Photo by Simon FazioBIOGRAPHY: Ebony Rattle is an artist investigating performance art through an experimental and accessible methodology. Their work predominantly examines metaphysics; alternative universes steeped in questioning identity, existence, possibility, actuality, corporeality, informed by their own lived experience as a physically disabled queer person.
Recent theatre credits as writer/director include Destroyed (2024, Theatre Works/Midsumma Festival), Winona (2022 - 2024 National and International Tour), which was nominated for Best Two Person Show and Best International Show at the Hollywood Fringe awards 2023, Ring, Ring! (2021, Theatre Works) and BLITZ (2019, Melbourne Fringe Festival). Their work has been supported by Creative Victoria, Regional Arts Victoria, The City of Port Philip, Melbourne Fringe and Midsumma Festival.
Recently, Ebony trained with celebrated physical theatre pedagogue, Giovanni Fusetti (2025). In 2022, they were selected to participate in the Finding Your Own True Voice workshop for transgender writers with playwright Jo Clifford. Ebony is an alumnus of the Midsumma Pathways Program for LGBTQIA+ disabled people, mentored by esteemed theatre director Adena Jacobs (2021 - 22). Ebony currently undertakes classes in circus and performance at Women’s Circus.
Additionally, they have almost a decade of experience working in live audio and vision production and have worked extensively with Australia’s most esteemed live performance companies, including Opera Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company, Victorian Opera, The Australian Ballet, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Melbourne International Arts Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Contemporary music highlights include mixing at Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan, Splendour in The Grass, Meredith Music Festival and Fairgrounds Festival.
Ebony currently works in the Festivals and Events team at Darebin City Council as a Production Manager. They have previously worked as the Creative Producer at feminist arts company Women’s Circus, and as Midsumma Festival’s Pathways Program Coordinator. They also sit on the Access and Inclusion committees at Melbourne Recital Centre and Arts Centre Melbourne, and are incredibly passionate about access and inclusion in the performing arts. They also work as a production manager for the yearly HOLLER Fest, a festival championing the contributions of women and gender diverse people in the local music industry, and is a judge for the yearly Music Victoria Awards.
Ebony is a proud member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).
Recent theatre credits as writer/director include Destroyed (2024, Theatre Works/Midsumma Festival), Winona (2022 - 2024 National and International Tour), which was nominated for Best Two Person Show and Best International Show at the Hollywood Fringe awards 2023, Ring, Ring! (2021, Theatre Works) and BLITZ (2019, Melbourne Fringe Festival). Their work has been supported by Creative Victoria, Regional Arts Victoria, The City of Port Philip, Melbourne Fringe and Midsumma Festival.
Recently, Ebony trained with celebrated physical theatre pedagogue, Giovanni Fusetti (2025). In 2022, they were selected to participate in the Finding Your Own True Voice workshop for transgender writers with playwright Jo Clifford. Ebony is an alumnus of the Midsumma Pathways Program for LGBTQIA+ disabled people, mentored by esteemed theatre director Adena Jacobs (2021 - 22). Ebony currently undertakes classes in circus and performance at Women’s Circus.
Additionally, they have almost a decade of experience working in live audio and vision production and have worked extensively with Australia’s most esteemed live performance companies, including Opera Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company, Victorian Opera, The Australian Ballet, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Melbourne International Arts Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Contemporary music highlights include mixing at Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan, Splendour in The Grass, Meredith Music Festival and Fairgrounds Festival.
Ebony currently works in the Festivals and Events team at Darebin City Council as a Production Manager. They have previously worked as the Creative Producer at feminist arts company Women’s Circus, and as Midsumma Festival’s Pathways Program Coordinator. They also sit on the Access and Inclusion committees at Melbourne Recital Centre and Arts Centre Melbourne, and are incredibly passionate about access and inclusion in the performing arts. They also work as a production manager for the yearly HOLLER Fest, a festival championing the contributions of women and gender diverse people in the local music industry, and is a judge for the yearly Music Victoria Awards.
Ebony is a proud member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).