At Mindful Productions, we believe that every student deserves access to resources that promote their mental health and well-being. Our founder, a former Drama teacher, Life Coach, and Actor, started the company in 2015 to address mental health struggles among students. We offer educational theatre performances and student well-being workshops to high school teachers, providing them with lesson plans, units, and showcasing past performances at schools and on TikTok.
OUR TEAM
ALLY
AURORA
ABOUT ALLY
Ally Aurora, is a Multi Award-Winning Australian Actress, Educator and Wellbeing Coach, with over 125K followers on TikTok she promotes all things student wellbeing.
Ally has been a P-12 Teacher & Life Coach for over 15 years and use this experience, knowledge, and insight in her Educational Theatre, Films and Student Wellbeing Talks and Workshops.
Ally's company Mindful Productions has been touring Victorian High Schools with her shows and workshops since 2015, and has helped over 10,000 students understand the intricacies of their mind.
Ally Aurora brings to life the inner workings of a Teenage mind by playing out the ‘characters of the mind’, such as the 'Inner Critic' and 'Inner Motivator'. These performances lead to discussions and workshops around Self-Talk.
Ally is passionate about helping students navigate their own ‘Inner Bully’ and giving them tools to use so that they may be able to turn their self-talk into affirmations that build up their self-esteem rather than bring them down.
SOPHIE
GRAHAM
ABOUT SOPHIE
Sophie is an actor and educator who is passionate about young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Although currently living in Naarm, she is originally from Aotearoa (New Zealand), where she studied Theatre and Performing Arts at the University of Otago. In 2022, Sophie moved to Melbourne to continue her actor training at 16th Street Actors’ Studio, where she completed the Full-Time Professional Actor Program and the “American Way” Post-Graduate Program. Sophie continues to develop her craft by attending short courses and workshops, and in 2023 and 2024 has worked on several short films, the web series “My Personal Lycan King,” and “The Duchess of Malfi” with Arrant Knaves Theatre Company. Outside of her own acting pursuits, Sophie also studies Youth Work at RMIT and teaches drama at Stage School Australia.
JAMES
HAMMOND
Transport In Style
James is a Melbourne based actor who moved up from Queensland for more opportunities and graduated from The Bachelor of Creative Arts, Maj. in Theatre at USQ in 2016. Since then I have been pursuing ways to grow my craft through acting and writing, focusing on expanding film experience and into voice work. I want to keep that creative fire burning through each project I do, giving it all to every project.