DIRECTOR
2018
Seberg, feature film, produced by Fred Berger / Brian Kavanaugh Jones / Kate Garwood / Amazon Studios
2017
Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams, Young Vic / Apollo Theatre, London
Medea, Aribert Reimann, Komische Oper, Berlin
2016
Una world premiere at Telluride Film Festival, plus Toronto Film Festival, London Film Festival etc
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, Young Vic / St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn
L’Ange De Feu (Fiery Angel), Sergei Prokofiev, Opera de Lyon
Stiffelio, Giuseppe Verdi, Oper Frankfurt
2015
La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini, ENO, London
Una, feature film based on the play Blackbird by David Harrower, produced by Film 4 / WestEnd Films / Jean Doumanian Productions
2014
La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini, Netherlands Opera, Amsterdam
The Maids, Jean Genet, in a new version by Benedict Andrews & Andrew Upton, STC / Lincoln Centre Festival, New York
Caligula, Detlev Glanert, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aries
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, Young Vic, London
Feurige Engel (Fiery Angel), Sergei Prokofiev, Komische Oper, Berlin
2013
Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi, Royal Danish Opera / Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen
Caligula, Detlev Glanert, ENO, London
The Maids, Jean Genet, in a new version by Benedict Andrews & Andrew Upton, Sydney Theatre Company
2012
Macbeth, William Shakespeare, translated by Þorarinn Eldjárn, Þjóðleikhúsið, Reykjavk
Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Benedict Andrews, Young Vic, London
Groß und Klein (Big and Little), Botho Strauß, translated by Martin Crimp, STC / Théâtre de la Ville / The Barbican / Wiener Festwochen in Vienna / Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
Every Breath, Benedict Andrews, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Opera Australia
2011
Groß und Klein (Big and Little), Botho Strauß, translated by Martin Crimp, Sydney Theatre Company
The Seagull, Anton Chekhov, version by Benedict Andrews, Belvoir Street, Sydney
Il Ritorno D’Ulisse in Patria (The Return of Ulysses), Monteverdi, ENO / Young Vic, London
2010
Lér konnungur (King Lear), William Shakespeare, translated by Þorarinn Eldjarn, Þjóðleikhúsið, Reykjavik
Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare, adapted by Benedict Andrews, Company B Belvoir, Sydney
Gerettet (Saved), Edward Bond, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
2009
The City, Martin Crimp, Sydney Theatre Company
Endstation Sehnsucht, Tennessee Williams, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
The War of the Roses, William Shakespeare, adapted by Benedict Andrews & Tom Wright, Sydney Theatre Company / Sydney Festival / Perth Festival
2008
Der Hund, Die Nacht und Das Messer (The Dog, the Night, and the Knife), Marius von Mayenburg, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
Moving Target, a project by Benedict Andrews & Marius von Mayenburg, Malthouse Theatre / Adelaide Festival / Sydney Opera House.
2007
Betrunken Genug Zu Sagen Ich Liebe Dich (Drunk Enough To Say I Love You), Caryl Churchill, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee, Company B Belvoir, Sydne
The Season at Sarsaparilla, Patrick White, Sydney Theatre Company / Melbourne Theatre Company
Stoning Mary, Debbie Tucker Green, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
Der Hässliche (The Ugly One), Marius von Mayenburg, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
2006
Eldorado, Marius von Mayenburg, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
Under Ice, Falk Richter, ABC Radio, Australia
2005
Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, adapted by Benedict Andrews, Sydney Theatre Company
The Chairs, Eugene Ionesco, translated by Martin Crimp, Company B Belvoir, Sydney
Blackbird, David Harrower, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
2004
Far Away, Caryl Churchill, Sydney Theatre Company
Gesäubert (Cleansed), Sarah Kane, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare, Company B Belvoir, Sydney
2003
Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, version by Raimondo Cortese & Jeremy Sams, Company B Belvoir, Sydney
The Eternity Man, Dorothy Porter & Jonathan Mills, Almeida Opera, London
Endgame, Samuel Beckett, Sydney Theatre Company / Sydney Festival
2002
Life is a Dream, Calderon de la Barca, adapted by Benedict Andrews & Beatrix Christian, Sydney Theatre Company
Mr Kolpert, David Gieselmann, Sydney Theatre Company
2001
Old Masters, Beatrix Christian, Sydney Theatre Company
Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov, adapted by Benedict Andrews & Beatrix Christian, Sydney Theatre Company
Fireface, Marius von Mayenburg, Sydney Theatre Company / Sydney Festival
2000
Attempts on her Life, Martin Crimp, Sydney Theatre Company
La Dispute, Pierre Marivaux, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Sydney Theatre Company
1999
Ur/faust, J.W Goethe, adapted by Benedict Andrews, Performing Lines / Adelaide Festival / Weimar 99 / Muffathalle, Munich
A Dream Play, August Strindberg, adapted by May Brit Akerholt & Benedict Andrews, Brink, Adelaide
1998
Closer, Patrick Marber, STCSA, Adelaide
Mojo, Jez Butterworth, Brink, Red Shed, Adelaide
1997
Features of Blown Youth, Raimondo Cortese, Magpie 2, Queens Theatre, Adelaide
In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields, Bernard Marie Koltés, translated by Jeffrey Wainwright, Magpie 2, Queens Theatre, Adelaide
Mercedes, Thomas Brasch, Magpie 2, Queens Theatre, Adelaide
1996
Wounds to the Face, Howard Barker, Blueprint, Red Shed, Adelaide
Storm from Paradise, Claire MacDonald, Blueprint, Red Shed, Adelaide
PLAYS
Gloria, first produced, Griffin Theatre, 2016, directed by Lee Lewis, Published by Currency Press and by Oberon Books, 2016 (in Collected Plays)
Every Breath, first produced Belvoir Theatre, 2012, directed by Benedict Andrews. Translated into Portuguese by Jorge Silva Melo for a production by Artistas Unidos in Lisbon 2013, directed by John Romao and Paolo Castro. Published by Currency Press and by Oberon Books, 2016 (in Collected Plays)
Geronimo, first published in The White Review 14. published by Oberon Books, 2016 (in Collected Plays)
The Stars, ublished by Oberon Books, 2016 (in Collected Plays)
Like a Sun, published by Oberon Books, 2016 (in Collected Plays)
POETRY
Lens Flare, 2015, Pitt Street Poetry.
POSITIONS
Resident Director, Sydney Theatre Company, 2001-2003
Artistic Director, Magpie2, STCSA, 1997
Assistant Director 1996-1997 to Neil Armfield, Michael Gow, Jim Sharman
AWARDS
2012 London Critics Circle Award — Three Sisters, Best Director
2012 Gríman Awards — Macbeth, Iceland, Best Production
2012 Helpmann Awards — Groß und Klein, Best Direction of a Play,
2011 Gríman Awards — Lér Konnungur, Iceland, six awards including Best Director and Best Production
2010 Sydney Theatre Awards – Measure for Measure, three awards including Best Director and Best Mainstage Production.
2009 Helpmann Awards — The War of the Roses, six awards including Best Direction of a Play, Best Play
2009 Sydney Theatre Award — The War of the Roses, five awards including Best Direction of A Play, Best Mainstage Play
2009 Melbourne Green Room Awards — The Season at Sarsaparilla, seven awards including Best Director, Best Production
2008 Helpmann Awards — Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Best Play
2005 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for an Individual Artist
2003 Goethe Institute Language Study Scholarship
2003 40th Theatertreffen Berlin, International Forum Junge Bühnenangerhörger
2000 Helpmann Awards — La Dispute, Best Direction of a Play
1999 Young South Australian of the Year
1998 Gloria Payten & Gloria Dawn Travel Fellowship
1998 Adelaide Fringe Award — Mojo, Best Overall Production
1996 Adelaide Fringe Award — Wounds to the Face, Best Production