EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Kip Williams, the adapter and director of the buzzy West End production of the Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring newly minted Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook.
Williams is the youngest-ever Artistic Director of the STC. The company’s Dorian Gray, featuring Succession‘s Snook in all of the roles, opened last month in London’s West End to rave reviews.
At STC, Williams directed Playing Beatie Bow, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Three Sisters, Cloud Nine, Chimerica, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All My Sons, Suddenly Last Summer, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, among others.
Williams has also adapted and directed productions for Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Chamber Opera, Malthouse Theatre, and Perth Festival. For this work, he received the Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play, the Green Room Award, and the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Director.
On screen, he directed the short films B, Bee & Mee, and Walk, as well as a number of music videos. Williams was also appointed Directing Associate at STC in 2012 and served as Resident Director from 2013, until being made Artistic Director in late 2016.
He is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art and Sydney University.
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