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Sydney University Dramatic Society
The Sydney University Dramatic Society (SUDS) is the premier body for the production of undergraduate theatre at the University of Sydney. Established formally in 1889, with performances dating back to 1883, the society is the oldest continual theatre company in Australia, and one of the oldest student theatre groups in the world. Supported by the University of Sydney Union, SUDS performs over 16 productions a year, all of which are directed, designed and performed by its members. As well as traditional theatre, SUDS has been involved in the production and staging of student written productions, experimental plays, improvised theatre, and various University of Sydney Revues, comedy revues. SUDS currently operates out of the society's own production space, the Cellar Theatre, underneath the Holme Building on the Camperdown Campus of the University of Sydney. Before this plays were regularly housed in St James' Hall, Sydney, St James' Hall and the Society's own performance space on Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's six sandstone universities. The university comprises eight academic faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. The university consistently ranks highly both nationally and internationally. QS World University Rankings ranked the university top 40 in the world. The university is also ranked first in Australia and fourth in the world for QS graduate employability. It is one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit, and opened their doors to women on the same basis as men. Five Nobel Prize, Nobel and two Crafoord Prize, Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. The university has educated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jarman
Robert Jarman is an Australian theatre artist based in Hobart, Tasmania. Primarily a director and actor, he is also a writer and designer. Education Jarman studied English and Drama at the University of Sydney, where he participated extensively with the Sydney University Dramatic Society, performing, writing and directing shows varying in style from Shakespeare to experimental political cabaret. Career In the late 1980s, Jarman moved to Hobart where he quickly established himself as one of the leading entities within the Tasmanian arts industry. He directed the Australasian Premiere of Philip Glass's opera ''Hydrogen Jukebox'' at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music where he is currently the lecturer in Music Theatre. He has collaborated extensively with composers including Raffæle Marcellino and Matthew Dewey Matthew Ingvald Dewey (born 1984) is an Australian classical music composer, singer, and music producer. "Matthew Dewey – Represented Artist Profile", Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Elaine Whitlam, AO (née Dovey; 19 November 1919 – 17 March 2012) was an Australian social campaigner, author, and athlete. She was the wife of Gough Whitlam, the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975, and a representative of Australia in swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. Early life Born Margaret Dovey in Bondi, New South Wales, she was the daughter of Wilfred Robert "Bill" Dovey, a New South Wales Supreme Court judge and Mary Dorothy Duncan. She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst, where she excelled at sport. She grew to stand 188 cm (6'2") tall, towering over most other women. At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, she represented Australia in the 220-yard breaststroke, placing sixth out of seven swimmers. Dovey began an economics degree at the University of Sydney in 1938 before transferring to social work after two years of study. She graduated with a Diploma of Social Studies, and then began working at Parramatta Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the head of a Reformism, reformist and socially progressive administration that extraordinarily ended with his removal as prime minister after controversially being dismissed by the governor-general of Australia, Sir John Kerr (governor-general), John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Whitlam is the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office. Whitlam served as an Navigator#In aviation, air navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force for four years during World War II, and worked as a barrister following the war. He was first elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1952, becoming a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Werriwa. Whitlam became deputy leader of the Labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Tighe
Andrew Phillip Tighe (born 23 November 1955) is an Australian actor and theatre director. Early life Tighe was born in Sydney and educated at Newington College. Commencing in Year 3 at Lindfield Preparatory School in 1964, he completed the HSC in 1973. At the University of Sydney he was a member of SUDS. Acting career In 1980, Tighe made his professional acting debut with the Sydney Theatre Company in ''The Sunny South''. Later that year he played the part of the painfully shy schoolboy, Matthew, in The STC's production of ''Close of Play''. He has since performed for many major theatre companies in Australia. In 1990, he joined the cast of the stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest as Algernon Moncrieff. This popular production ran between 1988 and 1992 and was televised by the ABCbr> [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Pax Meacock
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Schofield
Leo George Schofield (born 6 May 1935) is an Australian restaurant critic, contributing a weekly column in ''The Mercury''. Schofield has served a long career as an advertising professional, journalist, creative arts festival director, and trustee of arts and cultural organisations. Biography Schofield was born in Brewarrina, New South Wales, the son of a football-loving publican. (Which football code is unclear, but it is likely to have been rugby league, based on the location and era.) He was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham and commenced his first job in 1949, as a 14-year-old, in the haberdashery department of Grace Brothers, an Australian store chain. He entered journalism in the 1970s at the ''Sunday Australian'', which folded into the ''Sunday Telegraph''. He also contributed to numerous other publications including '' The Australian'', '' Vogue'', ''The Bulletin'' and '' The Sydney Morning Herald'' for two decades. In 1984, Schofield established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Reucassel
Craig Bruce Reucassel is an Australian television and radio comedian. He is best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser. He hosted the Australian version of ''Balls of Steel'', which premiered in April 2011. Since 2013, Reucassel and fellow Chaser Julian Morrow have been main presenters on the ABC program '' The Checkout''. In 2017, Reucassel presented the four-part ABC TV series ''War on Waste'' which focused on clothing and food waste in Australia, its environmental impacts and what can be done to help reduce waste. This was followed by a second series, Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge in 2018, which focused on the use of plastics, and particularly 'single-use' plastics such as straws. Alongside publishing the program, Big Weather And How To Survive It (2020): an exploration of how to survive extreme weather events, Reucassel directed the two-part ABC TV series Big Deal (2021). The series presented by actor Christian Van Vuuren, investigated the influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Potts
Marion Potts is an Australian theatre director. At the University of Sydney, she joined the Sydney University Dramatic Society and contemplated a career in theatre after studying theatre symbiotics with an inspiring female academic. She studied directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. She has directed productions for many of Australia's major theatre companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Griffin Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare and Victorian Opera. Potts was a Resident Director for the Sydney Theatre Company from 1995 to 1999. She was Bell Shakespeare’s Associate Artistic Director and Artistic Director of its development arm, Mind’s Eye, from 2005 to 2010. She was Artistic Director of the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne from 2010 to 2015. She became Director of Theatre with the Australia Council in 2015. Potts received the Helpmann Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew Patrick O'Keefe AM (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian former television presenter and lawyer. He is best known for being the host of the game shows ''Deal or No Deal'' and '' The Chase Australia''. He was also the co-host of '' Weekend Sunrise'' from 2005 to 2017. Legal career O'Keefe worked as an intellectual property lawyer with law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. Television career O'Keefe first started his television career in 2003 in Channel Seven's show '' Big Bite''. Later the same year he began hosting ''Deal or No Deal''. In 2005, O'Keefe co-hosted the tri-network tsunami appeal ''Reach Out'' for relief efforts around Asia. In the same year, he hosted the short-lived '' Dragons Den'' and co-hosted the 47th '' TV Week Logie Awards''. From 2005 to 2017, O'Keefe co-hosted '' Weekend Sunrise'' on Saturday and Sunday mornings with journalist Monique Wright. He also regularly substituted for David Koch on ''Sunrise''. He presented the program for two weeks whils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Morrow
Julian Francis Xavier Morrow (born 1975) is an Australian comedian and television producer from Sydney. He is best known for being a member of the satirical team The Chaser. As a member of The Chaser, he has appeared on several ABC Television programs including '' CNNNN'' (2002–03), ''The Chaser's War on Everything'' (2006–07, 2009) and '' The Checkout'' (2013–2018), of which he was also executive producer. Personal life Educated at St Aloysius' College in Sydney, Morrow is the son of Melvyn Morrow, a playwright and English teacher at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, who has written for musicals including "Shout! The Legend of the Wild One", and "Dusty – The Original Pop Diva". Before becoming a comedian, Morrow graduated in law at University of Sydney. He then worked as an industrial relations lawyer for the law firm Blake Dawson Waldron, now Ashurst Australia. Morrow is married to the '' Sydney Morning Herald'' columnist and former opinion page editor Lisa Pryor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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