Fingal Pollock has enjoyed a professional career in theatre that has so far spanned 22 years and four continents. An international director, she has had successful seasons in Edinburgh, Berlin and all-over New Zealand. With a penchant for the balance between raucous and insightful, she has staged many side-splitting comedies that also deal with deep and visceral truth. She has bought several NZ classics to the international stage and her hit comedy show, Femme Natale, recently went to the Edinburgh Festival and received 5-star reviews as well as comments such as ‘genius’, ‘clever and hilarious’ and ‘the funniest show of my fringe’.
Since moving back to New Zealand, Fingal Pollock has worked as an actor to help train many people-facing professionals including the Royal College of GPs, The Royal NZ Police College, The Psychology School of Massey University, The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, Christchurch International Airport, WorkSafe and the Otago Medical School. In addition, she has worked with many professional artists and companies including Wētā Workshop, Clown Doctors NZ, Little Dog Barking, Circa Theatre, Toi Whakaari, The Improvisors and CluedUp. She has directed many large scale as well as intimate shows that have toured New Zealand and abroad. Previously in New Zealand she produced and assistant directed the multi-award winning Albert Speer.