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Don Parties On
''Don Parties On'' is a 2011 play written by David Williamson. It was a sequel to '' Don's Party'' and opened the 2011 season of the Melbourne Theatre Company. Directed by Robyn Nevin, this sequel premiered on 13 January 2011 at the Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse. The same characters 40 years on plus a few new arrivals. Don is now a retired school teacher. Plot The Scene: 21 August 2010, Don invites old friends around for a party the night of the federal election. It’s 21 August 2010, the night of yet another federal election and, of course, yet another election night party at Don’s place. Over the decades, as he and his friends watched governments come and go, they have also closely followed the incoming results from each other’s lives: the tallies of luck and misfortune, the unexpected swings for and against. And through it all, the lesson that this crowd of superannuated Baby Boomers never seemed to learn is that politics and strong personalities should never be mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williamson
David Keith Williamson Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australians, Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Early life David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, on 24 February 1942, and was brought up in Bairnsdale. He initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Melbourne from 1960, but left and graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1965. His early forays into the theatre were as an actor and writer of skits for the Engineers' Revue at Melbourne University's Union Theatre at lunchtime during the early 1960s, and as a satirical sketch writer for Monash University student reviews and the Emerald Hill Theatre Company. After a brief stint as design engineer for Holden, GM Holden, Williamson became a lecturer in mechanical engineering and thermodynamics at Swinburne University of Technology (then Swinburne Technical Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don's Party
''Don's Party'' is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The play opened on 11 August 1971 at The Pram Factory theatre in Carlton. Plot Don Henderson is a schoolteacher living with his wife Kath and baby son in the Melbourne suburb of Lower Plenty. On the night of the 1969 federal election Don invites a small group of friends to celebrate a predicted Australian Labor Party (ALP) election victory, much to the dismay of his wife. To the party come Mal, Don's university mentor, and his bitter wife Jenny, sex-obsessed Cooley and his latest girlfriend, nineteen-year-old Susan, Evan, a dentist, and his beautiful artist wife Kerry. Somehow, two Liberal supporters, Simon and Jody also come. As the party wears on it becomes clear that the Labor party, which is supported by Don and most of the guests, is not winning. As a result, alcohol consumption increases, and the sniping between Don and his male friends about their failed aspirations gets u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Theatre Company
The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia. The company's Southbank Theatre houses the 500-seat Sumner and the 150-seat Lawler, and the company also performs in the Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio and Playhouse, all located in Melbourne's Arts Precinct in Southbank. Considered Victoria's state theatre company, it formally comes under the auspices of the University of Melbourne. As of 2013 it offered a Mainstage Season of ten to twelve plays each year, as well as education, family and creative development activities, and reported having a subscriber base of approximately 20,000 people and played to a around quarter of a million people annually. History The Melbourne Theatre Company was founded in 1953 by John Sumner as the Union Theatre Repertory Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Nevin
Robyn Anne Nevin (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress, director, and stage producer, recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. Former head of both the Queensland Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company, she has directed more than 30 productions and acted in more than 80 plays, collaborating with internationally renowned artists, including Richard Wherrett, Simon Phillips, Geoffrey Rush, Julie Andrews, Aubrey Mellor, Jennifer Flowers, Cate Blanchett and Lee Lewis. Nevin is also known for her roles in films and televisions series, including ''Water Under the Bridge'' (1980) as Shasta, role that earned her a Logie Awards and a Penguin Award, ''Upper Middle Bogan'' (2014) and ''Top of the Lake'' (2014), and international film acting as Councillor Dillard in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (both 2003), and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arts Centre Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne, originally known as the Victorian Arts Centre and briefly called the Arts Centre, is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the central Melbourne suburb of Southbank in Victoria, Australia. It was designed by architect Sir Roy Grounds, the masterplan for the complex (along with the National Gallery of Victoria) was approved in 1960 and construction began in 1973 following some delays. The complex opened in stages, with Hamer Hall opening in 1982 and the Theatres Building opening in 1984. Arts Centre Melbourne is located by the Yarra River and along St Kilda Road, one of the city's main thoroughfares, and extends into the Melbourne Arts Precinct. Major companies regularly performing include Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Production Company, Victorian Opera, Bell Shakespeare, Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Melbourne Symphony Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Craig
Diane Mary Craig (born 1949), sometimes credited as Di Craig, is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress best known for her performances in film and television. She was born in County Down, and since 1971 has been married to award-winning Australian actor and comedian Garry McDonald. Career Film She attended the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), but left after a year, making her debut in 1970 starring in the British Australian feature film ''Ned Kelly'' (1970), alongside Mick Jagger. Her other film appearances included roles in '' The Mango Tree'' (1977), '' Double Deal'' (1981), ''The Highest Honor'' (1982), ''Travelling North'' (1987) and '' A Sting in the Tail'' (1989). Television Craig has also appeared on the small screen in numerous serials, mini-series and telemovies. She is probably best known for the long-running roles in ''The Restless Years'' and '' E Street'' (replacing actress Penny Cook as Dr. Elly Fielding), as well as appearing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Flood
Georgia Flood (born 29 November 1992) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress. After studying at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne, Flood made her stage debut in a production of '' Blackbird''. She made a guest appearance in ''City Homicide'' in 2008, before she was cast as Charlotte Barker in '' Tangle''. Flood went on to join the casts of ''House Husbands'' and ''Wentworth''. In 2013, she was a runner-up for the Heath Ledger Scholarship Award. The following year, Flood starred in ''ANZAC Girls'' as Alice Ross-King. The role led to a nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries at the Golden Nymph Awards. Early life Flood was born on Phillip Island. The soprano Alexandra Flood is her sister, the author Morris West her grand-uncle. For six years she attended a school in Dubai. After moving to Melbourne when she was 12 years old, she began attending Methodist Ladies' College where she grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his in television series ''The Moodys'', ''Maximum Choppage'', ''Chandon Pictures'' and '' Full Frontal''. Early life Darren was first introduced to acting while he was a Boy Scout in Brisbane. He realised then that acting was his passion, "I just knew, I knew that's all I wanted to do. The hardest thing was trying to convince my father that my schooling TER mark didn't matter because I wanted to be an actor." Career Gilshenan graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1988. He has also taught extensively at Australian Theatre For Young People, Bell Shakespeare and National Institute of Dramatic Art. Gilshenan's early acting career includes guest roles in ''A Country Practice'' in 1992 and ''Police Rescue'' in 1993. He became a series regular (and writer) on the sketch comedy series '' Full Frontal'' in 1997. The show became ''Totally Full Frontal'', where he remained as writer and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grubb
Robert Grubb (born 31 January 1950) is an Australian actor. He studied acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where he graduated in 1978. There he was a fellow student of actor Mel Gibson. Grubb played the role of Dr. Geoffrey Standish in the popular series ''The Flying Doctors''. He won Australia's Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his stage portrayal of ''Pop'' in the Australian production of the Queen musical, ''We Will Rock You''. In 1998, he played The Wolf/ Cinderella’s Prince in Sondheim’s ''Into the Woods'' He also narrated "Rainforest Beneath the Canopy" in 2004. Grubb was reprising his previous role of Detective Bill Graves on ''Neighbours''. Grubb features as Senior Sgt Bill Kirby in ''Savage River'' (TV series), on ABC TV (and iview), premiering September 2022 and set in country Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie J
Francisco Javier Bautista Jr. (born December 7, 1975), better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican-American singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings. Born in Mexico, he grew up in San Diego and became a freestyle artist under the stage name Frankie Boy in the late 1990s. He then joined Kumbia Kings before re-embarking on a solo career. Frankie J's solo debut album, '' What's a Man to Do'', was released in 2003, followed by more English and Spanish language albums. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his album ''Faith, Hope y Amor'' in 2013 for Best Latin Pop Album. Early life Bautista was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and raised in San Diego, California, from the age of two, after his uncle brought him and his siblings to the United States. He grew up listening to both traditional Latin music as well as American urban music. He attended Southwest Senior High School in San Diego. He later began to develop more interest in singing, with the encourag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Jones (actress)
Sue Jones is an Australian actress best known for her television roles, in soap operas, sitcoms and telemovies, in particular for playing Pam Willis Pam Willis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Sue Jones. Pam was introduced by executive producer Don Battye as the matriarch of the newly introduced Willis family. Jones initially turned down an ... in ''Neighbours'' from 1990 to 1994, with itinerant returns. Biography She had also played an ongoing role in the situation comedy ''The Tea Ladies'' (1978), and in ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'' in 1981 as Kathy Hall. Other credits include several roles in police drama ''Blue Heelers'', the short film ''Pinata'' (which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2009), and Anthony Crowley's ''Shadow Passion'' at Chapel Off Chapel in September 2007, playing the role of Margaret. In 2013 and 2014, Jones had a recurring role in the ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
