S6 • E5 Apr 5, 2024 27m
Gillian Cosgriff is a singer, writer, actor, musician, and comedian who graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2010 with a Bachelor of Music Theatre. Her 2023 solo show, Actually, Good, garnered rave reviews at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and won Most Outstanding Show and the Golden Gibbo Award (for Best Independent Show). Theatre credits include: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Godspell, Vivid White, and Loving Repeating. She has toured extensively with her solo shows as a comedian and cabaret performer, most notably at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Leicester Square Theatre in London. She co-wrote the opera Lorelei for Victorian Opera with Casey Bennetto and Julian Langdon in 2018, which premiered at the Malthouse Theatre. In 2020 she directed Michelle Brasier's show Average Bear, which was nominated for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
