Sally is a passionate advocate for the performing arts in Australia, and roles here include; past board director of Theatre Board of the Australia Council, SWY Theatre, Playworks, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Circus WA, Yirra Yaakin, Ausdance National. The artistic advisory of Black Swan Theatre, Deckchair Theatre, Barking Gecko Theatre Company. The development advisory for STRUT National Choreographic Centre and industry advisory of ACAPTA (Australian Circus & Physical Theatre Association) and NICA amongst others.

A previous director of script development agencies Playworks National Women Writers Workshop (Australia) and Stages WA, Sally has collaborated with Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company over 17 years as a dramaturg, director, Partnerships and Special Projects Manager and as Acting General Manager.

She regularly acts as a peer assessor for government and industry panels/awards including Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries in WA, Creative Australia and the Ministry for the Arts. She is a previous Helpmann Award panelist for Theatre, associate artist with Co:3 Australia and Deputy Chair of Community Arts Network 2019-2022.

In 2016 Sally launched circus theatre company MAXIMA in a first-time partnership with Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. She collaborated with Performing Lines WA between 2008-2020, been artist in residence and Guest Lecturer at WAAPA, Curtin and Edith Cowan Universities, and a Guest Director at NICA (VIC) and National Aboriginal Islander Dance College NAISDA (NSW).

She has undertaken artist residencies across Australia including Bundanon (NSW), PICA (Perth), in Lutruwita/Tasmania, and internationally in Iceland, Hong Kong and Taiwan (Taipei Artist Village in 2015 and 2019).

Sally has been the Creative Director/ Producer for various large-scale events and productions including Live@Woodside, an award-winning three-year community partnership of Steamworks with Woodside Australia. She was the Creative Director for the Opening of the Place of Reflection at Kings Park, commissioned by Lotterywest and produced by Steamworks. Other clients include: WA Business News, WA Department of Culture and the Arts and the Western Australian Museum (Perth).

Sally has actively sought to develop and grow relationships and connections in the Asian region. As a 2015 Asialink Artist she exhibited a selection of short films in the International group show ‘False Start: Situational Exploratorium’ collaborating with 10 Taiwanese artists on The Ghost Project. She has been selected to participate in forums/events including OzAsia Connect and AsiaTOPA Connect, China SPAF and Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Performing Asia Program (APAM 2018), ADAM 2 (Asia Discovers Asia Meeting 2018), Borak Arts Series (2018), Dance Massive (2019) and in 2019 premiered the four-year collaboration with Australian/Taiwanese artists GUI SHU at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Sally was selected for Playwriting Australia's DUOLOGUES program and is a graduate of Australia Council Arts Leaders Program 2019. In 2020 she showcased GUI SHU at APAM at AsiaTOPA and JULIA at PLWA Creative Hub, Circuitwest and APAX.

Other recent credits inc: CATCH! (AWESOME Festival, WA regional Tour), MEDEA (Black Swan Theatre Company) MUSE (Situ8, STCWA/STRUT), Savage Grace by Alana Valentine (STCWA) and the multi award-winning JULIA, a co-creation with choreographer Natalie Allen (STCWA, INDance Sydney Dance Company, WA regional Tour 2022, ISPA 2024)
Her online dance on film International collaboration with Emma Fishwick, Feminism Has No Borders premiered at the 2021 Perth International Arts Festival & video work GUI SHU (Belong) showcased at OzAsia Festival in Adelaide in 2021.

In 2021 Steamworks celebrated 21 years of operation as an independent project company.
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Sally lives and works in Lutruwita/Tasmania and is currently Executive Producer for the Ten Days on the Island Festival