WESLEY ENOCH is the eldest son of Doug and Lyn Enoch who hail from Stradbroke Island. His writing credits include The Sunshine Club, The Seven Stages of Grieving (co-written with Deborah Mailman) and Black Medea all of which he also directed; and The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s Table which won the 2005 Patrick White Playwrights' Award.

Wesley has been Artistic Director of Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, an Associate Artist with the Queensland Theatre Company, a Resident Director with the Sydney Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director with Sydney’s Company B, and is currently the Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company.

His extensive credits as a director include the premiere production of Stolen and a revival of The Cherry Pickers, both of which toured internationally, Capricornia, The Dreamers, Conversations with the Dead, Romeo and Juliet, Fountains Beyond, Black-ed Up, The Sapphires, Rainbow’s End, Eora Crossing, Bitin’ Back and Riverland.

In 2002 Wesley was the recipient of a Cite Internationale des Artes residency in Paris. Other awards include a Matilda Award ( The Sunshine Club 2000), Variety Club of Australia (Theatre Heart Award 2000), ’98 Queens Trust Award and ’97 Young Australian of The Year (Queensland Arts Section).