Lily Hayman

Lily is a writer, director and producer from Southern Sydney who grew up on the land of the Dharawal people and now resides on unceded Gadigal Land. Lily is currently the Associate Producer at Shopfront Arts Co-Op, where she is passionate about amplifying the voices of Young People and Emerging Artists. Lily is also one half of the all female team behind Purple Tape Productions, with whom she has presented the ‘Tape Over’ Festival at KXT in May and June this year. She has also directed Expiration Date and Party Girl in 2023, for Adelaide Fringe, Meraki and KXT Seasons, as well as developing new works Dog People and Preparing for the Inevitable through the MerrigongX program this year. In 2023 she worked with Operated Coin for the Sydney Festival season of Message Bank and has a keen interest on new technologies in artistic spaces. In the past, she has written and directed Fledgling (MerrigongX, KXT) which was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award, and The Infinity Mirror (Shopfront ArtsLab, BrandX) with Palava Co in which she also acts as the sole performer. She recently co-directed Stop. Drop. And Listen with Hayden Tonazzi and the Shopfront Senior Ensemble. Lily was also the Assistant Director on DUST (Milk Crate Theatre) in 2022 and was a member of Shopfront’s Harness Ensemble in 2022, performing in the award nominated Where Shall We Meet?