Kirsty Marillier

Kirsty Marillier is an actor and award-winning writer. Her debut play Orange Thrower premiered in 2022 with Griffin Theatre Company and was the winner of the 2022 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting. Her second play The Zap was developed by Belvoir St Theatre, won the 2020 Max Afford Prize and was shortlisted for the prestigious Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in the UK. 

Kirsty is currently under commission by Melbourne Theatre Company for Destiny (which will premiere in August this year) and is developing an original television idea with Thomas Wilson-White and Matchbox Pictures.

As a performer, Kirsty’s other credits include the Australian Premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Picnic at Hanging Rock with Sydney Theatre Company, Hone, I'm Darling with Sydney Theatre Company, The Cherry Orchard with Belvoir St Theatre, Netflix ANZ’s The Greenhouse and Home & Away.