Kate Peters

Kate is a professional director/producer and performer who has run her own production company (Top Hat Productions) since 1987, touring most of the country. Since re-locating to the Gold Coast in 1997 she has toured four times to major Queensland venues (with the Qld Arts Council and N.A.R.P.A.C.A.), and regularly stages pantomimes, musical revues and other major shows in a variety of theatres. She co-created the Canberra Area Theatre Awards in 1994 to acknowledge the contribution of community theatre groups in the A.C.T. catchment area. Kate’s recent TV/film appearances include THE END (See-Saw Films), DIVE CLUB (Steve Jaggi/Netflix Productions) and JOE EXOTIC (JE Productions/Screen Qld.) In 2009 she was awarded the Gold Coast City Council Australia Day Cultural Achievement Award and was twice a finalist in the Entertainment Division of the Gold Coast Honours Awards. Kate continues to produce and direct mainstage productions of all kinds, and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for Services to Entertainment on the Gold Coast in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2019.