John Kachoyan
Director
John Kachoyan is a freelance director, writer and dramaturg, who works internationally in theatre, opera and screen. He is currently the Literary Manager of Australian Plays.
For MTC he has been Assistant Director to Simon Philips on the world premieres of North By Northwest and Pennsylvania Avenue and Director of Lucky for MKA in NEON Festival.
He most recently directed the sell-out season of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play for Lightning Jar Theatre at Fortfivedownstairs. Other credits include; Enter Ophelia for Three Birds/Essential Theatre at La Mama, The River for Red Stitch and Elegy for Lab Kelpie including Victorian tour.
John holds an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London and originally trained at NIDA as a playwright. He was part of the 2015 Australia Council’s Emerging Leader’s Development Program (ELDP) and the inaugural Melbourne Festival/Lincoln Centre Director’s Lab.
John is currently on Film Victoria's Key Talent Register, working as Director’s Placement on The Blake Mysteries for December Media/Channel 7. As a writer, he is part of the Australian Writer's Guild's Pathways programme (for TV pilot Last Gasp) and just completed an Advanced Diploma in Script Editing & Development at AFTRS, working on several film and TV projects in development.
John has previously been Resident Assistant Director at the Finborough Theatre, Creative Director of MKA : Theatre of New Writing and Director in Residence for Bell Shakespeare. He is an advocate for new Australian writing and neglected classics – having founded theatre company IronBark in London and the Pub Plays series with Currency Press. In April, 2019 he will be Director In Residence at the National Gallery of Australia for the NGV/Tate touring Pre-Raphaelite exhibition with Enter Ophelia.
