Wesley Enoch

Wesley Enoch (he/him) is a writer and director. Hailing from Stradbroke Island (Minjeribah) and is a proud Quandamooka man. He is the current Deputy Chair of Creative Australia, Co-chair of the Annamila First Nations Foundation and Inaugural Indigenous Chair- Creative Industries at QUT. Enoch is also the current Patrick White Fellow at Sydney Theatre Company. Previously Wesley has been the Artistic Director at Sydney Festival from 2017 – 2020; Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company from 2010 to 2015; Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts; Artistic Director at Ilbijerri Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-operative and the Associate Artistic Director at Belvoir Street Theatre. Previously, Enoch has written and directed iconic award-winning Indigenous theatre productions. Wesley’s most recent productions include A Raisin in the Sun, for Sydney Theatre Company, and the musical The Sunshine Club, which Wesley wrote and directed for Queensland Theatre and The Visitors for Sydney Theatre Company & Moogahlin Performing Arts. 

Wesley Enoch in Conversation with r e a: On Reclaiming Language as Protest