'Making the ordinary 'Extraordinary'' - Teacher, Director and Theatre Scholar, Tony Knight

Summary: Tony Knight was educated at Sydney Grammar School and trained at the Drama Centre London. He has considerable knowledge, experience and expertise as a professional acting teacher and director. Tony has been the Program Leader for the Musical Theatre (B.A. Hons.) course at the LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore, developing and implementing a new curriculum. He was also the Head of Acting at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), training some of Australia's most celebrated national and international actors. He has taught, directed and lectured in many parts of the world, including Australia, the USA, Japan, Romania, Singapore and Tonga. He has spoken at numerous international and national conferences, including the annual ITI-Drama Schools Conference in Romania, and at the Musical Theatre Educators Conference, in Perth 2015, which included delivering a paper re current research - What's Hidden Underneath: Secrets & Sex -The Pajama Game and American Drama In the early 1950s, the Age of McCarthyism, HUAC, and The Kinsey Report. Tony has a passionate interest in all the performing arts, and is dedicated to improving the training of young actors. He is freelancing and completing his PhD on Richard Burbage: Shakespeare's Actor & the Art of 'Personation. Now resident in Adelaide, South Australia, most recently he has successfully delivered three public lectures on the Identity of the Australian Actor at the National Portrait Gallery and the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra. Tony is co-producer and director of STARC Productions, Adelaide, which has presented a number of highly acclaimed productions, specialising in '2-person plays', including the Australian premiere of Suzie Miller's award winning Australian play Reasonable Doubt. Furthermore, he has held two successful photographic exhibitions for the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival. Tony's motto and aim in all his work is 'Making the Ordinary "Extraordinary!"' The STAGES podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify and Whooshkaa. Also where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au