HANNAH SMITH (SHE/HER)

Hannah Smith is an emerging director and producer based in Adelaide. Growing up in Murray Bridge, she was driven to create opportunities within the local theatre community, founding her own production company at fourteen and producing multiple independent productions.

Her passion for theatre led her to pursue further studies in Technical Production at the Adelaide College of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Performance (Honours) at Flinders University in Directing. Alongside her studies, Hannah teaches Performance Academy at Adelaide Theatre Academy and is the Youth Theatre Coordinator at Murray Bridge Players and Singers Inc.

Hannah has contributed to major arts festivals, including the Adelaide Fringe and the Festival of Ideas. Her directing credits include Bumming with Jane (2020/2021), The Book of Everything (2023), Jumpers for Goalposts (2023), WHORE (2024), Dance Nation (2024/2025), First Love Is the Revolution (2025), unmothered (2025), and Medea in Exile (2025) . Additionally, she has directed short films, including King. (2022), CRUSH (2023), SYNERGY (2023), and SUPERORDINARY (2024). She has undertaken secondments with State Theatre Company of South Australia on Eureka Day, Dir. Rosalba Clemente (2021), and Kimberly Akimbo, Dir. Mitchell Butel (2025), has assisted on productions, including Sweet Road, Dir. Christopher Hurrell (2022), Coming of Age in Australia, Dir. Wayne Harrison (2022), and 48 Hour Best Film winner Items, Objects, and Things (2025) Dir. Kristopher Lucia. 

In 2023, her production company won the Adelaide Fringe Holden Street Theatres Award for its devised work BIMBO.