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WAAPA Production of Mike Bartlett’s 13
Role: Ruth (Prime Minister of England)
Director: Michael McCall
WAAPA Accent and Dialect Performance
My Vagina was my Village from the Vagina Monologues
Written by Eve Ensler
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WAAPA Production of Mill on the Floss
Role: Lucy
Director: Sandra Eldridge
WAAPA Production of Much Ado About Nothing
Role: Verges (reimagined as an elderly woman)
Director: Sean O’Shea
WAAPA Production of Marat Sade
Role: Mental Asylum Patient
Director: Andrew Lewis
WA Screen Academy Production of
Wedding Season
Role: Alex
Director: Sinclair Hughes
WAAPA Production of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
Roles: Volscian and Roman Soldier/Volscian Senator/Citizen
Director: Michael Jenn
WAAPA Voice Monologues (self-devised)
WAAPA Production of Christopher Hampton's
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Role: Madame De Volanges
Director: Crispin Taylor
Production of Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities
Role: Lorry (converted to female character)
Director: Hugh Hodgart
Self-Devised Beat Generation Promenade Production
Role: Sylvia Plath
Director: Andrew Lewis
Miranda trained at Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and will graduate from the Acting course at the end of
2016. She has experience in Theatre, Film, Voice Over and Writing, and has received extensive training from world-class voice
coach, Julia Moody. In 2015, Miranda performed as England's PM, 'Ruth' in WAAPA’s production of Mike Bartlett’s 13, directed by
Michael McCall. Throughout 2015-2016, she has worked with directors Sean O’Shea, Sandy Elderidge and Michael Jenn.
In 2016, Miranda played the role of Madame De Volanges in WAAPA’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Mid-year, she travelled with this
company to perform at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Miranda also toured with Coriolanus Cast and Director,
Michael Jenn, to perform at the Hydra Festival in Greece. Late this year, Miranda played a female Lorry in WAAPA's A Tale of Two
Cities directed by Hugh Hodgart, Director of Drama at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Miranda recently played the lead role, Alex
in WA Screen Academy's 'Wedding Season', to be broadcast on Channel Nine in October 2016.
Perth Theatre Reviews - WAAPA Production of 13
"To the performances and Miranda Aitken is excellent as the Prime Minister (Ruth)
especially in the second half where her character assumes greater prominence.
Playing a much older character it was the stiff bearing, the stillness, and especially
the measured vocal tones that really sold this. While giving Ruth an authoritative air,
hints of vulnerability and regret seeped through to telling affect. The weight of
Ruth’s final decision was writ large on Aitken’s face in the closing moments. It was
also her action change from passive listener to passionate defender of Ruth’s beliefs
that gave the play its second wind just when things were flagging."