Biography (or the story so far)
Anna was born and grew up in Australia. She studied Creative Arts at The University of Melbourne and Victorian College of the Arts before training as an actor at Rose Bruford College, London.
Anna began her directing career at Theatre 503. She directed a number of world premieres before being made an Associate Director in 2005. In 2007 Anna staged the European premiere of three short Tennessee Williams plays: Mister Paradise, Summer at the Lake & And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens. She was awarded the Michael and Morvern Heller Director's Bursary at Chichester Festival Theatre and worked there for two years, assisting directors such as Richard Eyre and Rupert Goold.
In 2010 Anna received the Gate Theatre/Headlong New Directions Award for her adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu. She returned to the Gate in 2011 with her adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's novella Dream Story.
In 2012 Anna was co-Artistic Director of Theatre On The Fly at Chichester Festival Theatre. Her production of Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills opened the season. More recently, her production of Donny's Brain by Rona Munro played at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs.
Anna has directed at major drama schools in the UK and is a regular tutor at the Actor's Centre in London.
Forthcoming work includes The Importance of Being Earnest in the grounds of Guildford Castle.
Anna began her directing career at Theatre 503. She directed a number of world premieres before being made an Associate Director in 2005. In 2007 Anna staged the European premiere of three short Tennessee Williams plays: Mister Paradise, Summer at the Lake & And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens. She was awarded the Michael and Morvern Heller Director's Bursary at Chichester Festival Theatre and worked there for two years, assisting directors such as Richard Eyre and Rupert Goold.
In 2010 Anna received the Gate Theatre/Headlong New Directions Award for her adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu. She returned to the Gate in 2011 with her adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's novella Dream Story.
In 2012 Anna was co-Artistic Director of Theatre On The Fly at Chichester Festival Theatre. Her production of Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills opened the season. More recently, her production of Donny's Brain by Rona Munro played at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs.
Anna has directed at major drama schools in the UK and is a regular tutor at the Actor's Centre in London.
Forthcoming work includes The Importance of Being Earnest in the grounds of Guildford Castle.
Photograph: Catherine Ashmore
