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Suzie Miller Award
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 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heartbreak Kid (1993 Film)
''The Heartbreak Kid'' is a 1993 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Michael Jenkins (director), Michael Jenkins, who, with Richard Barrett, also wrote the script. It stars Claudia Karvan as Christina Papadopoulos, a 22-year-old Greek-Australian teacher who falls in love with her 17-year-old, soccer-obsessed student, Nick Polides, played by Alex Dimitriades. The film was based on the 1987 stage play of the same name. In a 2024 interview, Karvan commented on ''The Heartbreak Kid'' saying that she doesn't "take responsibility" for the controversial storyline: "I didn't write it. I didn't direct it. I didn't produce it... I was a 19 year old girl. And it was a tough job. I felt like I was an adult, and I was playing a very adult role... I probably wasn't that equipped to do it. I got through and I did it, but it wasn't my favourite job." She also pointed out that a friend of hers had recently seen the film and was less troubled by the age gap than the fact that the Nick c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Miller
Susan "Suzie" Miller (born ) is an Australian playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and lawyer. She has written over 40 plays, first coming to notice in 2008 for ''Reasonable Doubt'', which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her best-known play is ''Prima Facie'', which was staged in a West End theatre in London starring Jodie Comer in April 2022, directed by fellow Australian Justin Martin. The production won two Olivier Awards, three years after a highly successful run in Sydney in 2019. It was also broadcast live to cinemas around the UK through NT Live, and later around the world. Her new play, ''Inter Alia'', also directed by Martin, starring Rosamund Pike, opens in the West End on 10 July 2025. It is also set to be broadcast to cinemas through NT Live. Early life and education Susan Miller was born in Melbourne, Australia, in . She was very close to her mother, Elaine who died in May 2019. Her family was a large, working-class Catholic family, and she grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Reeves
Melissa Reeves (née Brennan; born March 14, 1967) is an American actress. She is known for playing Jennifer Horton on the NBC Daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1985–1995, 2000–2006, 2010–2022, 2024). She has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on ''Days of Our Lives''. She has also won four Soap Opera Digest Awards. Early life Reeves was born in Eatontown, New Jersey and raised in Red Bank, New Jersey, Red Bank. Her maiden name is Melissa Brennan. Her father was a Disc jockey for a radio station in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Asbury Park, where he met musicians like Bruce Springsteen. She has one sibling, a brother. At the age of thirteen, she started taking the bus and train to New York to attend dance classes, studying with Phil Black. Reeves wanted to become a dancer on Broadway. She also studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan. Career 1983-1985: ''Santa Barbara'' In the early 1980s, Reeves (then known as Meli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Fennessy
Aidan Fennessy (died 13 September 2020) was an Australian playwright, stage director and actor, known for his work with the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), where he was at one time associate director. Fennessy's career began in Melbourne in the 1990s, involving his talents as writer, director and actor. He acted in a number of television series, including ''Neighbours'', '' Introducing Gary Petty'', ''Blue Heelers'' and '' City Homicide''. In 2012, he was the programming director at MTC. His play, ''National Interest'' (2012), was commissioned by the MTC and the Black Swan State Theatre Company (Western Australia) on the theme of the Balibo Five. Fennessy's cousin, Tony Stewart, was one of the five journalists who became known as the Balibo Five after they were murdered in Balibo, East Timor, in 1975. The play focuses on Stewart's family, in particular his mother and sister, as well as the Indonesian Government's cover-up, and the Australian Government's handling of the affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
