Edwin Beats

Edwin is a graduate of NASDA (Bachelor of Performing Arts).

His previous Court Theatre credits include Jesus Christ Superstar; and puppet construction for Disney's Frozen Jr. 

His other puppetry credits include New Zealand and Australian tours of Room on the Broom (CDP & Tall Stories); Deep (PAT); Special Edition music video (Fat Freddy’s Drop); It’s My Bad (Oops) music video (Jason Parker); and appearances on TVNZ’s Home Learning TV with Karen O’Leary (2020); and What Now (2022 & 2023).

Selected acting credits include:
For theatre: Not Psycho (Fractious Tash); Twisted (Dionysos); Billy Elliot (Auckland Theatre Company); Ranterstantrum (F.C.C); The 13-Storey Treehouse (CDP tours of US, Singapore, Australia and UK); The Changeling (AUSA Summer Shakespeare); Catch Me if You Can (Blackboard Theatre Collective); and Beauty and the Beast (GMG Productions).
For Screen: Hope & Wire (Gaylene Preston Productions); PSUSY seasons 1 & 2; and various sketches for Jono and Ben (Mediaworks NZ).

Edwin co-founded Tusk Puppets with fellow puppeteer and puppet maker Rebekah Head. They build puppets for stage and screen, provide coaching and workshops, and create original content for digital platforms and television. 

Edwin is a proud member of Equity NZ.