Holly Austin

Holly Austin is a NIDA graduate. Theatre credits include Cyrano (Melbourne Theatre Company), Popular Mechanicals (State Theatre Company of South Australia); Hamlet (Sydney Theatre Company); Parramatta Girls (Riverside Theatre). Holly has created a number of theatre projects with her company Cubbyhouse Co., including Ruby’s Wish (Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Arts Centre, Belvoir) and Giant Adventure (Dream Big Festival Adelaide, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival). Screen credits include Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, The Black Balloon, Candy, House Husbands and All Saints. She was a writer and performer for Foxtel’s Open Slather and co- creator of ABC Freshblood series Ultimate Fanj. Her television series Butch, co-created with Zoe McDonald, is currently in development with the support of Screen Australia. Holly was awarded The Mike Walsh Fellowship, The Ian Potter Cultural Grant, The Joan & Betty Rayner Fellowship and co-awarded The Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights. Holly is also a musician and beatboxer and has performed nationally and internationally with the likes of Grammy Award winning artist Common, Martha Wainwright, John Butler, Amanda Palmer, Holly Throsby and played at the SXSW Festival with Sui Zhen.