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About

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Based in Adelaide, Australia, Windmill Production Company has a global reputation as a leading producer of theatre and screen projects for children, teenagers, and families. We bring excellent artists together to uncover and ignite stories that are burning to be told. Each year we perform in our hometown and tour across Australia and around the world. Our productions have won many prestigious awards across stage and screen including Helpmann, Greenroom, AACTA, Kidscreen, Australian Production Design Guild and Australian Writers Guild (to name just a few).

 

In 2016, we released our first feature film, Girl Asleep, which won multiple awards and was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. This led to the establishment of a new arm of the company dedicated to developing screen projects from our live theatre repertoire.

 

Formerly known as Windmill Theatre Company and Windmill Pictures, in 2025 the company consolidated both identities to become Windmill Production Company.

“The best children’s theatre company in the country.” The Australian

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Our Company

Led by an executive team and a highly skilled core staff, both arms of our company work alongside each other to forge an exciting convergence model between live theatre and screen. Our stories are richly imagined, surprising and delivered with a mega dose of imagination. We are empowered by a collaborative culture and fuelled by a shared ownership of its vision.  

Our Board

  • Richard Harris — Chair
  • Ruth Ambler
  • Chris Stewart
  • Luke Culhane
  • Julia Zisos
  • Zoe Tidemann
  • Jared Thomas

Real Team

  • Clare Watson Artistic Director, Theatre
  • Kaye Weeks Executive Director
  • Michelle Jane Business Manager
  • Tim Stitz Executive Producer, Theatre
  • Abigail Heuer Production Manager
  • Madison Thomas Marketing and Communications Manager
  • Sarah Pledge Development and Marketing Executive
  • Meabh Walton Associate Producer
  • Karina Bryce Associate Producer
  • Gemma Winter Harris Administration and Finance Officer
  • Jenny Qian Digital Marketing and Content Coordinator
  • Taylor Dawson Production Coordinator and Stage Manager

Reel Team

  • Rosemary Myers Artistic Director, Screen
  • Kaye Weeks Producer
  • Madison Thomas Associate Producer

Key Artistic Collaborators

  • Harry Covill, Composer
  • Jonathon Oxlade, Designer and Performer
  • Chris Petridis, Lighting and Technical Designer
  • Tamara Rewse, Actor, Puppet Maker and Consultant
  • Nathan O’Keefe, Actor
  • Jude Henshall, Co-Creator and Performer
  • Matthew Crook, Rehearsal Director and Performer
  • Larissa McGowan, Movement Consultant
  • Ezra Juanta, Performer
  • Lally Katz, Writer
  • Fleur Elise Noble, Designer and Performer
  • Roslyn Oades, Writer and Co-Creator
  • Luke Smiles, Composer and Sound Designer
  • Ellen Steele, Co-Creator and Performer
  • Richard Vabre, Lighting Designer
  • Carol Wellman Kelly, Movement Consultant

“Windmill employs a highly collaborative, all-hands-on-deck model: there’s a palpable increment of belief and commitment that’s communicated through everyone involved.” Crikey Daily Review

Awards and Accolades

Check out the list of awards we’ve won and been nominated for:

2025

  • Kidscreen Award | Winner
    Best Mixed Media Series: Beep and Mort
  • Australian Writers Guild Award | Winner
    Children’s Television – (Preschool): Beep and Mort (Amy Stewart)
  • Australian Writers Guild Award | Winner
    Children’s Television – (Preschool): Beep and Mort (Wendy Hanna)
  • Australian Writers Guild Award | Winner
    Children’s Television – (Preschool): Beep and Mort (Charlotte Rose Hamlyn)

2024

  • Arts Critics Circle Award | Winner
    Professional Group Award: Moss Piglet
  • Ruby Awards | Nomination
    Outstanding Work Outside a Festival: Creation Creation
  • Ruby Awards | Nomination
    Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People: Hiccup
  • Australian Directors Guild – Ebsen Storm Award | Winner
    Best Direction of a Children’s Series Episode: Rosemary Myers
  • Screen Producer’s Australia Award | Winner
    Best Children’s Program: Beep and Mort
  • TV Week Logie Awards | Nomination
    Best Children’s Production: Beep and Mort
  • AACTA Award | Nomination
    Best Production Design in Television: Beep and Mort (Jonathon Oxlade)
  • AACTA Award | Nomination
    Best Children’s Program: Beep and Mort
  • BANFF World Media Festival, Rockie Awards | Nomination
    Best Children’s Program: Live Action – Children: Beep and Mort
  • Australian Writers Guild Award| Nomination
    Children’s Television: Beep and Mort (Charlotte Rose Hamlyn)

2023

  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    Best Work or Project for Young People: Hans and Gret
  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    Outstanding Work or Event Within a Festival: Hans and Gret

2022

  • ATOM Award | Nomination
    Best Instructional/Training Video or Website (Tertiary/General)

2021

  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    Best Work or Project for Young People: Creation Creation
  • Australian Podcast Awards | Winner – Silver
    Best Fiction Podcast: Sun Runners
  • Australian Podcast Awards | Winner – Silver
    Best Family Podcast: Sun Runners
  • Australian Directors Guild Awards | Nomination
    Best Direction of an Interactive or Immersive Title: Zoe Pepper (Sun Runners)

2020

  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    Made in Adelaide Award: Beep
  • AACTA Award | Nomination
    Byron Kennedy Award: Girl Asleep (film)

2019

  • Ruby Award | Winner
    Best Work or Project for Young People: Baba Yaga
  • Helpmann Award | Nomination
    Best Presentation for Children and Young People: Baba Yaga
  • Australian Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Awards | Nomination
    Best Theatre for Young Audiences: Duncan Graham: Amphibian
  • Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland | Winner
    Best Design: Shona Reppe, Ailsa Paterson, Selene Cochrane and Chris Edser: Baba Yaga
  • Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland | Nomination
    Best Technical Presentation: Baba Yaga
  • Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland | Nomination
    Best Production for Children and Young People: Baba Yaga
  • Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland | Nomination
    Best New Play: Baba Yaga

2018

  • Ruby Award | Winner
    Best Work or Event Outside a Festival: Beep
  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    Best Work, Event or Project for Young People: Beep
  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    Made in Adelaide Award: Baba Yaga
  • Ruby Award | Nomination
    People’s Choice: Beep, Baba Yaga
  • Australian Teachers of Media ATOM Award | Winner
    Best Educational/Training Video or Website (Primary/Secondary): Girl Asleep Digital Education Package
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