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Tony Strachan Tony Strachan i(A5770 works by) (a.k.a. Anthony Joseph Strachan)
Born: Established: 1948 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Tony Strachan grew up in Papua New Guinea, a country which later became the setting for his play The Eyes of the Whites. He went on to write several other stage and radio plays including State Of Shock, about Aboriginal violence on reserves in Queensland. This appeared at Belvoir and Playbox under Neil Armfield's direction, while a later production was mounted by Noel Tovey in 2000. Initially he trained as an artist at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney (1969-70), the London School of Contemporary Dance (1972-1974), and the Merce Cunningham Studio, New York (1974). He was a dancer and choreographer with Australian Dance Theatre through 1975, worked as a dancer/street/circus performer from 1976 to 1978 and resident actor with the South Australian Theatre Company 1978-1980. He founded the performance trio Chrome which travelled to festivals around the globe through the eighties and nineties. In 1999 he became Artistic Director of Australian Theatre Of The Deaf. In 2002 he was awarded an Asialink Fellowship to work with Hong Kong's Theatre Of Silence producing a work for 6 deaf actors titled Untie The Boat From The Ugly Wharf.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Strachan also co-authored and performed in Hector's roadshow [motion picture], a film to make 10-12 year olds aware of road safety rules which they need to observe on the way to and from school.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Harlequin Shuffle Sydney Adelaide : Currency Press Stage Company , 1985 Z186935 1985 single work drama
1985 winner The Advertiser Best new play

Known archival holdings

University of Queensland University of Queensland Library (QLD)
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