David Berthold is a leading Australian theatre director. He was Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company (2003-06), Artistic Director of the Australian Theatre for Young People (1999-2003), Associate Director of Sydney Theatre Company (1994-99), and Artistic Associate of the Queensland Theatre Company (1991-94). He has also directed work for Playbox Theatre, Black Swan, Company B, the Sydney Opera House, NIDA, QUT, La Boite, Opera Queensland, Auckland Theatre Company, the Royal National Theatre, London, and Theater an der Parkaue, Berlin. He was the Festival Director of World Interplay 2007, the world's largest festival of young playwrights. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... Griffin Theatre Company is Australias leading new writing theatre. ... ATYP is Australias flagship youth theatre company and the largest youth theatre in the world. ... The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is one of Australias most well-known and notable theatre companies operating from the Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. ... Queensland Theatre Company was originally called the Royal Queensland Theatre Company (RQTC). ... Company B is a renowned Australian theatre company based at the iconic Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney. ... The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. ... Opera Queensland is an opera company based in Brisbane, Queensland. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... World Interplay is the largest festival of young playwrights in the world. ...

Arts Hub, a leading international online publisher of creative industry information, claimed in 2006 that Berthold "turned Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company into one of the country's most visible arts companies." ^[1]

Berthold has directed many premieres of plays by major Australian writers and is particularly associated with the work of Nick Enright, Louis Nowra and Tommy Murphy. Premiere, from French language première meaning first, generally means a first performance. Premieres for theatrical, musical, and other productions are often extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media attention. ... Nick Enright (22 December 1950-30 March 2003) was an Australian playwright. ... Louis Nowra (1950 - ) is a Melbourne-born Australian writer and playwright famous for such plays as Cosi, Byzantine Flowers and The Golden Age. ... Tommy Murphy (born 1979) is an award-winning Australian playwright, and has also written for television. ...

In 1992 he won a Matilda Award for his Contribution to Theatre in Queensland and in 1993 served on the Queensland Government's Arts Advisory Committee. He has served on many panels and committees as an arts advocate and advisor, including at the Australia Council, NIDA, the Australian Musical Foundation, and several universities. The Matilda Awards are awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, drama, fringe theatre, musical theatre and opera in Brisbane. ... For other uses, see Queensland (disambiguation). ... The Australia Council for the Arts (commonly called the Australia Council) is the Australian Governments arts council. ... Nida may have one of the following meanings. ...

Berthold was born in Maitland, NSW, also the birthplace of Nick Enright, John Bell, Ruth Cracknell and Abbie Cornish, and studied (and later taught) at the University of Newcastle, where he took an honours degree in English literature. He spent some years training as an opera singer and won the Joan Sutherland Scholarship at the Sydney Opera House. In 1989, he undertook a secondment with the English National Opera. He has since directed some opera. Maitland is a city in the Lower Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council. ... Nick Enright (22 December 1950-30 March 2003) was an Australian playwright. ... John Bell (born 1940) is an acclaimed Australian actor and theatre personality. ... Cracknell in one of her most popular roles Mother and Son. ... Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress. ... The University of Newcastle is a public university located in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. ... The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The London Coliseum, home of English National Opera English National Opera (ENO), located at the London Coliseum in St. ...

Productions

Griffin Theatre Company

His productions for Griffin, Australia's leading new writing theatre, include world premieres of:

• Holding the Man (adapted by Tommy Murphy from Timothy Conigrave's memoir). Four seasons, including transfers to Sydney Opera House and Company B at the Belvoir St Theatre. Brisbane Powerhouse and Melbourne Theatre Company in 2008.
• The Emperor of Sydney (Louis Nowra)
• The Peach Season (Debra Oswald)
• The Marvellous Boy (Louis Nowra)
• Nailed (Caleb Lewis)
• Strangers in Between (Tommy Murphy). Touring nationally in 2008.
• The Woman with Dog’s Eyes (Louis Nowra)
• Torrez (Ian Wilding). Tour to Playbox (Melbourne), Black Swan (Perth) and regional WA.
• The Secret Death of Salvador Dali (Stephen Sewell). Tour to La Boite Theatre (Brisbane).

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Sydney Theatre Company

Productions for Sydney Theatre Company, Australia's largest theatre company playing at The Wharf and the Sydney Opera House:

• Saturn's Return (Tommy Murphy). World Premiere, August 2008.
• Blackrock (Nick Enright). World premiere. Two seasons, plus invitation to Australian Theatre Festival, Canberra.
• Chasing the Dragon (Nick Enright). World premiere.
• Third World Blues (David Williamson). World premiere.
• The John Wayne Principle (Tony McNamara) Two seasons, plus transfer to Playbox (Melbourne). World premiere.
• The Jungle (Louis Nowra). World premiere.
• Solitary Animals (Elaine Acworth). World premiere.
• Darling Oscar (Vanessa Bates). World premiere.
• The One Day of the Year (Alan Seymour). Plus tour.
• Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
• After the Ball (David Williamson). Plus tour.
• Love for Love (William Congreve)
• Stiffs (Karin Mainwaring)
• Poor Super Man (Brad Fraser). Australian premiere.
• Simpatico (Sam Shepard). Australian premiere.
• The Price of Prayer (Louis Nowra) and In the Club (Stephen Sewell), two new shorts as part of Sydney Stories.

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Australian Theatre for Young People

For ATYP, Australia's national flagship youth theatre, his productions include:

• Brokenville (Philip Ridley) (Tour to Cottesloe Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London).
• Hamlet (Shakespeare).
• Sparkleshark (Philip Ridley).
• Kinderspiel (co-production with Theater an der Parkaue, Berlin for the 2002 Sydney Festival at the Sydney Opera House).
• Operation Marlowe (Edward 2, adapted by Berthold, in repertory with The Massacre at Paris, in a version by Tommy Murphy).
• Birds (new version by Stephen Sewell from Aristophanes, for the 2000 Olympic Arts Festival at the Sydney Opera House).
• Spurboard (Nick Enright) (in association with Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney and regional tour, World Premiere).
• The Dance of Jeremiah (Matthew Ryan).

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Queensland Theatre Company

For QTC, he directed:

• The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein).
• Diving for Pearls (Katherine Thomson).
• Jumping Stories. Queensland regional tour.
• Hotel Sorrento. (Hannie Rayson).
• Composing Venus (Elaine Acworth). World premiere.

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Other

• The Shape of Things (Neil LaBute). NIDA.
• Blackrock (Nick Enright). QUT, Brisbane.
• Low (Daniel Keene). Theater an der Parkaue, Berlin.
• The Fruits of Enlightenment (Tolstoy). NIDA.
• All My Sons (Arthur Miller). Auckland Theatre Company, New Zealand.
• Road (Jim Cartwright). La Boite Theatre, Brisbane.
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini). Associate Director, Opera Queensland, Brisbane and tour.
• Noye's Fludde (Benjamin Britten). Noye's Fludde Opera.
• The Piper of Hamelin (John Rutter). Noye's Fludde Opera.
• Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
• Cloud Nine (Caryl Churchill). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
• Magic Afternoon (Wolfgang Bauer). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
• The Song Room (Louis Nowra). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
• Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck). Assistant Director, English National Opera, London Coliseum.

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References

External links

• Arts Hub Article
• State of the Arts article
• Griffin Theatre Company website
• Representation/Contact: BLA Management