Kate Champion
Director
AUS
Kate Champion is the Artistic Director of Black Swan Theatre Company. Kate has decades of experience working across theatre, dance-theatre, opera, musical theatre, film, and circus – spanning genres from devised original work and new Australian plays to classics, comedy, multi-artform productions, interactive and physical theatre.
Malthouse Theatre: NOTHING TO LOSE (with Force Majeure) and CLOUDSTREET (1999).
Other Theatre: As Director, MY BRILLIANT CAREER and EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Belvoir); PRIMA FACIE (with Carriageworks), NEVER HAVE I EVER, THE POOL, DIRTY BIRDS and THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE (Black Swan State Theatre Company); FULLY COMMITTED (Ensemble Theatre); SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT, ALREADY ELSEWHERE, THE AGE I’M IN, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS, NEVER DID ME ANY HARM and FOOD (Force Majeure); EVIE MAY (Hayes Theatre Co.); GIRLS & BOYS (Melbourne Theatre Company); A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and THAT EYE, THE SKY (State Theatre Company South Australia). Choreography credits include the world premiere of the stage adaption of DIRTY DANCING and SPRING AWAKENING (Sydney Theatre Company).
Awards & Nominations: Three Helpmann Awards for Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production (Same, Same but Different and Not in a Million Years) and Best Female Dance (About Face); and two Australian Dance Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Company (Already Elsewhere and The Age I’m In).
Kate was the founding Artistic Director of Force Majeure, an influential dance-theatre company based in Sydney. During her tenure, she premiered five original mainstage works for major festivals and toured regionally, nationally, and internationally. She had a 26-year career as a performer and dancer with companies both nationally and internationally and created two acclaimed solo shows.
Headshot: D-Max Photography
Shows worked on
Current as of August 2025.
