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PETA DOWNES PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth: 6th June, 1969 Age: 47 Address: 1/18 Minter Street, Canterbury NSW 2193 Mobile: 0417 195 589 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION AND TRAINING YEAR COURSE MAJOR SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY Current Doctor of Philosophy Performance Studies, University of Sydney 2007 Graduate Diploma Arts Management Graduate School of Business – University of Technology Sydney 1996 Master of Fine Arts Directing (Theatre) Performance Studies, Queensland University of Technology 1993 Bachelor of Arts (Drama) Honours 1A - Performance Studies, Queensland University of Directing and Educational Drama Technology 1988 Diploma of Arts (Creative) - Acting University of Southern Queensland (formerly Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education), Toowoomba EMPLOYMENT HISTORY YEAR ROLE EMPLOYER 2013 – Current Head of Department, Dramatic Arts Australian Institute of Music (AIM) 2011 – 2013 Executive Coordinator – Creative Industries University of Western Sydney (UWS) 2010 – 2011 Course Manager, National Short Courses National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) 2010 Producing Associate Newtheatricals Ltd 2005-2010 Marketing and Product Development Showbiz International Pty Ltd
Executive (Major Theatre & Special Projects) 2003-5 Associate Director (2003-4) & Arts Educator Bell Shakespeare Company 2002-3 Acting tutor (Power of Acting) Actors Centre Australia (ACA) 2002 Movement tutor (2nd year Opera students) Sydney Conservatorium of Music 2002 Acting & movement tutor Actor’s College of Theatre and Television (ACTT) 1993 – 2001 Acting, directing, voice & movement
Associate lecturer / tutor – Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Acting and Theatre Studies departments
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR YEAR PRODUCTION PRODUCER/COMPANY VENUE 2016 ANNA KARENINA by Helen Edmundson AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney 2016 TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney 2015 EMERGE FESTIVAL 2015 (Co-Artistic Director) AIM Dramatic Arts Australian Hall, Sydney Six new short works by Graduating Company 2015 13 by Mike Bartlett AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney 2014 HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney 2008 THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare Charles Sturt University, Playhouse Theatre, Wagga Wagga 2008 THE PRETTY GIRL by David Young Short, Sweet & Song, Seymour Centre, Sydney 2004 LEFT BEHIND: A cabaret showcase Central Queensland Walter Reid Theatre,
Graduating Bachelor of Performing Arts students University Rockhampton 2004 ACTORS AT WORK: THE THINGS WE DO FOR Bell Shakespeare National/International tour
LOVE (A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Romeo and Company Juliet) and THE POISONED CHALICE (Macbeth/ Othello) written by Peta Downes after William Shakespeare
2004 THE BEAR & THE PROPOSAL by Anton Chekhov QUT (Acting) Gardens Theatre, Brisbane 2003 STAINED by Peta Downes Storm the Barricade Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
after Shakespeare’s Macbeth
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2002 ACTORS AT WORK: THE POWER AND Bell Shakespeare National/International tour THE PASSION (Macbeth/Othello/Julius Caesar) Company written by Peta Downes after Shakespeare
2002 PLENTY by David Hare University of NSW IO Myers Theatre, Sydney 2002 SINS Actors College of Theatre Performance Studio 1,
devised with students and directed and Television ACTT 2002 TURNING A BLIND EYE Actors College of Theatre Inner city Sydney (site specific)
devised with students and directed and Television 2001 SMALL LIVES/BIG DREAMS QUT (Theatre Studies) Woodward Theatre, Brisbane
by Anne Bogart and the SITI Company 2000 SLIP OF THE TONGUE postModern productions/ Visy Theatre, Brisbane
after Racine’s PHAEDRA Brisbane Powerhouse Powerhouse devised and written with actors
2000 REDEMPTION by Joanna Murray-Smith postModern productions/ Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane Metro Arts
1999 LEANING TOWARDS INFINITY by Sue Woolfe La Boite Theatre Company La Boite Theatre, Brisbane 1999 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by Shakespeare QUT (Acting) Gardens Theatre, Brisbane
Associate Director to dir. Mark Radvan 1999 ANTIGONE (Assistant Director to Jennifer Flowers) Queensland Theatre Co. Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane 1999 HEART OF DARKNESS SITI Company/International Sarah Bernhardt Theatre
devised with actors and written by Peta Downes Artist Intensive Saratoga Springs, New York 1998 THE BUTTON GAME by Mary Ann Butler Playlab/Metro Arts/ Arts Qld Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane 1997 DUST by Stephen Sewell QUT (Theatre Studies) Woodward Theatre, Brisbane 1996 ANTIGONE QUT (Theatre Studies) Woodward Theatre, Brisbane
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM postModern productions Woodward Theatre, Brisbane 1995 CAPRICORNIA (Asst.Director to David Fenton) QUT (Acting) Cremorne Theatre, QPAC by Louis Nowra Brisbane EDWARD II postModern productions Woodward Studio, Brisbane
by Christopher Marlowe 1994 DARK PATHS (World premiere) postModern productions Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane
by Stephen Sewell THE TAMING OF THE SHREW La Boite Theatre Company La Boite Theatre, Brisbane (Assistant Director to Sue Rider/Dramaturge)
1993 EUROPE by Michael Gow postModern productions Cement Box / La Boite Theatre PRODUCER YEAR PRODUCTION PRODUCER/COMPANY VENUE 2016 STORM IN A TEACUP: THE TEMPEST & AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre & TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare Western Sydney Tour (Executive Producer) 2015 EMERGE FESTIVAL 2015 (Executive Producer) AIM Dramatic Arts Australian Hall, Sydney 2015 13 by Mike Bartlett AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney LOVE & MARRIAGE: THE ENGAGEMENT & AIM Dramatic arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (Executive Producer) 2014 EMERGE FESTIVAL 2014 (Executive Producer) AIM Dramatic Arts Australian Hall, Sydney HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney HELL HATH NO FURY: MEDEA, PHAEDRA, AIM Dramatic Arts Australian Hall, Sydney ELEKTRA 2013 CHEKHOV IN HELL by Dan Rebellato AIM Dramatic Arts Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney 2003 STAINED by Peta Downes Storm the Barricade Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
after Shakespeare’s Macbeth 2000 SLIP OF THE TONGUE postModern productions/ Visy Theatre, Brisbane
after Racine’s PHAEDRA Brisbane Powerhouse Powerhouse devised and written with actors
2000 REDEMPTION by Joanna Murray-Smith postModern productions/ Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane Metro Arts
1998 THE BUTTON GAME by Mary Ann Butler Playlab/Metro Arts/ Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane Arts Qld
1996 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM postModern productions Woodward Theatre, Brisbane 1994 DARK PATHS (World premiere) postModern productions Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane
by Stephen Sewell 1993 EUROPE by Michael Gow postModern productions Cement Box / La Boite Theatre
