Tyler Coppin

Tyler Coppin’s solo play LyreBird (Tales of Helpmann) was a sell-out hit at the 1998 Adelaide Festival of Arts and the winner of a Fringe First Award at the 1999 Edinburgh Festival. His other plays include Unamerica (shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Award), The Minutiae of Inertia, No One Here Gets Out Awake, and Clover. Coppin co-wrote Buzz (Company B Belvoir), Flabbadadabbadadaddy-o! (Inaugural 1987 Melbourne International Comedy Festival), and was a contributing writer of the animated feature film Happy Feet. He has written comedy for radio, and also for the Helpmann Award winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Melbourne Theatre Company).

A NIDA graduate, Tyler has performed as an actor for most of the major companies in Australia, as well as on television, film, and on radio.

To read more about LyreBird (Tales of Helpmann) go to http://www.lyrebirdtalesofhelpmann.com/

LYREBIRD (TALES OF HELPMANN)