Alice Birbara
Alice Birbara is an actor, writer and performance poet based in Sydney.
About
Alice is an actor, writer and performance poet living and working on Gadigal land (Sydney). She is a queer woman with Lebanese-Australian heritage.
She is a graduate of the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she gained an MA in Professional Acting. She also holds a BA in English/History from the University of Sydney.
Recent acting work includes the Logie award-nominated In Our Blood (ABC) and a tour-de-force performance in the solo show Chef (KXT Bakehouse & Virginia Plain Theatre).
Additional select theatre credits include The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Tobacco Factory Theatres, UK), Constellations (Chippen St Theatre), The Lieutenant of Inishmore & Picnic at Hanging Rock (New Theatre), Brothers Karamazov (Virginia Plain Theatre & PACT Theatre), Bitch Boxer, Grounded (Sydney Fringe Festival).
Alice writes and performs slam poetry as well as writing for screen and theatre. She recently placed second in the annual Bread & Butter Poetry Slampionship and has previously performed at the slam as a featured poet.
Alice is passionate about creating work that amplifies the voices of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally diverse groups and victim-survivors of sexual violence. She is a strong advocate for victim-survivors of sexual assault and has been featured in articles about her lived experience.
