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TUTOR PROFILE JANET BROWN Writing for Performance
Janet has a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Victoria University and teaches writing courses and workshops. She has been writing professionally for over 20 years and her work has been published in some of Australia’s most well-known publications and in the USA. She started to write for theatre in 2000 and her plays have been produced and performed in Melbourne and regional Victoria since 2004. In 2011 Making Waves (directed by Cherie Mills) toured the Geelong, Bellarine and Surfcoast region. The production included three of Janet’s short plays and two by Sandy Fairthorne. Janet’s play Le Jardin De Ma Mere (directed by Judy Ellis) is an adaptation of a short story written by the famous French writer Colette. The production opened in Geelong and toured the Surf Coast region before being staged in Melbourne in late 2010. You (directed by Suzie Kent) was a finalist in the Gala of the 2010 Melbourne Short & Sweet Festival. Three of Janet’s short plays were presented in Small Bites (directed by Stephen Georgiadis) in 2010 in Geelong, the Bellarine and the Surf Coast. Dolly Stainer of Kew Cottages (directed by David Myles) was presented by La Mama at Carlton Courthouse in August 2006. The script was published by Currency Press.
Janet co-wrote A Hole in the Ground with Joanne Ryan, directed by David Myles, presented by La Mama at Carlton Courthouse and Wyndham Cultural Centre in 2004. The Melbourne Theatre Company supported the development of A Hole in the Ground. One Plain One Purl, a winner in the Write Stuff Competition 2004 was produced by Anglesea Performing Arts Inc & Torquay Theatre Troupe in 2005 and directed by Nikki Watson. Janet lives on a farm in Gherang, Victoria. Writing for Performance starts on 23 October and will run for 8 weeks on Wednesdays 7.00 – 9.30 pm. The cost is $75 or $65 concession. For more information and to enrol, phone Anglesea Community House on 5263 2116 or email courses@anglesea.org.au. This course is for creative writers, aspiring playwrights and those wishing to pursue creative performance ideas. It can focus on all types of theatre and film.
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