Founder & Artistic Director
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 over 20 years in the USA (Childsplay) Honduras (teatro la fragua) Hong Kong (Faust, HKYAF, AFTEC, S4A) Singapore (Faust) and Australia (D.I.V.E Theatre Collective, Perseverance Street Theatre.) 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.
Associate Artists
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.
Alison Lambole is an Australian based actor in Film, TV and Professional Theatre. Currently, Ali works as a professional performer, as well as a Clown Doctor at Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
Alison runs Red Carpet Theatre Company where she facilitates theatre workshops, writes, performs and directs shows. Her play, 'Sitting on the Spectrum' won Audience Choice & Alison won Best Comedy Actress - Open Comedy at the Sunshine Coast Theatre Festival. Alison won best actress for her performance in SRT’s play ‘Deep’, which was performed on the theatre festival circuit.
Alison plays the lead female voice over for Nickelodeon children's animation 'Munki and Trunk' (Jungle Beat, Sunrise Productions).
Other screen work includes 'House Hunters International' (Leopard USA); 'Time and Place', 'Pinky Promise' (Tam Sainsbury-Gemini Arts & Media); 'Going Under' pilot (Songbird Films); TV commercial for Barton Family Law; Extra in 2023 Sunny Coast Showdown 'Stripper Trade Off'.