Rose Maher

Rose is an actress, vocalist & multidisciplinary artist working across theatre, screen, puppetry, clowning & voice over. As the Artistic Associate of HH, she has co-created the award winning ‘The Cardinal Rules’ & ‘Dolly’s Miracle Hoard’. She also facilitates professional artist workshops, and projects in schools and community settings.

She recently worked on the development of ‘Storyland’, written by Miles Franklin Award-nominated author Cath McKinnon and directed by Leland Keene. She has also developed and toured ‘Shark Dive’ with Erth, working with playwright Alana Valentine, and performed in ‘Coil’ on Re:group Performance Collective's national tour (2023). Other credits include Helena in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Merringong Theatre 2023), ‘Arc’ by Erth (Sydney Opera House 2022) & ‘Let Me Know When You Get Home’ (NtOP 2021). Rose joined ‘The Wonder Jam’ at Edinburgh Fringe and the international clown collective ‘The Lost Cabaret’ creating live late-night cabaret shows in Paris. She works as a Clown Doctor with Clown Doctors Australia where she is known as Dr Doozy.

She trained on Dharawal Country at UOW gaining a Bachelor Creative Arts (Performance & Theatre, Honours) and has trained at École Philipe Gaulier in France and with Shakespeare and Co. in the USA.