 God's 17 has been awarded Best Screenplay at the Seoul Web Fest! The whole team are thrilled to have won this prestigious award, and give their thanks to Seoul Web Fest. The full list of award winners can be found here: https://goo.gl/pgvMWq God's 17 has also been included in the Official Selection for: Minnesota Web Fest Downtown LA Film Festival Fuengirola Web Festival
To keep up to date with God's 17, find them at www.facebook.com/gods17
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 Courtney was absolutely thrilled to be asked to co-host Ewan Spence's Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show. Courtney has guested on the show during past Fringes, and she had an absolute blast joining Ewan in the co-host's chair!   To download the podcasts, you can find them here: https://goo.gl/wkeXVy
or on iTunes here: https://goo.gl/rjTn4E  Courtney is humbled, honoured, and absolutely thrilled to have been cast as Matron Mama Morton in Willoughby Theatre Company's Chicago. It has been Courtney's dream to be a part of this show, and feels privileged to be included in such a formidable cast. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.willoughbytheatreco.com.au/on-show-book-tickets/chicago www.willoughbytheatreco.com.au/on-show-book-tickets/chicago
Courtney's next project, Fruity & The Tweet, has been selected by Timeout Edinburgh, and LGBT Youth Scotland, as their top pick for the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival! You can find Timeout's article here: https://goo.gl/5Lb5xf And LGBT Youth Scotland's article here: https://goo.gl/TqRr8A  Courtney is honoured to have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in God's 17, for the Seoul Web Fest (the only Web Festival in all of Asia). God's 17 has also been nominated for Best Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Ensemble Cast. The whole team are looking forward to the awards, to be held in August.
 Courtney is absolutely thrilled to present The Chaser Quarterly's feature article on God's 17. The Chaser team have been incredibly supportive of the series, and it's so wonderful to have the cult, uhh, community profiled in the bi-monthly magazine! 
Courtney is humbled, and so honoured, to be listed as a contributor alongside some of the best comedy legends Australia (and the world) has ever seen. Good God to us all! To get your copy of The Chaser Quarterly, click here.  Courtney's next project, is playing super villain Agatha Bliss in Stephan Zappia & Joe Kiely's Fruity & The Tweet. A brand new musical, highlighting the ignorance of some, and the compassionate activist of many, Courtney is thrilled to be part of the development of this new show, and its run in London, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
More info can be found at: www.fruityandthetweet.com Check out the trailer at: https://goo.gl/inpo8r  The Chaser Quarterly Magazine will feature God's 17 in its next issue. Charles Firth produced the latest project from writing team Nir Shelter, Tai Scrivener, and Courtney, and it's now available through The Chaser's facebook page www.facebook.com/thechaser, or at www.gods17.com.
 God's 17 has been nominated for Best Comedy Writing and Best Ensemble Lead at the 2017 LA Web Fest, and included in the Official Selection at the Tuscany Web Fest, and the Sicily Web Fest. Say tuned for news as the festivals approach!
 Courtney was part of the Sum of Us campaign, protesting Westpac bank's potential involvement in the funding of the Adani mine. The video has nearly 250,000 views, and shows that a mine would destroy the Great Barrier Reef, and be a terrible, terrible idea.
Directed by Paul Ayre, and starring a great crew, Courtney was delighted to be involved. Watch the video here: https://goo.gl/AF48Wy  God's 17 has been nominated for two awards, at the Los Angeles Web Festival - the world's biggest web series festival. The awards are: Best Writing, and Best Lead Actor (Paul Wilson). The team are looking forward to the festival in Los Angeles in April!
 God's 17 has made the Official Selection for the Los Angeles Web Festival - the world's oldest, largest, and most popular web series festival. The whole team are so grateful for the inclusion, and excited to be in attendance at the 2017 festival.  VTV has been included as an Official Selection for the prestigious HollyWeb Festival, in Hollywood, CA. The team is so excited for VTV's continued success!
 Earlier in January, Courtney filmed a brand new Australian web series God's 17, which was directed by Nir Shelter. Stay tuned for release dates!
 Courtney's performance was "energetic, strident and skillful". Last week, Courtney had the joy of reprising her role as Runt in Throwing Shade Theatre Company's return season of Disco Pigs. Courtney played alongside Jeff Hampson, to lovely audiences, and a wonderful review from Sydney Arts Guide (read it here). Thank you so much for an incredible return season!  The multi-award winning series VTV is now in development, with the next incarnation of the project including Australian superstars Michael Caton and Shane Jacobson. Courtney is beyond excited to be included in this huge project. For the full IF.com article, click here!  In July, Throwing Shade Theatre Company's production of No Exit premiered at The Fusebox Theatre, Sydney. Courtney played Estelle, alongside Darcie Irwin-Simpson as Inez Serrano, and Harley Connor as Joseph Garcin. The production received some wonderful reviews, which can be read here: ★ Sydney Arts Guide "Ms Powell should be congratulated on her performance. She managed to best bring out the dark humour of Satre’s work. She had great comic timing, which was put to good use especially in the middle part of this play." ★ Eugene Thinks ★ Lisa Thatcher  Last month, Courtney was featured in The Weekly Times, for her work in VTV, and its big wins at the Los Angeles Web Festival, California.  On April 24th, Courtney was honoured to represent the new Australian series VTV at the Los Angeles Web Festival, at the Warner Bros. Studios in California. VTV was nominated for a total of eight awards, and won big on the night! The show picked up Best Comedy Series, Best Guest Actor (beating out Jerry Seinfeld, no less!), Best Sound Design, and Best Special/Visual Effects. It was an honour to be included in such exceptional Australian company, including Starting From Now, Airlock, The Film Lab, Two Refugees and a Blonde, and Bedhead.  On behalf of the entire VTV cast and creative team, Courtney was so honoured to represent the team, and to take home some exceptional awards.
Big thanks goes out to the Los Angeles Web Festival team, to Warner Bros. Studios, and to the incredible creatives that were showcased over the weekend.  Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh is a dark, dangerous play, showcasing a friendship between two seventeen year olds, in a 1990s Cork. Courtney plays Runt, to Jeffrey Hampson’s Pig, and the play is directed by acclaimed filmmaker and director Andrew Langcake.
Tickets are on sale now at: http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/2016/01/07/disco-pigs Watch Throwing Shade Theatre Company's website launch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv-3hOaTjYQ 
On Thursday, Courtney performed with a select group of Sydney Philharmonia singers, for the Lighting of The Tree in Martin Place, for the City of Sydney. They were joined by Anthony Callea (Australian Idol), and Sam Moran (The Wiggles), and welcomed in the festive season!
 Courtney was invited to be a host at the 2015 MTV Beats & Eats Festival, in Sydney Australia. An unconventional hosting role: Courtney was presiding over weddings at MTV’s very own Chapel of Love! What better place to marry the stranger of your dreams, than in front of thousands of other strangers, to the thumping beats of artists like Havana Brown, Jesabel, and Savage.
Click here to see the adventures of Josiah, and his quest to find a festival bride!  After smashing Sydney run, Legally Blonde bids farewell to the Concourse Theatre. With sellout shows, and great audiences, the pinkest show in town's season comes to a close. Courtney had an incredible time playing Chutney Wyndham (below), and was honoured to be a part of Willoughby Theatre Company's final show for their 2015 season.  |
