Leah Purcell

Leah Purcell is one of this nation's most eminent cultural figures. She is arguably Australia's most outstanding cultural polymath - a multi award-winning author, director, playwright, actor, director, film-maker, theatre-maker and screenwriter. That she directs her prodigious talents towards Indigenous and First Nations themes, characters and issues has resulted in a body of work already considered canonical in our library and stage history. Her latest work is the award-winning The Drover's...See more

Leah Purcell is one of this nation's most eminent cultural figures. She is arguably Australia's most outstanding cultural polymath - a multi award-winning author, director, playwright, actor, director, film-maker, theatre-maker and screenwriter. That she directs her prodigious talents towards Indigenous and First Nations themes, characters and issues has resulted in a body of work already considered canonical in our library and stage history. Her latest work is the award-winning The Drover's Wife. Leah is a proud Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri woman from QLD. See less