Andrea James

Andrea James, a graduate of La Trobe University and the Victorian College of the Arts, is Artistic Director of Melbourne Workers Theatre. Most recently she co-directed Crowfire for Playbox's Blak Inside season, and Magpie for Melbourne Workers Theatre. She recognises theatre as a place where oppressed people and classes can find unity, strength, power, expression and language. Theatre is about the only place in today's society where she can hear and speak the language of her father's people—the Yorta Yorta. James is of Aboriginal and Polish descent.