About & Contact Me

Daniela is a writer, theatre producer and civic educator. She has had poetry and short stories published in Prayers of a Secular World, Inkerman & Blunt; Blue Crow Magazine, Blue Crow Press; Knitting and other stories, Margaret River Press and Radio National’s 360 documentaries.  Her debut play, Talc, was produced in 2010. Her short play, Sicilian Biscotti, was shortlisted for the Lane Cove Literary Award in 2015. Her second full length play, Friday, was produced by SITCO at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in 2013. The Poor Kitchen was produced in 2016 as part of the Old 505 Theatre’s Fresh Works Season and was published by the Australian Script Centre in 2017 (https://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1836). It was re-staged by Patina Productions at Limelight on Oxford in 2019. Daniela co-wrote Shut Up And Drive with Paul Gilchrist and it was produced at KXT in 2016. Her play Seed Bomb was produced as part of the Old 505 Theatre’s Fresh Works Season in 2019 and has been published by the Australian Script Centre (https://australianplays.org/script/ASC-2166). She co-wrote Softly, Surely with Paul Gilchrist and it was produced at Flight Path Theatre in 2022. She directed Augusta by Paul Gilchrist for the 2024 Sydney Fringe. She is the co-founder of indie theatre company subtlenuance (subtlenuance.com) and has produced over thirty original plays.