Peter Houghton

Peter has performed in Macbeth,Misalliance, Birthrights, Laughter on the 23 Floor, Sweet Bird of Youth, HisGirl Friday, Joy of Text, Shakespeare in Love, Three Little Words (MelbourneTheatre Company); The Trial andTravesties (Sydney Theatre Company); Tartuffe,The Pitch, A View Of Concrete, Ruby Moon, Tear From A Glass Eye (MalthouseTheatre); The Graduate with Jerry Hall (HerMajesty’s Theatre); The Beast (AmbassadorGroup); North by Northwest (Kaye andMcLean). King John, The Crucible, Endgame(11th Hour) and most recently Hamlet at 45 Downstairs.

As Playwright: The Pitch (Malthouse, National Tour, UKtour, Black Swan, Queensland Theatre Company); The China Incident (National tour, Malthouse Theatre); A Commercial Farce (Malthouse Theatre,National tour); The Colours (MTC).

As Director: Art and Soul, True Minds, The Odd Couple,Hinterland, The Architect, Heartbreak Choir, Boy at the Edge of Everything (MTC);Svetlana in Slingbacks, God’s Last Acre,The China Incident (Malthouse Theatre); Noisesoff (Marriner Theatres); Footprintson Water (Griffin); No Man’s Island (MelbourneFestival).

Awards: Peter hasreceived several Green Room Awards including for acting (The Pitch, Endgame), direction (Footprintson Water, No Man’s Island) and as playwright (The Pitch). His production of Boyat the Edge of Everything won a Drama Victoria Award for best production.

Screen Creditsinclude: Molly, Killing Time, The Eyeof The Storm, Howzat Kerry Packer’s War, Utopia, Gallipoli, Wrong Kind of Black, Newstopia, Three Dollars, Metal Skin among others.

His productions with Australian Shakespeare Company include A Midsummer Nights Dream, Hamlet, Comedy ofErrors and Merry Wives of Windsor.