ELLEN GRAHAM
ACTOR, CONTENT CREATOR, DICE GOBLIN
Chief Media Officer - Role to Cast
Co-Founder - Madness of Two
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ABOUT ELLEN
Ellen Graham is an actor, writer, content creator, drag performer and clown. She graduated from Adelaide College of the Arts in 2017 and has charged recklessly into the life as a creative ever since. She has performed throughout South Australia, Sydney, Melbourne and toured internationally with ‘Aphrodite and the Invisible Consumer Gods’ to the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Together with Jamie Hornsby, Ellen is co-founder of independent theatre company Madness of Two - which has gone on to produce ‘Dead Gorgeous: A True Crime Clown Show’ in the 2020 Adelaide Fringe Festival and AWGIE winning play, ‘Claire Della and the Moon’ which premiered at the Parks Theatre in September 2020. Madness of Two’s next production, Starweaver, will be an innovative and urgent science fiction epic, premiering in 2024.
As a solo performer, Ellen appeared in two productions in 2021 at RUMPUS Theatre, ‘The Triumph of Man’ and ‘Hamlet in the Other Room’. Ellen is a key performer and Chief Media Officer for the ENNIE award winning podcast, ‘Role to Cast’ and featured as a guest performer in several panels at PAX Australia in 2022 and 2023.
ROLE TO CAST
Role to Cast is a weekly TTRPG actual play podcast with trained actors, original music & homebrew campaigns. Each season explores a new tabletop roleplaying game with a different member of the team taking the role of storyteller. Episodes are tightly edited with a brand new soundtrack for each season to deliver an immersive, audio drama style experience. In 2021, Role to Cast was recognised by the Australian Podcast Awards with a nomination to the Best Fiction category, and in 2022 we won the Silver ENNIE Award for Best Podcast.
Between seasons we sit down with the creators and designers of the games we play to explore their passions and see what makes them tick. We’ve featured - among others - Mike Pondsmith (R. Talsorian Games - Cyberpunk 2020 & RED), Doug Levandowski & Jonathan Gilmour (Renegade Game Studios - Kids on Bikes) and Justin Achilli (White Wolf - Vampire: The Masquerade).
MADNESS OF TWO
Madness of Two is an exciting new theatre company, founded by award-winning theatre-makers, Ellen Graham and Jamie Hornsby. Using their own special blend of innovative writing, devised theatre- making, whimsy and charm, Madness of Two tackles important issues in non-traditional ways. The company creates work in multiple genres, with multiple styles, and for multiple demographics, with a strong focus on young and diverse audiences.
Madness of Two’s first production, Dead Gorgeous: A True Crime Clown Show was developed in the inaugural season of RUMPUS and premiered in the 2020 Adelaide Fringe. Next up was Claire Della and the Moon, premiering later that year and winning two AWGIE Awards including the prestigious David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre. It returned in 2023 for two acclaimed seasons at DreamBIG Children’s Festival and AWESOME Arts Festival.
Their next collaboration, Starweaver, will premiere in 2024, featuring a thrilling, genre-busting blend of theatrical excellence and cutting edge live CGI technology.
