About the Artist: Peter Maple is an award-winning writer, actor, producer, director who has worked extensively across all mediums of film, TV, radio, stage, and online. He holds a Bachelor of Performance from Theatre Nepean (Western Sydney University); and a Master of Fine Arts (Writing for Performance) from the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Peter is a hard-working, versatile, and enthusiastic collaborator - a brave and professional storyteller based in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. Peter has experience with some of Sydney’s most respected theatre companies and venues including Seymour Centre, The Old Fitz, New Theatre, Riverside Theatres, and The Joan. He is also an article writer for the online arts publication, Theatre Now. Some recent credits include the 2017 award-winning short film Legacy, as lead actor, writer, director, and producer; the award-winning 2016 feature film Dead Sunrise, as lead actor, co-writer, and co-producer; the John Sheedy directed 2016 stage production of German playwright Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck at the NIDA Parade Theatre, as actor, dramaturg, and in script adaptation; and the yet-to-be released 2018 explosive sci-fi war extravaganza Shift, as lead actor. His recent new Australian plays, White Whales (family dysfunction across a generational divide) participated in the Leichardt Site and Sound Arts Festival, 2017 for a development season; along with Beast. Belly. Beast. (which delved inside the minds of two ex-soldiers suffering the fractured consequences of PTSD) playing as part the Old 505 Theatre’s FreshWorks program, 2018 – directed by Kim Hardwick. Additional notable credits: Writing 2018 Parked (Short Film) Marcus Graham 2018 Cloe Fournier's Humanoid (Stage - Dramaturgy) PACT 2018 BEAST. BELLY. BEAST. (Stage) Old 505 FreshWorks Program 2017 Legacy (Short Film) Peter Maple / NIDA 2017 OWL (Short Film) Peter Maple / Ross Perkins 2017 White Whales (Stage) Site and Sound Arts Festival 2017 Cinema Club (Feature Film) Morning Starr Productions 2017 Broken (Feature Film) Morning Starr Productions 2017 Parkway Hauntings (Feature Film) Morning Starr Productions 2016 Dead Sunrise (Feature Film) Michal Imielski / SHH Hybrid Arts 2016 Tales of Stone (Stage) Peter Maple / NIDA 2016 Woyzeck (Stage - Adaptation & Dramaturgy) John Sheedy / NIDA 2016 In the Black Matter (Short Film) Peter Maple / Warwick Doddrell / NIDA Awards “Legacy” (Short Film) Award of Merit One- Reeler Short Film Competition “Dead Sunrise” (Feature Film) - Silver Award Winner, 50th WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival A passionate storyteller, Peter is a meaning-maker who has become a leading advocate for the production of original home-grown stories. His experience across creative platforms has afforded him the knowledge to nurture not only these stories, but the very platforms within which they can exist, flourish, and truly thrive. See online here for further, wide-ranging list of credits to Peter’s name: www.petermaple.com