Hannah Smith

Hannah is a Wellington based director, designer and producer who grew up in Ōtepoti (Dunedin). She has an honours degree in English and Theatre from Victoria University of Wellington. She was awarded Most Promising Director at the 2013 Wellington Theatre Awards for The Road That Wasn’t There, and Director of the Year for The Griegol in 2022. In 2023 she received a FAME Trust Mid-Career Award. She has a background in puppetry and paper-art, and her work with Trick of the Light has been performed around Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, the UK, USA, Canada and South Africa.