Cameron Mitchell had a big year in 2022. Topping it off were nominations for Best Direction and Best Choreography in a Musical at the Sydney Theatre Awards for his production of Nice Work If You Can Get It at the Hayes Theatre Co.

Whether he has won will be revealed on 23 January.

As well as directing and choreographing Nice Work, he directed To Barbra, With Love for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – which is now being remounted by Live Nation in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra – and directed and choreographed a concert staging of Singin’ in the Rain at QPAC.

He also spent 10 weeks in Perth when he directed and choreographed the third year students at WAAPA in The Pajama Game.

Cameron Mitchell at work. Photo supplied

2023 has got off to an equally busy start. As well as reviving To Barbra, With Love, Mitchell is choreographing the musical Urinetown at the Hayes Theatre Co.

Moving into choreography isn’t that unusual for a dancer, but working on productions as both director and choreographer is less common. Mitchell was inspired by the likes of Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Jerome Robbins,...