Benedict Andrews' previously published work includes versions of Chekhov's The Seagull (Belvoir St, Sydney) and Three Sisters (Young Vic). With Andrew Upton, he co-translated Genet's The Maids for production at Sydney Theatre Company and on Broadway for the Lincoln Center Festival. He collaborated with Tom Wright on adapting Shakespeare's Histories for the marathon cycle The War of the Roses for the 2009 Sydney and Perth Festivals. He also adapted, with Beatrix Christian, Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream. Benedict's first collection of poetry Lens Flare was published by Pitt Street Press in 2014. Every Breath was translated by Jorge Silva Melo for a production in Lisbon in 2013 and was nominated for Time Out Lisbon's Best Play award.

'Everyone wants to work with him … He shakes up a company with his energy. His rehearsal rooms are muscular – brutal, even – but he loves being surprised … he has an incredible visual sense and he can wrestle any text to the ground.'

Benedict Andrews' previously published work includes versions of Chekhov's The Seagull (Belvoir St, Sydney) and Three Sisters (Young Vic). With Andrew Upton, he co-translated Genet's The Maids for production at Sydney Theatre Company and on Broadway for the Lincoln Center Festival. He collaborated with Tom Wright on adapting Shakespeare's Histories for the marathon cycle The War of the Roses for the 2009 Sydney and Perth Festivals. He also adapted, with Beatrix Christian, Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream. Benedict's first collection of poetry Lens Flare was published by Pitt Street Press in 2014. Every Breath was translated by Jorge Silva Melo for a production in Lisbon in 2013 and was nominated for Time Out Lisbon's Best Play award.

'Everyone wants to work with him … He shakes up a company with his energy. His rehearsal rooms are muscular – brutal, even – but he loves being surprised … he has an incredible visual sense and he can wrestle any text to the ground.'

Benedict Andrews' previously published work includes versions of Chekhov's The Seagull (Belvoir St, Sydney) and Three Sisters (Young Vic). With Andrew Upton, he co-translated Genet's The Maids for production at Sydney Theatre Company and on Broadway for the Lincoln Center Festival. He collaborated with Tom Wright on adapting Shakespeare's Histories for the marathon cycle The War of the Roses for the 2009 Sydney and Perth Festivals. He also adapted, with Beatrix Christian, Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream. Benedict's first collection of poetry Lens Flare was published by Pitt Street Press in 2014. Every Breath was translated by Jorge Silva Melo for a production in Lisbon in 2013 and was nominated for Time Out Lisbon's Best Play award.

'Everyone wants to work with him … He shakes up a company with his energy. His rehearsal rooms are muscular – brutal, even – but he loves being surprised … he has an incredible visual sense and he can wrestle any text to the ground.'