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Anne Patricia Roylance was born in Brisbane, Australia on the 11 June 1960.

Anne began writing music theatre scripts when she was a student at the Queensland Conversatorium of Music studying for her Bachelor of Music (Ed) and A.Mus.A. It was during this time that her sister Robyn established a community based theatre company called Mummers Theatre Troupe. Anne was an active member of the Troupe writing, composing, performing and co-producing original music theatre experiences for Brisbane audiences. Anne performed in the Mummers' productions of Joan and Catherine.

After graduating she was employed as the Classroom music teacher at Maryborough State High School. After 2 years in Marybourough Anne moved back to Brisbane to teach Music, Drama and Religion at San Sisto College.

She left teaching to work as an actor performing specifically in the area of music theatre for Young People. She performed for young audiences throughout Queensland, firstly with Gail Wiltshire's company The Oz People. In 1986 she joined Queensland Theatre Company's Roadworks - a Theatre in Education touring team and toured throughout Queensland for 6 months performing in Secondary schools.

in the late 1980's Anne joined the backstage team at the newly built Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Southbank as a Stage Manager. This engagement saw her firstly working as stage manager for the Concert Hall for EXPO '88.

Piccolo Productions was an early childhood theatre company established by Anne Roylance and Sharonlee Martin in 1990. Anne and Sharonlee wrote, produced and presented original music theatre performances to young children throughout Queensland for 5 years. The works of Piccolo Productions were exhibited at the Tony Gould Gallery at QPAC in 2000.