Annette Gale Edwards AM (born 14 November 1954)[1] is an Australian theatre director, who has worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally.
Edwards began her career at Adelaide youth theatre company Energy Connection.
Internationally, Edwards directed the 1996 London revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, which opened at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway in 2000, and for which she won an Emmy Award for the televised recording of the production.
[3] Edwards contributed to the book of the musical Whistle Down the Wind, for which she directed the West End production.
She directed Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003 and 2004 respectively.