Guardian, The Age, The Herald Sun, The Advertiser, ABC Radio and more.

I am committed to creating a legacy of empowerment and transformation through authentic creative expression.