Paige Rattray

Stage and Screen Director

Paige Rattray is a stage and screen director.

Paige most recently directed an episode on Hoodlum Entertainment’s romantic drama Two Years Later for Paramount + and served as Shadow Director to Lucy Gaffy. Prior to that she worked as Dramaturg and Shadow Director on Fremantle Media Australia/Netflix’s hit show Heartbreak High S3 and was the Dramaturg on S2. Paige is attached to direct two feature films, one for Goalpost Pictures and one for Fremantle Media Australia/Netflix. She is developing her own original tv series with Dreamchaser Productions as Creator and Director.

Paige is a much-lauded dramaturg and director of new work having premiered landmark new Australian plays. She was the Director, New Work and Artistic Development for the Sydney Theatre Company from 2022 to 2024, an Associate Director from 2018 to 2022 and STC’s Richard Wherrett Fellow for 2015 and 2016. Paige was Associate Artistic Director at Queensland Theatre. She was co-founder of award-winning, independent theatre company ARTHUR, and a graduate of NIDA.

In 2024 Paige directed the UK premiere of the hit musical Fangirls at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Paige directed the world premiere season for Queensland Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre and ATYP in 2019 before touring nationally in 2021 and returning to the Sydney Opera House in 2022. It won the 2019 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Mainstage Musical and the Matilda Award for Best Musical or Cabaret, as well as Paige being nominated for Best Director.

For Sydney Theatre Company, Paige’s director credits include the world premiere of Into the Shimmering World by Angus Cerini, Do Not Go Gentle by Patricia Cornelius, Ella Hickson’s OIL, The Lifespan of a Fact, premiere production of Triple X (with QT), Blithe Spirit, Death of a Salesman, The Deep Blue Sea, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, How To Rule The World, premiere production of Black is the New White (including 2018 and 2019 tours), Australian Graffiti, Power Plays and Boys Will Be Boys. Paige was Production Dramaturg on their critically acclaimed production The Picture of Dorian Gray which has since premiered on the West End and Broadway.

Other theatre credits include Bright World, Hedda, Scenes from a Marriage, Switzerland, This House Is Mine and her widely toured work Cut Snake.   

Paige's company ARTHUR is a known for creating contemporary Australian works, both text-based and devised. From 2011-2016 they presented 15 seasons nationally, developed and presented 7 world premieres of new Australian work and toured across the country.

For enquiries regarding Paige please contact us via email or on (02) 9319 7199.