The Lucky Country evolved from a three year collaboration with composer/ lyricist, Vidya Makan. Via its charm and deceptive simplicity, this concept musical captures, celebrates and subverts a host of familiar tropes drawn from our national narratives, while simultaneously charting the fault-line beneath – the erasure inherent in the very idea of Australia itself. It is a multi-layered work made possible by multiple layers of collaboration, and Vidya and I are especially grateful to our First Nations colleagues for their honesty, guidance and trust.

Presented by Hayes Theatre; Musical Direction/ Orchestration, Heidi Maguire; Choreography; Amy Zhang; Cultural Advisor, Amy Sole; Set/ Costume Design, Emily Collett; Lighting Design, Rob Sowinski; AV Design, Justin Harrison; Sound Design, Michael Tan; Production Photography, Philip Erbacher

First Nations collaborators: Chenoa Deemal, Sherry Watson, Bree Langridge, Jan Langridge, Joseph Althouse, Amy Sole, Neville Boney, Uncle Matthew Doyle, Lenny Mickelo, Casey Ganuur, Uncle Billy McPherson, Dyagula and Kristal West

Previous directorial credits include Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park With George. I’m also the founder and first Artistic Director of Australia's critically acclaimed Sondheim repertory company, Watch This. Our productions have accrued 27 Green Room Award nominations and 2 wins alongside multi-million dollar musicals. 

In 2021, I wrote/ directed Part 1 of The Palace of Illusions for VCA’s Acting Company 2022 – an epic reimagining of Indian myth and folklore which I concluded with VCA Acting Company 2023. That year, I also co-directed MTC’s 2022 Cybec Electric playreading season with Isabella Vadiveloo.