Annette Gale Edwards was born on 14 November 1954 and is an Australian theatre director, who has worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally.
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Internationally, Gale Edwards directed the 1996 London revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, which opened at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway in 2000, and for which she won an Emmy Award for the televised recording of the production.
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Gale Edwards contributed to the book of the musical Whistle Down the Wind, for which she directed the West End production.
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Gale Edwards directed Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
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Gale Edwards has directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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Gale Edwards directed the premiere production of The Boy from Oz.
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Gale Edwards co-wrote the book and lyrics of the musical Eureka, which premiered in Melbourne in 2004.
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Gale Edwards'credits directing for film and television include the 2011 Australian film A Heartbeat Away and the "Pride" segment of 1993 television series Seven Deadly Sins, as well as filmed versions of stage presentations.
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Gale Edwards has been the recipient of three Sydney Critics Circle Awards, four Melbourne Green Room Awards, an Emmy, two Helpmann Awards, a Sydney Critics Award, two nominations for Helen Hayes Awards in Washington DC, and a 2000 Centenary Medal 'for Service to Australian Society'.
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Gale Edwards was made a member of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.