Courtney nearly joined Hi-5. Now, at just 34, she heads up Queensland's oldest theatre company

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As an actor, Courtney Stewart has often struggled to find satisfying parts; as a director, she's been able to flip the script — and never more so than in her new role.

; doomed relationship comedy Capricorn, by Butchulla and Kabi Kabi playwright Aidan Rowlingson; interracial adoption drama Cut Chilli, by Chenturan Aran; and queer cosplay comedy IRL, by Lewis Treston.

"Being in year 8, at a new school, as I was figuring out what my friendship groups were, that transition period is already such a moment of incredible vulnerability, and it's really tough," Stewart says.While drama was her new focus, Stewart never stopped dancing — until she had children.

Now, Stewart is committed to putting measures in place that ensure that artists feel comfortable doing that personal work — including on The Poison of Polygamy, an adaptation of the first novel published by a Chinese Australian author , which she will direct. "Giving agency to actors and creatives to bring those parts of themselves [into the room] only increases the tools you have to tell the story and make it an amazing experience — for those people inside the process and for the audience."Stewart's father is white and her mother is Chinese Australian, and she says there were limited opportunities for actors like her when she first started auditioning for roles after she graduated from university in 2008.

 

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more womans weakly boring, abc

Not sure why you're telling us this.. unless she's come out as queer?

Courtney never joined Hi-5. Is that a better headline?

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