Therèsa Borg

Writer / Director
[stage]

Therèsa is a Maltese-Australian writer, director and performer.  She is a graduate of University of Melbourne and twice of The Victorian College of the Arts.

Her directing credits include The Happiest Man on Earth at Sydney Opera House, Santa Claus the Musical at Teatro Leichardt, Titanic starring Anthony Warlow at Melbourne Town Hall, Sweeney Todd, starring Anthony Warlow and Gina Riley at Her Majesty’s Melbourne, The Light in the Piazza at Arts Centre Melbourne, Disney Under the Stars at SOH/ Myer Music Bowl, Paw Patrol Live! at Wembley Arena and twice voice-directing the Muppeteers in New York City. Her operatic directing credits include productions of Prima La Musica/The Impressario, The Consul and La Cenerentola. 

Therèsa was Resident Director on GWB’s recent tours of An American in Paris and The Lord of the Rings, and Neil Armfield’s Associate on Death of a Salesman. She directed Little Women at the Victorian College of the Arts. She regularly works in independent spaces such as La Mama, Theatre Works, Chapel off Chapel and Eternity Playhouse. 

In 2021, Therèsa and composer Jane Hammond wrote Songs of the Helmeted Honeyeater, a celebration of citizen science which premiered at fortyfivedownstairs and Melbourne Recital Centre. Theresa and Jane’s new opera The Spare Room, an adaptation ofHelen Garner’s celebrated novel, will premiere at the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne in October 2026. Therèsa was the 2022 National Library of Australia Creative Fellow for Australian Writing where she studied toward her play Cissie and Jean. Over the course of twenty years with the Life Like Company, Theresa wrote and directed family musicals in collaboration with international studios. These shows, including Scooby Doo Live: Musical Mysteries, Octonauts Live: Operation Reef Shield, and Sesame Street presents Elmo’s World Tour, toured national and international mainstages and arenas. 

Therèsa’s roles in music theatre and opera include Christine, Cosette, Zerbinetta, Angelique (Green Room nomination), the Queen of the Night, Jellylorum, Musetta, Philomel, Hope Harcourt, Emily Dickinson, Eliza Doolittle and Fosca for producers including Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Company, The Production Company, Victorian Opera and Opera Australia.