Miranda Middleton (she/her)

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). In 2024, Miranda is a recipient of the Sandra Bates Director’s Award at the Ensemble Theatre, and will direct the Australian premiere of the West End hit musical ‘The Grinning Man’ for VASS Productions. Miranda’s most recent theatre directing credits include ‘Pear-Shaped’ (Theatre Works), ‘Lemon Tree on Dreg Street’ (Theatre Works), ‘SENSER’ (Theatre Works), ‘Not Today’ (Seymour Centre), ‘PASH’ (Melbourne International Comedy Festival), ‘Sowing Seeds’ (Gasworks Arts Park), and ‘Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody’ (Theatre Works). She was the assistant director on ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’ for the Melbourne Theatre Company and ‘The Lovers’ for Bell Shakespeare. In 2023, Miranda was the Resident Writer at Theatre Works. She has two new musicals in development: ‘Paper Stars’ and ‘Silver Tongue’.