special guests

All of our Creative Industry Nights feature some very special guests.

These nights kick off with a wonderful performance showcase, presenting several artists, who in the past have included:

• Niki Shepherd
• Didjitalis
• Monica Brian
• Judas Falling
• Vashti Hughes
• Katrina Fox
• The Waiter
• Cass Cumerford
• DarkSide
• Matthew Krist
• Smooth Jaymz
• Adam Gelin
• Lisa McIntosh
• Malcolm Forbes
• Neil Smith
• Yuri the Storyteller
• Peter McAllum
• Lisa Maria
• Dexter Moore
• Jane Barton
• Sue Cartledge
• Jody Ekert
• Anne O'Connor
• Miss Narelle
• Stef Dawson
• Daniel Prypchan
• Rhys Wilson
• Mark Daly
• Adam Fraser
• Micheal Gupta
• Vee Malnar
• John Knowles
• Andie Pannell
• Geoff Bartlett
• Rodney Marks
• Entropic
• Docta Hepcat

Each Creative Industry Night has a particular theme. In keeping with that theme, we present a guest speaker (or panel of speakers) who give us an insight into their world and experiences.

Our guest speakers thus far include:

Chris Mead the curator of the Australian National Playwrights’ Conference

Johanna Featherstone of The Red Room Company

Tony Chu of NAFA

Painter and gallery owner, Tony Hooke

Dancer and cheoreographer, Annalouise Paul

Peter Bishop of Varuna, the Writers' House

Central Casting’s [Fox Studios] Tay O’Keefe

Stuart Katzen of STU ART PRODUCTIONS

Do you want to be a merelyplayers™ special guest? Email us with your ideas.

More guest speakers:

Angry Anderson, singer, actor and activist

Australia's leading casting agent Faith Martin

Phil Moore, producer and director of the Australian feature film 'Mortal Fools'

Peter Cousens of Kookaburra Theatre

Lee Donehue from Quiet on Set

Crispin Rice of the Australian Business Arts Foundation (ABaF)

Alex Broun, actor, writer and director

Lyn Pierse, Director of Improcorp Australia

Artist / TAP Gallery curator Lesley Dimmick