Sheridan Harbridge

SHERIDAN HARBRIDGE is an award-winning writer and director who graduated from NIDA in 2006. She is known for her creative excellence and unique vision in the Australian theatre scene. Sheridan wrote and starred in Songs for the Fallen, whch won Best Musical at the 2015 New York Music Theatre Festival and earned her a Green Room Award for Best Artist. The production had successful seasons in Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, and Melbourne. In 2022, Sheridan directed 44 Sex Acts in One Week, which completed a run at the Edinburgh Festival, and the Australian musical Dubbo Championship Wrestling for the Hayes Theatre, earning a Best Director nomination at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Sheridan has collaborated with UK cult band The Tiger Lillies, creating a performance on Cockatoo Island for the Biennale of Sydney, and was a member of the Griffin Theatre Studio, where she developed and directed Nosferatutu, which toured Griffin Theatre, Glenn Street, and the Adelaide Festival. She directed The Reg Livermore Retrospective for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Blueberry Play for Griffin Theatre’s BATCH festival, and was commissioned to write the acclaimed musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career for Melbourne Theatre Company. Her cabaret A Model Murder, premiered the 2024 Sydney Festival.