Rosalba Clemente

Rosalba Clemente was appointed chair of the theatre board and a member of Council for three years from 26 March 2008.

Rosalba is a highly regarded theatre director, actor and playwright. She was the artistic director of The Theatre Company of South Australia from 1998 to 2004, where she established an innovative theatre laboratory to bring new Australian works to the mainstage.

Rosalba has worked as both an actress and director for many Australian theatre companies. She has directed many plays, including world-premiere seasons of the highly acclaimed plays Holy Day and My Vicious Angel. Her work has been nominated for many awards including Sydney Theatre Critics Circle, Victorian Green Room Awards, Mo Music Industry Entertainment Award and The Helpman Awards.

Her first play Helly’s Magic Cup received the Rodney Seaborn Australian Playwriting Award for 2008.

She has served on many theatre boards and advisory bodies, including the Belvoir Street Theatre board, the dance and drama advisory committee to the NSW Ministry of the Arts, and theatre advisory committee to the South Australian Department of the Arts.