
Bio
LINCOLN ELLIOTT
Lincoln is an actor, singer, voiceover artist, instrumentalist, writer, composer, and researcher. He is a passionate advocate for arts accessibility and new Australian musicals.
Born in Dubbo, Lincoln is proudly of Wiradjuri heritage. Lincoln is currently undertaking a PhD (Creative Practice) through the University of New England. Lincoln is also a 2017 NIDA graduate and holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons 1C). Through his doctoral research, Lincoln is writing and composing his own new Australian musical, Artefact (or, Repatriation: The Musical) which enjoyed a very successful workshop in 2025.
Upcoming shows include Being Alive (Hayes Theatre Co) and Tristan and Isolde (Hayes Theatre Co; Festival of New Work).
Most recently, Lincoln joined the world premiere cast of My Brilliant Career (Melbourne Theatre Company), earning a Green Room Award (Best Ensemble). Lincoln joined the Australian premiere cast of Ride the Cyclone (Hayes Theatre Co), and the world premiere company of The Dismissal (Squabbalogic). He toured nationally with Sunshine Super Girl (Melbourne Theatre Company/State Theatre Company South Australia/Performing Lines), earning a nomination for a Green Room Award (Best Ensemble). Lincoln joined 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).
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Other theatre credits include: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Squabbalogic), Chimerica (Sydney Theatre Company), The Hello Girls (Hayes Theatre Co/Heart Strings Theatre), If/Then (Hayes Theatre Co/Neglected Musicals), Il Viaggio a Remis and La Traviata (Opera Australia), Ordinary Days (Alter Ego), Meet Me in St. Louis (Starkeeper Productions), Miracle City (NIDA), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Naidu Theatre Co), Ugly Love (Acoustic Theatre), Misery Loves Company (Legit Theatre Co.), Ned (Plush Duck Productions), Company (Limelight on Oxford), Funny Girl (Theatre & Company), The Chairs (Matt Taylor/Sydney Fringe Festival), 3 Weeks in Spring (State Theatre/Endymion Productions), 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 Nails Must Be Kept Short (Unfunded Empathy), My Brilliant Career (Melbourne Theatre Company), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Greta Gertler Gold, Hilary Bell, Jo Bonney), Milk (The Street Theatre), Sex, Drugs, and Success (December Theatre Co.) The Cleaners (BurgMan Productions), Billy Creek (Joining the Dots), Alice (Andrew Freeborn), Bakery Hill (Yellow Line Theatre), Jasper: The Musical (Calogero Panvino), The Water Code (Hope. New Works), and Tickets Please (Vicki Larnach Hare).
As a writer and composer, Lincoln is working on several upcoming web series: Maarte (Splice Productions) as script/story editor, and co-producer; and Flat-Packed (Galactic Salmon) as head writer, co-producer, series regular, and composer. Lincoln has also penned an original research-based experimental musical song-cycle, Share-House, and has worked as a 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).
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Lincoln has provided voices for animated web series The Great Gibbons (Cade Collins), comedy podcast Vote 1 Jules Young (Brayden Palmer), and various audiobooks for Penguin Random House, including At the Going Down of the Sun and Live For Me. He has also performed lead roles in his debut feature film, The Choice (Goran 'Tiny' Srejic) as well as several short films.
When Lincoln isn’t performing, he’s busy researching contemporary Australian musical theatre. Watch this space!