Susan Wilson

Susan Accushla Wilson is a New Zealand director and actor. Wilson was one of the founders of Wellington's Circa Theatre and the Circa Council in 1976 and has had a long career at the theatre as a stage actor and director.

Acting Wilson played the role of Beryl in the popular television programme Gliding On over 5 series between 1981 and 1985. Her work in television also includes roles in Mortimer's Patch, and Close to Home.

Director Wilson's productions include many winners of Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards including Angels in America, Joyful and Triumphant, Arcadia, and Death of a Salesman.

She has been a script advisor for Playmarket and Television New Zealand script editor. Wilson has been directing pantomimes at Circa Theatre over years, a recent was Cinderella (2020) written by Simon Leary & Gavin Rutherford.

Honours and awards In 1982, Wilson won Best Actress in the Feltex Television Awards, for Mortimer's Patch and Gliding On. She won the same award again in 1994 for her production of Angels in America.

In the 2001 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Wilson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre.