Elizabeth Avery Scott
Co-Founder and CEO
Elizabeth Avery Scott is co-founder and CEO of Perform Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Mass Communications) from Macquarie University, a Master of Arts Practice (Scriptwriting) from Charles Sturt University, a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, a Diploma of Counselling and a Graduate Diploma of Relationships Counselling, among other qualifications.
She is a playwright, producer, teacher, and arts entrepreneur. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award in 2009 for her play, Lies, Love and Hitler, and in 2013 was a finalist in the Telstra Businesswoman of the Year awards for her work with Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art, as Perform Australia used to be known, prior to the name change in 2019.
Her plays have been performed in Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. Her recent writing credits include The Mysterious Tale of the Mary-Celeste (2024), Dangerous Conceits (2024), The Getting of Wisdom (2023), The Thing That's Missing (2023), Sanity (2020), The Park (2020), Chez Francois (2019), All That I Am And All That I Have (2018), The Rational Dress Society And Other Tales (2017), Australurbia (2016) and The Sound of Musicals (2015, co-written with Glenn Braithwaite). She has also written a number of short films.
She has also appeared on ABCTV in the series, 'The Boffin, The Builder and the Bombardier', playing the character of the 'Boffin's wife', Gretz, and also appeared in the documentary, 'Building Australia' (Wildbear TV).
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As a casting agent, Elizabeth has been involved in coordinating extras for such projects as the Liam Neeson movie, Blacklight, and the ABCTV show, Austin, Series 1 and 2.
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​Elizabeth has also been a past judge on the theatre panel in the Canberra industry awards, The Ovations.
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Elizabeth estimates she has produced more than 150 theatre productions for Perform Australia and the theatre company, Honest Puck, over the past 15 years.
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​Her variegated past life was spent in journalism, human rights advocacy, and even massage therapy.