Lockie McDonald

Lockie McDonald is a Perth-based writer, director and producer that has led and created arts projects with marginalised groups within rural, regional and isolated communities living under significant disadvantage including high security prison inmates, people with disabilities, Indigenous and homeless youth.

Beginning his career in Brisbane in 1985, Lockie directed with performing art companies such the Street Arts Community Theatre, Flying Fruit Circus, Rock and Roll Circus, Bizircus and the Ran Dan Club.

As artistic director of Southern Cross Arts in Albany Western Australia, Lockie was influential in extending the company from a theatre/circus driven focus, to one that built on community engagement and artistic challenge, focusing on local themes and issues.

Working with a community of writers in the Albany High Security Prison, Lockie was instrumental in producing the SALT Writers (Silenced Authors, Lavish Tales), a project comprising of workshops led by Lockie and held within the prison education unit which resulted in the writing and development of the play Revelation.

Lockie has worked with Indigenous communities in supporting Noongar Boodja (Noongar Land), a project devised to create an artistic work documenting Noongar Country in Western Australia.

In 2005, Lockie was the recipient of an Australia Council Ros Bower award.

Lockie is currently working as freelance writer and director.