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Name;
Liz Bird
Course;
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
Discipline;
Stage Management
Liz wearing a headset and microphone, standing at an audio console in a dark theatre.

Stage Manager 'Gesturing, Weaving, Unfolding'

Liz running a lighting and sound plotting session from the stage management desk.

Photo: Deryk McAlpin

Cast on stage in period costume with a pastoral painted backdrop in a theatre production.

Assistant Stage Manager 'Tales from the Vienna Woods'

As Assistant Stage Manager, Liz supported the Stage Manager with running the rehearsal room, creating documentation, minuting production meetings, sourcing and handling props, and show crew responsibilities.

Photo: Drew Echberg

Actors toasting with glasses around a wooden table, with a skeleton in the background.

Assistant Stage Manager 'Tales from the Vienna Woods'

In this show, there were multiple complex onstage set changes which Liz assisted in coordinating.

Photo: Drew Echberg

View through a soccer goal net to wall-mounted hexagons atop a turf floor in a modern theatre set.

Assistant Stage Manager 'The Wolves'

This production involved detailed props tracking.

Photo: Drew Echberg

Silhouette of a person standing on a football-themed set with illuminated hexagonal backdrops.

Assistant Stage Manager 'The Wolves'

Liz onstage during a lighting plot session.

Photo: Heath Roberts

Performers interact in a dark set illuminated by LED projections.

Stage Manager 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

This dance piece was an interdisciplinary project which involved extensive collaboration between the choreographer James Batchelor, the Dancers, and Production Students. The choreography was loosely improvised.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Liz standing on a theatre stage, holding a notebook and addressing a group of actors.

Stage Manager 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

Liz addressing the full company before the first lighting and sound plot session.

Photo: Deryk McAlpin

Performer in silhouette against a blue-lit stage, actors in the background.

Assistant Production Manager 'I'll Explain It All To You Later'

Production photography of 'BTEX', one of three consecutive pieces performed in Martyn Myer Arena.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Actors seated on a faux rock formation with draped LED-lit fabric creating a mystical set design.

Assistant Production Manager 'I'll Explain It All To You Later'

Production photography of 'Recess', one of three consecutive pieces performed in Martyn Myer Arena.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Performer in a futuristic outfit with a helmet, sweeping while spotlit.

Assistant Production Manager 'I'll Explain It All To You Later'

Production photography of 'Angelfood', one of three consecutive pieces performed in Martyn Myer Arena.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

A portrait photo of Liz Bird

Liz is a stage manager currently based in Naarm/Melbourne. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). Her creative practice and management style are strongly people-centred and informed by her multicultural upbringing in Kenya.

Liz's VCA credits include Stage Manager on 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding' (2023), and Assistant Production Manager for devised works‚'I'LL EXPLAIN IT ALL TO YOU LATER' (2023).

She completed a stage management internship with Melbourne Theatre Company on 'Bernhardt/Hamlet' (2023). In her career, Liz seeks to empower diverse and innovative storytellers and promote wellbeing in the arts industry.

Email;
ebird2020@gmail.com
Liz wearing a headset and microphone, standing at an audio console in a dark theatre.
Cast on stage in period costume with a pastoral painted backdrop in a theatre production.
Actors toasting with glasses around a wooden table, with a skeleton in the background.
View through a soccer goal net to wall-mounted hexagons atop a turf floor in a modern theatre set.
Silhouette of a person standing on a football-themed set with illuminated hexagonal backdrops.
Performers interact in a dark set illuminated by LED projections.
Liz standing on a theatre stage, holding a notebook and addressing a group of actors.
Performer in silhouette against a blue-lit stage, actors in the background.
Actors seated on a faux rock formation with draped LED-lit fabric creating a mystical set design.
Performer in a futuristic outfit with a helmet, sweeping while spotlit.

Stage Manager 'Gesturing, Weaving, Unfolding'

Liz running a lighting and sound plotting session from the stage management desk.

Photo: Deryk McAlpin

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A portrait photo of Liz Bird