Wayne Harrison

Wayne Harrison born in East Melbourne in 1953, was a child and teenage star performing on stage and television, including performing in J.C. Williamsons' musicals.He abandoned his career as a performer and moved to Sydney in 1975.

1977 enrolling at University of New South Wales (UNSW) Theatre Studies Department, and completed an Honours Degree.

1980: Started working on the magazine "Campaign"; opening "The Bookshop" in Darlinghurst; visiting London in 1980, meeting with Richard Wherrett, then Artistic Director of the recently formed Sydney Theatre Company (STC) in Sydney. Wayne became the literary adviser for the Sydney Theather company. Then taking over from Wherrett as Artistic Director of the STC in 1990.

2005-2007 Wayne was the Creative Director of Sydney's New Years Eve event. 2007 Wayne was the director of the Helpmann Awards for Live Performance Australia, as well as the circus/cabaret sensation ABSINTHE which played in New York.

2006 he was the director of the 2006 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, Held in Melbourne as well as the director of the touring production of 2 Weeks with the Queen for Adelaide's Windmill Theater Arts and END OF THE RAINBOW in Sydney, Melbourne and the Edinburgh Festival.

2005 Directed The Return of Houdini (Variety Magic show), City Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland.2004Directed Through the Wire, National Theatre Connections.

2002Directed Mum's The Word Robert C Kelly Limited(English tour) [http://www.sxw.org.uk/lighting/mumstheword/] also directed ALONE IT STANDS for Mollison Productions.

From 1999 to 2001, he was the Creative Director of SFX/Back Row and Clear Channel Entertainment (Europe).

From 1990 to 1999 he was the Director/CEO of Sydney Theatre Company. 1996Directed Heretic, by David Williamson. World première. for the Sydney Theatre Company.1995Directed Dead White Males by David Williamson. World première. for the Sydney Theatre Company

2008 Director of Codgers [http://www.codgers.com.au/about.php] Directed and Wrote Absinthe and Desir for the Spiegeltent in New Yorkwill Direct a new work for Bell Shakespeare in Sydney for late 2008