Miranda Middleton

Miranda Middleton is an award-winning director, writer, and choreographer with a Master of Fine Arts (Directing) from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). She is interested in how magic meets melancholy in storytelling, and aims to create theatre which sparks joy and connection in the audience. ​ Miranda was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Direction of a Musical for 'Bright Star' and a Green Room Award for Outstanding Direction of an Independent Musical for the Australian premiere production of ‘The Grinning Man’. She was a recipient of the Sandra Bates Director’s Award at the Ensemble Theatre in 2024, a MinterEllison Future Director at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2022, and a recipient of both a Glorias Fellowship and the Freddie Gibson Fellowship from NIDA. ​ Miranda’s most recent directing credits include: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Sport for Jove), Bright Star' (Sport for Jove/Hayes Theatre Company), 'In Pieces' (National Institute of Dramatic Art'), 'Into the Woods' (Elder Conservatorium of Music), ‘In Her Own Words’ (Sydney Festival), ‘Paper Stars’ (Sydney Conservatorium of Music), ‘The Grinning Man’ (VASS Productions/Salty Theatre), ‘The Eisteddfod’ (Old Fitz Theatre), ‘Pear-Shaped’ (Rogue Projects), ‘Lemon Tree on Dreg Street’ (Dirty Pennies Theatre Project), ‘SENSER’ (Theatre Works), ‘Not Today’ (Rogue Projects).