Olivia McLeod
Writer
Olivia is a 2017 graduate of Musical Theatre at NIDA, during which she was an ensemble member of Chimerica with Sydney Theatre Company (Dir. Kip Williams). Upon graduating, she performed in The Bacchae (Dir. Shannan Ely), in both the MFA Director’s Graduating Season and the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Olivia recently completed the Bachelor of Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne. Whilst studying, she appeared in new works Chicks Dig It in the Melbourne Fringe Festival, and Sincerely, Us. She also recently acted in short films In Defence of Violet’s Summer, Livestream, and Pressure Cooker. In 2019 she wrote and self-directed the cabaret A Series of Mistakes I’ve Made Told Through Broadway Song, which she performed at Club Voltaire on several occasions.
In 2020, Olivia understudied the role of Alice in Alice in Wonderland, and then Viola in Twelfth Night with Australian Shakespeare Company. She was then selected as a writer as part of Australian Theatre for Young People’s Roomworks commission. In early 2021 she returned to Alice in Wonderland as the White Rabbit.