Anthony is a graduate of NIDA and has worked as an actor for all of Australia’s major theatre companies.
As a playwright his works have been produced in Australia, North America and Europe. His original plays and adaptations for the stage include: 2,000 Feet Away (Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, Bush Theatre, London, Steep Theatre, Chicago), Like a Fishbone, (Griffin Theatre, Sydney, Sydney Theatre Company, Bush Theatre, London), THE FLOODED GRAVE (Bush Theatre, London, Latitude Festival), The Middle Man (Bush Theatre, London), Yerma after Lorca, (Gate Theatre, London), The Silence of the Sea and Welcome Home, Captain Fox! (both for Donmar Warehouse, London), Edward II after Marlowe (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne), The Canterville Ghost after Oscar Wilde (Unicorn Theatre, London).
Anthony has been Playwright-in-Residence at the National Theatre in the UK. He has held the position of Associate-Artist at both The Bush Theatre and Donmar Warehouse in London. His short film The Settlement was part of the BRIC short works festival in New York. He is an alumnus of The Civilians Theatre Company R&D Group in New York City. He is a resident fellow of the Yaddo, MacDowell and Blue Mountain Artist Colonies and has taught on the playwriting programme at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts in New York City. His plays and adaptations are published by Faber and Faber.
