Michael
Gow

Michael Gow’s plays include the Australian classic Away, Toy Symphony, The Kid, On Top of the World, Europe, Sweet Phoebe, Live Acts on Stage, 17 (for the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain), Toy Symphony and Once in Royal David’s City. 

Michael has been Associate Director of Sydney Theatre Company and Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company.  He has directed for all the major Australian theatre companies as well as Opera Australia, Australian Theatre for Young People and the Lincoln Centre’s New Visions New Voices programme. 

Michael’s awards include two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, two Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Awards and an AFI Award for the ABC miniseries Edens Lost. His most recent play Once in Royal David’s City premiered at Belvoir in 2014. In 2015 he directed a remount of The Magic Flute for Opera Australia and his translation of Mother Courage and Her Children at Belvoir. 2016 saw two critically acclaimed productions touring under Michael’s direction; Voyage to the Moon (libretto credit also) with Victorian Opera / Musica Vivia and The Pearlfishers for Opera Australia. 

In 2017 Away was staged at STC and Malthouse while Once in Royal David’s City enjoyed premieres at QTC and Black Swan State Theatre Company.