Kirsty Marillier

"Orange Thrower is an intricate and uncommon play by Kirsty Marillier, a unique new voice in Australian theatre." Limelight magazine

Kirsty Marillier is a South African actor and award-winning playwright.

Her debut play, ORANGE THROWER, premiered at the Griffin Theatre Company and National Theatre of Parramatta in 2022. ORANGE THROWER was the winner of the 2019 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, the Griffin Award and the Nick Enright Prize at the NSW Premier’s Literary Award.

Kirsty’s second play, THE ZAP, was nominated for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2022 and won the Max Afford Playwrights Award in 2020. THE ZAP was developed with Playwriting Australia and Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s Next In Line program.

Kirsty’s next play, DESTINY will premiere at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2025. DESTINY was commissioned and developed through MTC’s Next Stage Writers program.

Kirsty has been a part of multiple creative programs including the Emerging Writers Group at Sydney Theatre Company (2022), Griffin Theatre Company’s Studio Artist Program (2020), Sydney Theatre Company’s Rough Draft Program (2019) and Malthouse Theatre’s Besen Writers Group (2018).

In addition to being an award-winning writer, Kirsty is an accomplished performer having starred in drama including the Australian Premiere of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, THE CHERRY ORCHARD with Belvoir St Theatre, HOME, I’M DARLING with Sydney Theatre Company, and COMA LAND with Black Swan State Theatre Company.

Her acting credits in film and television include THE GREENHOUSE directed by Thomas Wilson-White; HOOK UP directed by Laura Nagy (short for MQFF/Paper Moose) and HOME AND AWAY.

Kirsty attended WAAPA and has a BA in Creative Writing/Performance Studies. She is currently developing an original television idea with Thomas Wilson-White.