LAURA MCKENZIE
writer/director/producer
contact: laura@lauramckenzie.site
I’m a writer, director, producer and dancer, a white-Australian woman with Scottish ancestry, living, dancing and art-making on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land. I grew up in Ballarat on Wathaurong country and now live in Naarm/Melbourne.
I am drawn to creating playful works that challenge art forms and attract new audiences. My writing is often driven by warmth and humour, often cascading into absurdity and spectacle. I want audiences to leave my work feeling connected, seen and buzzed.
My most recent works have been Lizard People (Meat Market Melbourne Fringe October 2024) and Social Dance (TheatreWorks June 2023). Other previous works include short film Divine Intervention (Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2018), performance work The More I Know (Meat Market 2018) and sketch comedy with the Melbourne University Law Revue (2020 - 2022).
In 2022 I was mentored by writer Melissa Reeves in Union House Theatre’s Writer in Residence Program. I have a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Creative Writing and Politics and a Juris Doctor Degree from Melbourne University. Throughout university I was Co-President of the Melbourne Law School Film, Art, Media and Entertainment Law Students’ Association and published work on intersections of art-making and law.