Double Dare You

Meredith Costain is a versatile writer for children whose work ranges from picture books through to poetry, series fiction and narrative non-fiction. Her books include CBCA Honour Book Doodledum Dancing, Bed Tails, the quirky Ella Diaries series and several titles in the Bindi: Behind the Scenes series. She has also written novelisations of the TV shows The PM's Daughter, Heartbreak High and Dance Academy. Costain lives in inner-city Melbourne with a menagerie of pets who frequently wrangle their way into her stories. She enjoys presenting writing workshops to children and adults around Australia and overseas.

Alanah Parkin is a Melbourne-based voice artist, actor, singer, improviser, and character comedian. Their voice can be heard across animation, video games, and podcast series. Alanah has performed children’s theatre with Playhouse Pantomimes for the past ten years, and improv comedy with The Improv Conspiracy and The Big HOO-HAA! for the past three. Their debut solo character show ‘Garage Sale’ premiered at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival to critical acclaim, and was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival.