PIPPA THOROUGHGOOD

Directors Apprentice 2025

Pippa (Pip) is a proud Transfem playwright and theatre-maker from regional Australia. She has been creating works since 2017, working primarily as a director and playwright. Some of her proudest credits include; “Doll’s House” By Henrik Ibsen (Maitland Repertory Theatre), “Ghosts” by Henrik Ibsen and “The Prophetic Tragedy of Macbeth and Those Who Knew Him” by William Shakespeare, all of which she also adapted.

During our Directors Apprenticeship, Pippa served as Assistant Director on Company 16's production of ‘Miss Julie’ directed by Harry Haynes. “This production is surprising, moving, tense and emotional.” - Artshub. She also Assistant Directed Julia Graces on ‘Cyrano’ by Virginia Gay.

For her graduating piece, Pip is presenting her original work, ‘It’s My Pussy and I’ll Cry If I Want To’. Following one chaotic night and its devastating aftermath. As a trans man and a cis woman collide in a club, their intoxicating attraction spirals into confession, manipulation, and the fragile politics of disclosure. A jagged, electric two-hander about desire, shame, and the cost of reaching for connection in a world built to deny it.