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Silent Disco (play)
''Silent Disco'' is a play by Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott. It concerns two teenagers - one of whom is Aboriginal - at a Sydney public school. The play premiered at the Stables Theatre in Sydney from April-June 2011, directed by Lee Lewis, for Griffin Theatre Company, Australian Theatre for Young People and HotHouse Theatre. The cast included Sophie Hensser, Meyne Wyatt, Camilla Ah Kin and Kirk Page. The production later toured to Wodonga and Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio. ''Silent Disco'' received the Griffin Award for an unproduced Australian play in 2009. It was nominated for Best New Australian Work at the 2011 Helpmann Awards, and received the AWGIE Award for Stage The AWGIE Award for Stage is awarded by the Australian Writers' Guild at the annual AWGIE Awards for Australian performance writing. The award is for the playscript. To be eligible, the play must have had its first professional production (as disti ... in 2012. References {{reflist 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachlan Philpott
Lachlan Philpott (born 20 March 1972) is an Australian theatre writer, director, and teacher. He graduated from the University of New South Wales (BA Hons Theatre and Film), the Victorian College of the Arts (Post-Grad Dip, Directing Theatre), and NIDA Playwrights Studio. He was Artistic Director of Tantrum Theatre in Newcastle, writer-in-residence at Red Stitch in Melbourne, and the Literary Associate at ATYP. His 18 plays have been performed across Australia as well as Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He was Chair of the Australian Writers%27 Guild Playwrights’ Committee between 2012 and 2016, and was the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship Inaugural Professional Playwriting Scholarship in 2014.... In 2012 his play Silent Disco won the Stage Award at the 45th annual AWGIE Awards. Australian arts journalists have described Philpott's writing style as "fluid and musical", filled with "poetic stylistic devices which he employs" that demand "verbal dynamics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stables Theatre, Sydney
The Stables Theatre is a 105-seat theatre in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The intimate theatre has a kite-shaped stage. The theatre was built in , converting an old stables. It was originally called the Nimrod Street Theatre, giving its name to the Nimrod Theatre Company which originally performed there. The name changed to the Stables Theatre in 1975. Griffin Theatre Company has been resident in the theatre since the early 1980s. It was purchased in 1986 by Rodney Seaborn Rodney Frederick Marsden Seaborn (1912 − 17 May 2008) was an Australian psychiatrist, businessman, and philanthropist in the performing arts sector. He was responsible for supporting many theatre companies and professionals in Sydney, and ... when it was up for sale and risked demolition. He established a trust called the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation as owners, with his cousins Peter Broughton and Leslie Walford on the board. The theatre is being renovated from 2024 to expand the stage and incr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Lewis
Lee Lewis (born 1970) is an Australian theatre director. Early life and education Lewis was born in 1977 in Chicago, Illinois. Her family emigrated to Australia when she was a child. Lewis trained as an actor at Columbia University in New York. Returning to Australia, she completed a Masters of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005. Career In 2006 she directed a play by New Zealand writer Matthew J. Saville about the Boer War entitled ''Kikia te Poa'', which was performed at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney. She was appointed artistic director of Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company in 2012. Lewis was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company in 2019, succeeding Sam Strong who was her predecessor at Griffin as well. She resigned from Queensland Theatre in March 2024. Awards *2016: Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for Griffin's production of '' The Bleeding Tree'' *2024: Honorary Medal of the Order of Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Greene. Artistic directors *Declan Greene (2020–present) * Lee Lewis (August 2012–2020) * Sam Strong (2010–2012) * Nick Marchand (2006–2010) * David Berthold (2003–2006) *Ros Horin (1992–2003) *Ian Watson *Peter Kingston (inaugural artistic director) History Founded in 1979 its original founders were Peter Carmody, Penny Cook, Eadie Kurzer, Jenny Laing-Peach, and Rosemarie Lenzo. The organisation held its first meetings in Laing-Peach's cottage in Griffin Street, Surry Hills. Their first project was to present the Irish play '' The Ginger Man'' by James Patrick Donleavy at the Kirk Gallery in Cleveland Street, Surry Hills on 6 April 1979. The first Artistic Director was Peter Kingston who served until the appointment of Ian B Watson in 1988. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Theatre For Young People
Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) is the flagship youth theatre company located in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1963 by Eleanor Witcombe. History The first committee was formed in 1963 and consisted of Alastair Duncan as chairman, Diana Sharpe as secretary, Nigel Lovell as treasurer, as well as Ellis Irving, Owen Weingott and Wendy Blacklock. ATYP's first production was the comedy ''She Stoops to Conquer - Goldsmith Examined'' by Oliver Goldsmith, adapted and directed by Owen Weingott. Location Since 1997, ATYP was housed at The Wharf, Pier 4/5, but due to construction that started in July 2018, ATYP has temporarily relocated its office to Woolloomooloo. Their performance spaces are SBW Stables Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta and The Joan, Penrith. Notable alumni Alumni of the company include: * Natasha Bassett * Mitchell Butel * Rose Byrne * Rob Carlton * Kyly Clarke * Salvatore Coco * Toni Collet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HotHouse Theatre
HotHouse Theatre is a professional theatre company based in the Albury-Wodonga region on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. It evolved from the Murray River Performing Group which was established in 1979. HotHouse Theatre is resident in the Butter Factory Theatre in Wodonga, and also manages a farmhouse outside Albury Albury (; ) is a major regional city that is located in the Murray River, Murray region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the twin city of Albury–Wodonga, Albury-Wodonga and is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of ... for the company’s residency programs. References External links Official website {{authority control Theatre companies in Australia Performing arts in Victoria (state) Albury 1979 establishments in Australia Culture of New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Hensser
Sophie Bloom (née Hensser) is an Australian actress, knowing for her roles as Megan in ''The Saddle Club'', Freya Duric in ''Home and Away'' and Vivian Maguire in '' Love Child''. Early life Hensser is the daughter of Wendy Strehlow, a Jewish actress. While growing up, Hensser was on sets and tours with her parents. Strehlow agreed to Hensser having an agent on the condition that she did not take rejection after auditions personally. Hensser had credited her mother as helping her to stay "grounded" as an actress. Hensser attended high school at Kambala Girls School from 2001 to 2006. She went on to train at the Australian Theatre for Young People, and also participated in an open course from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She then studied a BA in Media Communications, Media, Arts and Production from University of Technology in Sydney, from 2008 to 2012. Career From 2001 to 2002, Hensser played Megan in Australian-Canadian children's series ''The Saddle Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyne Wyatt
Meyne Wyatt (born 1989) is an Aboriginal Australian actor, known for his stage, film, and television roles. In 2012, he played a supporting role in the musical comedy film '' The Sapphires'' and also made his debut with the Bell Shakespeare company. His appearance in the second season of ''Redfern Now'' earned him nominations at the 2014 Logie Awards and at the 3rd AACTA Awards. From 2014 to 2016, Wyatt played the ongoing role of Nate Kinski in ''Neighbours''. Early life Meyne Wyatt was born in Kalgoorlie in 1989, to Sue, a painter and children's book illustrator, and Brian, who worked for the National Native Title Council. His father was a Yamatji man, while his mother is from the Wongatha group, and Wyatt is the youngest of four siblings. He attended Hale School in Perth from the age of 13. After leaving Hale, Wyatt completed a theatre course at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). He auditioned for full-time places at WAAPA and the National Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Ah Kin
Camilla Ah Kin (6 July 1964 – 9 June 2023) was an Australian actress known for her work on ''Holding the Man'', ''Ali & the Ball'', ''Going Home'', and Channel 9 comedy series '' Here Come the Habibs''. Biography Ah Kin was a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Her work included theatre, film, and TV as a performer. In 1992, she received a cultural scholarship from the government of France to study at L’École Internationale du Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She also completed Master of Arts (Research) with the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney. Ah Kin appeared in productions for companies including Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, WA Theatre Company (Black Swan), Ensemble Theatre, and Griffin. She had also worked as a director, dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a thea ... [...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, Victoria, Southbank in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It was designed by architect Roy Grounds, 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, Melbourne, 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 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helpmann Award For Best New Australian Work
__NOTOC__ The Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre in Australia. The award is presented to the author, composer, book writer or lyricist of the production. , the 2019 event was the last one held, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Winners and nominees See also *Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical theatre ... References External linksThe official Helpmann Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Helpmann Awards ...
The 11th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 1 August 2011 at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Winners and nominees In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are those which are listed below the winner and not in boldface Theatre Musicals Opera and Classical Music Dance and Physical Theatre Contemporary Music Other Industry References External linksThe official Helpmann Awards website {{Helpmann Awards, state=collapsed Helpmann Awards Sydney Opera House Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards, 11th Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
