Helen Howard
Helen Howard
Actor
Helen trained at Mountview Theatre School in London. She has since enjoyed a vibrant acting career, latterly gaining a glowing reputation in acting, accent and voice coaching for stage and screen. Helen collaborates with her partner, Michael Futcher, as a writer and as co-director of their award-winning company, Matrix Theatre.
Biography
Helen trained at Mountview Theatre School in London, going on to act in theatre and television in the UK and then in Australia from the early 1990s. She appeared in many QTC and La Boite productions, winning several Matilda Awards, including Best Actress for Molly Sweeney (dir. Jennifer Flowers) and Rabbit Hole, (dir. Michael Futcher) at QTC, and Best Supporting Actress for Last Drinks, (dir. Ian Lawson), at La Boite. Helen also acted for Matrix Theatre, the company she founded with Michael Futcher in 1994, in their award-winning productions of Lunch and The Woods, The King and the Corpse! and 1347. For 25 years Helen’s work has taken her into accent, acting and voice coaching, but she still acts whenever possible. Recent credits for theatre include: Piano Lessons with Anna Goldsworthy, (Dir. Michael Futcher), Queen Margaret in The Tragedy of Richard III, La Boite (dir. Dan Evans), Jane Eyre for Shake and Stir, and Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne. On screen she has appeared in the feature films: Christmas on the Farm (dir. Christoper Weekes), Don’t Tell (dir. Tori Garrett), Love and Monsters (dir. Michael Matthews), Bloody Hell (dir. Alister Griersen); Short films: The Girlfriend (dir. Luke Mayze) and Thea Goes to Town (dir. Georgia Temple ); TV: Joe vs Carole (dir. Natalie Bailey), Harrow (dir. Grant Brown), The Family Law (dir. Jonathon Brough) and Web Series: The Wedding (dir. Cameron March) and Nevernight (dir. Genevieve Kertesz). Helen is also an award-winning writer and director.
Reviews
‘In her role as Toinette, the second wife, she delivers a nuanced and powerful performance … they guide us through a poignant narrative about three people navigating the heartbreaking decision of how to care for a loved one who has suffered a devastating stroke.’
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Other Theatre
An American in Paris (Madame Baurel), QPAC season;
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Umbridge/Aunt Petunia/Hooch), Princess Theatre, Melbourne
Jane Eyre (Mrs Fairfax/Aunt Reed), Shake and Stir Theatre Company.
Dancing at Lughnasa (Chrissie), Queensland Theatre Company
Peter Pan (Mrs Darling), Queensland Theatre Company
The Winter’s Tale (Mopsa), Queensland Theatre Company
The School for Scandal (Lady Teazle), Queensland Theatre Company
Molly Sweeney (title role), Queensland Theatre Company
The Memory of Water (Teresa), Queensland Theatre Company
Absurd Person Singular (Eva), Queensland Theatre Company
Private Fears In Public Places (Charlotte), Queensland Theatre Company
Rabbit Hole (Becca), Queensland Theatre Company
That Face (Martha), Queensland Theatre Company
The Tragedy of Richard III (Queen), La Boite
The Glass Menagerie (Amanda Wingfield), La Boite
Holding the Man (ensemble), La Boite
As You Like It (Rosalind), La Boite
Hamlet (Gertrude), La Boite
Last Drinks (ensemble), La Boite
for Matrix Theatre: Piano Lessons (Mrs Sivan), La Boite
Lunch (Woman), La Boite
The Woods (Ruthie), La Boite
The King and the Corpse! (ensemble), La Boite
1347 (ensemble), La Boite
Too Young for Ghosts (Ilse), NORPA
Private Lives (Amanda), Tropic Line
The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn), Tropic Line
Glamalot (ensemble), Toadshow
Dead Cats Don’t Bounce, Hot Tin Roof
Vikram and the Vampire, Zen Zen Zo