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Women, Power & Culture: Then and Now
"Dreaming of a Kiss on a Pier"
at the New Theatre

OBIE Award winning playwright Suzie Miller penned a short work for the New Theatre's season of short plays Women, Power & Culture: Then and Now called Dreaming of a Kiss on a Pier all about the sort of conversations which men never have. I've was cast as one of these men, who fears his new date may be turned off by his manscaping and isn't sure if he should text her or wait for her to call first - she was weird on the phone.

The season was comprised of brand new especially commissioned works by some of Australia's leading and emerging female playwrights, directed by some of Sydney's top and most innovative female directors, telling the stories that lie behind the triumphs and struggles that mark women’s contribution to our political, social and cultural life.

Dreaming of a Kiss on a Pier was directed by Alice Livingston with the rest of the cast comprised of Wade Doolan, Radek Jonak, Paul-William Mawhinney and Nadim Kobeissi. All people I was thrilled to be working with. The season ran in repertory from 26 October until 5 November at the New Theatre, Newtown.

Review on Sydney Arts Guide

Review on Australian Stage

Photo by Bob Seary.

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Catch of the Day
at Macquarie University

A satrical short by graduating film students having a dig at all the tired old tropes of horror films. I did the voice over narration in a dispassionate and pompous Received Pronunciation, and then the dry American voice of an instructional tape.

Written and directed by Patrick Feary, produced by Lee-Ann Simon. 

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Apt 304
at SAE/Qantm College

Dean Francis, director of 2010 horror-thriller feature Roadtrain (and 2005 short Boys Grammar which I remember auditioning for!) lead a class of professional students near graduation from Sydney's SAE Institute and Qantm College to create a sit-com TV pilot called Apt 304. I was cast as Cousin Gabe - an unstable drug-addled ex-roadie genius who can only communicate through song. Shot on a full sound stage set with three simultaneous camera angles at the College in Sydney's Surry Hills.

Directed by Jordan Flemming, and produced by Bob Carey. A screening is planned for Friday October 14th at Hoyts Broadway.