About Pip Mushin
AVENUE Q
National Theatre - St.Kilda
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BIO
Since graduating as an actor from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and a director from the VCA School of Film and Television (formerly Swinburne), Pip has accumulated a wealth of experience as an actor and director in theatre, film and television.
Pip made his directorial debut, directing Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, which was nominated as one of the “Most Outstanding and Memorable Productions” of the year by the Victorian Drama League. Since then Pip has enjoyed a vast and varied directing career spanning theatre, film and television. Pip received critical acclaim for his direction of the musicals Avenue Q and Falsettos, both of which were nominated for Best Director and Best Production at the Victorian Music Theatre Guild Awards. Pip' has also enjhoyed success as Resident Director on the Australian Premiere season of blickbuster musical The Book of Mormon, the Australian revival of Evita starring Tina Arena, the Fiddler on the Roof revival staring Anthony Warlow and the World Premiere of the Australian comedy Mother and Son (national tour). Other stage directing credits include Merrily We Roll Along, From Phantom to Figaro, Murrembeena, La Serva Pedrona, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Biloxi Blues, Crossing Delancy, Yentl the Yeshivah Boy, Arafat in Therapy and Big Al. In 2023 Pip co-wrote and co-directed the World Premiere of the new Australiuan musical Midnight - The Cinderella Story.
For film Pip wrote and directed the romantic comedy, Josh Jarman, starring Marcus Graham and Kym Gyngell. Josh Jarman was released Australia wide through Hoyts Cinemas and the Showtime channel on Foxtel. The film was subsequently selected for numerous international film festivals including the Melbourne International Film Festival, the London-Australian Film Festival (closing night film), the SXSW Film Festival and the International Hollywood Film Festival .
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Pip has also directed and produced many hours of variety and comedy on numerous programs for the Nine Network, Seven Network and Foxtel inclusing Wine Me - Dine Me, Toon Time, Molly's Trivia Quiz, Living With, Fox Footy Quiz and The Bounce. Pip gained a reputation for his comedic insights as a director and enjoyed successful stints as creative and comedy producer on shows such as The Late Report, Live and Kicking, Four Quarters and Steve Vizard’s Tonight Live.
As an actor Pip has numerous film and television credits to his name and is well known for his roles in Baz Luhrman's international hit Strictly Ballroom (as Wayne Burns), the multi award winning ABC TV satire Frontline (as Stu) and as Zelman in Peter Jackson’s mega blockbuster King Kong. Other film credits include Queen of the Damned, The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, Muggers, Fat Pizza, The Subjects, Crime Time and Breakaway.
Pip has also featured as a guest artist on numerous Australian television shows including Halifax FP, Secret Life of Us, Good Guys Bad Guys, Blue Heelers, Mission Impossible and Time Trax. Pip also showed his versatility as co-host of the Blockbuster Entertainment Movie Show spanning 26 episodes on Network Ten. On stage, Pip has enjoyed performing with a variety of Australian theatre company’s including the Melbourne Theatre Company and Playbox Theatre.
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Pip is currently in rehearsals for the AG Theatre's production of the Tony Award winning musical Avenue Q, opening at the National Theatre, St.Kilda in February 2025.
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