emily AYOUB

Emily is founder and Artistic Director of Clockfire Theatre Company & Clockfire Creative Lab. A theatre-maker, director, performer and teacher, Emily graduated from the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School Paris (2011) having begun her studies in performance at Theatre Nepean, University of Western Sydney (2003 - 2005).

Most recently she co-directed, devised and performed in Plenty of Fish in the Sea which won Best Theatre Show, Best Physical Theatre Show and the Festival Director’s Award for Sydney Fringe Festival 2023. For Clockfire Emily has also directed, performed and co-created The Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins, commissioned and co-produced by The Art Gallery of NSW for Sydney Festival 2020, The Natural Conservatorium for Wise Women (Sydney Fringe 2019), we, the lost company (Old 505 Theatre 2015 & Global Fringe 2020) & its subsequent adaptation for World Fringe, The Grief Parlour (Riverside Theatres), A Hunger Suite (İkinci Kat Theatre Istanbul, The Old 505 Theatre) and Lei Hideaway (The Old 505 Theatre).

Emily teaches movement and improvisation at the University of Wollongong and has also directed the second year performance students in Solitude I'nterrupted (2019),Clown - Serenely surviving ce soir… (2020) Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad (2021) and Moliere’s The Hypochondriac (2022). Emily has taught movement and improvisation at AIM Dramatic Arts, AFTRS, Casula Powerhouse, InPlay Arts, Riverside Theatres and for school drama students across NSW.

As a performer, Emily has worked with Siren Theatre Co/Griffin Independent, Riverside Theatres, Night Sky Productions and in numerous education tours for Echelon Productions and Brainstorm Productions.

MADELINE BAGHURST

Madeline is Co-Artistic Director of Clockfire Theatre Company and Clockfire Creative Lab. She graduated from L’école International de Theatre Jacques Lecoq (2018)- the two year professional course and the Laboratory of Movement (LEM). Madeline also graduated with a Bachelor of Performance at AIM Dramatic Arts in 2014.

In collaboration with Clockfire, Madeline has devised and performed in we, the lost company (Old 505 Theatre), The Natural Conservatorium For Wise Women (Sydney Fringe 2019), Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins (Sydney Festival 2020) and most recently Plenty of Fish in the Sea (Sydney Fringe 2023) which received Sydney Fringe Festival Awards, ‘Best in Theatre’, ‘Best in Physical Theatre’ and ‘The Festival Director’s Award’.

Along with her work for Clockfire Creative Lab, Madeline teaches Mask and Mime at NIDA, Clown, Bouffon, Movement and Devising Techniques for various institutions including NIDA, ITS, Riverside Theatres, Monkey Baa and for school students across NSW.

Madeline is also a Clown Doctor for The Humour Foundation.