Terence Crawford is an Australian actor, author, theatre director, academic, and songwriter.

Early life and education

Terence Crawford graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in

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as an actor in 1984. He achieved a Masters of Creative Arts from

James Cook University James Cook University (JCU) is a public university in North Queensland, Australia. The second oldest university in Queensland, JCU is a teaching and research institution. The university's main campuses are located in the tropical cities of Cairn ...

in 2000 with his dissertation on Chekhov in an Australian cultural context. His PhD thesis, from University of Sydney in 2015, was entitled "Real Human in this Fantastical World: Political, Artistic and Fictive concerns of actors in rehearsal: an ethnography".

Career

Crawford has acted with many of Australia's major theatre companies, as well as in television programs and films, including '' The Babadook'' and '' Stateless''. In 2017 and 2018 he toured Australia, and to the Auckland and Singapore Arts Festivals, playing O'Brien in Headlong, Almeida Theatre and

Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It was first established as a repertory theatre in 1948 when it operated from a former cinema in Goldsmith Street. Directors during this period included Val May and Fr ...

's production of Duncan MacMillan and

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's adaptation of

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's ''

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''. As a playwright, Crawford's work has been produced by many theatre companies including

Griffin Theatre Company Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new works, based in Sydney. Founded in 1979, it is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Green. Artistic direct ...

Theatre or Image and

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 Thea ...

as well as for radio and television. He has directed productions of many Shakespearean plays.

Academia

In addition to teaching acting Crawford has taught play-writing, dramaturgy, and directing at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. He has held head of acting positions at the following institutions: Theatre Nepean (NSW), TTRP (Singapore) (now ITI), LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore), and Adelaide College of the Arts (ACArts). He has also been a director at

WAAPA The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

and a guest at

L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq is a school of physical theatre located on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 1956 by Jacques Lecoq, the school offers a professional and intensive two-ye ...

(Paris).

Other roles and recognition

In 2018 Crawford gave the keynote address at the inaugural AusAct conference, at Charles Sturt University, and in 2013 he was honoured by the University of Adelaide, which awarded him the title of

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. He has written many songs with songwriting partner Richard Davies as well as on his own. These songs have featured in various theatrical and musical contexts, and are played by his current band, Almost Evelyn.

Selected publications

*''Dimensions of Acting: An Australian Approach'' Currency Press 2011; *''Trade Secrets: Australian Actors and Their Craft'' Currency Press 2005;
"The Castanet Club: History, provenance and influence"
'' Australasian Drama Studies'', No. 66, Apr 2015: 25252. ISSN: 0810–4123.
"Feudal positions and the pathology of contentment: Sites of disconnection for Australian theatre actors"
''About Performance'', No. 13, 2015: 23–43. ISSN: 1324–6089.
"Finding the light: Acting as an artistic and social project"
''Fusion Journal'', no. 15, 2019, pp. 6–17.
"Real Human in this Fantastical World: Political, Artistic and Fictive Concerns of Actors in Rehearsal: An Ethnography"

References

External links

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