Tyran Parke worked as an actor for two decades before firmly establishing himself as an acclaimed director on the Australian theatre scene.
He is now a much sought-after director, producer and teacher. He directed the all-star production of Follies at the Melbourne Recital Centre, followed by the acclaimed production of Barnum starring Todd McKenney and Rachael Beck, and CHESS starring Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Rob Mills and Paulini.
Further professional directing credits include the plays Thom Pain, Pool (no water), The Laramie Project, Great Expectations, and Proof; the musicals Jekyll and Hyde, Rent, The Goodbye Girl, A Chorus Line, Songs for a New World, Hello Again, and the operas The Coronation of Poppea and The Fairy Queen.
Concert work includes the acclaimed, Here’s to the Ladies, Rob Mills is Surprisingly Good, Debra Byrne and Vika Bull in Tapestry, Caroline O’Connor’s From Broadway with Love, Dirty Dancing in Concert, Mark Vincent’s Broadway three separate national tours of From Broadway to La Scala over a six-year period and the reunion tour of pop sensation, ‘JenTyDaQuee’.
Other productions include the acclaimed, Ordinary Days (Green Room Award- Best Director), Big Fish (Broadway World and Glugg Nominations- Best Director), Falsettos (Green Room nomination- Best Director) and The Coronation of Poppea (Opera Chaser Award- Best Director of an Opera).
Tyran created Clovelly Fox with the debut Production, Elegies: A Song Cycle in 2024 being nominated for 5 Green Room Awards, with Tyran winning the Best Director Award.
As a teacher, Tyran has worked for all the major training institutions and is currently the Head of Music Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). He is Artistic Director of Clovelly Fox Productions as well as the acclaimed Australian Musical Theatre Festival in Launceston, where he has just completed his 5th program.