Jade is a Canberra local who has been performing both across Australia and internationally for over 10 years. A graduate from the Australian National University, she has always had a passion for the arts with qualifications in Drama, languages, and the social sciences. She originally started acting in the Canberra community theatre scene, and has now taken these experiences to work across stage and screen, educating as a science communicator. She is excited to share this full-scale outdoor production of Oedipus with the cast, crew, and of course, you!
Cast/Crew
Sophocles’ Oedipus the King – Canberra 2026 – Cast/Crew
Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, April 2026 Oedipus, King of Thebes – Andrew Mackenzie Creon, Oedipus’s brother-in-law – Owen Maycock Jocasta, wife of Oedipus, sister of Creon – Kate Blackhurst Priest of Zeus, […]
About
Michael J Smith – Artistic Director
Michael founded Greek Theatre Now in 2024. He has a background in opera, politics and journalism, and athletics and fitness. He won an academic scholarship to Melbourne Boys High and came under the singing tutelage […]
Awards
Award Nominations
Greek Theatre Now’s 2025 production of Sophocles’ Antigone at the Australian National Botanic Gardens has been nominated for two Canberra Area Theatre Awards. The awards cover productions in Canberra and southern New South Wales in […]