MUISC THEATRE

Musical Chairs – Celebrating the Centenary of the Ararat Town Hall

 “Jennie Swain found our community spirit.”

Bill Cook

Pills, I Love ‘Em To Death

“The great strengths of the work are a sharp delineation of characters, a consistently witty script and the sheer pace with which Swain delivers her themes and brings her characters together.”

Geoff Sharrock, The Melbourne Times

“Original…a powerful interrogation.”

The Australian

There Goes The Neighbourhood

“Just about everything goes right for this witty, literate and melodious piece by composer/writer/performer Jennie Swain…But no summary can do justice to the sheer cleverness of this self-consciously crafted piece that manipulates its story line a dozen ways in front of your eyes.”

Julian Meyrick, The Melbourne Times

“It’s a musical comedy extravaganza that plumbs performance styles and genres as freely as it pillages Western Cultural heritage, and does so with dazzling confidence.”

The Age

“Chirpy, telling and funny.”

John Larkin, The Sunday Age

LEARNING DESIGN

 “Right from the first workshop her approach was engaging, understanding, patient and incredibly professional. The project itself had quite a tight timeframe, but we were all impressed with how efficient and effective she was in such a short amount of time, and in line with the principles of our organisation. She was able to take key ideas from the group and turn them into an interactive and engaging session on empathy and understanding from all perspectives. I would highly recommend her for anyone seeking her expertise on future projects!”

Laura Edwards, Community Engager at CoHealth 

“Jennie brought her expertise in narrative to the task and our client was thrilled with the result! I highly recommend Jennie if you are looking for a learning designer with a flair for character and story.”

Damala Scales Ghosh, Lead Learning Designer, The Learning Hook

“I have worked with Jennie on a number of projects over the years and am always amazed by her quick wit and highly creative approach to what ever subject matter she is dealing with. She is a very accomplished writer with an ability to find new angles on tricky subjects. I did some testing on her Underworld project and am not at all surprised it won awards; it had the perfect balance of humour, information and narrative. I would be happy to recommend her to anyone considering for an Instructional Design project.”

Lu Sexton, Wordsmith, editor

AWARDS

Ian Reed Foundation Prize for Radio Drama (ABC) for There Goes The Neighbourhood

Eleanor Dark Foundation Writers Fellowship, Varuna

ATOM Secondary Student Jury Award, 1997 for If It Wasn’t For The Rubber

Winner, Best Health, AIMIA Awards, 2005 for Underworld

Winner, Best Multimedia, ATOM Awards, 2004 for Underworld

Winner, UN World Summit Awards, 2005 for Underworld

Vice Chancellor List Award, RMIT, 2104