Tim Dashwood


Tim is an actor, Fight Director and movement creative having studied extensively in a range of martial and movement practices under the mentorship of Nigel Poulton. He is the former President of the Society of Australian Fight Directors incorporated (SAFDi).
As a Fight Director, he works with companies including: Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Theatre Company, Hayes Theatre Company, Griffin, The Ensemble, ATYP, Opera Australia, Belvoir and shake & stir theatre co. Recent credits include: Julius Caesar (Bell Shakespeare), The Shiralee, The Talented Mr Ripley, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Sweat, Stolen (STC), Carmen, Hamlet, West Side Story, Miss Saigon (Opera Australia), Primary Trust, Ulster American, Alone It Stands (The Ensemble), Pirates of Penzance, The Slave of Duty, Zombie! The Musical, Dubbo Championship Wrestling (Hayes), Nucleus, The Lewis Trilogy, Jailbaby (Griffin).
As an actor, notably he has performed with Bell Shakespeare in Richard III, starred alongside Jerry Hall in The Graduate (Kay &McLean Productions) and played the lead role in David Williamson’s Managing Carmen (QTC). Committed to helping educate in industry, Tim teaches for; Actors Centre Australia, Sydney Actors School and NIDA as well as delivering workshops for the SAFDi.
NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.