A Practical Guide for First Time Theatre Directors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781032720616)

Soseh Yekanians is an Australian theatre director, educator, and researcher specialising in identity, cultural belonging, and empowerment through performance. She is a Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts and Associate Head of School (Staffing) at Charles Sturt University. A graduate of the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York, she holds a PhD from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Soseh is the author of Finding Identity through Directing (Routledge, 2020), and with a career spanning performance, directing, and teaching across Australia and internationally, she is committed to using theatre as a space for dialogue, inclusion, and the reimagining of identity.

Gabrielle Metcalf has directed more than 100 productions across her career, working with ensembles ranging from intimate casts of two to large-scale performances involving 1,000 participants (yes--every student in the school took part!). Gabrielle lectures in acting and directing at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and has a special interest in leadership methodologies for directors--particularly those that challenge traditional hegemonic structures. Gabrielle is an executive leadership coach across Australia's construction, health, and arts sectors and draws on this extensive corporate experience to integrate contemporary leadership practices into her teaching and directing.