Brisbane-based theatre performer, film-maker, community arts officer and playwright, Christopher Maver grew up in the Brisbane migrant working class suburb of West End.
Maver had a fine singing voice and an ability to mimic popular singers. His many years of performing arts experience began when he worked with the Twelfth Night Theatre and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. His first professional engagement was with the Royal Queensland Theatre Company in Hello Dolly! This was followed by employment as a community arts officer with issue-based performing arts comapanies including the Popular Theatre Troupe. Since then he has been employed by La Boite, Twelfth Night, Queensland Theatre Company, the Institute of Modern Art and the Brisbane Powerhouse
Maver has performed at the Livid Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, the Brisbane Cabaret Festival, the Valley Fiesta, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Melbourne Pride Festival, the ENERGEX Brisbane Festival and the Brisbane Fringe Festival. He has created solo and group shows including The Venus Envy trilogy. As a writer/advertising manager, Maver spent seven years with Queensland Pride and Brother/Sister magazines writing about entertainment, reviews and interviews on a local, national and international level. He has been an activist in the gay rights movement in Queensland and presented Doric Wilson's A Perfect Relationship, the first play performed in Brisbane to explore the nature of gay male relations.
