Culture and Access
Cynda is always listening and responding as a personal and professional commitment. They value the acts of uplifting voices less assimilated than theirs, and dismantling inequitable systems and dynamics. Cynda’s practice is lead by land. They champion first nations, trans, and queer accessibility.
They were the artist access coordinator and Indigenous representative for the 2024 Muse Festival, and lead the acknowledgement for VCA devised show, The Dinner Party. Most recently, Cynda has begun facilitating working ways workshops for creatives, and guiding others on Indigenising their artistic practice.
Acting
Cynda has a large amount of professional acting experience, with a strong foundation in Shakespeare.
Joan of Arc - The White Rose and the Red, TheatreiNQ
Lily the Singing Flower - Alice Through the Looking Glass, TheatreiNQ
The Watch - Much Ado About Nothing, TheatreiNQ
Duck - Seven Seconds, Muse Festival
Recent acting credits include:
The Dinner Party VCA - The Infinity Hotel VCA - The Peach Blossom Fan VCA - Alice Through the Looking Glass TheatreiNQ - The White Rose and the Red TheatreiNQ - Much Ado About Nothing TheatreiNQ - Seven Seconds Muse Festival - Blood Will Have Blood TheatreiNQ
Writing
Cynda is a playwright and poet. Their written work explores themes of queerness, blakness, and small-townness.
Theatre
Written and presented theatre works:
EQUALS Etty: A Christmas Dramedy Scoliosis Doll Collection
Being from Lutruwita (Tasmania), Gurambilbarra (Townsville), and Innisfail, Cynda’s writing for theatre is often focused on uplifting and representing regional stories and perspectives. It’s also pretty funny.
Poetry
Written and presented poetry works:
A self-described notes-app poet, Cynda’s poetry is deeply truthful, dryly humorous, and meant to be read aloud. They are immersed in the Naarm open-mic poetry scene, and will probably write a book one day. Probably. They often post their poetry on Instagram.
Visual Art
Cynda is also a visual artist, with a focus on the traditional medium of pen to paper, as well as digital art. Their work is silly, fun, trans, and purposefully meaningless, though meaning does tend to find itself in all.
They are currently learning to tattoo. You should get their art on your skin :).
Content warning below for a lewd drawing or two.
