Little Match Productions is one of Queensland’s leading independent theatre companies, creating and producing high quality new Australian musical performance. 

Based in Brisbane, Little Match is driven to explore our collective humanity via its most primal and intrinsically expressive media, the voice. We are insatiably curious to share and hear others’ voices, both literally and figuratively.

Our works traverse comedy-cabaret, opera, classical music and children’s productions, delivering high quality theatre to every member of the family.  We develop, create and tour musical works that tell great stories of integrity and contemporary relevance, of women, society’s values and reflect on its growth and challenges. We are committed to tuning-in little ears to quality music through highly-accessible theatre to foster the next generation of music lovers and music-makers.

In rigorous collaboration with diverse artists, we have established a reputation for our unique ability to present classical repertoire and techniques in contemporary contexts. The foundation for each new work is ethical story-telling with integrity and contemporary relevance, high quality new music, ability to tour regionally and engagement of female creatives.

Over the past five years, Little Match has produced work for Queensland Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Wonderland Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Anywhere Theatre Festival, and presented at Brisbane Festival, Queensland Music Festival, Woodford Folk Festival and Noosa Long Weekend.

About Us

We are a collective of like-minded female arts professionals.  Founded by Alicia Cush and joined by Penny Challen (Co-Artistic Directors) and Performer/Producer Laura Coutts, we engage a variety of artists in rigorous collaboration for each project.  

Alicia Cush is a Brisbane-based performer, musical director, arranger, conductor and independent producer. She has been a Circa performer and part of the Opera Q ensemble. Recently, Alicia was a 2high Festival Producer, toured internationally with Circa’s Il Ritorno and was an artist-in-residence at the Judith Wright Centre. This year will see Alicia on a Belladiva state tour, national touring with Babushka and in development for The Owl & the Pussycat.

​ Penny Challen brings  20 years experience in creative & production  design to Little Match.  Having trained at QCA and  NIDA , she has worked with some of the leading names in world theatre on productions for companies such as the UK's The Royal Opera House, Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.  Locally she has created designs for Opera Queensland, The State  Library of Queensland, Queensland Theatre and La Boite. Penny is a passionate advocate for women in the performing arts, and telling women's stories.