About Alison
Alison Burnley is a Queensland based arts manager and producer with a strong focus on supporting communities and emerging artists to share their stories. Whether reimagining folk tales and feasting on medieval bread or contemplating what we’re thankful for whilst lighting floating bonfires, she creates experiential and ceremonial works that provoke the mind and awaken the senses.
Alison’s theatre life began at 13 when she found an incredible youth theatre that gifted her a safe space in which to explore the world and discover who she was. She went on to work as a youth theatre director, study Community Theatre at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and co-found multidisciplinary community arts organisation, Inside Out Arts.
Alison then worked as a producer for the BBC and as a freelance producer and facilitator. Alison’s last role in the UK was as Community Engagement Manager at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre before moving to Australia in 2013.
Since arriving in Australia, Alison has worked on the programming team at The Edge at State Library of Queensland and more recently embarked on work as a freelancer. To date she has produced work for Woodford Folk Festival, BrisAsia and Brisbane Festival as well as starting to develop her own projects.
Two Guys in a Box, Dog Spoon
Two Guys in a Box, Dog Spoon
Two Guys in a Box, Dog Spoon
Two Guys in a Box, Spoon
Closing Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Closing Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Closing Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Closing Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Closing Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Lettering House, Woodford
Morsels from the Heart
Seven Seaside Stories, Birmingham REP
Lettering House, Woodford
Morsels from the Heart
Lettering House, Woodford
Morsels from the Heart
Light from the Shadows, Birmingham REP
Harborne Histories, Birmingham REP
Harborne Histories, Birmingham REP
Launch Day Workshops, Light from the Shadows, Birmingham REP
Opening Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Opening Ceremony – Photo Courtesy of Woodfordia Inc.
Spring Hill Stories, Birmingham REP
BBC BLAST
The Witches’ Promise, Birmingham REP
Young Carers Street Theatre, Inside Our Arts
Harborne Histories, Birmingham REP
Seven Seaside Stories, Birmingham REP
Seven Seaside Stories, Birmingham REP
Spring Hill Stories, Birmingham REP
Seven Seaside Stories, Birmingham REP
Yumm-a-Yukk-a-Boo Rehearsals, Birmingham REP
Commedia Del’Arte Workshop, Inside Out Arts
Young Carers Street Theatre, Inside Out Arts
Workshops, Yumm-a-Yukk-a-Boo, Birmingham REP
Seven Seaside Stories, Birmingham REP
BBC BLAST
BBC BLAST
The Witches’ Promise, Birmingham REP
The Witches’ Promise, Birmingham REP
Cubby House Project, The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Cubby House Project, The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Cubby House Project, The Edge, State Library of Queensland
