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Tamarama Rock Surfers
The Tamarama Rock Surfers was an independent theatre company that operated out of the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney, Australia, and beyond. After 18 years, the group ceased trading in December 2015 due to lack of funding. History The Tamarama Rock Surfers were founded in December 1994 by Jeremy Cumpston, Zena Cumptson and Michael Gwynne. When they produced the James Gaddas Play Shadow Boxing in Adelaide at the Kings Theatre, with Jeremy Cumptson in the lead role. The idea for the company came about when Jeremy, Zena and Michael, dreamed of a stand alone independent theatre company making theatre beyond mainstream stages. The story behind the name is open to conjecture yet it is believed to have come from the summers spent jumping off the rocks at Tamarama beach freestyle without anything except a desire to swim beyond the breakers. Post that many of the subsequent members embraced being a "surfer"...more metaphysical than anything else...yet the name embraced the idea of being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its theme (arts), themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Burke
Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre. Biography Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's ''Kookaburra''; a painful look at a dysfunctional working-class family, focusing particularly on an almost autistic young boy. Soon after at the age of 13, Burke starred in Fred Schepisi's acclaimed feature film '' The Devil's Playground'' for which he won the AFI Award for Best Actor at the Australian Film Institute Awards. He remains the youngest person ever to be honoured with this award. Since then he has enjoyed great success both in Australia and internationally in film, television, stage, concert appearances and cabaret. In 2014, Simon starred in Matchbox Pictures/NBC-Universal's highly acclaimed mini-series '' Devil’s Playground'' in which he reprised the role of Tom Allen that he created as a 13-year-old. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the project, which this yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his appearance in the '' Star Wars'' films ''Attack of the Clones'' (2002) and '' Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) as a young Owen Lars, a role he reprised in the Disney+ series '' Obi-Wan Kenobi'' (2022). Edgerton also appeared in '' King Arthur'' (2004) as Gawain, '' Warrior'' (2011), '' Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), '' The Great Gatsby'' (2013), '' Black Mass'' (2015), ''Loving'' (2016), ''Bright'' (2017), '' Red Sparrow'' (2018), ''The King'' (2019), '' The Stranger'' (2022), and the limited series '' The Underground Railroad'' (2021). In Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series '' The Secret Life of Us'' (2001–02), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He has appeared in several Australian films, such as '' The Square'' (2008), '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Sims
Jeremy Hartley Sims (born 10 January 1966) is an Australian actor and director. Career Jeremy Sims was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966, and was educated at Wesley College 1977–83. His first appearance on the big screen was as 'boy on raft' in the 1980 movie ''Harlequin''. He graduated in 1990 from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting). In 2015, Sims landed a supporting role in '' Ruben Guthrie''. He is remembered by many for his role as Alex Taylor in the television soap opera '' Chances'' (1991–1992). Other television appearances include '' Wildside'', ''Medivac'', ''Farscape'', '' Young Lions'', '' Stingers'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Fireflies'' and ''McLeod's Daughters''. He also starred in ''Home and Away'' as in 2009 as David "Gardy" Gardiner. Production company In 1995, together with then girlfriend Kym Wilson, Sims formed the theatrical production company "Pork Chop Productions". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Badham
Vanessa "Van" Badham (born 1974) is an Australian writer and activist. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies. She is a regular columnist for the ''Guardian Australia'' website. Early life Badham was born in Sydney in 1974. Her parents worked in the New South Wales gaming and track industry, with her father eventually working as a manager in the registered club industry. She studied creative writing and performance at the University of Wollongong, graduating with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) degrees. At university, Badham won the Philip Larkin Poetry Prize in 1997, and the Des Davis Drama Prize and Comedy Prize in 2000. In 2001, she went on an exchange with the University of Sheffield in the UK to study English literature. At the University of Wollongong, she was drawn into involvement with student politics and left-wing activism, and she was elected editor of the Student Representative Council newspaper, '' Tertangala''. She wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Clarke (actor)
Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series ''Brotherhood''. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film roles include ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), ''White House Down'' (2013), ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014), ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015), ''Everest'' (2015), '' All I See Is You'' (2016), '' Mudbound'' (2017), '' Chappaquiddick'' (2017), '' First Man'' (2018), and ''Pet Sematary'' (2019). In 2022, he starred in the HBO sports drama series '' Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty'' as former Los Angeles Lakers player turned coach Jerry West. Early life Clarke was born and brought up in Winton, Queensland. His father worked as a sheep shearer in rural South Australia outside a small township of Padthaway on the Limestone Coast. His family also lived in North Queensland, where Clarke completed his secondary schooling at Ignat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Lyndon
Simon Lyndon (born 18 February 1971 in London) is an English-born Australian actor and director who grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is a WAAPA graduate. Career Film roles Lyndon played Jimmy Loughlin in '' Chopper'' with Eric Bana, for which he won an AFI award for Best Supporting Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for best supporting actor. He received AFI nominations for Best Supporting Actor for ''Blackrock'' (as Brett "Ricko" Ricketson) and Best actor in a telefeature or mini-series for his role in ''My Brother Jack''. Other films include ''Fresh Air'', '' Sample People'', '' The Thin Red Line'', ''From the Outside'' ''Caught Inside'', ''Falling into Paradise'', ''The Glenmore Job'' ''The Well'' and ''Dust off the Wings'' He has appeared on stage '' That Eye the Sky'', ''Blackrock'', ''Cloudstreet'' and ''Popcorn''. Television roles His TV appearances include ''Police Rescue'', ''Heartbreak High'', '' Wildside'', '' Underbelly'' '' Canal Road' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Field (actor)
David Field (born 6 June 1961) is an Australian character actor and film director who has appeared in numerous film and television roles, including '' Chopper'', '' Two Hands'' and '' Gettin' Square''. In 2009, Field made his directorial debut with '' The Combination''. He is also known for his role in advertisements for Oak as part of the Hungry/Thirsty campaign and as the ex prison inmate uncle in the mini series '' A Moody Christmas''. Filmography Film (directing) *'' The Combination'' (2009) *''Convict'' (2014) Film (acting) *''Expired'' (a.k.a. ''Loveland'') (2022) as Sam *'' Mortal Kombat'' (2021) as Referee *'' Moon Rock For Monday'' (2021) as Detective Lionell *''Dark Art'' (2020) (short film) as Simon *''The Translator'' (2020) as Chase *''The Wrong Barber'' (2020) (short film) as The Barber *''High Ground'' (2020) as Kurtz *'' The Combination: Redemption'' (2019) as White hero *'' The Pretend One'' (2017) as Roger *''Monoliths'' (2017) (short film) as The Driver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Adcock
Danny Adcock (born 29 June 1948) is an Australian actor, known for his work in television and theatre. His television acting roles include 7 different roles in Crawford Production series ''Matlock Police'' as the killer of Michael Pate's character, ''Division 4'', ''Homicide'', ''Patrol Boat'', '' Sons and Daughters'' as Joe Parker, ''Prisoner'' as Deputy Governor Geoff Carlson of fictional prison Woodridge, ''A Country Practice'', '' E Street'', ''Fire'' as "Nugget", ''Blue Heelers'', '' All Saints'', '' Stingers'', and ''Home and Away'' as Bishop Pitt. Long Lost Family 2 more Season between 2014 And 2015 He was a regular cast member of short-lived soap opera '' Arcade'' (1980) as Duncan Adams. In ''Farscape'' he played T'raltixx in the second-season episode " Crackers Don't Matter", and Co-Kura Strappa, a recurring character throughout the third season. His first film role was in '' The Cars That Ate Paris''. He played a small part in the films ''Quigley Down Under'' sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Vandenberg
Leah Vandenberg is a New Zealand-born Australian theatre, television, and film actress. She has appeared in many well-known Australian productions including the award-winning Netflix series ' The Letdown' and SBS Drama ' The Hunting'. Leah received an ASTRA nomination for 'Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor-Female' in the comedy series ''Stupid, Stupid Man''. She is a presenter on the long-running ABC TV Kids television program '' Play School'', a role she maintains today. Early life and education Vandenberg was born in New Zealand to a Sri Lankan father, who had grown up in Fiji, and an Australian mother of Irish and Scottish heritage. She studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 1993. Career On stage, Vandenberg has performed in ''Grace'' (Melbourne Theatre Company); ''Criminology'' ( Arena Theatre Company); ''The Country'' (B Sharp @ Belvoir Street); ''The Perfumed Garden''; ''The Taming of the Shrew''; ''A Clockwork Orange''; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Skinner
Carole Skinner (born 8 May 1944) is an Australian actress, particularly known for her performances in theatre and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Nola McKenzie in the soap opera, ''Prisoner'', in '' Sons and Daughters'', as Doris Hudson, and in the miniseries, '' The Harp in the South'', and its sequel, '' Poor Man's Orange'', as Delie Stock. Career Skinner began her acting career in 1966, and rose to prominence as an established theatre performer. She is very well known for her roles in Ruth Park's mini-serials The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange. Her performance as Olive in '' Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1977 was also met with high regard. She became well known for her screen roles, particularly in television, making her debut in 1971, when she made a guest appearance in the Australian series, ''Dynasty'', before going on to play a regular in '' Lane End'' (a spin-off series to the serial, '' Bellbird'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouche Phillips
Mouche Phillips (born 1973) is an Australian actress and theatre producer, best known for her television roles as Aviva "Viv" Newton in ''Home and Away'' (1989–90) and Eva Sykes in police procedural series '' Water Rats'' (2000–01). Early life Phillips was born in Sydney, and attended Woollahra Public School with several other future actors, including Home and away co-star Justine Clarke and singer Deni Hines, and then St Catherine's School, Waverley from 1984 to 1989. Her father, Tony Lunes was a yacht skipper working in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Career Phillips began her career in 1985 by playing the character of Jackie Wilson in the children's television show Butterfly Island. She then starred as "Beatie Bow" in the 1986 feature film '' Playing Beatie Bow'' when she was twelve years old. She later appeared in many Seven Network serials, including ''A Country Practice'' and ''Rafferty's Rules''. On 5 July 1989, she premiered as a cast member of the popular serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
