Adam is a freelance multi award-winning stage director known for his inventive Theatre, Music Theatre and Opera productions. He has experience at working across artforms in theatres, concert halls and festivals creating works for adults, families and children.
He was the Associate and Resident Director for Black Swan State Theatre Company and has directed nearly twenty productions for the company. Production highlights include; Oil, Every Brilliant Thing, Next to Normal, Clinton:The Musical, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and When the Rain Stops Falling.
He was the Artistic Director of Black Swan's HotBed Ensemble (youth ensemble) where he programmed the most vital international repertoire and commissioned new works. Production highlights include: Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee, The Shape of Things, pool (no water) and the world premieres of Portraits of Modern Evil by Robert Reid and The Dark Room by Angela Betzien.
He has directed for The Last Great Hunt including last year’s choreographic work The Hypotheticals (touring internationally 2025) and award winning The Great Ridolphi. Recently he directed the family work The Little Prince for Freeze Frame Opera and WA Young Voices, The Snow for Barking Gecko Theatre and Wise Children with the graduating acting students WAAPA. He has directed work for young people in Shanghai and built entertainment product for clients internationally.
Currently he is collaborating with Audioplay creating a 5-part audio adventure series premiering next year at Australian Festivals.
Independent work includes: La Fanciulla del West for Freeze Frame Opera and Those Who Fall In Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor (Griffin Independent/The Blue Room). Commercial work includes: Fame -The Musical (Crown Theatres) and premiere productions of Mimma: A Musical of War and Friendship and Dragon Lady (Adelaide Cabaret Festival commission).
He regularly directs Theatre, Opera and Music Theatre for The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He is the Artistic Director for The Performing Arts Perspectives, has worked with The National Institute Dramatic Arts (NIDA), West Australian Opera, Perth International Arts Festival, WA Youth Theatre Co, Victoria College of the Arts, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Playwriting Australia, Sydney and Melbourne Theatre Companies, Barking Gecko Theatre Co., The Australian Theatre for Young People and is a member of the Lincoln Centre Theater Directors Lab (New York).
He is a 40 Under 40 Award winner and has received Equity Guild Awards, Blue Room Theatre Awards, PAWA Awards and the Martin Sims and The West Australian Arts Editor Award.
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