Annie is a theatre maker, acting coach and producer, who was part of the grunge theatre scene of the 90s that took over pub band stages and unused warehouses as theatre spaces, allowing grassroots storytelling to flourish. As an actor with Cyclone Theatre, she co-devised He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, which sold out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival before touring to Edinburgh and becoming an international hit. It was the longest running independent theatre show in Australian history, performed simply on a set of milk crates.

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As a dramaturg and director, Annie has worked on many award winning plays with local theatre companies, and produced new work on proceeds of industry lecture tours she produced, touring Hollywood A-listers to Australia to coach the art of storytelling. With backing from Screen Australia and Film Victoria, the events attracted film and theatre luminaries including Tim Minchen (Matilda), Leigh Whannell (Saw), Geoffrey Rush (Oscar winner) and many more.

When she founded Epiphany Arts and the Inner West Youth Theatre in 2015, she brought this training to the young people in Sydney and has gone on to win national and regional awards for the companyʼs original plays, video installations and short films, including Excellence in Direction from Bell Shakespeare.

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Annie produced and directed two Sydney premieres for Sydney Fringe IN 2025 – She Kills Monsters at Fringe Comedy and Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical, launching the companyʼs musical theatre arm and allowing her to indulge her love of retro pop culture, live music, cheap effects and coming of age stories.