Anthony Weigh

Anthony Weigh is a playwright and graduate of NIDA whose works have been produced in Australia, North America and Europe. His original plays and adaptations for the stage include 2,000 FEET AWAY (Belvoir Theatre, Sydney; Bush Theatre, London; Steep Theatre, Chicago), LIKE A FISHBONE, (Griffin Theatre, Sydney; Sydney Theatre Company; Bush Theatre, London; Theatre Salt, Istanbul), The Flooded Grave(Bush Theatre, London; Latitude Festival), THE MIDDLE MAN (Bush Theatre, London), YERMAafter Lorca (Gate Theatre, London), THE SILENCE OF THE SEA and WELCOME HOME, CAPTAIN FOX! (both for Donmar Warehouse, London), EDWARDIIafter Marlowe (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne), THE CANTERVILLE GHOSTafter Oscar Wilde (Unicorn Theatre, London), THE OSKALOOSAN (The Civilians R&D, New York City), SUNDAY(Melbourne Theatre Company). Anthony has been Playwright-in-Residence at the National Theatre of Great Britain and Associate Artist at both the Bush Theatre and Donmar Warehouse in London. He is resident fellow of the Yaddo and MacDowell Artist Colonies in the United States and has taught playwriting at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts in New York City. He is Co-Curator of Stillwright, a yearly series of silent retreats, held in the United States, created by playwrights for playwrights, and open to artists of any genre, built around traditional contemplative practices, designed to make new work and new ways of working.