Biography

Emily Jacker-Lawrence, originally from Geelong, completed a Bachelor of Music Theatre at Federation University in 2018. 2023 marked her international debut, performing in “Perfect Pairing: A Wine Tasting Dancegustation” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 2022 saw her perform in a new Australian work “You’re A Catch; Why Are you Single?”, written and directed by Sarah Wynen (2022), and take part in “Show Some Respect”, a theatre-in-education program within Victorian Secondary schools. In 2021 she filmed a live stream performance of “Songs for A New World” with Staged by Creatives and performed a new children’s work “The Junior Detective Collective: The Mystery of the Golden Scoop” with the Juicy Orange at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. 

Emily’s credits at the Arts Academy include “The Spirt Level”, Australian Premiere (Matron, dir: Anthony Crowley), “My Favorite Year” (dir: Sara Grenfell), the 20th Anniversary of “Crusade” (Mother Meg, dir: Craig Christie) and “Chicago” (Ensemble Member #1/Go to Hell Kitty, dir: Alister Smith).

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