Tyran Parke worked as a professional actor before firmly established himself as an acclaimed director on the Australian theatre scene. With credits that span Shakespeare, plays, musicals, cabaret, concerts and opera, Tyran has twenty years of performing credits to his name and has worked extensively in Australia, across Asia, New Zealand, New York and London in established productions as well as his own creations.
For the past decade, Tyran has turned attention behind the scenes, and is now a much sought-after director, producer and teacher. Professional directing credits include the plays Thom Pain, Pool (no water), The Laramie Project, Great Expectations, and Proof; the musicals Follies, Barnum, CHESS, Tick Tick Boom!, Jekyll and Hyde, Lovebites, Metro St, Cheek to Cheek, Rent, The Goodbye Girl, A Chorus Line, Hello Again, and the operas The Coronation of Poppea and The Fairy Queen.
Parke is a huge devotee to the work of Stephen Sondheim. He was thrilled to direct the highly acclaimed 2018 production of Sunday in the Park with George in Perth. Aside from Follies, Assassins which toured throughout Victoria after its sell-out Melbourne season, was a highlight. Into the Woods, Anyone Can Whistle and Everything's Coming Up Sondheim repeated this artistic success. Most recently, he directed, A Night with Sondheim for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
Concert work includes the acclaimed Rob Mills is Surprisingly Good, Debra Byrne and Vika Bull in Tapestry, Caroline O'Connor's From Broadway with Love, Mark Vincent's Broadway Concert, Dirty Dancing in Concert and three separate national tours of From Broadway to La Scala.
Other productions include the acclaimed, Ordinary Days (Green Room Award- Best Director), Big Fish (Broadway World and Glugg Nominations- Best Director), Falsetto's (Green Room nomination- Best Director) and The Coronation of Poppea (Opera Chaser Award- Best Director of an Opera).
As a teacher, Parke has worked for all the major training institutions prior to becoming the Head of Music Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). He is also Artistic Director of his own theatre company, Clovelly Fox. A further Artistic Directorship is that of The Australian Musical Theatre Festival in Tasmania where he has programmed over 150 events and performances over a three year period.

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