Creative Producer - Kate Gaul

Kate is a graduate of the NIDA Director’s Course (1996). In 2005 Kate attended a month long Summer Intensive with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company in New York. In 2004/5 Kate was the Associate director at the Ensemble Theatre where productions include The Violet Hour, Kimberly Akimbo and Lobby Hero. Other directing credits include Carmen (Oz Opera), The Altar Boyz (Ovations Live), Camarilla (Merrigong Theatre Co) Coup D’Etat (MTC), The Gates of Egypt, Our Lady of Sligo, Run Rabbit Run, The Laramie Project, Svetlana in Slingbacks (Company B), Wicked Sisters (national tour), Rabbit (Griffin Theatre) and projects for all major drama schools around Australia. Kate is the Artistic Director of Siren Theatre Co: productions include – Richard III, Twelfth Night, Human Resources (by Chris Aronsten) and Duck (by Stella Feehily), eeni meeni mini mo (devised by the company), Hard Swallow (by Mirra Todd), Polly Blue (by Belinda Bradley), Wanna Go Home, Baby? (devised by the company), Connie and Kevin and the Secret Life of Groceries (by Noelle Janaczweska) and Blue Heart (by Caryl Churchill) Frozen (by Michael O’Brien),.Kate has also written and directed two short films Embrace and Cake.

Festival Producer - Katie Fagan