Tara Rankine

Actor / Storyteller

Tara is a Melbourne-based actor, creator and storyteller, who has worked with a variety of independent theatre companies. A Pocketful of Joy and The Walls of Poetica were both performed in the Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne Comedy Festivals in 2014 and 2015. She also started her own children's theatre company, Sausage Dog Productions, alongside performing artists Chanelle Sheehan, Hannah Tivendale, Maddie Thiele and Riannon Berkeley. They aim to create and tour new musicals for children through the use of classic storytelling, live music, vibrant characters, audience interaction and puppetry. Tara is also an Early Childhood Educator and Children's Entertainer for Dreamscape Entertainment, and an assistant in After School Hours Care at Richmond Primary School.