Bronwyn Purvis

Bronwyn is 23 and has a Communications degree (specialising in Film) from the University of Technology in Sydney. At the time of writing she is working in the UK on various projects with Volcano, Improbable Theatre and The David Glass Ensemble, having won a travelling scholarship from the Australian Theatre for Young People. She initially approached Volcano as a "work-experience" person, but her expertise, dedication and versatility soon put her in key roles in a number of the company's projects. She has toured to The Edinburgh Fringe and to Cologne with This Imaginary Woman and TalkSexShow and even managed to make a short film, Past Master, whilst in Edinburgh with the company.

With the Australian Theatre for Young People, Bronwyn has performed in various productions and assisted tutors with Summer Workshops. Bronwyn also runs regular film-, drama- and arts-based activities for a group of people with disabilities at a Neighbourhood Centre.

Bronwyn's experience with filmmaking first put her in touch with BIG hART, a company working with marginalised young people in regional Australia using film, radio, web and theatre. She directed Not At Home for BIG hART, and has also been working as actor, director and/or producer on a number of their radio and sound art works, some of which have been broadcast on public radio and released on CD.

As a young director and filmmaker, Bronwyn is very interested in alternative methods of storytelling: including using non-traditional narrative techniques; working with 'non-actors' (as well as actors) and collaborating with them in the process of telling their stories (as she has been doing with young marginalised people through BIG hART). Bronwyn enjoys exploring soundscape and filmic technique for theatre .

Contact her at bronwynpurvis@hotmail.com