Katrina Foster
THEATRE
THE STRANGE CASE OF PAPRIKA STEAD Role: Justice Joanne Milne. Beyond Empathy workshop
MUMS THE WORD II – TEENAGERS Role: Robin. Dir: Kaarin Fairfax / New Theatricals.
THE UNITED STATES OF NOTHING Role: Jackie. Dir. Stephen Sewell / Griffin Theatre.
THROUGH THE WIRE Role: Doreen. Dir: Ros Horin / Performing Lines.
MUM’S THE WORD Role: Deborah. Dir. Kaarin Fairfax / New Theatricals.
THE QUARTET FROM RIGOLETTO Dir. George Ogilvie / Ensemble Productions.
HOTSPUR Role: Julie. Dir. Simon Phillips / Sydney Theatre Company.
CARAVAN Role: Monica. A Peter & Ellen Williams Production.
HOTEL SORRENTO Role: Meg. Dir. Aubrey Mellor & David Berthold / QTC
TWELFTH NIGHT Role: Olivia. Dir. Rodney Fisher / QTC
CARNIVAL IN KINGAROY Role: Charlotte Flip. Dir. Aubrey Mellor / QTC
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Role: Jill/Lisa/Clara. Dir. David Berthold / QTC
STEAMING Role: Jane. Gary Penny Productions. Dir. Rodney Fisher.
THE AUNT’S STORY Role: Theodora Goodman. Dir: Adam Cook / NIDA Company.
MACBETH/DREAMS IN AN EMPTY CITY Role: Lady Macduff / Karen. Melbourne Theatre Company.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Role: Stella Dir: Robin Le Fevre. John Nicholls/ Adrian Bohm Productions/ Syd & Tour.
AS MUCH TROUBLE AS TALKING Dir: Helen Grace. Belvoir Street Theatre.
HARP IN THE SOUTH Role: Various. Dir: Amanda Morris / Sydney Theatre Company.
SIESTAS IN A PINK HOTELRole: Meg. Dir: Robyn Nevin. Sydney Theatre Company.
A LIE OF THE MIND Role: Sally. Dir: Jim Sharman / Belvoir Street Theatre.
VOYZECK Dir: Phillip Keir. Sydney Uni Theatre Studies Unit
TORQUATO TASSO Dir: Phillip Keir / Sydney Theatre Company.
SHORTS AT THE WHARF Sydney Theatre Company.
PERFECT MISMATCH Role: Zoe. Dir. Robyn Nevin.
LATE ARRIVALS Role: Fiona. Dir. Wayne Harrison.
THE BOURGEOIS WEDDING Role: Sister. Dir. Phillip Keir.
PLAYING WITH FIRE Role: The Daughter in Law. Dir. Michael Jenkins.
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF Role: Lucinda. Dir. Rex Cramphorn.
THE MARGARINE CONSPIRACY Role: Helen. Dir. Carol Woodrow.
SWALLOWING IS A VERY PRIVATE THING Role: Narrator.m Dir. Anne Harvey.
THE BLIND GIANT IS DANCING Role Janice Lang. Dir: Philip Keir / Sydney Theatre Company.
TRAVELLING NORTH Dir: Judi Farr / Marian Street Theatre
SUMMERTIME BLUES Dir: Peter Kingston / Stables Theatre
THE REMOVALISTS Role: Kate. Dir. Brent McGregor / Hunter Valley Theatre Company
THREE SISTERS Role: Masha. Dir. Bruce Myles / Melbourne Theatre Company.
1982 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS’ CONFERENCE
WELCOME THE BRIGHT WORLD Dir. Neil Armfield / Nimrod Theatre.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL Dir. Terry Clarke. Marian Street Theatre.
OUTSIDE EDGE Dir. Richard Michalak / Marian Street Theatre. .
INSIDE THE ISLAND Dir. Neil Armfield / Nimrod Theatre.
LOVE AND THE SINGLE TEENAGER Stables Theatre.
DISCOVERING AUSTRALIA Dir. Peter Kingston / Griffin Theatre Co.
MRS QUEEN Role: Emma. State Theatre Company of South Australia.
THE SHAUGHRAUN Role: Arte O’Neill. State Theatre Company of South Australia.
HAMLET Role: Handmaiden/Player. State Theatre Company of South Australia.
TELEVISION
ALL SAINTS Role: Denise Beck. Dir. Ian Watson / Seven Network.
ALL SAINTS Role: Leila White. Seven Network.
SEACHANGE Role: Hilary Tonks. Dir. Ben Lewin / Artist Services.
THE SUGAR FACTORY Role: Mrs Berne. Dir. Robert Carter / Imagine Films Entertainment.
A DIFFICULT WOMAN Role: Rita Ferrars / West Street Productions P/L.
BIG SKY Role: Guest. West Street Productions P/L.
WATER RATS Role: Rose Thomas. Quicksilver Productions
HEARTBREAK HIGH Role: Jill Byrd. Gannon Television.
GP Role: Belinda. Roadshow Coote & Carroll. Dir. Peter Andrikidis.
MOTHER AND SON Role: Solicitor. ABC TV.
NEWLYWEDS Role: Margot. Crawford Media International Pty Ltd.
THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW PART TWO: TOMORROW’S END Role: Mrs Holloway. Film Australia.
LIPSTICK DREAMS Role: Jo. Beyond International Group. (Pilot)
G.P. Role: Madeleine. Roadshow Coote & Carroll.
RAFFERTY’S RULES Role: Margot Hewison. Amalgamated Television Services.
COOPERS CROSSING Crawford Productions.
PRIME TIME Crawford Productions.
RESTORATION PIECE ABC TV.
LEARNED FRIENDS ABC TV.
TAKING AWAY Australian Film & Television School.
THE MESSENGER Australian Film & Television School.
COP SHOP Crawford Productions.
THE DISMISSAL Kennedy Miller Entertainment.
THE GIRL WHO MET SIMONE Australian Film & Television School. Dir.
DE BEAUVOIR IN PARIS Richard Wherrett.
GARY’S STORY AFTRS l / Dir:Richard Michalak.
THE RESTLESS YEARS Reg Grundy Productions.
FILM
THE SUGAR FACTORY Role: Mrs Berne. Dir. Robert Carter / Imagine Films.
LILIAN’S STORY Role: Agnes Armstrong. Dir: Jerzy Domaradzki / CML Productions.
THE BIT PART Role: Helen Thornton. Dir. Brendan Maher / Comedia Ltd.
TAKING AWAY Australian Film & Television School.
BRONCO Women’s Film Unit. Dir. Deborah Kingsland.
CITY’S EDGE Role: Co lead. C.B. Films.
RADIO
Various ABC Radio Plays.
WRITING
Regular writer for NEIGHBOURS and HOME AND AWAY (2009-2011)
HOME AND AWAY script editor (2002)
NEIGHBOURS script editor (2001)
NEIGHBOURS storyliner (2000)
Completed NIDA Playwrights’ Studio (1999)
Script Assessor for the Australian National Playwrights’ Centre (1993-97)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
NIDA Open Program Teacher
Performance Studies – University of Sydney
Actors Centre
Private Tutoring
Newtown Performing Arts High School
OTHER
1989 Received Australia Council grant to travel to the USSR
TRAINING
Graduate from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1978.
