What Hobart couldn’t offer when Winspear was growing up was a career in the arts. 50 Holt Street “We shot A Place to Call Home in a [Sydney] tile factory,” she says of the 1950s period drama in which she played Sarah, a nurse and Nazi concentration camp survivor. “I missed the relaxed nature of life,” he says. He played Pip in Great Expectations (MTC), Frankenstein (in Frankenstein) for Sydney Theatre Company, and Faust (in Faustus) for QTC. Local wisdom had it that four or five performances were all that Hobart audiences could sustain. ‘The poem builds to its wrenching climax. Ben Winspear originally hails from Tasmania and has an impressive list of theatre, television and film credits. Role: Leading role. Seven Network Operations /Foxtel 2015 Role: Adam. Ben Winspear, acclaimed actor and director will head up the crew in this crisp and cheeky adaption of the Monkey myth, by local playwrite and Big Monkeyfounders Les Winspear. Babadook Films P/L 2014 Marta Dusseldorp and her family - actor/director husband Ben Winspear, and daughters Grace, 7, and Maggie, 4 - sold their Leichhardt property last year and moved into a gracious Paddington terrace with a kitchen that's ripe for renovation. © 2020 Creative Representation "We've been able to actually have extra shows as well, so there's a lot more scope.". Dusseldorp grew up in a successful, socially conscious and boisterous Sydney family. Role: Jeffrey. Role: Mr Stappleton. Role: Bill. “If you tell Marta an idea and she’s on board, you know it will happen. I wasn’t ready to retire.” But the opportunities Hobart offered were manifest. Dusseldorp bought the painting when she finished filming Janet King in 2017. ': Adelaide pub gets star-spangled makeover for US election. Winspear introduces me to Mabel, the family groodle, who barks inhospitably. Over one week a small group will read and rehearse scenes from the play, finishing with an intimate invite-only showing. HOUSE OF HANCOCK “We are confident that the arts are going to play an important role in our state’s recovery and rebuild,” she writes. THE SUITOR Sydney Theatre Co. 2007 Nearly a decade after MONA opened and two years after they left Sydney for Hobart, actors Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear are hell-bent on kick-starting phase two of Tasmania… It brings to mind, too, actor Cate Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton, who, as co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, significantly increased its international profile, touring productions globally, aided by Blanchett’s star power. Matchbox Pictures / ABC 2009, REMEMBERING AGATHA (short) "It was a year to organise and make sure we had some kind of funding sponsorship. Archipelago Productions has its sights set on promoting Tasmania as the most exciting corner of the country. Heffernan runs Liminal Studio with her partner Elvio Brianese. “I’ve said no to a lot of stuff, a lot of touring stuff; I haven’t put my hand up for things, I haven’t chased work, I haven’t tried to develop a lot of my own work over the last 12 years because I’ve known that I won’t be able to do it justice, so I would say I would have diminished probably 60 per cent of my professional output.”, Adds Dusseldorp: “But we always talked about that … I was always … ‘I can say no to this.’ ” Winspear makes it clear, “I’m not sad about that because there will always be another job. CROWNIES MONKEY with Ben Winspear. Role: Aegisthus. Dir: Simon Bossell. They were also designing the set for The Bleeding Tree until COVID intervened. "We really need much more stimulus and much more understanding of the impact that culture has on business, education and see it as essential part of being alive.". Winspear has been the primary parent. They met at the Sydney Opera house, where she was performing in a play. Winspear is her monochromatic opposite in black. Trump may struggle to do the same, WHO warns '10 per cent' of world's population may be infected with COVID-19, The post-viral condition hitting some COVID-19 survivors. “I was like, ‘I have no idea what you’re thinking,’ ” she says. In the October holidays, theses tales are coming to Hobart, demons and all, for a 6 day bespoke acting workshop for young performers aged 12-15 in the Peacock Theatre at Salamanca Arts Centre. “Mabel’s humiliated that someone snuck through the gate,” Dusseldorp says cheerily and beckons me in. Role: Michaelis. Role: Sean. Dir: Lee Lewis. Role: Rene Nordman (lead cast). Above the fireplace in the kitchen hangs a painting of a glassy-eyed woman, hair rolled into a bun at the nape of her neck. She found a way to cope by resolving that rather than seal herself off, she’d strike up conversations and learn about the world through the eyes of others. Husband and wife for over 40 years, Garry and Diane love theatre, they love Tasmania and are delighted to bring both loves together in becoming the very first patrons of the Tasmanian Theatre Awards. “It is realistic, it’s that simple,” he says. In some ways, Winspear has lived in the shadow of Dusseldorp’s television success. Dir: Fin Edquist. THE LAST GOODBYE A place in which to risk, innovate and inspire.” It’s a gutsy vision that shows faith in the power of the arts to transform minds, states and economies. “Diane and I fell in love on the stage of the Theatre Royal in Hobart and so we’re always delighted to come back and contribute in any way we can. Dir: Ros Horin. That all went," Dusseldorp said. In recognition of the deep history and culture of this island, we wish to acknowledge the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, who are the traditional owners and continued custodians of the land and waters of lutruwita (Tasmania). As Dusseldorp points out, before the coronavirus brought us to a standstill, “The whole world was talking about Tasmania … the flights were full.”. When arts power couple Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear started Archipelago Productions last year, a global pandemic was not among the potential hurdles they considered. He won the Helpmann for Best Actor in Baghdad Wedding for Belvoir Street, where he has also performed in Elektra/Orestes and has also appeared in King Lear (as Edmund) for Bell Shakespeare, Long Day’s Journey into Night for Queensland Theatre Company, This Uncharted Hour for Tas Performs and The Sea Project, The Midlands for Mudlark Theatre Co. and Emerald City and Clarke in Sarajevo for Griffin, while he was also the Artistic Associate. Dir: Joseph Couch. B Sharp 2006 Role: DSC Tim Browne (lead cast). Ben Winspear. The two designed the Hedberg arts complex (in collaboration with Singaporean architects WOHA), connecting the new building to the historic Theatre Royal next door to create a multi-venue, state-of-the-art music and theatre hub. And so in 1995, aged 19, he took off to study acting at Sydney’s prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art. Ben Winspear has directed numerous productions for Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre, and NIDA, and will head up the team of adventurers in this crisp and cheeky adaptation of the Monkey myth, by local playwright and Big Monkey founder Les Winspear. But then, he’s faced many Hobart winters. He also co-directed Victory for STC, ran numerous play readings and developments and judged for the Patrick White Award and Young Writers Award. On the mantelpiece, next to Winspear’s delicately hand-carved Huon pine mushrooms, is a concrete “vase” from which droop the tendrils of something that might once have been a plant, inserted into the wet concrete before it became a solid mass. Dir: Jennifer Kent. “It doesn’t mean that they can’t be funny. Dusseldorp would like to see a film studio set up in Tasmania to support local production and stories; it needn’t be huge or hugely expensive, she says. Award-winning actress Marta Dusseldorp has worked extensively in theatre, film and television and is one of Australia’s most recognised actresses. She and Winspear want nothing less, as they say on the Archipelago website, than to promote Tasmania “as the most exciting corner of the country. “Pretty much every time you leave the house in Sydney you end up in some kind of confrontation with someone. Limited places, so get in early, you don’t want to miss out! Role: Hook. "We've always wanted to be quite lithe, so this has added a nice string to our bow so we will see how that goes.". When arts power couple Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear started Archipelago Productions last year a global pandemic was not among the potential hurdles they considered. Over one week a small group will read and rehearse scenes from the play, finishing with an intimate invite-only showing. It appears they do – The Bleeding Tree will now open on November 12 at the Theatre Royal which, being larger than the Studio Theatre, ensures optimal social distancing for larger audiences. Its associated winter festival, Dark MOFO, was cancelled this year. personal information protection statement.

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