The CEO and Executive Producer of Terrapin since 2018, Belinda has over 15 years of experience in the cultural sector as a manager and producer, with a focus on the development and presentation of new Australian work, strategic development, and sustainability.

Belinda has held management and producer positions at Arts Centre Melbourne, Griffin Theatre Company, Theatre Works and Melbourne Festival. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University and is a current board member of Tasmania’s Beaker Street Festival.

Sam has been creating work for intergenerational audiences in schools, theatres and public spaces for over 25 years. A skilled collaborator across sectors and cultures, his work has played in over 11 countries in diverse places from The Atrium City Hall in The Hague to The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts to Smithton Primary School in the North West of Tasmania.

He has a Bachelor of Arts - Communication (Theatre/Media) from Charles Sturt University and Post-Graduate Diploma in Puppetry from the Victorian College of the Arts.

Laura has led the marketing and development team at Terrapin since 2021, with extensive experience in marketing partnerships, stakeholder management and fundraising in a range of commercial and creative settings. She has worked in corporate development at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City; in sponsorship and event marketing at Willett Marketing; and in community, donor and stakeholder engagement at Ten Days on the Island.

Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University and a Masters of Arts and Cultural Management from the University of Melbourne. She is a board member of Beaker Street Festival and Lindsay magazine, and an active volunteer with the Migrant Resource Centre.

Amie Moffat is currently the Senior Producer with extensive experience working across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. She has led large-scale productions, festivals, arts markets, and industry programs, and brings strong expertise in collaborating with national and international partners.

Previously, she has held roles including Senior Producer for ANAT SPECTRA 2025, Interim RASN Officer (SEQ), Executive Producer of the Performing Arts Market New Zealand (PANNZ), Senior Producer at Horizon Festival,Producer with Red Leap Theatre, and LEOTC Educator at Corban Estate Arts Centre.

Bryony is a designer, maker and creative director with a lifelong focus on resource stewardship. After several years at Terrapin as lead maker, head of workshop, and design and sustainability consultant, she is now our project designer and maker.

She has been working in puppetry and performance since 1997 with many Australian companies including Erth, Theatre of Image, Monkey Baa Theatre, My Darling Patricia, Circus Monoxide, and Born in a Taxi.

Her work has toured nationally and internationally and appeared in galleries, festivals and museums. She has led over 120 workshops in rural, desert and urban communities, and continues to mentor emerging artists.

Hannah is the marketing manager at Terrapin, having worked with the company since 2023. Her background spans commercial media, journalism and arts marketing, with an ongoing creative practice embedded in all of her work.

She spent seven years working across radio, television and advertising with Southern Cross Austereo, ABC and Grant Broadcasters. Since 2020, Hannah has worked in arts marketing across major festivals and organisations, including two consecutive Ten Days on the Island festivals and Launceston’s Theatre North.

Hannah holds a Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts, with majors in Journalism and Photography, and is currently studying a Masters of Teaching. She is a board director of ROOKE and an active volunteer with JCP Youth.

Sarah Hamilton is a creative associate at Terrapin. She is a performer, playwright, dramaturg and director. Her award-winning work has toured nationally and internationally, including They Saw a Thylacine (co-created with Justine Campbell), which received multiple awards and toured Australia through Performing Lines following a collaboration with Malthouse Theatre.

Since returning home to Lutruwita/Tasmania, she has collaborated with Nunami Sculthorpe-Green, Blak Led Tours, as dramaturg on takara nipaluna, mumara patrula, and mulaka milaythina. In 2024, she was Associate Director at Terrapin through the Jennifer Davidson Creative Endowment. Her directing credits for Terrapin include remounts of The Riddle of Washpool Gully, Goldfish, and Forever Young. Forever Young toured aged care homes across Tasmania and Victoria and received an APAX Impact Award.

Sarah works on Storied as a writer and facilitator, developing intergenerational shadow puppetry performances, and is a facilitator/writer on The Bridge with the Migrant Resource Centre. She worked with Art Space for Kids (Shanghai) to co-facilitate a cross cultural exchange, working with 9 young people to develop a shadow puppetry performance over 8 days.

Sarah holds a Master of Writing for Performance from the Victorian College of the Arts and a Bachelor of Acting from the University of Ballarat Arts Academy.

Dannielle is a project manager, drama therapist, counsellor, and performance artist with extensive experience developing unique work in a variety of community settings, including First Nations communities and the aged care sector. Through her work, Dannie recognises the multiple healing benefits of drama therapy for people impacted by lived experiences of trauma, disability and dementia. In 2020, she won the Australasian Elder Care Award for Best Dementia Care Program, where she crafted films from clients' stories, which were then screened across NSW cinemas. Dannie's 15-year career with some of Australia's leading theatre companies informs her therapeutic approach, blending professional artistry with transformative therapy.