Welcome to Catbird Theatre Company

Alice Beaver Clapham grew up in Tennessee, USA. She received her BA in Theatre Arts at Rollins College, Florida and her MFA in Theatre for Young Audiences at Arizona State University, Arizona.  She studied acting at RADA in London and at the Stella Adler Studio in NYC.  Alice has worked professionally as a performer, playwright, director, and arts educator for the past 20 years in the USA (Childsplay) Honduras (teatro la fragua) Hong Kong (Faust, HKYAF, AFTEC, S4A) and Singapore (Faust).  She has worked and studied with renowned community-based theatres Cornerstone Theater in Los Angeles and Sojourn Theatre in Portland, Oregon.  Alice is also an accomplished voice actor working for companies such as Disney, Cartoon Network, Animax, and V-Tech.  In Australia, Alice has collaborated with D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective and Perseverance Street Theatre.

Mary Eggleston is an actor, performance & instillation artist, a writer, and producer of performing and visual arts. She’s a keen collaborator and has worked in Australia and abroad since 1997. She trained in physical theatre with Zen Zen Zo and then went on to study mime and movement theatre at dieEtage in Berlin.  Mary has toured extensively with Artslink and QLD Music Festival’s Youth Touring.  She was selected to be part of the 2020 PlayLab mentorship under the guidance of Maxine Mellor and she’s currently writing collaboratively on a new work for theatre with Dr Nycole Prowse. Mary has worked as external producer for Project 24 – a council funded arts residency program at 2nd Space in Nambour. In 2024 Mary performed with Sunshine Coast based theatre companies DIVE Theatre Collective and Puppet Cabaret with David Erskine.

Aimee Gray is a multidisciplinary artist working across theatre, circus, film and music.  Aimee holds a Bachelor of Drama, Film and Education and began her circus training with Vulcana Women’s Circus.  She spent a lot of time in the NT working on theatre productions for Brown’s Mart Theatre, and alongside Corrugated Iron Youth Arts performing, facilitating and creating productions with a wide range of communities.  She has created her own works and toured to Festivals across the country, won awards for film clips and recently has landed on the Sunshine Coast and is loving working alongside Catbird Theatre!  Aimee has a drive to find creative ways to develop new works and find ways to connect with audiences that aren’t your average arts-goers.  She has a passion for interdisciplinary work and how mediums can complement each other to create a whole new experience.