A graduate of NIDA’s Directing Program, Derek Walker works as a professional Theatre Director, predominantly in the worlds of Musical Theatre and Opera. He is currently based in Sydney but works frequently in Europe.
Production credits include: Newsies (2025), Billy Budd (2025), Tosca (2024), Prima La Mamma (2024), Urinetown (2023), Die Tote Stadt (2023), Turandot (2022/2023) Catch Me If You Can (2022), The 39 Steps (2021), The Last Five Years (2021), La Boheme (2019), The Mask Of Orpheus (2019), Kinky Boots (2019), Jack The Ripper (2019), War Requiem (2018/2020), Ghost - The Musical (2018), 170 Days - The Diary of John Rabe (2017) La Traviata (2017/2018), White Rabbit Red Rabbit (2017), Little Shop Of Horrors (2017), Proof (2016/2018), Avenue Q (2016), Once (2014-15), Legally Blonde - The Musical (2014), King Kong (2013), I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change (2012/2013), Love Bites (2012), Sunday In The Park With George (2012), Blood Brothers (2011), Dealer’s Choice (2011) Woyzeck (2011), Les Miserables (2010), Urinetown (2010), Blackrock (2009), Chess (2009), Breaker Morant (2008), That Scottish Play (2008) The Life of Galileo (2008), West Side Story (2007), Bouncers (2007), Two Weeks With The Queen (2006), Antigone (2006), The Accused (2005), The Lord Of The Flies (2004), The Real Inspector Hound (2003), The Popular Mechanicals (2002), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (2002), Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Iphigenia In Aulis (1999), Jesus Christ Superstar (1998), Blackrock (1998), Guys and Dolls (1997).