Mini Productions is Rachael Coopes and Natasha Pizzica. We are storytellers who believe in making multi-platform content for audiences that inspires and entertains. We believe that love, light, and magic can change the world – so we sprinkle them around like glitter.
Over the past two decades, Rachael has written, produced and performed in film, television and created award-winning theatre in Australia, the UK and the US. A presenter on Play School for over a decade now, she’s graced the stage and screen for thousands of ecstatic toddlers and starred in Australia’s most loved dramas, developed engaging television for kids, and written award-winning theatre for the complex brains of teenagers.
She’s shared the movement and philosophy of yoga and mindfulness with stressed out urbanites, explored the incredible stories of young people in the remote Northern Territory, and used both the creative, and mindfulness practices, to inspire and educate leaders in the corporate space.
Her kid’s series “Moodies”, exploring big feelings in little people, is available on ABC iView. She is a regular contributor to Wellbeing Magazine, and released her first book “Find Your Strength”- practical advice to survive life’s battlefields based on the yoga philosophy. Her second book “Paris For Beginners” will be released April 2023.
Natasha Pizzica is a producer and director who specialises in casting and captivating story telling. In her early career she worked as a theatre producer with Australian theatre companies; Barking Gecko, Imaginary Theatre, and co-created Dead Puppet Society.
Natasha is now a highly regarded television producer, who has worked across a range of genres including; reality, lifetyle, childrens and animation . She has worked on series including; WAC for ABC3, Style Me for MTV and Big Brother for Network Ten. Travelling through Europe, Asia and Central America to produce the food/travel series Sourced for online platform Tastemade, and produced eight series of the Logie Award-winning series Gogglebox.
In 2021 she was the supervising casting producer on Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, a six part series for Nat Geo and Disney+. Most recently she was the series producer of Australia’s most iconic children’s series, Play School. Natasha is currently the series producer of digital first animation series Teletubbies Let’s Go.
