Started in 2025, Whimsical Genius is Lachlan Ruffy’s dramatic consulting venture. With over twenty years’ experience as a performer, director, writer, and educator, Ruffy works with professional, independent, and community production companies to share his knowledge, shape performances, and help foster the development the future of Australia’s theatrical landscape.

RUFFY working with the cast of UC SSC Lake Ginninderra’s Kiss Me, Kate, 2024

Lachlan has worked with productions across all funding sectors, consulting and shaping dramatic works through:

  • Actor Coaching

  • Voice Coaching

  • Movement Directing

  • Choreography

  • Dramaturgy

  • Stage Combat Coordination

  • Intimacy Coordination

  • Production Mentorship and Mediation

  • Director Mentorship

  • Creative Development

Whimsical Genius’s coaching and consultation can be tailored to:

  • Individual Productions or Seasons

    • Intimacy and Stage Combat

    • Dramaturgy

    • Voice coaching

    • Choreography / Movement Direction

    • Production Mentorship and Mediation

    • Creative Development

  • Individual artists

    • Actor Coaching

    • Voice Coaching

    • Director Mentorship

    • Audition Preparation

  • Workshops and Masterclasses

    • Devising Theatre

    • Acting Shakespeare

    • Found Theatre

RUFFY working with the cast of Greek Theatre Now’s Antigone, 2025

  • Fight Choreography
    Julius Caesar (dir. Caitlin Baker)
    Chaika Theatre

  • Fight Choreography
    Dogfall (dir. Isiah Prichard)
    NUTS

  • Fight and Intimacy Choreography
    The Squirrels (dir. Thomas Neill)
    NUTS

  • Movement Direction
    Antigone (dir. Cate Clelland)
    Greek Theatre Now

  • Fight and Intimacy Choreography
    How to Vote (dir. Kat Dunkerley)
    Fenner Hall

  • Assistant Direction
    Low Pay? Don’t Pay! (dir. Cate Clelland)
    Canberra Repertory Society

  • Intimacy Coordination
    Hand to God (dir. Jarrad West)
    Everyman Theatre

In 2025, Whimsical Genius consulted on:

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RUFFY mentoring young artists with Pacific Opera, 2019

Testimonials and Reviews

It was a lot of fun and I find these sessions extremely beneficial, especially since sometimes I can be a nervous performer  
Your professionalism and the way you lead your sessions is also great to observe and great to be a part of.

I found Theatresports with Lachlan Ruffy incredibly valuable in my journey, plus it was so fun! It was great to start using your body on stage and become aware of your own stage presence whilst working on your improvisation skills on stage acting.

Thank you Lachlan for your energy, engagement and mentorship, helping our young artists build their confidence in stagecraft and theatre.
It was such a thrilling session with many surprised about their acting and improvisation capabilities

- Pacific Opera, 2019

"powerfully choreographed battle scenes by Lachlan Ruffy"
- Peter Wilkins, Canberra Critics Circle

"The fight choreography by Lachlan Ruffy is intense and effective."
- Len Power, Canberra Critics Circle

"the choreographed representations of the stabbings and the warfare, stylised in almost dance form, worked very well."
- Frank McKone, Canberra Critics Circle

Work with Ruffy