Awards
Greek Theatre Now
Awards
Canberra City News – 7 February 2026
A Special Judges’ Award was presented to Lachlan Ruffy for movement and fight choreography for Greek Theatre Now’s Antigone.
OAM
OAM to Elizabeth Minchin
Elizabeth Minchin is Classics Adviser to Greek Theatre Now. From Ros Jackson, President, Friends of the ANU Classics Museum: “No doubt many of you were delighted to note the award of the OAM to Emeritus Professor Elizabeth […]
About
Michael J Smith – Artistic Director
Michael founded Greek Theatre Now in 2024. He has a background in opera, politics and journalism, and running, health and fitness. He won an academic scholarship to Melbourne Boys High and came under the singing […]
Cast/Crew
Andrew Mackenzie – Oedipus the King
“Hi!! I’m Andrew Mackenzie. I’ve been performing for as long as I remember, and loving attention for even longer. In high school, I did drama every year and double majored in it in Year 11 […]
Cast/Crew
Kate Blackhurst – Oedipus the King
As a theatre practitioner, Kate loves working with like-minded creative people to bring stories to the stage, and to try and make sense of our world through sharing them. She also likes to have fun, […]
Cast/Crew
Owen Maycock – Oedipus the King
“Acting has pretty much been my favourite thing since I was 7 and put on a made-up play for my class. There was not much of a story. The characters were just my friends and […]
Cast/Crew
Ben Smith Whatley – Oedipus the King
Ben Smith Whatley was born in Sydney in the mid 80’s, but lived and travelled across the globe before taking up roots in Canberra. It is here he studied Photomedia at the ANU, Screen VFX […]
Cast/Crew
Priya Pandya – Oedipus the King
Costume designer Priya Pandya is an accomplished clothing & textile specialist and customer stylist with more than 15 years of multifaceted experience across merchandising, quality control, fashion education, garment construction, pattern making, custom textile printing […]
Cast/Crew
Jade Boyle – Oedipus the King
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 […]