CV

2024

West Australian Opera
His Majesty’s Theatre.

Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák

Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Opera House, The Drama Theatre

No Pay? No Way! by Dario Fo adapted by Marieke Hardy (return season)

Opera Australia
The Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.

2023

Sydney Theatre Company
Roslyn Packer Theatre

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Melbourne Theatre Company
The Sumner Theatre

A very Jewish Christmas Carol by Elise Hearst and Phillip Kavanagh


2022

Opera Queensland
QPAC, The Concert Hall

State Opera of South Australia
Her Majesty’s Theatre

West Australian Opera
His Majesty’s Theatre.

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.


2021

Malthouse Theatre
The Outdoor Stage

SS Metaphor by Ash Flanders

Opera Queensland
QPAC, The Concert Hall

Lorelei. Music by Julian Langdon, Casey Bennetto and Gillian Cosgriff. Lyrics by Casey Benetto and Gillian Cosgriff. Orchestration by Julian Langdon. Concept by Ali McGregor. Director and Dramaturg, Sarah Giles.

Melbourne Theatre Company
The Sumner Theatre, Southbank

The Truth by Florian Zeller.

Victorian Opera
The Palais, St Kilda

Lorelei. Music by Julian Langdon, Casey Bennetto and Gillian Cosgriff. Lyrics by Casey Benetto and Gillian Cosgriff. Orchestration by Julian Langdon. Concept by Ali McGregor. Director and Dramaturg, Sarah Giles.


2020

Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Opera House, The Drama Theatre

No Pay? No Way! by Dario Fo adapted by Marieke Hardy.


2018

Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Opera House, The Drama Theatre

Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, adapted by Francis Greenslade with Sarah Giles

Victorian Opera

Lorelei. Music by Julian Langdon, Casey Bennetto and Gillian Cosgriff. Lyrics by Casey Benetto and Gillian Cosgriff. Orchestration by Julian Langdon. Concept by Ali McGregor. Director and Dramaturg, Sarah Giles.


2017

Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre of South Australia

The Popular Mechanicals by Tony Taylor and Keith Robinson.


2016

Malthouse Theatre Company
Blaque Showgirls by Nakkiah Lui.

Melbourne Theatre Company
Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee.

Sydney Festival and Sydney Chamber Opera
O Mensch by Pascal Dusapin, libretto by Friedrich Nietzsche.


2015

State Theatre of South Australia
The Popular Mechanicals by Tony Taylor and Keith Robinson.


2014

Sydney Festival and Sydney Chamber Opera
Doule Bill: Pas à Pas – Nulle Part By György Kurtág, libretto by Samuel Beckett. Into the Little Hill by George Benjmain, libretto by Martin Crimp.

Sydney Theatre Company
Perplex
by Marius Von Mayenburg.


2013

Sydney Theatre Company
Mrs Warren’s Profession
by George Bernard Shaw
Return Season and Tour to Paramatta Riverside, Woolongong Theatre.


2012

Sydney Theatre Company
Mariage Blanc
by Tadeusz Różewicz in a new adaptation by Melissa Bubnic.

The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
3rd Year Acting Students
The Farm
by David Gieselmann

West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
3rd Year Acting Students
Vernon God Little
by DBC Pierre adapted by Tanya Ronder.


2011

The Griffin Theatre, Sydney
The Ugly One
by Marius Von Mayenburg
Produced by Arts Radar and Griffin Independent

Sydney Theatre Company
Money Shots
by Duncan Graham, Rita Kalnejais, Angus Cerini, Tahli Corin and Zoe Pepper

The Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney
K.I.J.E
. by Joanna Erskine. Eliza Oceana and Crow Crow Production in association with Tamaramma Rock Surfers

Sydney Theatre Company
Ruby Moon
by Matt Cameron


2010

The Australian Chamber Orchestra
Kreutzer VS Kreutzer
By Laura Wade performed with The Kreutzer Sonata by Leoš Janáček and The Kretuzer Sonata by Bethoven. Lead Violinist: Richard Tongetti

The Griffin Theatre, Sydney
The Pigeons
by David Geiselmann
Produced by Pearly Productions and Griffin Independent

Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne
That Face
by Polly Stenham


2009

Theatre Forward and NIDA
The Bear
as part of The Sneeze by Anton Chekhov translated by Michael Frayn

The New Theatre, Sydney
The Herbal Bed
by Peter Whelan


2008

The Space, NIDA
The Bald Soprano
, by Eugène Ionesco

The Space, NIDA
Face to the Wall
by Martin Crimp


2007

Short & Sweet Festival; Melbourne
Spots
by Steven Hopley
The Arts Centre; The George Fairfax Studio

La Mama, Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne
The Maids
by Jean Genet
Produced by merge and see theatre



Positions, Awards and Grants

2014 The Lincoln Centre Directors Lab, New York, USA
Selected to attend the International Director's Lab at the Lincoln Centre with eighty directors from across the globe to participate in a forum, workshop and conference. 

2013 Sydney Theatre Company: Co-Resident Director

2013 The Mike Walsh Fellowship: Major Fellowship Recipient

2013 The Gloria’s: Fellowship Recipient

2011 Sydney Theatre Company: The Richard Wherrett Fellow
The Richard Wherrett Fellow is a Director and Artist in Residence at The Sydney Theatre Company. The RW Fellow enables a director to develop their craft, gain experience and benefit from mentorship of the Company’s Artistic Team.

2011 Sydney Theatre Awards: Best Direction of an Independent Production
for The Ugly One by Marius Von Mayenburg.

2011 The Australia Council for The Arts: recipient of the ArtStart Grant.

2009 Griffin Theatre Company: Affiliate Director in Residence
In 2009 The Affiliate Director position was created to provide a recent graduate from NIDA, who had excelled in the postgraduate directing stream, an opportunity to develop both their directorial and dramaturgical skills within a company context.



Assistant Director

2013

Sydney Theatre Company
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard.
Director: Simon Phillips.


2010

Sydney Theatre Company
Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neil
Director: Andrew Upton


2009

Sydney Theatre Company
Tot Mom by Stephen Soderbergh
Director Stephen Soderbergh

The Griffin Theatre Company
Strange Attractor by Sue Smith
Director: Nick Marchand

Sydney Theatre Company
Optimsim after Voltaire by Tom Wright
Director: Michael Kantor
Co-Production between The Malthouse Theatre, The 2009 Edinburgh International Festival, The Sydney Theatre Company and the 2010 Sydney Festival


2008

NIDA
The Kitchen by Sir Arnold Wesker
Director: Tony Knight


2007

Melbourne Theatre Company
The History Boys by Allan Bennett
Director: Peter Evans



Education

2008

Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art – Directing; The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)


2004

Bachelor of Arts (Double major: Italian and History) The University of Melbourne