DEAN DRIEBERG

Dean Drieberg, Resident Director of Hamilton Australia, is an in-demand creative with over two decades’ experience in theatre, advertising and events.

Dean Drieberg is an in-demand creative with over two decades’ experience in theatre, advertising and events.

Dean is Resident Director of HAMILTON International Tour and 2024 Sydney return season, and previously the Australia/New Zealand tour. He directed the Australian Premiere of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 in 2023 for Darlinghurst Theatre Company (nominated for 3 Sydney Theatre Awards). In 2022, he directed the Australian Premiere of Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s PASSING STRANGE (nominated for 5 Green Room Awards) for Antipodes Theatre Company, for whom he also directed a development of Michele Gould’s 107 and a reading of Harrison David Rivers’ THIS BITTER EARTH. In 2020, Dean worked alongside Jarrod Draper to create his sold out solo shows for Darlinghurst Theatre Company.

Dean is Co-Artistic Director of Stephen Sondheim repertory company Watch This. In 2019, he co-directed SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE with Sonya Suares for Watch This, he received two Green Room Award nominations for Best Direction and Best Multimedia Design. He directed and designed BARE THE MUSICAL and the Australian Premiere of MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL for StageArt at Chapel Off Chapel.

Dean has worked on over 20 national tours such as MADIBA THE MUSICAL, MATADOR, THE 39 STEPS, BOMBSHELLS and AUSTRALIA DAY; playing at over 50 capital city and regional venues around Australia and New Zealand. Dean has produced numerous advertising campaigns and major events across Australia, Tokyo and New York.

Dean was Vice President of the Green Room Awards Association, and a founding member of The People of Cabaret and is an advocate for theatre that is inclusive of Indigenous, Bla(c)k and people of colour, artists with a disability and LGBTQIA+ artists.