Photo by Simon FazioBIOGRAPHY: Ebony Rattle is an internationally acclaimed performance maker, disability advocate, arts worker, clown and emerging drag artist based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Recent theatre credits as writer/director include afterglow.exe (2025, Melbourne Fringe Festival), 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. Their work has been performed across Australia, in the United States and Thailand.
Ebony’s performance work is primarily informed by the Lecoq methodology, and they have undergone theatre training with Giovanni Fusetti and Second City (Chicago). They regularly train in circus disciplines with Women*s Circus. In 2025, they were selected to participate in the SensoryScapes performance art residency at Studio 88 Artist Residency in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 2022, they completed 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 emerging artists, mentored by esteemed theatre director Adena Jacobs (2021 - 22).
Ebony is currently studying a Master of Development Studies at the University of Melbourne and is passionate about social justice, access and inclusion, and human rights. They are currently a member of the LGBTQIA+ Health Australia and Inclusive Rainbow Voices Advisory Group and work as a freelance access consultant for the arts industry.
Previously, they have worked in the Equity team as an Access and Inclusion Officer and in the Festival and Events team as a Producer/Production Manager at Darebin City Council, as the Creative Producer at feminist arts company Women’s Circus, and as Midsumma Festival’s Pathways Program Coordinator. They are also the co-booker and production manager for HOLLER Fest, a festival championing the contributions of women and gender diverse people in the local music industry, and are a judge for the yearly Music Victoria Awards.
Additionally, they have over a decade of experience working in live audio and vision production and have worked extensively with Australia’s most respected live performance companies. They have also sound designed for film and independent theatre productions.
Ebony is a proud member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).
Recent theatre credits as writer/director include afterglow.exe (2025, Melbourne Fringe Festival), 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. Their work has been performed across Australia, in the United States and Thailand.
Ebony’s performance work is primarily informed by the Lecoq methodology, and they have undergone theatre training with Giovanni Fusetti and Second City (Chicago). They regularly train in circus disciplines with Women*s Circus. In 2025, they were selected to participate in the SensoryScapes performance art residency at Studio 88 Artist Residency in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 2022, they completed 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 emerging artists, mentored by esteemed theatre director Adena Jacobs (2021 - 22).
Ebony is currently studying a Master of Development Studies at the University of Melbourne and is passionate about social justice, access and inclusion, and human rights. They are currently a member of the LGBTQIA+ Health Australia and Inclusive Rainbow Voices Advisory Group and work as a freelance access consultant for the arts industry.
Previously, they have worked in the Equity team as an Access and Inclusion Officer and in the Festival and Events team as a Producer/Production Manager at Darebin City Council, as the Creative Producer at feminist arts company Women’s Circus, and as Midsumma Festival’s Pathways Program Coordinator. They are also the co-booker and production manager for HOLLER Fest, a festival championing the contributions of women and gender diverse people in the local music industry, and are a judge for the yearly Music Victoria Awards.
Additionally, they have over a decade of experience working in live audio and vision production and have worked extensively with Australia’s most respected live performance companies. They have also sound designed for film and independent theatre productions.
Ebony is a proud member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).