TY - ADVS
T1 - High Speed, Low Drag
A2 - Lewis, Robert
A2 - McCarney, Jamie
A2 - Cogley, Ged
N1 - Robert is a graduate of NIDA’s Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art (Voice Studies) course, as well as completing a Bachelor of Performing Arts and PhD, focusing on voice and movement integration, at the University of Tasmania, BA (Honours) at Monash University, and Secondary Education at RMIT. Robert recently completed a Certification in Integrative Studies at the One Voice Centre, New York, led by Dr Joan Melton and Jennie Morton.
Robert has taught voice and movement at the University of Tasmania, Acting for Stage and Screen at Charles Sturt University, as well as teaching at Collarts (Australian College of the Arts), California State University, Dwi Emas International School, St Martin’s Youth Theatre and short courses at VCA. He is also a voice tutor for NIDA Open. Robert has voice coached for film, television and theatre as well as directing numerous productions for the stage which include When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, Norm and Ahmed by Alex Buzo, Possum by Sean Monro, The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, Glib, Western (formerly Private Dancing) by Peter Webb, The Drowning Bride by Helen Howard and Michael Futcher, Savages by Patricia Cornelius, the premiere of Stephen Sewell’s The Photo, and the original plays Rabbits and Lines and Boxes. University directing credits include Shakespeare’s Othello, Hamlet, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet and Richard III, and Earthquakes in London by Mike Bartlett, Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, The Trojan Women by Euripides, Dust by Stephen Sewell, A Dream Play by August Strindberg, Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, to name a few.
Robert has also published performances and training films and has also published various academic articles on the subject of voice and movement integration. Robert also trained with Cicely Berry, Frankie Armstrong, Rowena Balos, Mike Alfreds, OzFrank Theatre, as well as Butoh with Yoshito Ohno in Japan. Robert is a founder and convenor of the AusAct: Australian Actor Training Conference, which was established in 2018.
PY - 2023/11/11
Y1 - 2023/11/11
N2 - Sam, alone in his isolated cottage, decides one evening to stream a live video online to his multitude of fans in attempt to recapture the fame and recognition he once had with his band 'The Revelation', which disbanded years ago. His only communication with the outside world is social media, but this night, however, is the real ‘revelation’. What really happened to Alex? Why has he been such a recluse over the past few years? Why the urgent need to tell his online followers now?Since the breakup of one of the most influential rock and roll bands in modern history, Sam partnered up with Alex, before he disappeared, and ventured off to create new identities as paranormal investigators establishing a somewhat popular YouTube program called ‘Ghost Trappers’. When fantasy turns into reality, their world topples over, and hiding is no longer an option.Featuring Jamie McCarney and Ged Cogley, written and directed by Robert Lewis.
AB - Sam, alone in his isolated cottage, decides one evening to stream a live video online to his multitude of fans in attempt to recapture the fame and recognition he once had with his band 'The Revelation', which disbanded years ago. His only communication with the outside world is social media, but this night, however, is the real ‘revelation’. What really happened to Alex? Why has he been such a recluse over the past few years? Why the urgent need to tell his online followers now?Since the breakup of one of the most influential rock and roll bands in modern history, Sam partnered up with Alex, before he disappeared, and ventured off to create new identities as paranormal investigators establishing a somewhat popular YouTube program called ‘Ghost Trappers’. When fantasy turns into reality, their world topples over, and hiding is no longer an option.Featuring Jamie McCarney and Ged Cogley, written and directed by Robert Lewis.
KW - theatre
KW - performing arts
KW - acting
KW - performance
UR - https://www.youtube.com/embed/DR-Ild-pA6I?si=_YeDXPVHmehSuU2F
M3 - Creative Works - Live Performance
PB - The Butterfly Club
CY - Melbourne, VIC
T2 - Melbourne Monologue Festival
Y2 - 30 October 2023 through 18 November 2023
ER -