ISABELLA GILBERT is a naarm-based actor, dancer and multidisciplinary performance artist who works across theatre, dance, film, sound and spoken word. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) in 2020. Isabella has created and performed two solo works for theatre, FLUSH (La Mama Explorations 2022, Melbourne Fringe 2023) and PUMP (Melbourne Fringe 2024, Adelaide Fringe 2025, Edinburgh Fringe 2025). For stage: Ron & Isobel (The Motley Bauhaus, 2025), An Audience with Don Dunstan (Chapel Off Chapel Melbourne & Ayers House Adelaide, 2025), Fish Amethyst (Bluestone Church Arts Space for Midsumma Festival 2024), Kovid Rat Kabarett (La Mama 2023), Madwomen Monologues (The Butterfly Club, 2022), The Trauma Project (fortyfivedownstairs, 2021). Isabella’s monologue Buttered Toast was presented in the Madwomen Monologues 2024 season. For screen: The C Word (‘Ginger’, Dir. Michelle Douglas, 2024), Saudage (‘Nina’, 2021), Dr Blake Murder Mysteries (‘Helen’ Dir. Declan Eames for ABC), Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (‘Catherine’ Dir Tony Tilse for ABC, 2013). Most recently Isabella’s toured her solo show PUMP to Summerhall Arts for Edinburgh Fringe 2025 where it received critical acclaim.
CV
Australian Shakespeare Company Graduate Players Program, 2022
University of Melbourne (VCA) Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance), 2018-2020
University of Melbourne Bachelor of Arts, 2016-2017
TRAINING
Big Flirt Ginger, Episode 1: ‘Open Mic’, Spirit Tribe Pictures, Dir. Michelle Douglas, 2024
Saudage Nina Bishop, VCA Graduate Film, Dir. Lucien Perry, 2021
Dr Blake Murder Mysteries Helen, ABC, Dir. Declan Eames, 2016
Coles TVC, Flinders Lane Productions, Dir. Ted Horton, 2014
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Catherine, ABC, Dir. Tony Tilse, 2013TELEVISION & FILM
Ciouxe - Ayza, Bluestone Church Arts Space, Dir. Sara Grenfell for Midsumma 2026
PUMP - solo work created & performed by Isabella Gilbert for Melbourne Fringe 2024 (Motley Bauhaus), Adelaide Fringe 2025 (HYMN Bar) & Edinburgh Fringe 2025 (Summerhall Arts)
An Audience With Don Dunstan - Chapel Off Chapel (Melbourne), Ayers House (Adelaide) Dir. Alicia Benn Lawler, 2024
Fish Amethyst - Ensign R, Bluestone Church Arts Space, Dir. Chris Molyneux & Jon Jenkin for Midsumma 2024
FLUSH - solo work created & performed by Isabella Gilbert for Melbourne Fringe 2023
How to Save a Tree - Stage Manager, Gasworks Arts Park, Dir. Elizabeth Walley 2023
Kovid Rat Kabarett - Claire, La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Dir. Ella Filar 2023
A Dirty Kebab - Stage Manager, The Motley Bauhaus, Plain English Theatre Company, 2023
FLUSH - solo development created & performed by Isabella Gilbert for La Mama Explorations 2022
Holes in My Sunhat - Dir. Emma Drysdale for Madwomen Monologues (The Butterfly Club), 2022
36 Views of Mount Franklin - Grace, Melbourne University Tastings Season, Dir. Alexia Shaw, 2022
As You Like It - Adam/Sir Oliver Martext/William/First Lord, Australian Shakespeare Company Graduate Players 2022, The Athenaeum Theatre
The Trauma Project - B, fortyfivedownstairs, Double Garage Productions, Dir. Elizabeth Walley & Alec Gilbert, 2021
The Best The Fairest The First - Candy, Gasworks Arts Park, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2021
Daring Dog Monologues - Ublet, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne Fringe, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2019
The Melbourne Monologues - Sabine, La Mama Courthouse, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2017
Stark Dark Albert Park - Laurel Armstrong, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne Fringe, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2018
St Kilda Stories Vera West, National Theatre, Melbourne Fringe, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2017
The Trauma Project B, La Mama Theatre for ‘La Mama Explorations’, Dir. Alec Gilbert, 2017
Six Degrees in Melbourne Various, La Mama Courthouse, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2017
Melbourne Monologues - Humpster Dumpster, La Mama Courthouse, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2016
Only Hurts When You Smile - Wishter, Club Voltaire, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2015
Sales Pitch - Josie, La Mama, Dir. Elizabeth Walley, 2014
STAGE
Confessions - Choreographed & performed by Isabella Gilbert and Alison Tong for ‘Mirages’ at Changing Room Gallery, 2024
Impression of a Ritual; Lady at The Altar - Choreographed & performed by Isabella Gilbert and Alison Tong for ‘Offerings’ at Unassigned Gallery, 2024
Surge - Choreographed by Anouk Van Dijk for the VCA Graduate Season, 2020
Return to Normal - Choreographed by Antony Hamilton for the VCA Graduate Season, 2020
Shared Fictions - Choreographed by Jo Lloyd for the VCA ‘Four Directions’ season, 2019
Elemental - solo work choreographed and performed by Isabella Gilbert for the 2019 West Projections Festival
An Ode to Absent Things - Choreographed by Alice Lee Holland for the VCA ‘Dance On’ season, 2019
Implicit Dependency - Choreographed by Hayley Roe for the VCA ‘Dance On’ season, 2019
Blue Illusion - Choreographed by Rebecca Jensen for the VCA ‘New Works’ season, 2018
Nexus - solo work choreographed and performed by Isabella Gilbert for the 2018 West Projections Festival
Intersections - solo work choreographed and performed by Isabella Gilbert at the 2017 ‘Dance Film Festival’, Yarraville Community Centre