Kate Millett is a multifaceted artist working as a theatre and opera director, arts producer, writer, dramaturg and performer. She has studied drama and performance at the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University. Inspired by the opera scenes developing in New York and Berlin, Kate is bringing her black-box theatre mentality to opera, focusing on the emotionality of the singers, and bringing a visceral reality to this artform.

 

Working in Perth and Melbourne, her passion lies in the junction between performer and audience, and how they connect to each other.

 

Recent work includes Ruddigore, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Pirates of Penzance and Yeoman of the Guard (Savoy Opera) as well as the Gondoliers (GSOV). She wrote and directed the ground-breaking work Passion Pop (Duchess Productions) to great acclaim. She worked as Producer for the sound artist, Miles Cosmo on his pieces Metropolis: Redux and the Family. Her written works have been performed across the country. She has starred on TV and on the stage and is finally back pursuing her childhood love of opera.

 

Kate has a particular love for Opera, theatre and guerrilla or street theatre, and for German and French repertoire. An active producer and creator of new art, Kate maintains a firm commitment to emerging artists and to helping the Australian opera scene enter a new and exciting chapter.