C R E A T I V E
Writer
[stage]
Maverick Newman is a award winning writer and performer. A graduate from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Maverick has gone on to write and perform throughout Australia for such companies as the Australian Shakespeare Company, SK Entertainment and Hayes Theatre Company. His breakout solo show Finding Felix: A Memoir which he wrote, composed and starred in, garnered 4 Green Room Award nominations, toured nationally, and was featured on SBS Viceland. His following show ‘Tis the Season, won a Green Room Award for Best Original Songs.
In 2022 Maverick’s one man show Maverick Newman in Conversation with Maverick Newman played at the Hayes Theatre and Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre. Clips of this show have reached over 350k views on TikTok. In 2023, Maverick received a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his performance in Murder for Two (Hayes Theatre).
Currently Maverick is co-writing an exciting new Australian Musical, One Day in September which will be presented at The Athenaeum Theatre in November. More information >>