Geoff Kelso is a NIDA graduate and appeared as an actor at Perth's Playhouse Theatre in the mid-1970s. He wrote and produced a play entitled The Insect, which received its premiere performance by members of the University Dramatic Society at the University of Western Australia's Dolphin Theatre in 1976. His radio play for children, Dr. Poo: Knees Ahoy! was produced by the ABC in 1980.