Working as an actor in Perth for nearly three decades Shirley has played creatures from cats to caterpillars and people alive and un-dead. Her extensive work in theatre for young people has left her with a fondness for physical roles. Her hairiest moments include a live tarantula running down her bra during an ad shoot and wearing a wig made from other wigs in Dorothy Hewett’s musical The Golden Valley. Hottest moments include touring The Deliverance of Dancing Bears to the Pilbara - she was the bear. Her coldest gig was when the pool heater broke down for Frog Opera in L.A. More recently she played a rural Australian widow, Iris in the musical, Heart of Gold and Sheila, a Bristol mother of a severely disabled girl in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Shirley won the 2004 Best Actor Female Equity Guild Award for her role as a Chinese ghost in Hidden Dragons. Shirley will have updated photos after Christmas. Until then......