MELISSA PULLINGER (she/her)
Co-founder

Melissa Pullinger is an actor, deviser and film-maker, and is a 2020 Honours graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre. Growing up in England, Melissa appeared in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium, where she played Brigitta Von Trapp for six months. Upon emigrating to Adelaide in 2008, Melissa performed in Border Project’s Disappearance and then Windmill Theatre and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Grandpa, whilst being extensively involved in an array of theatre groups.  

Melissa has starred in and been on the production team of various award-winning short films. She is a founding member of the 48hr Film Project team, The Dee cees, later rebranded as Error Squared Productions, who have won multiple awards, including Best Film in the Adelaide competition in 2018 with their film ANDII. With this film, they went on to win a further award at Orlando’s international Filmapalooza. Melissa was Production Manager, co-created and starred in the feature film, The Garden (Dir. Aarod Vawser).  

Since graduating, Melissa has toured with Perform! Education in their 2021 Book Week Tour, Bigger, Better, Brighter! and has starred in various short films. Melissa is a proud member of MEAA, teaches at True North Youth Ensemble and True Ability, and is the 2022 Schools Program Coordinator for the Adelaide Fringe.