Theatre

Anthea Williams is an award-winning theatre director who specialises in developing and directing new work. Her work aims to foreground marginalised experiences by creating space for new and diverse voices. She often works with radical dramaturgies in order to privilege the relegated or forgotten, and has a particular interest in how silent histories impact upon the present.

From 2011 to 2017 Anthea worked at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney, first as Literary Manager, then Associate Director - New Work. From 2007 to 2011 she was Associate Director - bushfutures at London’s Bush. There she directed for the company and created development programs for emerging artists and to foster community networks. From 2004 to 2006 Anthea was producer at Auckland’s Massive Company and while in that city she also founded Smack Bang new writing theatre company.

Anthea’s directing credits include:

Cost of Living (Melbourne Theatre Company), Pony and Since Ali Died (Griffin), Winyanboga Yurringa, Hir, Kill the Messenger, Cinderella, Forget Me Not, and Old Man (Belvoir), Flight Paths and Thing I Could Never Tell Steven (National Theatre of Parramatta), M’ap Boulé, (UTP), Sleeplessness (Carriageworks), Mother’s Ruin (Sydney Opera House, Australian and Internatinal tours), The Humans (Red Line), Two Cigarettes, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Turf, suddenlossofdignity.com, and The Great British Country Fete (The Bush, London UK), The Appleton Ladies Potato Race and The Pink Hammer (The Court, Aotearoa | New Zealand), First Love is the Revolution, Love and Information, The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and #KillAllMen (NIDA), Scenes from the Climate Era and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab) among others.