Lucy Heffernan
Email: l.heffernan@unsw.edu.au
Supervisors: Caroline Wake, Roanna Gonsalves
I am currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Practice at UNSW supported by a Research Training Program Scholarship. Prior to this I completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts Honours degree at the University of Wollongong (2024) and a Bachelor of Performance from the University of Wollongong (2013). I am theatre-maker, writer and performer and I incorporate original music into all my creative work. My solo work Party Girl made its international debut at Summerhall as part of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won a Weekly Award for Best Theatre/ Physical Theatre in 2023 at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. I have skills in songwriting, acting, devising theatre, and playwriting.
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My area of research is gig theatre, a contemporary form of music theatre that is largely undocumented in an Australian theatre context.
- Writer and Performer - Party Girl (Adelaide Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Kings Cross Theatre, Crack Theatre Festival, MerrigongX) 2019-2026
- Writer and Performer - Dog People (MerrigongX) 2025.
- Writer and Musical Director - The Fool (University of Wollongong) 2025, 2020.
- Writer and Musical Director - Yeah, Nah! (The University of Wollongong) 2021, 2024.
- Writer and Co-Director - Tender (Shopfront Arts Co-Op) 2023.
- Writer and Director - Teen Angst (Shopfront Arts Co-Op) 2022.