Rachael is a PhD candidate at The University of Western Australia and has a Masters of Creative Writing and Theory from the University of Melbourne (2007). She is a co-founder of Odd Socks Theatre Company (1999), a highly successful theatre-in-education and children’s theatre company that has toured throughout Victoria’s regional and metropolitan primary schools.

Jacquie Lee has recently completed a Media/Arts double degree at the University of Adelaide, and in 2010 was ecstatic to swap her hospitality gig for the world of online publishing as Lowdown’s South Australian News Editor. She enjoys coffee, second-hand bookshops and talking to strangers.

Rachel Hamilton is completing her postgraduate degree in Theatre for Youth at Arizona State University with an internship with the COME OUT Festival 2011.

Mhairi McIntyre has recently completed her Honours in Creative Writing at Flinders Uni and will soon be packing her bags for a PhD at Deakin. Until then she enjoys spending her time volunteering at Lowdown so she can get her paws on opportunities like reviewing shows for the Fringe