About
Dr. Kat Henry (she/her) is an Australian theatre director, performance artist, performance coach, and university lecturer based in Naarm (Melbourne).
Kat has directed theatre at main stage companies around Australia, has a PhD in long durational performance art from Monash University, and is a full time lecturer at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), University of Melbourne, where she coordinates the Master of Theatre (Directing) course. Pharmacy Performance is Kat's independent performance company dedicated to durational theatre and performance art experiments. Kat has directed theatre around the country, including productions at Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Chamber Opera, La Boite Theatre Company, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre, and Brisbane Powerhouse, among many others, and has been nominated for several Green Room and Matilda Awards.
Positions:
2020 - ongoing: Lecturer, Theatre, VCA, University of Melbourne, coordinator of Master of Theatre (Directing)
2016 - 2018: National Artistic Team (Queensland Theatre)
2016 Women in Theatre Program (Melbourne Theatre Company)
2015 Women Directors’ Program (Melbourne Theatre Company)
2014 - 2015: Resident Director (MKA: Theatre of New Writing)
2012 and 2017: Artist in Residence (ZK/U, Berlin)
Theatre works include:
Your Name Means Dream (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Neon Tiger (La Boite Theatre Company/Brisbane Powerhouse)
Constellations (Queensland Theatre);
Orphans (Queensland Theatre);
Mayakovsky (Sydney Chamber Opera);
Foxfinder (Red Stitch Actors' Theatre);
About Tommy (Red Stitch Actors' Theatre);
The Wind in the Willows (La Boîte Theatre Company),
The Son (Melbourne Theatre Company/CYBEC Electric),
Lord Willing and The Creek Don't Rise (MTC/MKA/NEON);
Neon Tiger (Brisbane Powerhouse commission);
Company (Watch This).
Performance Art works include:
Deliverance (Adelaide and Berlin);
Spinning (Canberra, Melbourne, Berlin);
TimePod (Melbourne).
Acting/performance includes:
2018 The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Brisbane Powerhouse
2011 Woyzeck, The Yashchin Ensemble, Brisbane Festival
2006-2014 Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall (Edinburgh, Brisbane, Canberra).
Residencies
2018 Bundanon Trust - with composer Felicity Wilcox
2018 Darebin Arts Risk Residency
2017 ZK/U, Berlin - Artist in Residence
2015 A Month in the Country (Hothouse), MKA
2015 ZK/U, Berlin - Artist in Residence
2011 A Month in the Country (Hothouse)
Kat has taught extensively for universities including NIDA, VCA/University of Melbourne, Monash, QUT, and University of Queensland
