Acting & Guest Director

Lizzie Schebesta

A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Lizzie Schebesta has worked extensively in Film, Television and Theatre. Directing credits include: Riots & Revolutions, Fact V Fiction, War of Words, United Nations of Poetry (PIA),Richard 3 (ACA), A Dream Play (WAAPA), Measure For Measure, Shakespearealism (SFJ),
Look Back In Anger (Redline Productions).

Lizzie’s theatre credits include Doll’s House (Ensemble), Mrs Warren’s Profession (Sydney Theatre Company); The Crucible, Rose Riot, No End of Blame, Cyrano De Bergerac, Away, The Taming of The Shrew (Sport for Jove); Love Field (Bakehouse Theatre Company); Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (Bell Shakespeare), The Seagull (Siren Theatre Company).

In 2014, Lizzie was a finalist for the prestigious Heath Ledger Scholarship. Lizzie’s creative work also spans writing and choreographing, along with co-founding the Women in Theatre and Screen (WITS) organisation and being a founding member of Sport For Jove Theatre Company.