Yaron Lifschitz – Director

Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz is a graduate of the University of NSW, University of Queensland and National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) where he was the youngest director ever accepted into its prestigious graduate director’s course. Since graduating, Yaron has directed over 60 productions including large-scale events, opera, theatre, physical theatre and circus. His work has been seen in 18 countries, across 5 continents by over 500 000 people. He was founding Artistic Director of the Australian Museum’s Theatre Unit, Head Tutor in Directing at Australian Theatre for Young People and has been regular guest tutor in directing at NIDA since 1995. He is currently Artistic Director and CEO of Circa. With Circa, Yaron has created works such as Wunderkammer, Circa, by the light of stars that are no longer..., The Space Between and 61 Circus Acts in 60 Minutes. His recent works have been reviewed as being “stunning”, “exquisite” and “the standard to which all other circuses can aspire”.
Yaron lives in Brisbane, Australia with his son, Oscar. His passion is creating works of philosophical and poetic depth from the traditional languages of circus.