Anne-Louise is currently Resident Director at Belvoir in Sydney, Australia. From 2010 to 2013 she was Artistic Director of The Hayloft Project. She was previously a director-in-residence at Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne. Anne-Louise has worked professionally as a director, playwright, actor and dramaturge with Australia's most highly regarded theatre companies including Belvoir, The Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, and Melbourne Theatre Company.

For Belvoir Anne-Louise has directed Stories I Want to Tell You in Person and Seventeen, she co-wrote and directed Nora and Medea, Elektra/Orestes and A Christmas Carol. Anne-Louise was assistant director on Simon Stone’s The Wild Duck, and dramaturg on Posts’ Oedipus Schmoedipus, Sisters Grimm’s La Traviata and The Hayloft Project’s Thyestes.

Medea won five Sydney Theatre Awards including Best Direction, Best Mainstage Production and Best New Australian Work. It was also awarded an AWGIE for Best Stage Play and nominated for four 2013 Helpmann Awards including Best Direction, Best New Australian Work and Best Play.
Anne-Louise’s other theatre credits include The Seed (Melbourne Theatre Company); The Nest, Yuri Wells and By Their Own Hands (The Hayloft Project). Her acting credits include The Suicide, By Their Own Hands (B Sharp/ The Hayloft Project/Neon MTC); 3XSisters, The Only Child (The Hayloft Project, Best Independent Production, Sydney Theatre Awards); Return to Earth (Melbourne Theatre Company); The Spook (Malthouse Theatre); and Starchaser (Arena Theatre Company).