Violette Ayad

Violette Ayad lahir di Whadjuk Noongar Boodja dari orang tua Palestina dan Lebanon. Dia sekarang tinggal di tanah Gadigal di mana dia bekerja sebagai aktor, penulis, sutradara, dan pengisi suara. Dia adalah lulusan NIDA 2017 dengan gelar Batchelor of Fine Arts di bidang Akting. Penghargaan teaternya meliputi Adegan dari Era Iklim (Belvoir), Minyak (Sydney Theatre Co), Son of Byblos (25a Belvoir), Minyak (Black Swan Theater Co), Nearer the Gods (Ensemble Theatre), Elektra/Orestes (Hive Collective) Where the Streets has a Name (Monkey Baa) dan tur nasional The Players (Bell Shakespeare). Pekerjaan profesional lainnya termasuk Mercury Poisoning (KXT Broadway), Coram Boy (KXT), Revolt She Said. Memberontak. Sekali lagi, serta drama baru Australia Blame Traffic dan The House at Boundary Road Liverpool, semuanya di The Old 505 Theatre. Karya layarnya meliputi film Hero, Seeds of God, Breaking Plates dan Nekrotronic serta peran dalam serial televisi Prosper (STAN). Violette menerima Penghargaan Artis Berkembang Dunia Fringe di kampung halamannya di Perth atas penampilannya dalam acara satu wanita My Father’s World (2014). Violette telah bekerja dalam pengembangan naskah untuk Performing Lines Australia, Teater Merrigong, Perusahaan Teater Queensland serta Teater Nasional Parramatta. Dia juga anggota komite The Equity Diversity.

Violette Ayad was born on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja to Palestinian and Lebanese parents. She is now based on Gadigal land where she works as an actor, writer, director, and voice artist. She is a 2017 NIDA graduate with a Batchelor of Fine Arts in Acting. Her theatre credits include Scenes from a Climate Era (Belvoir), Oil (Sydney Theatre Co), Son of Byblos (25a Belvoir), Oil (Black Swan Theatre Co), Nearer the Gods (Ensemble Theatre), Elektra/Orestes (Hive Collective) Where the Streets had a Name (Monkey Baa) and The Players national tour (Bell Shakespeare). Other professional work includes Mercury Poisoning (KXT Broadway), Coram Boy (KXT), Revolt She Said. Revolt. Again, as well as new Australian plays Blame Traffic and The House at Boundary Road Liverpool, all at The Old 505 Theatre. Screen work includes films Hero, Seeds of God, Breaking Plates and Nekrotronic as well as a role in the television series Prosper (STAN). Violette received the Fringe World Emerging Artist Award in her hometown of Perth for her performance in the one-woman show My Father’s World (2014). Violette has worked in script development for Performing Lines Australia, Merrigong Theatre, Queensland Theatre Company as well as The National Theatre of Parramatta. She is also a member of The Equity Diversity committee.