Bedelia Lowrencev

Bedelia proudly has an upper limb difference, and Cerebral Palsy, and is a SODA (Sibling of Deaf Adult), respecting and engaging in Auslan and the Deaf Community and culture. Bedelia comes from a mixed colonial and migrant refugee background- Romani Sinti, Swabian, and the diaspora of Europe all the way from the Norwegian Sea to the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Bedelia is a groovy, disabled queer crip actor, singer, dancer. Most recently, Bedelia was awarded Best Emerging Performer at the Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival for their performance in 'With Love, Lottie', which has been nominated for Sydney Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival and presently, embargoed international film festivals.

Bedelia's other Film and TV cast and crew credits include the ABC- 'Everyone's A Critic', 'Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors?', 'ABC ArtsWorks', many indie short films, and commercial and modelling for Virgin Airlines, and the NBN.
Most recently, Bedelia has performed, and facilitated interactive works for Art Gallery of NSW- 'Movement Movement' and 'Animate Loading' (Dir. Riana Head-Toussaint), Liverpool Biennial Festival, Sydney Biennale Festival, and the Sydney Opera House- 'Play It Safe' with Kim Guerig and Lucy Guerin.

Theatrically, Bedelia most recently has worked with Monkey Baa, playing lead, Petagirl, in the development of 'The Duck and The Darklings' at Monkey Baa, and Griffin Theatre Company for their upcoming proudly crip musical, 'Enough' (WT), currently supported by Wear It Purple.

Vocally, Bedelia has a long history of professional credits, including 'La Boheme' and 'Die Tote Stadt' at the Sydney Opera House. Most recently, soloist and lead vocalist for '100 Women 100 Stories' at the Sydney Town Hall, 'Reverence' at The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Dir. Rose Riebl and Danielle O'Keefe, and the contemporary opera, 'EMERGENC/y,' Dir. Alana Valentine & Felicity Wilcox.