Professional Bio
Lauren is a creative producer, festival programmer, and independent director with experience across the performing arts and festivals. Since 2022, Lauren has produced and contributed to programming Sydney Writers’ Festival as Festival Producer, delivering 4 festivals, comprised of over 700 events featuring over 900 writers. Prior to this, she was the Associate Producer at Australian Theatre for Young People. Her career started working with several companies in Melbourne as a freelance independent producer. As a theatre director, her work has been staged at Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne Fringe festivals, The Old Fitz Theatre and Theatre Works. Her short film directorial debut has screened globally at multiple festivals.
What inspires you about the work that you do?
Connecting writers, thinkers and artists with audiences is what I love most about the work I do. That may be watching people on the edge of their seats, engaged in a riveting conversation, being challenged and inspired by new ideas shared onstage. Or it may be standing in a book signing line and seeing writers meet the readers who love their work and hear first-hand the impact of their words. Other times, it’s feeling the energy in a theatre shift when a brand-new work is finding its audience for the first time. Nothing beats that collective experience of live talks and performances.