Tyran Parke
Tyran Parke worked as an actor for two decades before firmly established himself as an acclaimed director on the Australian theatre scene.
He is now a much sought-after director, producer and teacher. He directed the all-star production of Follies at the Melbourne Recital Centre, followed by the acclaimed production of Barnum starring Todd McKenny and Rachael Beck, Chess starring Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Rob Mills and Paulini, and ‘Pride and Prejudice’ starring Nadine Garner.
Further professional directing credits include the plays Thom Pain, Pool (no water), The Laramie Project, Great Expectations, and Proof; the musicals Jekyll and Hyde, Rent, The Goodbye Girl, A Chorus Line, Come From Away, Titanic, Hello Again, Anyone Can Whistle, and the operas, The Coronation of Poppea, The Fairy Queen and Buzzkill rides again.
Concert work includes the acclaimed, Here’s to the Ladies, Rob Mills is Surprisingly Good, Debra Byrne and Vika Bull in Tapestry, Caroline O’Connor’s From Broadway with Love, Dirty Dancing in Concert, Mark Vincent’s Broadway, ABBA Orchestrated and three separate national tours of From Broadway to La Scala over a six-year period, including for broadcast on ABC.
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).
Tyran created Clovelly Fox Productions with the debut offering, Elegies: A Song Cycle in 2024 nominated for 5 Green Room Awards, with Tyran winning the Best Director Award. The second production, Ordinary Days, was also nominated for 5 Green Room Awards. Most recently the company presented the hugely acclaimed Grey Gardens starring Helen Dallimore and Deidre Rubenstein.
He is Artistic Director of the celebrated Australian Musical Theatre Festival in Launceston, where he has just completed his 7th program with many of Australia’s top artists including Todd McKenney, Philip Quast, Paulini, Caroline O’Connor, Simon Gleeson and Nadine Garner. There, he has directed, Nine, Marry Me A Little, Songs for a New World, Working, The Frogs, Tell Me on a Sunday, It’s Only Life and several concerts with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, amongst many devised works.
As a teacher, Tyran has worked for most of the major training institutions and is currently the Head of Music Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).