Biography

Ella Hetherington is a multidisciplinary performance maker, facilitator, educator and producer, with a practice spanning 20 years.

As an actor, devisor and collaborator she has worked with Black Swan State Theatre Company, Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Perth Theatre Company, The Last Great Hunt, Sensorium, aMoment, Steamworks, Maxima, Emma Fishwick, Renegade Productions, Encounter and kdm Industries. Nationally she has performed and created works with Force Majeure, ERTH, Patch, Legs on Wall and the Sydney Opera House. International companies include La Fura Del Baus, Frantic Assembly and Look Right Look Left. Ella has received several nominations for her theatre roles and a Helpmann nomination for The Red Tree.

Her work has toured throughout Europe, Canada, nationally and throughout regional WA with commissions from WASO (Girl with the Stone Toe, Beethoven), The WA Maritime Museum (To the Rescue) and Black Swan State Theatre Company (Shadowboxing).

 She has directed large scale performance projects in Kununnura, Jurien Bay, Christmas Island and with DADAA. As a director her work includes; You Animal You (Force Majeure, Assistant Director), 100 Reasons for War (Actors Hub, Director), Dinosaur Zoo (ERTH, Associate Director), Boodjar (ERTH, Associate Director), Wonderbox (Sensorium, Rehearsal Director). Her work Golden Hour is currently in development) and most recently her PICA commissioned work Catastrophes premiered in 2023.

Ella is a casual lecturer at WAAPA and a teaching artist for BSSTC and WAYTCO.

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Ella Hetherington is a multidisciplinary performance maker, facilitator, educator and producer with a practice spanning 20 years. As an actor, devisor, writer and collaborator she has worked with all the major Western Australian theatre companies and is a regular collaborator in independent theatre, dance and circus. Ella has performed and created works nationally and internationally with Force Majeure, Legs on the Wall, Erth, Patch, La Fura Del Baus, Look Right Look Left and the Sydney Opera House.  She has had work commissioned by Black Swan State Theatre Company, WA Museum, WA Symphony Orchestra and PICA.  Her work has toured throughout Australia, Europe and Canada. 

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