After years of amateur productions, such as St George United Artists' "Rookery Nook" at St James' Hall in 1953, she was invited to take part in Bill Orr's "Hit and Run" (the first Phillip Street Revue), then "Hat Trick" with Charles Tingwell, Gordon Chater, Bettina Welch, John Ewart, Lyle O'Hara and Ray Barrett. This was followed by a prominent role in "Hot from Hollywood" starring Mel Tormé and Irene Ryan, then "Laugh Around the Clock" with Billy Russell and Gordon Chater at Tivoli Theatres in Sydney and Melbourne. Her next "Phillip Street Revue" was the long-running "Cross Section" co-starring first with Ruth Cracknell then John Meillon. It was during this time that in May 1958 John proposed; they were married two months later. They had only been married a few months when John was offered a series of film roles in London. Apart from a few quick trips home they were to remain there together until 1963. But while John was much in demand, there was no call for her talents in London, so when offered a work in the developing television industry she jumped at the chance. She did little stage work until "Rattle of a Simple Man" for Bill Orr at the Phillip Theatre, co-starring with John who had just returned from London. She starred in "There Will Be a Interval of 15 Minutes", again for Bill Orr.