
Bali Padda is a multidisciplinary director, actor, producer, developer/dramaturg and screen executive working across both stage and screen and founder of Little Goat Arts & Entertainment.
His directing credits include Champions (Old Fitz & Little Goat), King James (Old Fitz & Little Ripa), The Village (Q Theatre), Guards at the Taj (Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta), and Sunderella (Sydney WorldPride 2023 and Mardi Gras 2017).
Bali’s live performance producing credits include Sunderella, Gloria! (Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir), Guards at the Taj (National Tour), Sex Magick and Lighten Up (Griffin Theatre Company), In the Space Between and Sunderella (Trikone Australia & Mardi Gras/Sydney WorldPride), Hats Off! (Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS).
Screen acting credits include the Optics, Over & Out, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Rake, Doctor Doctor, Home & Away and several TV commercials. Stage credits include London: Festa! (Young Vic Theatre), Lost & Found Orchestra (Stomp & Royal Festival Hall), Sydney: Jatinga (KXT/bAKEHOUSE), Legally Blonde the Musical (Packemin), Oneness: Voice Without Form (Sydney Opera House), The Lunch Hour (Siren Theatre Co).
Outside of creative arts work, he has a track record in DEI, creative strategy, leadership and the development of the screen and arts sectors through roles at Screen Australia, Create NSW and founding Chair of the Equity Diversity Committee at MEAA.