Resume

Name: Will Bligh

Email: will@livingart.info

Date of birth: 11 June, 1971

Nationality: Australian

Height: 192 cm

Weight: 86 kg

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

TOURS

• ‘Heavy Metal Hamlet’ (Claudius) with Frank Theatre Company, Shizuoka Spring Arts Festival, Shizuoka, Japan, 2000.
• ‘Salome’ (executioner and others) with Frank Theatre Company, Toga International Arts Festival, Toga, Japan, 1998.
• National tour, Australia, 1998: ‘Heavy Metal Hamlet’ (Claudius) with Frank Theatre Company.Seymour Centre, Sydney (for ‘Sea Change’ Olympic Festival); St. Martins Theatre, Melbourne; Metro Arts Centre, Brisbane.

SHOWS

• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play. International Festival of Monodrama and Mime, Belgrade, Serbia, 2010
• ‘Froth: Improvisational Performance’, regular performer with collective. Neal Macrossan Hall, Brisbane, Australia, 2009
• ‘A Night of Solo Performance’, 10 minute, solo improvised performances. Woodward Theatre, QUT, Brisbane , Australia, 2009
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.Studio, Woodward Theatre, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2008
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.TheaterForum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, 2006
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.New York International Fringe Festival, New York, US, 2006
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.Festival Fringe Praha, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.Buxton Festival Fringe, Buxton, UK, 2005
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.Theaterhaus-mitte, Berlin, 2005
• ‘A One Man Hamlet’, solo performance of Shakespeare’s play.PACT Theatre, Sydney, 2005
• Actor for “Mike Leigh’s Improvisation Method” session,Capturing Performance: 2004 Screen Directors Conference, Sydney, 2004.
• ‘The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare’ (principle role) with Merely Players.Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2002
• ‘Rashamon’ (principle role) with Frank Theatre Company,Visy Theatre, Brisbane, 2000.
• ‘Heavy Metal Hamlet’ (Claudius) with Frank Theatre Company,Karnak Playhouse, North Queensland, 2000
• ‘Heavy Metal Hamlet’ (Claudius) with Frank Theatre Company,Tyalgum, Queensland, 2000
• Actor, Opening Ceremony for the Arts Centre.Ipswich, 1999.
• ‘Salome’ (John, the Baptist) with Frank Theatre Company,Karnak Playhouse, North Queensland, 1999
• ‘Salome’ (John, the Baptist) with Frank Theatre Company,Tyalgum, Queensland, 1999
• ‘Heavy Metal Hamlet’ (Claudius) with Frank Theatre Company,River Stage, Brisbane Festival, 1998.
• ‘Salome’ (executioner and others) with Frank Theatre Company,Adelaide, 1998
• ‘MacBeth’ (witches and others) with Frank Theatre Company,The Australian Shakespeare Festival, Bowral, NSW, 1998
• ‘Salome’ (executioner and others) with Frank Theatre Company,Princess Theatre, Brisbane, 1997.
• Actor, Opening Ceremony for Comalco Co.Gladstone, Queensland, 1997
• ‘Scapegoat’ for the X-Festival (improvised performance)Metro Arts Centre, Brisbane, 1996
• Actor, play-reading for the ‘The House is Live!’ and Queensland Theatre Company.QPAC, Brisbane, 1996.
• Actor, 6-months of Chíldrens theatre (’Pinocchio’ and ‘Raggedy Anne’),Oxford Theatre, Melbourne, 1995
• School performance with ICOMICI, a commedia del’arte company,Melbourne, 1995
• ‘This Old Man Comes Rolling Home’ (George and Lan),MOAT festival, Melbourne, 1995
• “Time Warp” (various), musical cabaretMelbourne, 1995

PERFORMANCE TRAINING

Solo Improvisation, by Andrew Morrish, Munich Germany, ’11 and Brisbane, Australia, ‘09

Improvisation and Performance, by Tony Osbourne, Brisbane, Australia, ‘08

Practical Aesthetics Master Class, by Andrea Moore, Brisbane, Australia, ‘07

Mime and Movement Intensive (Mime Corporel), by Leisa Shelton, Brisbane, Australia, ‘07

Stanislavski method by Natela Dzuliashvili, Sydney, Australia, 04

Mike Leigh’s Improvisation Method, by Rob Marchand, Brisbane, Australia, ‘04

Acting workshop by Philippe Gaulier, Berlin, Germany ‘03

Workshop in Suzuki Method of Acting, conducted by Ellen Lauren at Toga, Japan, ’02.

Continual training with Frank Theatre Company in the Suzuki Method of Acting, ‘96- ‘00

Director/Actor workshop with Lindy Davies through AFTRS, ‘98 (Financial assistance for this workshop via QPIX scheme)

Private tuition with Alan Edwards, ‘96

Tuition with Clive Williams in grounding the actor (basic and verbal object exercises), ‘96

NIDA Open Program specialising in performing Shakespeare, ‘95

Mime and voice at the Oxford Theatre, ‘95Australian Academy of Music training in singing (baritone), ‘93

FILM

‘The Bastard’ (writer/director/producer)

Duration:8 minutesView: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4296992824550423625

Finalist in the Queensland New Filmmakers Awards, ‘98.

‘The Main Course’ (writer/director/producer)

Duration: 23 minutes

In competition for National Short Film Competition, Canberra international Film Festival, ‘00.

‘Artistic Lives’ (writer/director/producer)

Duration: 67 minutes.View Scene: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3350326822134381328

Public screenings at: Filmbuhne am Steinplatz, Berlin, Germany, ‘03; and “Off the Mainstream”, University of Wolloongong, Australia, ‘04.

‘A Day In The Park’ (writer/director/producer/actor)

Duration: 5 minutes.

‘My Life In Art’ trailer

Duration: 4 minutes.

A teaser trailer created to promote the screenplay as a feature project.

PLAYWRITING

‘The Sculptor’Runner-up in Comalco Young Playwright’s Awards, 1996

‘The Bastard’Performed in the Squib Festival, Court-house Theatre, Melbourne 1995

Attended a script workshop by Billy Marshall Stoneking (’04), and a screenwriting short course by Megan Simpson Huberman (’00), both organised by AFTRS, Australia.