Biography (or the story so far)
Anna is a director and writer for theatre.
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. She was awarded the Michael and Morvern Heller Director's Bursary at Chichester Festival Theatre, where she assisted directors such as Richard Eyre and Rupert Goold.
Anna began her directing career at Theatre 503, where she directed a number of world premieres and was made an Associate Director.
Other credits include the European premiere of three short Tennessee Williams plays: Mister Paradise, Summer at the Lake & And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens, and Anna received the Gate Theatre/Headlong New Directions Award for her adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu. She subsequently returned to the Gate with her adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's novella Dream Story.
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.
Anna's production of Four Minutes Twelve Seconds for Hampstead Theatre Downstairs was nominated for the 2015 Olivier Award Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. It was chosen by The Times as one of their Top Ten theatre shows for 2015.
Her production of the UK premiere of Dry Powder by Sarah Burgess was nominated for the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
Anna has also directed for Audible Original.
Anna was the Writer in Residence at Chichester Festival Theatre for 2019, where her adaptations included Beauty And The Beast, Michael Morpurgo's novel The Butterfly Lion and the original play Crossing Lines were performed.
Anna's adaptation of Pinocchio at Chichester Festival Theatre was live streamed around the world during the Christmas 2020 lockdown. It was subsequently restaged for Christmas 2021. Anna recently directed Anna Zeigler's Photograph 51 for Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, September 2022.
Upcoming work: The Heartbreak Choir, Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2024
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. She was awarded the Michael and Morvern Heller Director's Bursary at Chichester Festival Theatre, where she assisted directors such as Richard Eyre and Rupert Goold.
Anna began her directing career at Theatre 503, where she directed a number of world premieres and was made an Associate Director.
Other credits include the European premiere of three short Tennessee Williams plays: Mister Paradise, Summer at the Lake & And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens, and Anna received the Gate Theatre/Headlong New Directions Award for her adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu. She subsequently returned to the Gate with her adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's novella Dream Story.
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.
Anna's production of Four Minutes Twelve Seconds for Hampstead Theatre Downstairs was nominated for the 2015 Olivier Award Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. It was chosen by The Times as one of their Top Ten theatre shows for 2015.
Her production of the UK premiere of Dry Powder by Sarah Burgess was nominated for the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
Anna has also directed for Audible Original.
Anna was the Writer in Residence at Chichester Festival Theatre for 2019, where her adaptations included Beauty And The Beast, Michael Morpurgo's novel The Butterfly Lion and the original play Crossing Lines were performed.
Anna's adaptation of Pinocchio at Chichester Festival Theatre was live streamed around the world during the Christmas 2020 lockdown. It was subsequently restaged for Christmas 2021. Anna recently directed Anna Zeigler's Photograph 51 for Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, September 2022.
Upcoming work: The Heartbreak Choir, Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2024
