About

She does many things….

Erica J Brennan is a writer, director and physical theatre performer living on Gadigal Land. She is a proud Gamillaroi woman and grew up in the Blue Mountains on the beautiful country of the Gundengurra and Darug.

She has written dozens of short plays for young people and had numerous full-length original works produced in independent Sydney venues including The Old 505 Theatre and Pact Centre for Performing Artists. Her particular fondness for leveraging classic movie genres to tell stories about Australia’s conservation efforts have led her to develop work with The ABC, AFTRS, Elbow Room Theatre, First Stories Festival, and Critical Stages. 

As a director she is a champion of experimental and collaborative processes  with experience directing classic, contemporary and devised works many of which were produced under her independent company Glorious Thing Theatre Co. She has an ongoing relationship with the WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL as Creative Director on their site-specific ‘On The Pond Show’ EYELAND

Erica is also a founding member and lead devising artists for physical theatre ensemble NINEFOLD. As a creative producer with the company, she has collaborated with artistic Director Shy Magsalin to build a company that centres actor development and process led performance making. She has also and has performed with the company since it was established in 2012.

Outside of her creative work she contributes to the arts sector as program coordinator and artist’s development officer and has both lead and managed projects as an independent contractor and for organisations like The Inner West Council, Penrith Performing ans Visual Arts and The Sydney Fringe.