Always Working Artists

Jeremy is a leading practitioner in the field of youth arts in Australia both as a creator of work for young audiences and a producer of collaborative projects with young and emerging artists. 

As artistic director of Barking Gecko Theatre Company in Perth, Western Australia (2006-2010), Jeremy commissioned and directed 17 new plays for young audiences. As artistic director of Corrugated Iron Youth Arts in Darwin and Shopfront Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Jeremy directed for a diverse range of performers and audiences including African diaspora, Cantonese-speakers and First Nations communities.

Jeremy’s  television credits include drama coach for Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet and the children’s series Ocean Star for BBC Children’s Television. He directed the children adventure series Trapped, the drama series Pacific Drive and consulted on In The Swim, a half-hour comedy for SBS starring ex-Olympic swimmers.

Kate is an award-winning Australian playwright, screenwriter and novelist.

Kate trained as an actor at Victorian College of the Arts, studied playwriting at NIDA and completed a Doctorate on the ethics of creating theatre based on real stories at Curtin University.

She has written commissioned plays for Agelink Theatre, Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, Darwin High School, Darwin Theatre Company, Deckchair Theatre Company and JUTE Theatre Company.

Kate has also written children’s television and several short films, and in 2024 published the Young Adult novel Stuck Up And Stupid, co-written with her daughter Angourie.