Film & Theatre Faculty

Professor Jane Montgomery Griffiths Professor of Theatre and Academic Leader, Cromwell Campus

Jane believes passionately in fostering the next generation of theatre makers and has been teaching acting for over 25 years at universities including Cambridge, La Trobe and Monash. A multi-award winning actor and playwright, Jane has performed with leading theatre companies across Australia, and her plays have been produced nationally and internationally.

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Briony Dunn (Program Leader, Writing & Directing)

Briony is a theatre director, dramaturge, acting coach, arts leader and academic. Theatre director for over 30 years, her most recent directing credits include the acclaimed productions of Moth by Declan Greene, Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice (trans. Iris Gaillard) and When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell at Theatre Works. Prior to joining Collarts, Briony was Literary Manager at Theatre Works, Festival Director of the Radical Acts playwriting festival and co-Artistic Director of Iron Lung Theatre.

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Andrea Powell (Program Leader, Comedy)

Andrea Powell has worked in the comedy industry for the past 30 years as a writer, performer and director. Andrea is a passionate educator keen to improve and enhance the comedy industry from the ground up, by guiding emerging talent to create a strong, vibrant and sustainable community.

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Justin Green (Program Coordinator)

A NIDA graduate, Justin has over 30 years of experience in the industry, working with companies such as Belvoir Street, the STC, Queensland Ballet, and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Before joining Collarts as Technical Production Coordinator for the performing arts programs, Justin taught production at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, where he also worked as a tutor for the Wilin Centre and as an academic researcher for the Research Unit for Indigenous Arts and Culture.

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Sean Cousins (Program Leader)

Sean Cousins has a life long obsession with story which has evolved into his current role, empowering new voices. He says, helping develop the next generation of storytellers is a highlight of his working life. Before entering the education sector he spent two decades writing, directing and producing award-winning films and series in all corners of the world for National Geographic, Animal Planet, History Channel, the ABC, SBS and many others.

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Tristan Meredith (Program Coordinator)

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