Not Now, Not Ever: A Parliament of Women

Matt Abotomey

Lib Campbell

Rachael Colquhoun-Fairweather

Clay Crighton

Richard Hilliar

Ava Madon

Ava is a graduate of Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. She was most recently seen playing Kate Mullins in Titanic the Musical: In Concert. Her other recent stage credits include Macbeth and Othello (Sport for Jove), Bells Are Ringing (Neglected Musicals), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Watch This), and KT/Meg in Merrily We Roll Along (Hayes Theatre Co). After working on the show’s development in 2021, Ava will be joining the cast of The Lucky Country at Hayes Theatre Co later this year.

Ava is also a television actor and presenter known for her work on shows including Definitely Not News (ABC), The Pack Down (ABC), Junior Eurovision, Code of Law (Weiyu Films), Stacked! including mini-series Ava’s Kitchen (ABC) and Mikki vs. the World (ABC).

In 2022 Ava was nominated for a Green Room Award for her performance as Cinderella in Into the Woods (Watch This). Ava is thrilled to return to the woods this year with Belvoir.

Emma O’Sullivan

Hannah Raven

Idam Sondhi

Margaret Thanos

Margaret Thanos is an award-winning Cypriot-Australian director for the stage and screen, and a resident artist at BELVOIR ST. Margaret’s directing credits include the 5-star sell-out seasons of FURIOUS MATTRESS (25A), POSH (Old Fitz), I HATE PEOPLE; OR TIMON OF ATHENS (Sport for Jove), NOT NOW, NOT EVER: A PARLIAMENT OF WOMEN (25A), A VERY EXPENSIVE POISON(New Theatre), LABYRINTH(Dream Plane Productions) and A GRAIN OF SAND (KXT). 

She also has assistant directing credits on GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and WELL BEHAVED WOMEN (Belvoir), BENEFACTORS, MR BAILEY’S MINDER(Ensemble), THIS GENUINE MOMENT(Old 505), ANIMAL FARM(New Theatre), ORIGINATE PROJECT(Q Theatre), THE LINDEN SOLUTION(Ratcatch) and THE CHERRY ORCHARD(Chippen St). In 2023, she was awarded the prestigious SANDRA BATES DIRECTOR’S AWARD at Ensemble Theatre. 

Margaret is also an activist, with a particular focus on gender equality and climate awareness. She is one of PLAN INTERNATIONAL‘s Advocates and has done extensive interviews and public appearances. 

Coming up later this year, Margaret is directing The River at Sydney Theatre Company starring Miranda Otto.

Grace Valerie-Lynette

Jess Zlotnick

Jason Jeffries

Aloma Barnes Siraswar

Aloma is a Sydney-based costume designer, stylist, and set designer working across theatre, screen, and campaign styling. She holds a Master’s degree in Costume Design for Performance from the London College of Fashion (UAL), where she was encouraged to push creative boundaries through costume design. Aloma is fascinated by costume as a language in itself, one that communicates identity, psychology, status, and emotion before a character speaks. Her theatre credits include work with Sport for Jove, New Ghost Theatre Company, 25A and KXT. She is currently the Costume Designer for Harlots, an upcoming production by New Ghost Theatre Company at the Old Fitz Theatre. Her screen work includes the documentary Kindred, directed by Adrian Russell Wills, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, and she previously interned in the costume department for Amazon Prime Video with Excel Entertainment in Mumbai.

Angus Evans

Saint Clair

Caity Cowan