Kellie Higgins

BA of Performance (Theatre Nepean)

Kellie trained as an actor at the University of Western Sydney Nepean (BA Performance). Growing up, Kellie toured to the United Kingdom with the NSW State Drama Company and was selected in a National Workshop with the Australian Theatre for Young People, where she both acted and wrote music with guest tutor Nick Enright.

Theatre credits at Theatre Nepean included; The Winters Tale (Paulina) Road (Molly, Chantal, and Bisto) Tales from the Couch (Luseal) at the Seymour Centre the Jungle (Cynthia Page) and the Sydney Premiere of Falling Petals (Sally) at the New Theatre.

Kellie has been in London for the last five and half years performing play readings, improvisation comedy, stand up comedy at the House of Mirth launch night, “Into the woods” as Lucinda (Landor Theatre), “Bobby’s Girl” ( Ignite Festival) and her own self devised show ‘Mord & Claus’ at the Canal Cafe Theatre .

She trained and did many theatre and film workshops with some of the UKs leading casting directors at the London Actors Centre , the Courtyard Theatre and The Pleasance theatre. She also performed as Lady Macbeth in a Shakespearean Master class at the Royal Haymarket Theatre under the direction of RSC actor and Tony award winner Owen Teale.

Currently, Kellie is writing and performing as part of a female comedy/cabaret duo “Kelfi & Fikel”. They have been performing at many cabaret and comedy venues such as Comedy on the Edge , Cut and Paste , Mic in hand and Monday Night Live, to name a few. “Kelfi and Fikel “ will be performing in the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2012 .