About the company

Mercury’s Wings is led by a dedicated team of artists committed to creating bold, original theatre on the Gold Coast. Founded over 20 years ago, the company has grown into a dynamic collective of performers, creatives, and collaborators who share a passion for storytelling and innovation.

We develop and present work across a range of venues, from intimate performance spaces to larger theatres, while also engaging with the wider community through special events and partnerships.

Mercury’s Wings has sustained an ongoing ensemble of artists, with membership evolving over time while maintaining a strong core of returning collaborators. Our productions celebrate local talent and provide opportunities for emerging and established artists alike.

Working as an ensemble and operating independently of the commercial theatre system, we develop our productions over extended periods. This allows us to create work with depth, integrity, and a distinctive artistic voice that continues to evolve with each project.

Mission

At Mercury’s Wings Theatre Company, we believe theatre should be powerful, physical, and deeply connected to its community. Every show is crafted with and for the people of the Gold Coast, celebrating the extraordinary talent of local artists.

From epic Shakespeare productions to bold new works and experimental performances you won’t see anywhere else, our theatre is designed to surprise, challenge, and inspire.

The essentials

Artistic Directors

Claudine Anderson worked as a classical Ballet dancer in Germany and France for 10 years. She has a postgraduate degree in Movement studies from NIDA and has created many of Mercury’s Wings iconic productions. Claudine is Speech and Drama tutor at St Hilda’s College, Gold Coast.

The Unicorn of funding…

Creative Associates

Ryan Littler Bailey Seymour

Nicole Amaya Kendal Woodhams

Isabella Standage Dr Patrick Mitchell

Anne-Marie Garcia (Tech) Tara Page

James Kerwin Alicia Jones

Stuart Lumsden Joel Beskin

Jan Alcorn Elijah Haze

Brin Pritchard Vinnie Monaco

Fraser Anderson Faith Moore-Carter

Sean Curran Dave Edwards

Will Neville Ethan Hough

Rhyll Davis Barnaby You

Bradley Fulcher Tom Marie-Sainte

  • Creativity

    We champion and demand imaginative thinking when making our productions.

  • Innovation

    We embrace enterprising thinking when making theatre work for the Gold Coast. We seek to be bold in our practice.

  • Inclusivity and Respect

    We welcome everyone to be part of the Mercury’s Wings experience, to hear and be shaped by opinions and experiences beyond our own. We provide a forum that enables artists and audiences to use art to explore and examine our communities and how we find a place in them.

  • Engagement

    We make theatre for, with and by our community for sharing within and beyond the Gold Coast. To do this we commit to identifying people, stories, expression and activities that will assist in creating theatrical events that are engaging and compelling.

  • Sustainability

    We understand that the act of theatre making does have implications in terms of how we interact and deploy our community’s interests and resources. Our ways of working are informed by this understanding being implicit in our processes.

  • Collaboration

    Champion collaboration as an imperative in the way we develop, engage and produce theatre in the community.

James Anderson is a dynamic performer, director and educator with over 20 years experience in Australia, Japan and the UK. A company member of Frank theatre for over 15 years. James is also a Queensland Theatre Teaching Artist and runs physical theatre workshops on the Gold Coast.

Mercury’s Wings is an independent Gold Coast theatre company with over 20 years of experience, operating without ongoing government funding—though securing sustainable arts funding remains a goal. Supported by community and occasional project-based funding, the company creates bold productions, delivers actor training, and champions local artists.