Helen Howard is an actor, writer, acting coach, dialect coach and co-founder (with Michael Futcher) of Matrix Theatre. As a writer in a twenty-year collaboration with Michael Futcher, she has written The King and the Corpse! (1995 Matilda Commendation), 1347, Explosions (QTC education program), A Beautiful Life (Winning four Melbourne Green Room Awards), The Drowning Bride (2005 Matilda Award), and most recently, the award-winning The Wishing Well.