Meet our Team

TEACHING ARTISTS AND STAFF

 

Our classes are taught by qualified, professional teaching artists.

 

They specialise in working with different age groups and experience levels, tailoring their teaching to the needs of the individual classes.

Jessie Lancaster

CREATIVE LEARNING MANAGER Jessie joined us as Creative Learning Manager in 2025. She is the heartbeat of our drama family, looking after everything from the big-picture vision to the tiniest details. She keeps productions running smoothly supports our teaching artists, and handles all the things…

Isobel Ellis

ENGAGEMENT OFFICER / TEACHING ARTIST Isobel has been part of the theatre world since the age of 9, often cast as villains or male leadsher proudest moment being cast as Rumpelstiltskin, beard and all! She has had theopportunity to take part in many productions as…

Tim Dashwood

TEACHING ARTIST Tim is an actor, Fight Director and movement creative having studied extensively in a range ofmartial and movement practices. He is the current President of the Society of Australian FightDirectors incorporated (SAFDi).As Fight Director, he works with companies including: Hayes Theatre Company, Sydney…

Madeleine Diggins

TEACHING ARTIST Madeleine is a director who is passionate about collaborating with other artists to create boldworks with humour and heart, with her productions touring both nationally andinternationally. While living in New York, she completed the Stella Adler Studio of ActingProfessional Conservatory and studied at…

Jo Bradley

TEACHING ARTIST / EMERGE DIRECTOR Jo (@JoLucyB )is a director, dramaturg and producer who is passionate about new andcontemporary playwriting. In 2024, she graduated from the NIDA Directing course andfounded her own theatre company, JB Theatre Co @JBTheatreCo . JB Theatre Co’sinaugural production was the…

Taylor Herbertson

TEACHING ARTIST / STAGE MANAGER Taylor is a passionate performer, teacher, and director who loves all things theatre and youth development. Her teaching journey began in 2022 at Barker College and she now works at 6 different schools across the North Shore, with Marian Street…

Ameer Di Meglio

TEACHING ARTIST Ameer Di Meglio is a Sydney based, Australian actor of Italian and Indian Heritage.Graduating from QUT as part of the BFA Acting Company of 2022, he hasperformed as Louis Ironside in ‘Angels in America Part One’ (Dir. Bridget Boyle), Tomand Ash in ‘Tight in the…

Cerise Kofoed

TEACHING ARTIST From a young age, Cerise received weekly lessons in Speech & Drama and completed herCertificate in Drama & Performance (CDPA) and a Certificate in Voice & Communication(CVCA), both with high distinctions. She graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Musicmajoring in music theatre…

Pamela Pilawa

TEACHING ARTIST Pamela Pilawa is an actress, clown, and art-educator. With her own Clown Company, she hasbeen touring in Europe & Australia, with notable performances at the ZürcherTheaterspektakel in Zurich, Switzerland, Teatros del Canal in Madrid, Spain and SydneyFringe Festival in Australia. She has been…

Isabella Schroder

TEACHING ARTIST Isabella is a passionate performer and primary school teacher. She holds a Diploma of Stageand Screen Performance from the National Institute of Dramatic Art and an ATCLPerformance Diploma from Trinity College London. Isabella has had extensive private tuitionfor over 15 years, developing her…

Alex Sharps

TEACHING ARTIST Alex has been a tutor at MSTYP since 2022, but has been involved in the theatre world insome capacity for the past 8 years, being a former student at MSTYP herself. More recentlyshe has been involved in productions as an assistant director and…

Madi Phoenix

Madi Phoenix is a passionate teacher, director and actor who loves telling stories both on stage and screen. She completed a Bachelor of Screen Production at AFTRS in 2022 and a Diploma in Stage and Screen Performance at NIDA in 2018. Some of her notable…