John Sheedy (director)

In 2008 Sheedy spent three months in New York assisting Edward Albee on a workshop of his play Me, Myself And I, before working with Cicely Berry at the National Theatre Studio script development in London.In his first season as the artistic director of Barking Gecko Theatre Company,[2] Sheedy wrote for the stage and directed The Amber Amulet adapted from the book by Craig Silvey, which premiered in 2011.In addition he adapted and directed Wolf Erlbruch's book Duck, Death And The Tulip as part of the 2013 Perth International Arts Festival and directed an adaptation by Tom Holloway of Colin Thiele’s Storm Boy, as a co-production with the Sydney Theatre Company for which he received the Performing Arts WA Award for Best Director (previously WA Equity Awards).In 2014, Sheedy and playwright Suzie Miller returned to Perth International Arts Festival with a sequel for Driving into Walls called onefivezeroseven, whose script was drawn from interviews with teenagers across Australia, and later in the year Sheedy directed a season of Kate Mulvany’s adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novel Jasper Jones.[3] In 2015, Sheedy adapted and directed The Rabbits, a co-production of Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company presented by the 2015 Perth International Arts Festival featuring Kate Miller-Heidke.
National Institute of Dramatic ArtSydney Theatre CompanyBelvoir Street TheatreSydney Opera HouseBlack Swan State Theatre CompanyGriffin Theatre CompanyBell ShakespearePerth International Arts FestivalSarah KaneBlastedPatricia CorneliusNeil ArmfieldMark RavenhillDarlinghurst TheatreRichard CottrellParramatta RiversideCarriageworksEdward AlbeeCicely BerryNeil LaButeBarking Gecko Theatre CompanyCraig SilveyShaun TanDriving into WallsHelpmann AwardsBest Children’s PresentationParramatta Riverside TheatresHamletPerforming Arts WA Award2015 Helpmann AwardsBest New Australian WorkJonathan HollowayHelpmann AwardGlugs AwardThe West AustralianVan BadhamThe Guardian