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'''David Berthold''' is an Australian theatre and festival director, who has also been [[artistic director]] of several major Australian arts organisations.
'''David Berthold''' is an Australian theatre director and cultural leader{{Citation needed}}. He has directed for many of Australia's major theatre companies, as well as in London and Berlin, and has led several key arts organisations{{which}}. He was Artistic Director of [[Brisbane Festival]], one of Australia's major international arts festivals and Queensland’s largest arts and cultural event. Through his tenure of five festivals, 2015–19, <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/david-berthold-takes-reins-of-brisbane-festival-20140217-32usn.html|title = David Berthold takes reins of Brisbane Festival|date = 16 February 2014}}</ref> Berthold transformed the Festival into Australia's largest major international arts festival, presenting more works to more people than any other, with an audience of more than one million people. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/media/870348/brisbane-festival-media-release_2019-program-launch_.pdf|title=Brisbane Festival &#124; 3-25 September 2021}}</ref>


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==Early life and education==
Since January 2020 he has been Artistic Director in Residence at the National Institute of Dramatic Art ([[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]]), an institute for education and training in the performing arts{{Citation needed}}. He is a member of the NSW Government's Theatre and Musical Theatre Arts Advisory Board{{Citation needed}}, on the Board of Australian Plays Transform (APT) – the national development, publication and licensing body for writing for the stage – a Trustee of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award{{Citation needed}}, a member of [[Melbourne Theatre Company]]’s Advisers’ Group{{Citation needed}}, a member of the [[Helpmann Awards]] Theatre Panel{{Citation needed}}, and Chairs the Judging Panel of the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting ([[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards]]){{Citation needed}}.
David Berthold was born in [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]], New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/up-north-it-was-a-hotbed-of-talent-20031008-gdhjmz.html | title=Up north, it was a hotbed of talent | date=8 October 2003 }}</ref>


He spent some years training as an [[opera singer]], and won the Joan Sutherland Scholarship at the [[Sydney Opera House]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}.
He was Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of [[La Boite Theatre Company]] (2008–14), Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of [[Griffin Theatre Company]] (2003–06) and Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of [[Australian Theatre for Young People]] (1999–2003){{Citation needed}}. He was also Associate Director of [[Sydney Theatre Company]] (1994–99){{Citation needed}}. Berthold has directed many [[premiere]]s of plays by major Australian writers{{Citation needed}}. In 2010, Berthold won a Matilda Award for his "repositioning of [[La Boite Theatre Company]] and his direction of ''[[Hamlet]]''".<ref>Queensland Government Ministerial Media Statement: Matilda Awards for Brisbane’s top theatre: http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/mms/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=73858</ref>


==Career==
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==Early life and education==
Berthold has been active in theatre since at least 1984, acting and directing.<ref name=ausstage/> He began his career as an actor, one of his earliest roles being in the Hunter Valley Theatre Company's production of [[David Williamson]]'s ''[[The Perfectionist]]'' in April to May 1984.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Perfectionist | website=[[AusStage]] | url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/63394 | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>
Berthold was born in [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]], New South Wales {{Citation needed}}. He studied at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]], where he took an honours degree in English literature {{Citation needed}}. He spent some years training as an opera singer and won the Joan Sutherland Scholarship at the [[Sydney Opera House]] {{Citation needed}}.

He has been director of several theatre companies in Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mollisonkeightley.com/artists/david-berthold/ | title=David Berthold }}</ref> He was associate director of [[Sydney Theatre Company]] from 1994 to 1999,<ref name=Bochenski2014/> before being appointed artistic director and CEO of [[Australian Theatre for Young People]] in 1999. He then took up the post of artistic director and CEO of [[Griffin Theatre Company]] from 2003 until 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/top-honour-for-teen-actors-20030720-gdh4o7.html | title=Top honour for teen actors | date=20 July 2003 }}</ref><ref name=nida/>

Between 2008 and 2019, Berthold led major arts organisations in [[Brisbane]]. He was artistic director and [[CEO]] of [[La Boite Theatre Company]] from 2008 until 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://laboite.com.au/about/history/2010/article/the-2010s-the-david-berthold-era | title=The David Berthold Era | date=26 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name=nida/>

He was then appointed as artistic director of the [[Brisbane Festival]], serving in that role from 2015<ref name=Bochenski2014>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/david-berthold-takes-reins-of-brisbane-festival-20140217-32usn.html|title = David Berthold takes reins of Brisbane Festival|date = 16 February 2014| first=Natalie |last=Bochenski }}</ref> until 2019.<ref name=nida/> He transformed the festival into Australia's largest major international arts festival, presenting more works to more people than any other.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/media/870348/brisbane-festival-media-release_2019-program-launch_.pdf|title=Brisbane Festival unveils dazzling program packed with revelry, revelation and romance|last=|first=|date=|website=Brisbane Festival|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410115044/https://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/media/870348/brisbane-festival-media-release_2019-program-launch_.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2020|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>

Since January 2020, Berthold has been artistic director-in-residence at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] in Sydney.<ref name=nida>{{cite web | title=David Berthold | website=NIDA | date=19 April 2023 | url=https://www.nida.edu.au/about-us/our-team/executive-team/david-berthold | access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

==Other activities==
He was on the judging panels of [[Time Out (magazine)|''Time Out'']]'s 2021 Future Shapers Awards,<ref>{{cite web | last=Boon | first=Maxim | last2=Knowlton | first2=Cassidy | title=Introducing Time Out's Future Shapers, celebrating the people changing Sydney for the better | website=Time Out Sydney | date=14 June 2021 | url=https://www.timeout.com/sydney/things-to-do/introducing-time-outs-future-shapers-celebrating-the-people-changing-sydney-for-the-better | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards|Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting]] in 2020/21,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nick-enright-prize-playwriting | title=Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129195702/https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nick-enright-prize-playwriting|archive-date=29 November 2020| url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Sydney Theatre Awards]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/guidelines | title=Sydney Theatre Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206164817/http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/guidelines| archive-date= 6 December 2023}}</ref>

{{as of|September 2023}} Berthold was a member of the NSW Government's Theatre and Musical Theatre Arts Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.create.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/artform-boards/create-nsw-artform-advisory-boards/#theatreboard | title=Artform Advisory Boards | date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929003628/https://www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-culture/engage-nsw-arts-and-culture/resource-hub/artform-advisory-board-members#theatreboard| archive-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>

{{as of|September 2024}} he is on the boards of Hothouse Theatre<ref>{{cite web | title=Our People | website=Hothouse Theatre | url=https://hothousetheatre.com.au/our-people/ | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> and Australian Plays Transform.<ref>{{cite web | title=David Berthold | website=Australian Plays Transform – The Home of Australian Playscripts | url=https://apt.org.au/about-us/who-we-are/david-berthold/ | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> He is also a trustee of the [[Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title=The Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award | website=Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation| date=15 August 2024 | url=https://www.sbwfoundation.com/rodney-seaborn-playwrights-award/ | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>

==Recognition and awards==
In 2010, Berthold was nominated for a [[Broadway Worldwide|BroadwayWorld UK]] Award for Best Direction of a Play, for his [[West End of London|London West End]] production ''[[Holding the Man (play)|Holding the Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Dunn | first=Carrie | title=Karimloo, Boggess, Ellis, Smith All Nominated In First BWW:UK AWARDS! | website=[[BroadwayWorld]]| date=13 September 2010 | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Karimloo-Boggess-Ellis-Smith-All-Nominated-In-First-BWWUK-AWARDS-20010101 | access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2010, Berthold won a [[Matilda Awards|Matilda Award]] for his "repositioning of [[La Boite Theatre Company]] and his direction of ''[[Hamlet]]''".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110327112521/http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=73858 Queensland Government Ministerial Media Statement: Matilda Awards for Brisbane's top theatre] Queensland Government, Finance and Arts, The Honourable Rachel Nolan [Media statement] (8 March 2011)</ref><ref>{{cite interview| first=David| last=Berthold|url= http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/03/matilda-awards-winner-david-berthold.html?site=brisbane&program=612_breakfast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930234656/ |archive-date=30 Sep 2012| title= Matilda Awards winner David Berthold| date=8 March 2011| interviewer-first=Spencer|interviewer-last=Howson| format=audio| series= Breakfast with Spencer Howson| publisher = ABC Radio 612 Brisbane}} </ref>


==Productions==
==Productions==
From 1984 until the present (2024), Berthold has assumed the role of actor, adaptor, artistic director, assistant director, director, and co-director on numerous productions, notably with the Sydney, Griffin, La Boite, and [[Queensland Theatre]] companies as well as the Australian Theatre for Young People.<ref name=ausstage>{{cite web | title=David Berthold | website=[[AusStage]] | url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3913 | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>
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===Sydney Theatre Company===
===Sydney Theatre Company===
Productions for Sydney Theatre Company playing at The Wharf and the Sydney Opera House:
Productions for Sydney Theatre Company playing at The Wharf and the Sydney Opera House:

*''[[Saturn's Return]]'' ([[Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)|Tommy Murphy]]). World Premiere, August 2008. Revised production transferred to larger STC theatre in July 2009.
*''[[Saturn's Return]]'' ([[Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)|Tommy Murphy]]). World Premiere, August 2008. Revised production transferred to larger STC theatre in July 2009.
*''[[Blackrock (play)|Blackrock]]'' ([[Nick Enright]]). World premiere. Two seasons, plus invitation to Australian Theatre Festival, Canberra.
*''[[Blackrock (play)|Blackrock]]'' ([[Nick Enright]]). World premiere. Two seasons, plus invitation to Australian Theatre Festival, Canberra.
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His productions for Griffin Theatre Company include world premieres of:
His productions for Griffin Theatre Company include world premieres of:


*''[[Holding the Man]]'' (by [[Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)|Tommy Murphy]] from [[Timothy Conigrave]]'s memoir). Six seasons, including transfers to [[Sydney Opera House]], [[Company B (theatre)|Company B]] at the [[Belvoir St Theatre]], [[Brisbane Powerhouse]] and [[Melbourne Theatre Company]]. This production played in London's West End, at the [[Trafalgar Studios]], from 23 April 2010 with a cast including [[Jane Turner]].
*''[[Holding the Man]]'' (by [[Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)|Tommy Murphy]] from [[Timothy Conigrave]]'s memoir
*''[[The Emperor of Sydney]]'' ([[Louis Nowra]])
*''[[The Emperor of Sydney]]'' ([[Louis Nowra]])
*''[[The Peach Season]]'' ([[Debra Oswald]])
*''[[The Peach Season]]'' ([[Debra Oswald]])
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*''[[The Woman with Dog's Eyes]]'' ([[Louis Nowra]])
*''[[The Woman with Dog's Eyes]]'' ([[Louis Nowra]])
*''[[Torrez]]'' ([[Ian Wilding]]). Tour to Playbox (Melbourne), Black Swan (Perth) and regional WA.
*''[[Torrez]]'' ([[Ian Wilding]]). Tour to Playbox (Melbourne), Black Swan (Perth) and regional WA.
*''[[The Secret Death of Salvador Dali]]'' ([[Stephen Sewell (writer)|Stephen Sewell]]). Tour to [[La Boite Theatre]] (Brisbane).
*''[[The Secret Death of Salvador Dali]]'' ([[Stephen Sewell (writer)|Stephen Sewell]]); tour to [[La Boite Theatre]] (Brisbane)


===La Boite Theatre Company===
===La Boite Theatre Company===
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===Other===
===Other===


* ''Black Box'' (Paul Hodge), [[Queensland Performing Arts Centre]], 2024.
*''[[The Coronation of Poppea]]'' (Monterverdi and [[Elena Kats-Chernin]]). [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] and [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]], 2023.
*''[[Falsettos]]''. [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], 2022
*''[[Falsettos]]''. [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], 2022
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*''[[Rolling Thunder Vietnam]]''. Australian national tours, 2014, 2016 and 2023
*''[[Mark Colvin's Kidney]]''. [[Belvoir (theatre)|Belvoir]], 2017
*''[[Mark Colvin's Kidney]]'' ([[Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)|Tommy Murphy]]) [[Belvoir (theatre)|Belvoir]], 2017
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*''[[Rolling Thunder Vietnam]]''. Australian national tours, 2014, 2016 and 2020.
*''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' ([[William Shakespeare]]). [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney, 2014.
*''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' ([[William Shakespeare]]). [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney, 2014.
*''[[Così]]'' ([[Louis Nowra]]). [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney, 2013.
*''[[Così]]'' ([[Louis Nowra]]). [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney, 2013.
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*''Magic Afternoon'' ([[Wolfgang Bauer (writer)|Wolfgang Bauer]]). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
*''Magic Afternoon'' ([[Wolfgang Bauer (writer)|Wolfgang Bauer]]). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
*''The Song Room'' ([[Louis Nowra]]). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
*''The Song Room'' ([[Louis Nowra]]). University of Newcastle Drama Department.
*''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'' ([[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]). Assistant Director, [[English National Opera]], London Coliseum.
*''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'' ([[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]). Assistant Director, [[English National Opera]], London Coliseum.--->


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:University of Newcastle (Australia) alumni]]
[[Category:University of Newcastle (Australia) faculty]]
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David Berthold is an Australian theatre and festival director, who has also been artistic director of several major Australian arts organisations.

Early life and education

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David Berthold was born in Maitland, New South Wales.[1]

He spent some years training as an opera singer, and won the Joan Sutherland Scholarship at the Sydney Opera House.[citation needed].

Career

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Berthold has been active in theatre since at least 1984, acting and directing.[2] He began his career as an actor, one of his earliest roles being in the Hunter Valley Theatre Company's production of David Williamson's The Perfectionist in April to May 1984.[3]

He has been director of several theatre companies in Australia.[4] He was associate director of Sydney Theatre Company from 1994 to 1999,[5] before being appointed artistic director and CEO of Australian Theatre for Young People in 1999. He then took up the post of artistic director and CEO of Griffin Theatre Company from 2003 until 2006.[6][7]

Between 2008 and 2019, Berthold led major arts organisations in Brisbane. He was artistic director and CEO of La Boite Theatre Company from 2008 until 2014.[8][7]

He was then appointed as artistic director of the Brisbane Festival, serving in that role from 2015[5] until 2019.[7] He transformed the festival into Australia's largest major international arts festival, presenting more works to more people than any other.[9]

Since January 2020, Berthold has been artistic director-in-residence at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.[7]

Other activities

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He was on the judging panels of Time Out's 2021 Future Shapers Awards,[10] Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting in 2020/21,[11] and the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2023.[12]

As of September 2023 Berthold was a member of the NSW Government's Theatre and Musical Theatre Arts Advisory Board.[13]

As of September 2024 he is on the boards of Hothouse Theatre[14] and Australian Plays Transform.[15] He is also a trustee of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award.[16]

Recognition and awards

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In 2010, Berthold was nominated for a BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Direction of a Play, for his London West End production Holding the Man.[17]

In 2010, Berthold won a Matilda Award for his "repositioning of La Boite Theatre Company and his direction of Hamlet".[18][19]

Productions

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From 1984 until the present (2024), Berthold has assumed the role of actor, adaptor, artistic director, assistant director, director, and co-director on numerous productions, notably with the Sydney, Griffin, La Boite, and Queensland Theatre companies as well as the Australian Theatre for Young People.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Up north, it was a hotbed of talent". 8 October 2003.
  2. ^ a b "David Berthold". AusStage. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ "The Perfectionist". AusStage. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "David Berthold".
  5. ^ a b Bochenski, Natalie (16 February 2014). "David Berthold takes reins of Brisbane Festival".
  6. ^ "Top honour for teen actors". 20 July 2003.
  7. ^ a b c d "David Berthold". NIDA. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  8. ^ "The David Berthold Era". 26 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Brisbane Festival unveils dazzling program packed with revelry, revelation and romance" (PDF). Brisbane Festival. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  10. ^ Boon, Maxim; Knowlton, Cassidy (14 June 2021). "Introducing Time Out's Future Shapers, celebrating the people changing Sydney for the better". Time Out Sydney. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting". Archived from the original on 29 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Sydney Theatre Awards". Archived from the original on 6 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Artform Advisory Boards". 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Our People". Hothouse Theatre. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  15. ^ "David Berthold". Australian Plays Transform – The Home of Australian Playscripts. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  16. ^ "The Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award". Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  17. ^ Dunn, Carrie (13 September 2010). "Karimloo, Boggess, Ellis, Smith All Nominated In First BWW:UK AWARDS!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  18. ^ Queensland Government Ministerial Media Statement: Matilda Awards for Brisbane's top theatre Queensland Government, Finance and Arts, The Honourable Rachel Nolan [Media statement] (8 March 2011)
  19. ^ Berthold, David (8 March 2011). "Matilda Awards winner David Berthold" (Interview). Breakfast with Spencer Howson. Interviewed by Howson, Spencer. ABC Radio 612 Brisbane. Archived from the original (audio) on 30 September 2012.
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