Michael Hill

Michael Hill is a freelance theatre director, dramaturg and playwright. He was short-listed for the Jill Blewett Playwrights' Award in the 2002 Festival Awards for Literature for his play Poor Brother. His other plays include Out of the Mist, No Grace, Girl Bytes Robot and Messy. In 2007 Michael was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for his production of Waiting for Godot. In 2005, he won the Adelaide Critics Circle Individual Award and was named Best Director for 2005 in The Advertiser Oscarts Awards.

For the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Michael has directed The Real Thing, Lion Pig Lion, Waiting for Godot and The Duck Shooter (with Brink Productions). Michael’s other directing credits include Festen; Party Time; The Trial; The Unexpected Man; American Buffalo; No Grace; Girl Bytes Robot; The Old Neighborhood; Oleanna; Knots; The Snow Queen; In Cahoots; Richard III; El Stupidos and Messy. Michael has taught various aspects of drama studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and the Adelaide Centre for the Arts. He is also on the South Australian Youth Arts Board and the board of the Adelaide Fringe.

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