An evening with Eamon Flack Evening includes a delicious 2-course
dinner as well as complimentary drinks & canapes on arrival. BIG STUFF
In 1987 Eamon Flack moved from Darwin to COOTAMUNDRA. It was the year
that he turned 8 and it was the first time in his life that he had
live through a winter. This year, 2019, THE ARTS CENTRE COOTAMUNDRA is
thrilled to welcome Eamon back to COOTAMUNDRA for one wintry night
only. It is the year he turns well, you do the maths! During a
delicious two course meal created from fabulous local produce, Eamon
will talk to us about the Big STUFF - how important, dynamic,
Australian stories can best be told by theatre and why it is so
important to fund the arts. Over a mellow local beverage the
conversation will continue as Eamon will respond to our questions.
ABOUT THE TALK Big STUFF: Theres just so much Big STUFF LIKE THE GREAT
MESS OF THE WORLD AND THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE POLITICAL, social and
environmental situations. But theatre shows us that different
perspectives are possible and allows us to appreciate ideas that are
challenging and a bit wild. Through theatre we can experience the full
scope of life and society. There are so many stories that have never
had the special attention that theatre offers where real comedy and
tragedy can mix. Theatre is so much better than Netflix and if we want
to remain a self-respecting, national democracy, we have to fund the
arts. Eamon will also tell us how, from Singapore to COOTAMUNDRA to
Surry Hills, a shy kid came to run one of Australias great theatre
companies. ABOUT EAMON: Eamon is the Artistic Director of Sydneys
acclaimed Belvoir Street Theatre. He lived in Coota in 1987, on Hovell
Street next door to a very old man called Bede who always wore a
three-piece suit. Eamon was born in Singapore and his family moved
around and travelled a lot before settling in Brisbane in 1988. He
trained as an actor at West Australian Academy of Performing Arts from
2001 to 2003 and has since worked as a director, writer and dramaturg,
from the Tiwi Islands to Melbourne, from Geraldton to Palm Islands.
His directing credits include Counting and Cracking, A Taste of Honey,
Ghosts, Angels in America, The Glass Menagerie and As You Like It. He
has worked on new plays with many of Australias major writers, from
Leah Purcell to Michael Gow, and he has adapted plays by Sophocles,
Chekhov and Ibsen. His production of Ivanov won four Sydney Theatre
Awards in 2015 including Best Mainstage Production and Best Direction.
His productions of The Glass Menagerie and Angels in America both won
Best Play at the Helpmann Awards. ABOUT BELVOIR: Located in Sydneys
Surry Hills, Belvoir was born out of the Nimrod Theatre in 1984. Since
that time it has remained a cultural weather vane that bridges Sydneys
alternative theatre with the mainstream. Embracing a mix of risk and
tradition, Belvoirs productions are dynamic, challenging and
visionary. Belvoir Street Theatre has nurtured the talents of many
renowned Australian artists: actors including Cate Blanchett and
Richard Roxburgh; writers such as Tommy Murphy and Kate Mulvaney;
directors including Rachael Maza, Wesley Enoch and former Belvoir
Artistic Director Neil Armfield. Tickets $70 per head. Student
Concession $40 (limited number). Tables of 10 $600 ?
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