alice birbara
actor/writer based in sydney
About
Alice is an actor, writer and performance poet living and working on Gadigal land (Sydney). She is a queer woman with Lebanese-English heritage.
She is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she gained an MA in Professional Acting. She also holds a BA from the University of Sydney.
Recent acting work includes the Logie award-nominated In Our Blood (ABC) and a tour-de-force performance in the solo show Chef (KXT Bakehouse & Virginia Plain Theatre).
Additional select theatre credits include The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Tobacco Factory Theatres, UK), Constellations (Chippen St Theatre), The Lieutenant of Inishmore & Picnic at Hanging Rock (New Theatre), Brothers Karamazov (Virginia Plain Theatre & PACT Theatre), Bitch Boxer, Grounded (Sydney Fringe Festival).
Alice writes and performs slam poetry as well as writing for screen and theatre. She is passionate about creating work that amplifies the voices of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally diverse groups and victim-survivors of sexual violence.
She is a strong advocate for victim-survivors of sexual assault and has been featured in articles about her lived experience.
