Deirdre will be making her professional debut after her graduating from WAAPA in Darlinghurst Theatre Company's production of Once as Ex-Girlfriend and female understudy.

From AussieTheatre:
Darlinghurst Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the cast of the Tony Award®– winning musical ONCE, which makes its long-awaited return to Sydney’s Eternity Playhouse in June before touring. This critically acclaimed production is directed by Richard Carroll with musical direction by Victoria Falconer. It features stunning movement sequences created by Hamilton’s resident director Amy Campbell. Opening in Sydney in 2019, it broke box-office records and played to nightly standing ovations and packed houses. Garnering 5-star reviews, the sell-out season had to be extended due to popular demand.
Richard Carroll and his creative team have assembled an extraordinary cast of actor-musicians to bring this breathtaking story to life on stage.
Jay Laga’aia joins Australian musical theatre stars, Toby Francis and Stefanie Caccamo, who are returning to the roles inspired by the love story of ONCE’s songwriters – the Grammy Award®-winning folk duo of Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová.
Performing alongside Francis, Caccamo and Laga’aia will be Victoria Falconer, Drew Livingston, Abe Mitchell, Rupert Reid, Alec Steedman, who are all returning after performing in the original 2019 season. They are joined by newcomers, Tamlyn Henderson, Deirdre Khoo, Patrick Schnur and Jennifer Trijo, who is also Associate Musical Director.
Award-winning director Richard Carroll considers ONCE to be one of the most challenging musicals for the artists involved.
It asks for so much from its actors. Not only do they need to tell this beautiful story every night with truth, passion and humour – they also need to sing the exceptional songs with all of the same qualities. AND they are their own band, so every one of them needs to be an exceptional instrumentalist. I was blown away by the capabilities of the cast and creative team we assembled for ONCE in 2019, and I can’t wait to do it all again for the entire country to see.

Tickets for the Sydney season and New South Wales tour are now on sale, with further dates to be announced soon.
For more information please visit https://www.darlinghursttheatre.com/once 

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Deirdre Khoo joins the new work of Maki Morita - Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise, which will be premiering in the Midsumma Festival in Melbourne. She will play the feisty anarchist Pepper alongside Zoe Resnick and Hayley Edwards.

A clock turns backwards. A baby has lasers for eyes. A talking butterfly materialises in midair. 
‘Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise’ takes a kaleidoscopic dive into a world of climate crises, cultural rebellion, and utopian dreams.
Part theatre, contemporary dance, and Riot Grrrl fanzine come to life; Morita’s anarchic and experimental work is about what it might take to create something beautiful and new out of ecological collapse.

Presented from the MKA | PAVILION pop-up theatre in the beautiful surrounds of the Fitzroy Gardens.

Maki Morita is a writer and performance maker living and working on unceded Wurundjeri country. She is currently putting together aa text-based artwork exhibiting at Linden New Art in 2022. She is also collaborating as dramaturg for Club Nite (Midsumma Festival). Her short film Mirage was selected for the Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2020 and the Setting Sun Film Festival 2020.

THE TEAM
Playwright:
Maki Morita

Director:
Amelia Burke
Producer:
Zoe Hollyoak
Production Manager:
Spencer Herd
Cast: Hayley Edwards, Milo Hartill, Deirdre Khoo, Romaine McSweeney, Zoe Resnick
Choreographer: 
Alec Katsourakis
Dramaturg:
Noemie Huttner-Koros
Set + Costume:
Oliver Lacoon Williamson
Sound:
Laura Strøbech
Lighting:
Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Lighting Associate:
​Spencer Herd