Holly has a Master of Theatre Arts in Directing from Victoria University and Te Kura Toi Whakaari O Aotearoa: NZ Drama School, the premiere performing arts university in New Zealand. She has taught acting at Original Scripts Theatre School for ten years, had a successful high school teaching career and worked as an acting tutor and director for Toi Whakaari and Whitireia Polytechnic.

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She is the co-artistic director and producer of Two Productions which has produced the devised works Moemoea at Te Papa Marae, If You Only See One Show in your Life, The Disaster Brothers, the Basement Theatre season of Balmy, the immersive theatre show, The Powerful Event on a vacant space in Christchurch, The Wild Hunt for The Body Festival 2014 and Open for Business in St. Kevins Arcade, Auckland.

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She was the director intern for Red Leap Theatre in 2013, lead projects for Red Leap for Auckland Live and The Auckland Arts Festival. She has assisted Miranda Harcourt, Willem Wassenaar, Angela Bloomfield, Andrew Foster, Colin McColl and Jo Randerson. She is also on The Exchange Space board and The Original Scripts Theatre Trust board.