Shari Sebbens always assumed if she ever took on the role of director it would be for screen rather than for theatre.
After the Jabirr Jabirr and Bardi actor filmed Wayne Blair's hit 2012 film adaptation of The Sapphires (her feature debut) and award-winning TV series Redfern Now, the idea solidified.
Watching directors such as Wayne Blair and Catriona McKenzie (Redfern Now) having conversations with the various heads of department on set, "it just looked like it was something more micromanaged or more compartmentalised [than theatre]," she recalls.
