Lana Schwarcz

A multi award-winning performer, writer, puppeteer and theatre maker, Lana’s arts career spans 20 years and multiple artforms/media. Although she often works as a creative for other companies such as Erth, Spare Parts, A Blanck Canvas, Milke, and Black Hole, she is most noted for her own solo shows that deliberately skewer difficult topics with humour and pathos.

Lana’s solo theatre shows include: Lovely Lady Lump (2016/17 – WINNER Most Outstanding Solo Show Ottawa, Best of Fest Calgary, Best Theatre Dunedin, Best Female Show Winnipeg, Adelaide Theatre Award. NOM 720ABC Best Theatre, Best Overall Show) Small Talk (2014/15), Love Monster (2014), Grandpa Sol and Grandma Rosie (2007-2009 Adelaide Fringe Award (2008), Best of Fest Award (2009), Best Female Performer, Best Solo Show and Most Innovative Show (2009).

She is famous for creating and performing the iconic puppet peep boxes, Minute Exhibit: The Curator and Burlesque in a Box - interactive shows that captivate both adults and children in less than 60 seconds to one person at a time.

As director, her puppet film, Sir Dancealot is currently screening as Official Selections in multiple film festivals worldwide (2014-2017). She also directed World War Wonderful (Green Room Award nomin), Give My Regards To Broady, Rhod Gilbert’s Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Eddie Award nom), as well as Tropfest shortlisted film The Upper Hand and in 2007, she created and starred in her own 9-episode series for ABC2’s Australia Wide.

Like any other performer, she has extensive Film, TV, commercial and Theatre acting credits, and has developed many kids shows: Super Speedy Sound Shed (Vic Arts Centre, Brisbane Festival), Robot Rampage (Scienceworks), Monty and Melville (Theatreworks), Black Hole Theatre’s morPhing, and Laura Milke and Artplay’s Radio Plays for Kids.