Bio
LINCOLN ELLIOTT
Lincoln is an actor, singer, voice over artist, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and composer; born in Dubbo, Lincoln is proudly of Wiradjuri heritage. Lincoln is a 2017 NIDA graduate and holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons 1c) from the University of New England.
Lincoln is a passionate advocate for new Australian work and loves telling Australian stories. Most recently, he completed a national tour of Sunshine Super Girl (Performing Lines/Melbourne Theatre Company/State Theatre Company South Australia) playing a "sexy and considerate" Roger Cawley -- and he's been bragging about that review ever since.
The company was nominated for a Green Room Award (Best Ensemble, 2023).
Lincoln originated the roles of Private John Simpson in new musicals 3 Weeks in Spring (State Theatre/Endymion Productions), Sam in Ugly Love (Acoustic Theatre), and Preston/Flora in Jay James-Moody's new adaptation of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Squabbalogic), where he also provided additional musical arrangements and on-stage accompaniment.
Other theatre credits include: Chimerica (Sydney Theatre Company), Il Viaggio a Remis and La Traviata (Opera Australia), Ordinary Days (Alter Ego), Meet Me in St. Louis (Starkeeper Productions), Miracle City (NIDA), Ned (Plush Duck Productions), Company (Limelight on Oxford), Funny Girl (Theatre & Company), The Chairs (Matt Taylor/Sydney Fringe Festival), Carrie: The Musical (Rock Bottom Productions), Irving Berlin (NIDA), The Changeling (NIDA), and Inner West Side: The Musical (Ultra Cult/Sydney Fringe Festival). Lincoln has joined development workshops for new work Milk (The Street Theatre), The Cleaners (BurgMan Productions), Billy Creek (Joining the Dots Theatre), Alice (Andrew Freeborn), Bakery Hill (Yellow Line Theatre), Jasper: The Musical (Calogero Panvino), and The Water Code (Hope. New Works). Lincoln lent his voice to online artistic statement I Need You to See Me (Vidya Makan), alongside other young BIPOC theatre artists in a push for increased diversity on stage in Australia. The company was nominated for a Green Room Award (Celebration of Online Performance, 2021).
As a writer and composer, Lincoln has most recently worked on an upcoming web series Flat-Packed (Galactic Salmon), as head writer, co-producer, and series regular, while also providing an original song for the show. Lincoln has also penned an original research-based experimental musical song-cycle, Share-House. He has also worked as a script/story editor and musical consultant on a variety of projects, including new musical Wørk of Art (Jesse Layt/Little Triangle) and upcoming feature film Whatever This Is (Ellis Dolan).
Lincoln has provided voices for animated web series The Great Gibbons (Cade Collins) and comedy podcast Vote 1 Jules Young (Brayden Palmer). He has also performed lead roles in his debut feature film, The Choice (Goran 'Tiny' Srejic), which is due for release in 2023, as well as in several short films including Space Cadet (Jordan Brand), No Other Choice (Alek McKenzie), Flat (Freya Howard), Women in Refrigerators (Kezia Holland), Spoiled Milk (Paul Buchanan), and The Hut and Angelica (Mirco Guidon).
When Lincoln isn’t performing, he’s busy writing and workshopping new work. Watch this space!