Previous Directing Work

RECENT WORK

St Matthew Passion at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University. Full choir and orchestra with soloists and projected surtitles

St Matthew Passion

Chrissy (Kayla Hammill) and Rick (Zak Giles-Pidd) are sitting and holding hands in David Williamson's Credentials. The stage has a dark background and minimal lighting.

Credentials
(image: Rachel Edwards)

Between 2017 and 2025 I was Head of Programming at Monash Performing Arts Centres which meant taking a break from outside directing or acting. 2026 will see me back in the game with Crapbox/Early Morning. These other three projects showcase the variety of work that I have been involved with since Union House Theatre, Black Swan Theatre Co and Queensland Theatre Co.

CRAPBOX/EARLY MORNING

by Kevin Nemeth. World Premiere at Theatreworks Explosives Factory, Oct/Nov 2026. Director: Tom Gutteridge

ST MATTHEW PASSION

by J S Bach/Picander. Alexander Theatre, Monash Performing Arts Centres, March 2024. Musical Director: Michael Fulcher. Director: Tom Gutteridge

CREDENTIALS

by David Williamson. World Premiere at La Mama Courthouse in 2017 for La Mama’s 50th anniversary. Director: Tom Gutteridge

YES, PRIME MINISTER

by Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Australian Premiere at The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Jan 2012. Director: Tom Gutteridge

Yes, Prime Minister cast at Parliament House, Canberra

Bounty (world premiere) 2015
Eric Gardiner
MKA/Darebin Speakeasy

Third Person (world premiere) 2013
Noëlle Janaczewska
Union House Theatre

The Fury (world premiere) 2012
Group devised, after Dürrenmatt’s The Visit
Union House Theatre

40 Years of Currency Press (reading) 2011
Various writers
Currency Press/Melb Writers Festival

No Place Like (world premiere) 2010
Chris Summers
Union House Theatre

Into the Unknown (world premiere) 2009
Ian Wilding and company
Union House Theatre

The Female of the Species 2008
Joanna Murray-Smith
Black Swan Theatre Company

Honour 2007
Joanna Murray-Smith
Black Swan Theatre Company

The Crucible 2007
Arthur Miller
Black Swan Theatre Company

The Carnivores (World Premiere) 2006
Ian Wilding
Black Swan Theatre Company

The Sound Garden 2004
Music: David Montgomery; Libretto: Anne Roylance
Oz Opera

don’t bring lulu (world premiere) 2014
Kerith Manderson-Galvin
Union House Theatre

1938: An Opera (world premiere) 2012
Libretto: Fregmonto Stokes; Music: Ashlee Clapp & Angus Leslie
Union House Theatre

Yes, Prime Minister 2012
Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn
Tim Woods, Andrew Guild & Simon Bryce

Memmie le Blanc 2011
Hilary Bell

Union House Theatre

Sweeney Todd 2010
Stephen Sondheim
Union House Theatre

Rhinoceros 2009
Eugene Ionesco
Union House Theatre

Jandamarra (World Premiere) 2008
Steve Hawke
Black Swan/Bunuba Films/Perth International Arts Festival

The Messiah 2007
Patrick Barlow
Black Swan Theatre Company

Accidental Death of an Anarchist 2006
Dario Fo
Black Swan Theatre Company

Proof 2006
David Auburn
Black Swan Theatre Company

Birthrights (World Premiere) 2004
David Williamson
Melbourne Theatre Company

Jimi Bani and Kelton Pell in the world premiere performance of Jandamarra. The two men look at a projected image of a huge animated hand.

JANDAMARRA

Steve Hawke

Selected Reviews

Director Tom Gutteridge [marshals] strong performances – particularly from Hamill, Paine and Giles Pidd. Any new Williamson play attracts wide interest, and this is a better, riskier, and more ambitious work than anything he's written recently.

Credentials, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 August 2017

Director Tom Gutteridge has succeeded with a wonderful Australian/British cast.

Yes, Prime Minister. Sydney Arts Guide, 6 April 2012

Yes, Prime Minister, it is just as witty after some 24 years, it is just as clever, and it is just as excruciatingly relevant

Australian Stage, 26 May 2012

Kayla Hammill and Matt Furlani in David Williamson's Credentials on stage at La Mama Courthouse

…the hard work, grit and determination of the Monash Performing Arts Centres, Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, Polyphonic Voices, the Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne, Australian Boys’ Choir and Michael Fulcher paid off, culminating in an exceptionally poignant and stirring experience.

St Matthew Passion, ClassikON, 26 March 2024

CREDENTIALS

David Williamson

Uncle Vanya 2005
Anton Chekhov - adapted, Reg Cribb
Black Swan Theatre Company

Charitable Intent (World Premiere) 2001
David Williamson
La Mama/Melbourne International Festival of the Arts