David Berthold

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David Berthold is an Australian theatre director, who has also been artistic director of several major Australian arts organisations.

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Early life and education

Berthold was born in Maitland, New South Wales. [1]

He spent some years training as an opera singer, and won the Joan Sutherland Scholarship at the Sydney Opera House.[ citation needed ].

Career

Berthold has been director of several theatre companies in Australia. [2]

He began his career as associate director of Sydney Theatre Company from 1994 to 1999, [3] before being appointed artistic director and CEO of Australian Theatre for Young People in 1999. He then took up the post of artistic director and CEO of Griffin Theatre Company from 2003 until 2006. [4] [5]

Berthold was artistic director and CEO of La Boite Theatre Company from 2008 until 2014, [6] [5] before being appointed as artistic director of the Brisbane Festival in 2014, serving in that role from 2015 [3] until 2019. [5]

Since January 2020 and as of April 2024, Berthold has been artistic director in residence at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. [5]

Other activities

Berthold is a member of the NSW Government's Theatre and Musical Theatre Arts Advisory Board, [7] on the Board of Australian Plays Transform, [8] a Trustee of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, [9] on the judging panel of the Sydney Theatre Awards, [10] and chair of the Judging Panel of the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting. [11]

Recognition and awards

In 2006, Berthold was nominated for a BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Direction of a Play, for his London West End production Holding the Man . [12]

In 2010, Berthold won a Matilda Award for his "repositioning of La Boite Theatre Company and his direction of Hamlet ". [13]

Productions

Sydney Theatre Company

Productions for Sydney Theatre Company playing at The Wharf and the Sydney Opera House:

Griffin Theatre Company

His productions for Griffin Theatre Company include world premieres of:

La Boite Theatre Company

Australian Theatre for Young People

For ATYP his productions include:

Queensland Theatre Company

For QTC, he directed:

Other

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References

  1. ↑ "Up north, it was a hotbed of talent". 8 October 2003.
  2. ↑ "David Berthold".
  3. 1 2 Bochenski, Natalie (16 February 2014). "David Berthold takes reins of Brisbane Festival".
  4. ↑ "Top honour for teen actors". 20 July 2003.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "David Berthold". NIDA. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The David Berthold Era". 26 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Artform Advisory Boards". 26 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "David Berthold". Australian Plays Transform.
  9. ↑ "The Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award – Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation".
  10. ↑ "Sydney Theatre Awards".
  11. ↑ "Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting". 24 February 2020.
  12. ↑ Dunn, Carrie (13 September 2010). "Karimloo, Boggess, Ellis, Smith All Nominated In First BWW:UK AWARDS!". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  13. ↑ Queensland Government Ministerial Media Statement: Matilda Awards for Brisbane's top theatre Queensland Government, Finance and Arts, The Honourable Rachel Nolan [Media statement] (8 March 2011)
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