AWARDS & nominations
Mike Walsh OBE Fellowship | 2012
Anna Sosenko Fellowship | 2015
Sydney Theatre Award Nomination | Best Direction of an Independent Production | Ulster American | 2021
Sydney Theatre Award Nomination | Best Stage Design of an Independent Production | Anatomy of a Suicide | 2019
Sydney Theatre Award Nomination | Best Ensemble | Anatomy of a Suicide | 2019
GLUGS Award Nomination | Most Outstanding Independent Production | Anatomy of a Suicide | 2019
Sydney Theatre Award Nomination | Best Direction of an Independent Production | The Whale | 2016
Sydney Theatre Award Nomination | Best Independent Production | The Whale | 2016
New York Musical Theatre Festival Award | Best Show | Songs for the Fallen | 2015
Matilda Award Nomination | Best Independent Production | Motortown | 2008
direction
RENT by Jonathan Larson I The Court Theatre, Christchurch (Movement Director) I 2022
Anatomy of a Suicide by Alice Birch | Seymour Centre | 2022
Lilac by Jackson Used | KXT, sandpaperplane (Director & Dramaturg) | 2022
Our Blood Runs in the Street by Shane Anthony & Ensemble | Metro Arts, Chopt Logic I 2022
Ulster American by David Ireland | Seymour Centre, Riverside Theatre & Outhouse Theatre Company | 2021 & 2022
Constellations by Nick Payne | Sydney Actor’s School | 2021
A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter | Sydney Actor’s School | 2020
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball | Sydney Actor’s School | 2020
Is This How You Feel? by Shane Anthony & Hayden Rodgers | Critical Stages Digital Screening Room | 2020
Our Blood Runs in the Street by Shane Anthony & Ensemble | The Old Fitz Theatre | 2020
Anatomy of a Suicide by Alice Birch | The Old Fitz Theatre | 2019
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman | Sydney Actor’s School | 2018
3 Winters by Tena Štivičić | National Institute of Dramatic Art | 2018
Orestes by Charles Mee | National Institute of Dramatic Art | 2018
My Name Is Rachel Corrie edited Alan Rickman & Katherine Viner | Downstairs Belvoir & Singapore School of the Arts | 2017
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Simon Stephens | The Court Theatre, New Zealand (Movement Director) | 2017
Lighten Up by Nick Brown and Sam McCool | Griffin Theatre Company (Director & Dramaturg) | 2017
Love and Information by Caryl Churchill | National Institute of Dramatic Art | 2017
One Minute by Simon Stephens | Sydney Actor’s School | 2017
The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter | The Old Fitz Theatre | 2016
Songs for the Fallen by Sheridan Harbridge & Basil Hogios |
Sydney Festival | 2016 | New York Music Theatre Festival | 2015 | New Zealand National Tour | 2015 | Auckland Cabaret Festival | 2015 |
Melbourne Arts Centre | 2015 | NSW Regional Tour | 2015 | Brisbane International Arts Festival | 2014 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival | 2014 |
Pornography by Simon Stephens | National Institute of Dramatic Art | 2015
Blurred by Stephen Davis | Australian Institute of Music | 2015
Electra by Euripides | Australian Institute of Music | 2014
Songs for the Fallen by Sheridan Harbridge & Basil Hogios | The Old Fitz and Seymour Centre (Director & Dramaturg) | 2013
Altar Boyz by Kevin Del Aguila | Fortune Theatre, New Zealand | 2013
Had I As Many Souls As There Be Stars based on Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe | Renaissance College, Hong Kong | 2012
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth | Fortune Theatre, New Zealand | 2012
Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx | Fortune Theatre, New Zealand | 2011
Mrs Bang: A Series of Seductions by Sheridan Harbridge | 32nd Stage Song Festival, Poland | 2011
Often I Find That I Am Naked by Fiona Sprott | National Tour to 48 Venues, Funded by Playing Australia, produced by Critical Stages | 2011
My Name Is Rachel Corrie edited Alan Rickman & Katherine Viner | La Boite Theatre | 2010
Often I Find That I Am Naked by Fiona Sprott | Darlinghurst Theatre Company | 2010
The Crucible by Arthur Miller | Renaissance College, Hong Kong | 2010
Trojan Women adapted by Charles Mee | National Institute of Dramatic Arts | 2010
CIRCA Circa Ensemble | European Tour | Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands (Show and Tour Director) | 2009
Often I Find That I Am Naked by Fiona Sprott | Judith Wright Centre of Performing Arts, Jo & Co (Director & Dramaturg) | 2009
Motortown by Simon Stephens | 23rd Productions, Metro Arts Theatre | 2008
The Kid by Michael Gow | Griffin Theatre Company (Assistant Director, Dir. Tom Healey) | 2008
Fa Hoi Fu Kwai devised, site specific | Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre and ESF, Hong Kong | 2008
Angels in America by Tony Kushner | The New Theatre (Movement Director) 2007
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman | National Institute of Dramatic art (Assistant Director, Dir. Tom Healey) | 2006
Mountain Language & New World Order by Harold Pinter | National Institute of Dramatic Art | 2006
Greek by Steven Berkoff | Brisbane Powerhouse (Assistant Director, Dir. Marcus Graham) 2005
Voices | Queensland Arts Council, Queensland Tour (Assistant Director, Dir. Marcus Hughes) 2004
The Oracle by Christopher Beckey | Brisbane Powerhouse (Director & Dramaturg) | 2004
Small Mercies by Daniel Keene | La Boite Theatre (Assistant Movement Coach, Dir. Fraser Corfield & Movement Dir. Marie Dumont) | 2001
Songs by Christopher Beckey | La Boite Theatre, New Boards Festival (Director & Dramaturg) | 2000
The Man Who Sold The World by Zen Zen Zo | Brisbane International Arts Festival (Assistant Director, Dir. Simon Woods) | 2000
Ashes of Atreus by Chris Beckey & Zen Zen Zo | Brisbane Powerhouse Development (Assistant Director, Dir. Simon Woods) | 1999
OTHER
the life cycle of blanco by Vonne Patiag I National Theatre of Parramatta | Dramaturg | 2023
Yam Corsage by Nicholas Brown, Chika Ikogwe and Jeneffa Soldatic | Development for National Theatre of Parramatta | Dramaturg | 2021
Songs for the Fallen | Producer of New York tour for New York Musical Theatre Festival | 2015
Sleeping Beauty | Feature film directed by Julia Leigh, distributed Paramount Pictures | Movement Consultant | 2011
Ratbags (filmic) | The Arterial Group & Queensland Opera | Production Assistant | 2004
EDUCATION
Australian Film, Television and Radio School | Screenwriting for Feature Film, Advanced Diploma | 2015
New York Film Academy, New York | Filmmakers Intensive, Graduate Diploma | 2012
Skidmore College, New York | SITI Co Summer Program | 2007
National Institute of Dramatic Art | Directing, Graduate Diploma in Dramatic Art | 2006
Queensland University of Technology | Theatre Studies, Bachelor of Arts – Drama | 1997 - 2001
Certificate IV | TAE Training and Assessment | Work Skills | Current
grants and internships
City of Sydney Quick Response Grant | To support Our Blood Runs In The Street To Tour | 2021
Pride Foundation Australia | To support Our Blood Runs In The Street To Tour | 2021
Create NSW Small Projects Grant | To support Our Blood Runs In The Street To Tour | 2021
City of Sydney Project Grant | To develop the new work, Is This How You Feel? | 2021
Crown Casino Community Fund | To develop the new work, Our Blood Runs In The Street | 2019
City of Sydney | Match Funding | To develop the new work, Our Blood Runs In The Street | 2019
Metro Arts Development Residency | To develop the new work, Our Blood Runs In The Street | 2018
Bundanon Trust Artist-In-Residence | To develop the new work, Radio Hysteria | 2018
Bundanon Trust Artist-In-Residence | To develop the new work, Songs for the Fallen | 2012
Playing Australia | To Tour ‘Often I Find That I Am Naked’ nationally to 48 venues | 2011
Arts Queensland | Creative Development Fund | To develop the new work, The Unearthed Remains of Victor Lodge | 2007
Youth Arts Queensland | Spark Jumpstart Mentorship | Year-long attachment with director, Simon Woods & Zen Zen Zo | 2000
