Penny Shaw

Creative, strong leader and problem-solver, dedicated to producing innovative, original and engaging productions delivered on time and on budget. Used to working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges. Talents for team building, leading and motivating others to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Hard working, passionate and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.

DIRECTING

• The Princess and the Showgirl 2023 “a wildly inventive take on a classic that deserves to be better known.” SeeSaw Magazine, Will Yeoman
• The Princess and the Showgirl 2023 "Freeze Frame Opera say no to gatekeeping and have once again created a show that is fun, impressive, and accessible for new audiences." Magazine 6000
• The Princess and the Showgirl 2023 "Seeing this incarnation of this opera, it is hard to understand why this is not a more popular piece – a credit to the director and production team for its clarity and vision." Stage Whispers, Kimberley Shaw
• La Boheme 2022 "A production that reignites the power of opera, and cuts to the quick of life today." SeeSaw Magazine - Rosalind Appleby

SINGING

• Cosi Fan Tutte WA Opera, October 2020, "To this scene Penny Shaw's Despina brought wit and vigour - the perfect foil to Clayton's masterly deceit - and symmetry too: the servant controlling the rich sisters just as Alfonso runs the officer-class Ferrando and Guglielmo."The West Australian - David Cusworth
• Cosi Fan Tutte WA Opera, October 2020, "Penny Shaw's hilarious and immaculate performance of the maid Despina was the comic icing on the cake" SeeSaw Magazine - Rosalind Appleby

MC

• Opera in the Park, 2021, "I found myself completely engrossed. A big part of this was due to Penny Shaw, who compared with a warmth and humor that made it seem as though I was sitting in her lounge room. Shaw is a soprano, and her added insights made sense of the disparate program, with witty teasing that both celebrated and critiqued the artform." SeeSaw Magazine - Rosalind Appleby
• Opera in the Park, 2021, "A constant companion to the crowd, MC Penny Shaw brought the whole show together with supreme segues and hilarious commentary and was a key part in making Opera in the Park a familiar and accessible display of talent that audiences watching from all across the state could enjoy." Limelight Magazine - Kate TWEEDIE

• Team worker
• Highly organized
• Motivator
• Responsible
• Adaptable
• Problem solver

• Fiona Campbell, Creative Director, Perth Symphony Orchestra, +61(0) 422 957646
• Harriet Marshall, Artistic Director, Freeze Frame Opera, +61(0) 450 020321
• Stuart Maunder, Artistic Director, Victorian Opera, stuartmaunder@iinet.net.au, +61(0) 407 185019