Anna Barker
Actor, Publicist, Stage Manager, Producer
BA Theatre and Film (Victoria University of Wellington)
MFA Theatre, Acting (Victoria University of Wellington)
Anna Barker is a Pōneke based actor and professional yapper.
With a background in acting, devising, stage management and publicity. Anna loves to work in a collaborative setting. She specialises in the wild, the wacky and the comically absurd. From children’s theatre, to being a tap dancing rat, she has worked around Aotearoa in front of and behind the curtain with large casts, working with children, durational works and solo managing large venues.
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Awards and Nominations
Nominee / Organized Chaos Award, NZ Fringe Awards 2025, Compromise
Nominee / Best in Fringe, NZ Fringe Awards 2025, Hausdown
Winner / Most Innovative Work, NZ Fringe Awards 2024, You and A.I.
Nominee / Organized Chaos Award, NZ Fringe Awards 2024, Celebrity Trevor Island
Nominee / Most Promising Newcomer, Wellington Theatre Awards 2023, The Importance of Being Earnest, Into the Woods, ratKing, One Night Band, Long Ride Home
Winner / Most Original Production, Wellington Theatre Awards 2023, One Night Band
Winner / Grand Design Award, NZ Fringe Awards 2023, ratKing
Nominee / Organized Chaos Award, NZ Fringe Awards 2023, ratKing
Nominee / Organized Chaos Award, NZ Fringe Awards 2022, MILK of the Gods
Nominee / Organized Chaos Award, NZ Fringe Awards 2021, MILK
Notable Credits
The Ballad of Briar Grant – BATS / Basement Theatre / ToiToi / The Globe / Little Andromeda, 2025 (Actor)
Compromise – The Gryphon, 2025 (Actor)
Edit the Sad Parts (Playreading) – Circa, 2025 (Puppeter)
Boys and Girls at the School Silent Disco – BATS, 2024 (Actor)
Sandwich Artist – Te Auaha, 2024 (Actor)
Long Ride Home – Te Auaha / Little Andromeda / ToiToi / The Globe, 2023/2024 (Actor)
One Night Band – BATS 2023 (Production)
Night of the Silver Moon – BATS / Circus Bar, 2022/2023 (Actor)
Adults are Talking – BATS / ATC Youth, 2022 (Actor)
