LILIANA MACARONE

Liliana is a multidisciplinary artist who has been with Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble (QSE) for over a decade. Her acting credits include: Brutus in Julius Caesar; Penelope in The Penelopiad (Matilda Award nomination – Best Lead Actor, Independent Production); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; Cleante in Tartuffe; Moretta in The Rover; Henry IV in Henry IV Part I; Gertrude in Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Camillo in The Winter’s Tale; Orsino in Twelfth Night; and roles in Macbeth In The Dark (Radio Play), The Blood Votes, and Shakespeare’s Shorts.

Alongside her acting work, Liliana is a singer, musician, and songwriter who composes for productions and performs with the QSE Band. She was Music Director of The Rover, Shakespeare’s Shorts, and Co‑Music Director for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as serving as singing coach for the multi‑award‑nominated The Penelopiad.  Other Music Director credits include: Ladies Write Letters of Lemony Love (Melbourne Fringe), The Monster’s Mother (Anywhere Festival), and The Cassandra Metaphor (QLD Mental Health Week).

A teaching-artist and freelance facilitator, Liliana’s practice extends into community engagement, across arts–health, education, justice, and youth development. With QSE, she has facilitated the Young Actors Shakespeare Intensive, UQ Winter School workshops, Shakespeare for Kids!, in‑school residencies, and community programs including Theatre Games with QSE and Raising Voices. She spent several years with QSE’s Shakespeare Prison Project and has also served as a guest artist with Shakespeare Behind Bars in Michigan and Kentucky, USA. Her work with at‑risk young people spans QSE’s Youth Justice Projects, holiday programs at BYDC, and with Brisbane Youth Service.

Liliana has also been a facilitator for Access Arts, the University of Queensland, Small Crown Productions, 4MBS Kids Classic Shakespeare, MusicLily Interactive, InsideOutside Theatre, and is currently working towards becoming a Designated Linklater Teacher.  She is on the Regional Education Faculty of Sweet Adelines Australia, coaching barbershop choruses and quartets across the country. Most recently, she developed a devised ensemble work with Australian champions Redland Rhapsody Chorus, culminating in a bronze‑medal performance at the Sweet Adelines International Harmony Classic in Columbus, Ohio.