Alyson has worked around the world as a performer, theatre-maker and community artist, with a particular focus on cultural development and social change. She has made theatre with remote Indigenous communities, young people, adults with disabilities, prison inmates and people from refugee backgrounds in Australia, Cambodia, Nepal, and the UK. In 2015 Alyson was awarded the Kirk Robson Award by the Australia Council for the Arts, which recognises outstanding leadership of people working in community arts and cultural development, particularly in reconciliation and social justice.