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Howard Stanley
Theatre Director, Tutor, Performer, Writer, Community Volunteer
Bermagui 2004 - ongoing
Artistic Director: Turning Circle Productions
Freelance Teacher/Workshop Leader: Numerous Drama Workshops
Secretary: Murrah Hall RPA
Organised & Staged: Members Nights, Variety Nights, Comedy Nights
Volunteer: Cuttagee Artspace - home of the Cuttagee Artists and Cuttagee Photographers. Annual venue for Bermagui Modern Artists also a venue for meditation retreats, drama workshops and rehearsal space.
Volunteer: Bermagui Community Technology Centre (CTC)
Training
Independent Theatre Sydney (1972 – 74)
Deakin University B.Ed - English, Drama & ESL (1992 – 95)
Theatre Workshops with:
Mark Ferneaux (UK), Phillipe Gaulier (Fr), Keith Johnston (Can), Deborah Hay (USA) Richard Murphett, Paul Hampton, Sue Ingleton, Margaret Cameron (Melb) Robin Davidson (Bega & Bermagui)
Teaching
Deakin University
Melbourne University
Victorian College of the Arts – School of Drama
John Bolton School
William Ashton School
Numerous Workshops and Classes:
Character, Play, Approaching Text & Scene Study, Improvisation, Neutral Mask, Styles (Acting & Genre), Playing Space, Comedy, Clown, Timing, Play, Acting for Camera, Animateur (devising shows), Kids & Youth Drama, Public Speaking & Presentation
Directing
Artistic Director, Turning Circle Productions (2004 – ongoing)
Under Milk Wood Regional Tour - Bermagui, Murrah Hall, Quaama, Candelo, Tilba, Narooma, Merimbula, Cobargo Folk Festival 2005 - 06
Equus (2 Seasons July & Dec) Murrah Hall 2007
Intimate Spaces (site specific selections of five or six 10 min plays in several private houses - Bermagui, Wapengo, Dignams Creek) 2007 - 08
Whispering In The Dark (MacFarlane) - moved reading Bermagui Community Centre, 2008
Artistic Director, Chambers Theatre Company, Melbourne 1999 – 2001
The Classics Project: Plays by Ibsen,(Dolls House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts) Strindberg, (The Father, Miss Julie, Easter) Thomas (Under Milk Wood), Shaw (Mrs Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man), Shakespeare (Hamlet),
Freelance
Deakin University: Wiess (Marat Sade), Anouih (Antigone), Checkhov (The Cherry Orchard)
VCA: Brecht, Euripides, Self Devised Fairy Stories
John Bolton School: Hamlet in 20 mins
Anglicare: Adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (in Broadmeadows) devised with local youth
Changing Horses (Filar) La Mama Courthouse & Malthouse seasons
Bloomsday 1997-99: Thematically based James Joyce ‘Ulysses’ Adaptations
Bloomsday Fundraiser: Site specific moved reading Freedom of the City (Friel)
Devisor, Performer
“Howard Slowly” Solo Cabaret/Theatre Shows 1985 – 2003
Seasons: The Howard Slowly Show; Howard Slowly "SLOW"; Howard Slowly Does His Man Part; Howard Slowly: A Coarse Actor Prepares (His Man Part too)
(Melbourne Comedy Festivals, Sydney Festival, Adelaide & Melbourne Fringe Festivals, Castlemaine Festival, Hobart, Geelong, Bermagui)
Behind Closed Doors – Writings of Robert Walser – La Mama (with Adrian Guthrie & Wayne MacCauley)
4 Art Gallery Shows:
Living Room - Melbourne (with David Maplestone); Airspace (Adelaide); Group Show (Ray Hughes, Brisbane); The Cheque Change Event (Melbourne)
Rock’n Roll as Theatre – The Product ‘On Tour’
Freelance Performer Theatre, Cabaret, Film, TV, Radio
Theatre – plays by: Chekhov, Shakespeare, Shepherd, Wickiewitz, Jarry, Hasek/Carroll, Cousse, Nemeth, Davies, Kemp, Kirwin, Black, Filar, Dickens, Pulvers, Guthrie
Numerous TV appearances (ABCTV, Grundies, Simpson Le Mesuirer, Crawfords, Hallmark Prod, Southern Star, Aust Childrens TV foundation), 5 Features, several shorts and many commercials
Wrote & Directed "Avalanche" TV commercial for Melbourne Bookshop
Caberat: Kabaratz, And the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, Hydrogen Smith & Sydney Harbour, Howard Slowly - Flying Trapeze, Last Laugh, Le Joke plus numerous gigs (pubs, clubs, theatres) and Corn City Hospital radio series (2JJ)
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