Adena Jacobs is a theatre director based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Her visually striking work draws from ancient text and Western myth, exploring the body as an archive of trauma, hauntings and speculative possibility. Internationally, Adena has directed “Nosferatu” and “Die Troerinnen” at the Burgtheater Vienna, “Salome” at the English National Opera and “The Howling Girls” at Tokyo Festival, also a co-winner of Music Theatre Now. In Australia, Adena was Resident Director at Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre, and has presented at major theatres and festivals across the country. She is the Artistic Director of independent company Fraught Outfit, with whom she created “The Innocence Triology”, a series of works examining patriarchal violence and control with ensembles of young performers aged 8-18.
