Margaret Denne/Supernatural Works Artist’s Statement:

Storytelling has always been the thread I follow — from early journals and poems to scripts, performances, radio, and community theatre. My work stretches across media arts, theatre, digital design, writing, and performance, each form giving me a different way to explore human connection, identity, and the small everyday moments that shape our lives.

I draw on a lifelong practice of writing and performing, beginning in 1986, and growing through studies in communications, media arts, film, theatre, digital media, business, and community engagement. My projects with Milk Crate Theatre and my past work in children’s entertainment have taught me the power of creativity to build confidence, belonging, and shared joy. Whether I’m crafting a poem, developing a script, or stepping into character, I’m always searching for ways to bring humour, heart, and curiosity to the stage and page.

As DJ Rapunzel, my pun-loving alter ego, I embrace playfulness as a serious creative tool — proof that language, like hair, can be grown, twisted, and braided into unexpected shapes.

My artistic practice is ultimately about storytelling that lifts people up: stories that invite audiences to see themselves differently, celebrate community, and recognise the extraordinary inside the ordinary.

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Margaret Denne’s Biography and CV

Margaret Denne (also known as DJ Rapunzel) has studied a Bachelor of Arts in Communications at the University of Western Sydney Nepean majoring in Media Arts, Film Studies and sub majoring in Theatre. She also has completed a Diploma of Digital Media from North Coast Institute of TAFE, a Diploma of Business Management and Certificate IV in Business Administration from Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE. In 2017 she completed a Certificate in Vocational and Community Engagement from Petersham TAFE and Milk Crate Theatre. She is currently studying a Certificate III in Entrepreneurship and New Business at MTC.

Margaret has been writing and performing since 1986. She has kept a journal, written and performed poetry, written articles for various publications including the Byron Shire Echo and Going Organic Magazine. She has written and developed scripts which have been produced by University and TAFE and she also performed in many of these works.

Between 1998 and 2000 she wrote and performed for the kids show The Jitterbugs and was a member of the Writer’s Guild.  Her Children’s entertainment at Birthday Parties has seen her become various characters including A forest Fairy, Margie the Mermaid and Sporty and Posh Spice.

Margaret is known as DJ Rapunzel because of her love of puns, and she produced and presented Soundtracks to Life on Bay FM 99.9 in Byron Bay from 2006 to 2008.

Margaret joined Milk Crate Theatre in 2015 participating in the Page to Stage Writing Workshop and co devising the script and performance of the Creative Development of First Times and Feast. She also participated in the Headway and Pathways Programs with MCT, writing and directing 20 minutes of a performance piece titled The Winners Circle.

Margaret currently works in the Retail Food Industry spanning 15 years working for supermarkets. Her experience in retail also includes 2 years working for Bookshops. She is an administrator in her local Book Club.

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