OUR TEAM

OUR STORY

Fourth Wall Theatre Company was founded in October 2019 by Melbourne artists who were keen to create high quality theatre that excites, challenges and inspires. The company was formed with the intent of producing plays that create conversations about issues that matter. Join us, follow us on our journey.

NATASHA BOYD

Artistic Director and Founder

Natasha Boyd got hooked on performing after appearing in The Tempest when she was 12 years old. Since then, her forty-ish years of theatre experience have seen her collaborate with theatre makers predominantly as a director and actor. But she has also been a stage manager, choreographer, set and sound designer, and co-writer a bunch of musicals and one acts.

From town and scout halls, to a bowling green and University / community theatre spaces, she’s also staged indie work at Gasworks, Butterfly Club and St Martin’s.

Natasha has been fortunate to work with many brilliant teams, and receive a number of award accolades along the way: Photograph 51 (Williamstown Little Theatre 2024 Victorian Drama League Best Director and Production nomination) The Revlon Girl by Neil Anthony Docking (Victorian Premiere, Brighton 2023 VDL Best Director win and Production win), In the Next Room or the Vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl (Brighton 2018 VDL Best Director win and Production win), Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (STAG 2014 VDL Best Production win and Director nomination), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee (STAG 2017 VDL Best Production and Direction nominations) and Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (Mount Players 2013 VDL Best Production and Direction nominations).

She was proud to direct the non-professional premieres (Australian or Victorian) of Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale (HTC 2018), True Minds by Joanna Murray-Smith (HTC 2014), God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza (The Mount Players 2011), and Mercy Seat by Neil LaBute (Gasworks 2017) amongst others.

Natasha’s passion for Australian short works saw her tour Victorian play festivals, picking up nominations and wins for production and direction for Slut by Patricia Cornelius (2018), Mothers by Joanna Norland (Australian premiere 2010), What is the Matter with Mary Jane? by Wendy Harmer, based on the book by Sancia Robinson (2009), and 10,000 Cigarettes by Alex Broun (2009).

Natasha has reviewed professional and indie shows for Theatrepeople since 2009 and was a play selection committee member for Williamstown Little Theatre 2017-2020. Natasha has adjudicated various Victorian One Act Play festivals (South Gippsland 2019, Mansfield 2018 and Macedon 2017). She also enjoyed an 18 month stint as a weekly radio announcer for Highlands FM in 2006/7. She has been in the Social Media Marketing role for the Victorian Drama League since late 2023.

Natasha loves that Fourth Wall Theatre Company will focus on plays that ignite conversation, with artists she admires and is energised by.