Shakespeare WA

WA is committed to promoting excellence through performance and teaching that speaks to contemporary audiences of all ages and cultures throughout the region and across Australia.”

Paige Newmark, Artistic Director
Paige is currently the Artistic Director of Shakespeare WA. Hailing from Oxford, England, Paige Newmark is an internationally acclaimed theatrical director and scholar who has directed and taught Shakespeare all over the world including Britain, Australia, South Africa, and throughout the USA. Although specialising in Renaissance theatre, Paige has directed across a range of theatre genres from Gilbert and Sullivan, through Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce to Willy Russell’s Educating Rita, and also a series of award winning new plays in Los Angeles. Acting credits include David Zucker’s film For Goodness Sake, and a brief appearance in the sequel to Frank Marshall’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit, entitled Roller Coaster Rabbit, as well as the BBC’s Kavanaugh QC. He has taught and guest lectured at numerous renowned academic institutions including Stanford University, Williams University, UCLA, and USC in the USA, Rhodes University in South Africa, the University of Oxford, and more locally at the University of Western Australia, Notre Dame University and the University of Tasmania. For five summers he ran a teacher training course at Shakespeare’s Globe in London called ‘Teaching Teachers how to Teach Shakespeare.’ He is an Editorial Consultant for the journal Shakespeare in Southern Africa, and in 2008 he had a chapter published on maps and Marlowe in a new book entitled Renaissance Poetry and Drama in Context: Essays for Christopher Wortham. In addition, Paige spent three years as Founding Artistic Director of South Africa’s most successful touring Shakespeare company called Shakespeare SA (South Africa), as well as Founding Artistic Director of The Australian Shakespeare Festival. On a more personal note, Paige has a fourteen-year old son Timothy, and is married to Perth ballerina, Lisia, with whom he has a daughter called Rose. Katie Kent, General Manager
Katie Kent is leading the administrative side of the company having had a successful career working with the General Manager of the Australian Federal Police in WA and Partners at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rosita Stangl - Publicity Director
Rosita Stangl is Perth’s most celebrated publicist. She has a huge range of A-list clients in the arts and sports worth including WA Ballet, Cirque du Soleil and the Hopman Cup. Darren Shillington, Finance
Darren Shillington is a partner in one of Perth’s most respected accounting firms for over ten years (Mack & Co) brings financial credibility and stability to the company. Board Members
Emeritus Professor Chris Wortham - Chairman
Darren Shillington - Secretary
The Very Reverend Dr. John Shepherd - Member
Paige Newmark - Member