I am a Naarm / Melbourne based Theatre Director, Maker, Writer & Educator. My work extends across a broad range of performance mediums including theatre, musical theatre, cabaret, and performance art. I also work extensively within the university sector lecturing in theatre, musical theatre, and professional practice; directing large-scale productions for the countries top performing arts academies.
I’m a Greenroom Award winning Theatre Director and Dramaturge and a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (Theatre Directing) and The Arts Academy Ballarat (Company 2004 - Music Theatre Performance). My most recent work Elvis: A Musical Revolution is an international première and is currently on a national tour. Prior to this I directed the national tour of Cruel Intentions The 90’s Musical (Australian Première - DVE) which has just completed playing across the country as well as the international tour of The Wedding Singer (Australian Première - DVE). With a career spanning 20 years some of my creative highlights include: Heathers! (VCA Music Theatre); Cry-Baby (QLD Academy of Excellence in Music Theatre); A Very Naughty Christmas (Woodward Productions); Into The Woods (Federation University); Fiddler On The Roof (Footlight Productions); 42nd Street (The QLD Conservatory); Grease (The QLD Conservatory & QPAC); Romeo & Juliet (Essential Theatre); Bring It On: The Musical (Australian Première and national tour - DVE); Heathers! (Federation University); Macbeth (Essential Theatre); London Road (The QLD Conservatory); The Drowsy Chaperone (VCA Music Theatre); The Boys (VCA Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (VCA Theatre); Chicago (Federation University); Les Miserables (The QLD Conservatory); The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Federation University); Wicked (Footlight Productions); Project: Hysteria - A Tennessee Williams Exploration (TBC Theatre Company); Femme Fatale (Melbourne Fringe 2015); URINETOWN! The Musical (VCA Music Theatre); Slavs! (The National Theatre Drama School); Pacific Overtures (Watch This Theatre Company & Manila Street Productions); Penelope (Red Stitch Actors Theatre); Himmelweg (The Smith Co); Behind Closed Doors (Red Stitch Actors Theatre); Tribes (The Melbourne Theatre Company); Hose (MKA Theatre of New Writing); John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt (VCA); The Threepenny Opera (The Smith Co).