Keira has been joyfully associated with Polyglot Puppet Theatre for several years. Her roles within the company have included performer / puppeteer (Checkout!; Muckheap - touring Victoria, Canberra, Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns and the Sunshine Coast; various roving characters in Victoria and the Singapore Children's Festival; and We Built This City for the Knox Festival), artist in residence [director] (Undercover and TRY South Yarra pre-school Me and My Shadow), workshop facilitator in schools and at festivals and the occasional technical duty or two. She has trained in the techniques of Lecoq (Ercole Jacques Lecoq - France, The Actors Space - Spain), Character Mask (Trestle Mask Theatre UK), Butoh (London Butoh Network), Improvisation Dance (Anne O'Keefe), Viewpoints and Suzuki (Zen Zen Zo) and Puppetry (Philip Millar, Michelle Spooner, Polyglot, Snuff Puppets, Handspan). Keira was one of the highly applauded puppeteers in Puppetvision's blacklight production of Tadpole - every show playing to a capacity house during The International Puppet Carnival (Federation Square, June 06). Keira performed one of the central puppet character roles in the filming of a new pilot educational dvd for pre-schoolers (1440 Productions - Talking Time - 06) and in 2005 took on the role of Director of Puppetry for the Nalu Project, initiated with the inmates at a correctional facility in Sale to help them articulate their concerns with re-entering the community. 2008 will see Keira touring Victoria and Brisbane with Checkout! as well as performing with the core performance company of Zen Zen Zo in SubCon Warrior 2.0. Keira's diverse experience in all aspects of production has fostered a deep respect for each player in the development of human stories and an unequivocal joy in the telling of them.