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Tommy Murphy (Australian Playwright)
Tommy Murphy (born 1979) is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, adaptor and director . He is best known for his stage and screen adaptation of Timothy Conigrave's memoir '' Holding the Man''. His most recent plays are '' Mark Colvin's Kidney'' and '' Packer & Sons''. Early life Murphy was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, the seventh of eight children in a Catholic family. Murphy attended St Edmund's College, Canberra. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney (BA 2004) and of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Director's course). Career He was a resident writer at Griffin Theatre Company 2004–06, for which he wrote '' Strangers in Between'' and '' Holding the Man''. Both plays are published by Currency Press, in one volume. ''Strangers in Between'' won the national 2006 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Best Play, and ''Holding the Man'' won the same Award in 2007. Murphy is the youngest recipient of the award, and the only playwright to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Guy Edmonds
Guy Edmonds is an Australian born director, writer, actor and author. He co-created, wrote, acted in and directed the Emmy award-winning comedy series Hardball. He co-authored the hit book series Zombie Diaries and Zoo Crew. As an actor he is best known for his work on such programmes as ''Home and Away'', ''A Moody Christmas'' and '' Underbelly: Razor'', and on stage in the world premiere productions of ''Holding the Man'' as Timothy Conigrave in Australia and London's West End, and '' Rupert'' alongside Academy Award nominee James Cromwell in Australia and Washington D.C, USA. Biography Guy co-created/wrote the Emmy award-winning live action comedy series HARDBALL for Australia's ABCMe. Season Two's out mid 2021, which he's written and directed. It also won Best Children's Fiction Program at the Prix Jeunesse International Awards, the BANFF Rockies, The Remis, The Japan Prize, and others, as well as being nominated for the AWGIES and AACTA's in Australia. HARDBALL can be seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre) and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre. History Sydney Theatre Company was formed in December 1978, following the closure of The Old Tote Theatre Company the month before. The then Premier, Neville Wran, approached Elizabeth Butcher, who had been seconded from the National Institute of Dramatic Art to administer the Old Tote, and asked her to set up a new state theatre company, to perform in the Drama Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. Butcher established its legal identity and managerial structure, and proposed the name, Sydney Theatre Company. With John Clark (Director of NIDA) as the Artistic Adviser of the first season, five theatre companies were invited to produce six plays to be presented by STC as the 1979 Interim Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn's Return
''Saturn's Return'' is an Australian play by Tommy Murphy, first performed in 2008 in Sydney. Synopsis Zara, the heroine of the play, is happily settled in a relationship with her partner, Matt. Marriage, mortgages and midwives lie on the horizon. Then, as the big planet does its thing, doubt creeps into Zara's mind. She must decide whether to continue on the path of the three Ms or break free from the constraints of rational living. Tommy Murphy wrote about his thoughts on the themes of the play, "What is this final call to adulthood likely to do to my generation? Will it just be about gathering debt, finding a comfortable home in which to breed and finding time to edit the friends list on Facebook?". The title refers to a Saturn return. Productions The play was commissioned for the Sydney Theatre Company 2008 season by incoming co-artistic directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. ''Saturn's Return'', written by Playwright Tommy Murphy, is published by Currency Press. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxanne Wilson
Roxanne Tessa Lisa Wilson (born March 17, 1979) started her career as an appellate attorney in Austin, Texas. She is currently a public speaker and Jazzercise franchisee. She was television host for The Liquidation Channel and a contestant on the hit NBC reality TV show '' The Apprentice 5'' with Donald Trump.NBC.com > The Apprentice 5/ref> She was fired in week 14 as the first African American woman to make the final four. Early life Roxanne was born in Ames, Iowa, as the middle of three girls and the first American-born in her family. Her family is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. She earned a business degree in economics from Baylor University while also being a member of the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce; the oldest organization and all-male fraternity which accepted Roxanne as the first female. She has clerked for two justices on the Supreme Court of Texas. She earned her J.D. degree from the University of Michigan. Professional career Roxanne Wilson worked fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Daddo
Cameron Peter Daddo (born 7 March 1965) is an Australian actor, musician and presenter. From 1987 to 1988, he hosted dating game show '' Perfect Match Australia''. He won two Logie Awards for his performances in '' Golden Fiddles'' and ''Tracks of Glory''. After moving to Los Angeles, Daddo played Brian Peterson in soap opera '' Models Inc.''. He also starred in '' F/X: The Series'', '' Hope Island'' and '' She Spies''. He hosted the 2007 reality show ''Pirate Master'' on CBS. In 2020, Daddo joined the cast of ''Home and Away'' as Evan Slater. In addition to his acting career, Daddo is also a musician and radio host. He joined smoothfm in 2012 as the host of Sunday mornings, before moving on to host ''Mellow Music'' in the evenings. Early life Daddo was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 7 March 1965, the eldest son of Peter and Bronwen Daddo. His father was a jewellery designer. Career Acting career Daddo's first television role was host of a children's show called ''Off the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam J
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Moss (Acting Coach)
Larry Moss is an American actor, director and acting coach. He wrote the acting textbook, ''The Intent to Live,'' and has directed numerous theatre productions, most notably '' The Syringa Tree'' and ''Holding the Man''. History He first began his acting career in New York starring in ''Upstairs at the Downstairs'' and appearing on Broadway in ''West Side Story'', ''Drat! The Cat!'', ''God's Favorite'', '' So Long, 174th Street'', '' The Robber Bridegroom'', and '' I Love My Wife''. He switched to teaching after he started having stage fright before shows.Moss, Larry (2004). ''The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor''. Bantam, New York. . He taught at Juilliard and Circle in the Square in New York. He originally came to Los Angeles to train C. Thomas Howell for ''The Hitcher''. After Helen Hunt thanked him in her acceptance speech after winning an Oscar in 1997 for ''As Good as It Gets'', the A-List demand for Moss' coaching increased. He coached Hilary Swank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Walsh (TV Host)
Michael Hayden Walsh (born 5 March 1938) is an Australian former radio and television presenter, currently focused on owning and operating live theatres, and theatre production both locally and the United Kingdom. Walsh was the first "King of Australian Daytime TV", with his program ''The Mike Walsh Show'', featuring both local and international guests, including Hollywood performers. Early life Walsh was born in Corowa, New South Wales. He completed his education at Xavier College in Melbourne, before studying pharmacy and arts at Melbourne University where he was heavily involved in student theatre revues. Radio career Prior to starring on television Walsh was a disc jockey on 1260 3SR Shepparton and 3XY Melbourne, and a "Good Guy" on Sydney commercial radio station 2SM. Television career Walsh hosted ''The Mike Walsh Show'' from 1973 to 1985. The program screened originally on the 0-10 network, the forerunner of Network Ten, before transferring to the Nine Network. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trafalgar Studios
Trafalgar Theatre is a new West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. It is set to open in spring 2021 following a major multi-million Pound sterling, pound restoration project aiming to reinstate it back to its original heritage design. The Listed building, Grade II listed building was built in 1930 with interiors in the Art Deco style as the Whitehall Theatre; it regularly staged comedies and revues. It was converted into a television and radio studio in the 1990s, before returning to theatrical use in 2004 as Trafalgar Studios, the name it bore until 2020. History 1930 to 1996 The original Whitehall Theatre, built on the site of the 17th century ''Ye Old Ship Tavern'' was designed by Edward A. Stone, with interiors in the Art Deco style by Marc-Henri and Laverdet. It had 634 seats. The theatre opened on 29 September 1930 with ''The Way to Treat a Woman'' by Walter Hackett, who was the theatre's licensee. In November 1933 Henry D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Thomson (scenic Designer)
Brian Thomson (b. 1946) is an Australian theatre, opera and film designer. He has been active in Australian stage design since the 1970s. Biography Originally an architecture student, Thomson dropped out of university to become an artist, and began working in theatre after meeting director Jim Sharman in 1969. They had a long and successful work collaboration together, beginning at the Old Tote Theatre Company, before working on a series of hugely successful musical productions including the Melbourne production of ''Hair'', and the original Australian and London productions of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and ''The Rocky Horror Show''. When Sharman directed ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' movie based on the musical, and its sequel ''Shock Treatment'', Thomson worked on their set design again. Other musical credits include the Broadway production of ''The King and I'', and Australian productions of ''Company'', ''The Boy from Oz'', and ''Priscilla: Queen of the Desert the Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berthold
David Berthold is one of Australia's most prominent theatre directors and cultural leaders. He has directed for most of Australia's major theatre companies, as well as in London and Berlin, and has led several key arts organisations. He was Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival, one of Australia's major international arts festivals and Queensland’s largest arts and cultural event. Through his tenure of five festivals, 2015–19, Berthold transformed the Festival into Australia's largest major international arts festival, presenting more works to more people than any other, with an audience of more than one million people. Since January 2020 he has been Artistic Director in Residence at the National Institute of Dramatic Art ( NIDA), Australia’s leading institute for education and training in the performing arts. He is a member of the NSW Government's Theatre and Musical Theatre Arts Advisory Board, on the Board of Australian Plays Transform (APT) – the national developm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
