Lara Robinson
Special skills
Accents: US (standard), US (southern), US (Texan), RP, Cockney, British (standard), Northern Irish, Irish, Australian (broad), Australian (standard)
Singing: mezzo soprano
Music: piano (advanced), clarinet (intermediate)
Dance: ballet (intermediate), jazz
Other skills: writer, improvisation, devising
Previous experience
Projects at RADA
Oreon, Dinner, devised by the Company, dir. Simona Gonella
Orly / Ida, Schlepping, devised/created by Yael Elisheva and Lara Robinson (part of Lab Works)
Muse, We Shouldn't Be Here, devised by the Company with Ian Morgan and Henry McGrath of Eden's Cave, dir. Simona Gonella
Feather Morris and Michael, Drag Cabaret, dir. Jüri Nael
The King, Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, dir. Sinéad Rushe
Nora Helmer, A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, dir. Linda Miller
Television
Maddie, Why Are You Like This, ABC
Edwina Bright, Upper Middle Bogan, ABC
Gwen, Short Back and Sides, ABC
Becky, Fancy Boy, ABC
Young Peretta, Childhood’s End, (US) SyFy Network
Peggy Brown, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC
Guest Lead, Tilly Young, Winners and Losers, Seven Network
Young Rose Pickles, Cloudstreet, dir, Matthew Saville, Showtime
Ruth, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC
Grace Westom, Saved, dir. Tony Ayres, SBS
Gretel, The Elephant Princess, dir. Jonathon M. Schiff
Louise Patterson, City Homicide, Seven Network
Film
Bernie, St Bernie, Swinburne University, dir, Elise Tyson
Lead: Jane Enter, Sanctum, dir. Michael Budd
Supporting Lead: Montana, The BBQ, BBQ Three P/L
Lucy, Catch Perfect (sf), SF dir. Raphael Elisha
Frances, The Jungle (dev. workshop) Amanda Higgs
Lead: Abbey/Lucinda, (2 separate roles), Knowing (US), dirs. Alex Proyas/Ezekiel Films
Lead, Work in Progress, SF dir. Fraser Pilkington
Girl In Car, Long Weekend, dir. Jamie Blanks
Theatre
Lilianna, Land by Thalia Dudek, Three Fates Theatre, Company (St Martins Theatre)
Lead Ensemble, Idiotic Pack Noise, *self-devised work, Manet Collective, (own theatre company)
Miss Muffet / The Naughty Fairy, The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe, Tivoli Theatre
Wee Bear, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, Tivoli Theatre
Audio
Narrator, The Truth About Her, Audiobook/Bolinda
April Hachette, The Performance (Audio Drama) Australia/ Square Sound
Education
2003-2008, Drama Training, National Theatre Drama School
2003-2010, Dance Training (ballet, jazz) various schools
2016, Shakespeare Summer School, RADA
2017, Elizabeth Kemp Dream Character Masterclass, Elizabeth Kemp via 16th Street Acting Studio
2018, Larry Moss Scene Study Masterclass, Larry Moss via 16th Street Acting Studio
2017-2020, Bachelor of Arts, double major in English/Theatre Studies, and Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne