I have always felt deeply passionate about supporting women in crisis. That moment when a woman finds the Herculean strength to leave an abusive partner.
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We live in a time where information is everywhere. Even when we might like to avoid it. Even when we might, actually, prefer to look away.
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For a long time, I kept my creative life and my philanthropy in separate boxes.
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Before I became a mum, I thought the biggest challenge would be finding enough time to stay creative.
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Becoming a mother has changed the way I understand progress.
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When I was young, I had a very clear picture of what my creative life would look like. I imagined strolling down Hickson Road and entering the stage door at STC for work.
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Every creative mother knows the feeling of being split in two: pulled towards the work that lights her up, and the child who needs her completely.
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Being a creative in Sydney takes more than talent. Here are a few lessons I’ve learned the hard way building a creative career in this wonderful, difficult city.
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Sydney is a city full of possibilities—there is so much to love about the creative scene here.
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When you are starting as an actor, writer, performer, or creative in Sydney, you might hear people talking about “the industry”. It’s sounds glamorous, mysterious— but it’s not some esoteric thing floating above us.
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The director of my play The Culture succinctly explained to me that people often spend time at either end of a spectrum: with one end being passive, and the other assertive, and forget the sweet spot is right in the middle – and that is assertive.
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There’s a kind of niceness that gets praised in creative spaces. It looks like professionalism. Being easy to work with. The person who doesn’t rock the boat.
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When I wrote my play and decided to tour it, I hadn’t quite considered that I would have to lead a team. Touring a play is one of those experiences that looks glamorous from the outside and feels like organised chaos on the inside.
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As someone who writes, performs, and makes things, I have always thought deeply about the creative process.
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Before I became pregnant, I understood, intellectually, that every person had grown inside a woman’s body. Of course, I knew that. We all do.
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As a kid, I had a reputation for being forgetful, late, and unreliable. And as much as it frustrated everyone around me, it probably frustrated me even more.
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As a creative, I need to feel free. That instinct is core to my personality.
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Being an effective writer absolutely requires us to be functioning at peak creativity - but just as important is maintaining our productivity.
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Being a writer is simple, right? Sit down. Write. Voila.
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Cooking for a family? Talk about mental load.
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