As artistic director of Sanctum Theatre (www.sanctumtheatre.org) Lachlan has written, produced, directed and designed the ambitious Zero Projects 2009 season presenting five shows in and around Brunswick, Lament: candles & compost (2006) and The Plains: a play (2008). He has also puppeteered and performed in The Tar Pit’s Beast of Hoof and Trunk devised in Flinders Street Station’s legendary ballroom for the Next Wave Festival (2009 – ’10); The Legend of Ned Kelly, Festival Centre, Adelaide, and the Arts Centre Melb (2007); and also in The Human Layer, winner of the Melbourne Fringe Visionary Award (2005). Collaborated on design for The Now Hour, also winner of the visionary award (2004). Written two plays including Fish out of Water, selected for the Next Wave Young Playwrights’ Competition (1994) and Prospect, performed at La Mama (2003). Has built puppets for various companies including the Tar Pit, Snuff Puppets and Al Martinez Studios. Has exhibited in various group exhibitions and one solo, including paintings, installation and land art and completed several commercial murals. Has had his writing published in Vivid, Voiceworks and Ultimate Ceasefire, was also on the editorial panel for the latter two. Completed a Post-graduate Diploma in puppetry (2005) and a Masters of Theatre Practice (2008) at the VCA.
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curriculum vitae
2010
Puppet teaching
Flowerdale Primary School and elsewhere through the Song Rooms program
March 2010
Art installation and ‘quest’ throughout festival grounds
Banyule Kid’s Arty Farty Fest
in collaboration with Colleen Burke
Jan 2010
Puppet design and construction
constructed ten puppets as teaching aides for the Sophia Mundi Steiner School
Nov 2006 – present
Tutoring creative writing and art
C.R.O.P (Community Recreation Outreach Program)
Boroondara Shire
March - Oct 2009
Production, direction, design, performance
Zero Projects 2009
presented by Sanctum Theatre
see www.sanctumtheatre.org for further background
Oct 2009
Curation
Voice: to be seen and heard
Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery
Sept 2009
Performance and set construction
An Elephant at the Station directed by Pete Ried
Flinders Street Station
presented by Tar Pit Productions
for the Next Wave Kickstart Program
Aug 2009
Puppet design and construction
Mary Mackillop directed by Rosemary Johns
La Mama Theatre, Carlton
September 2008
Puppet design and construction
Pinnned directed by Fleur Dean
as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival
August 2008
Direction and design
The Plains: a play directed by Lachlan Plain
based on the novel by Gerald Murnane, the paintings of Philip Hunter and the music of Sebastian Jorgensen.
presented by Sanctum Theatre, VCA Drama and Production
as part of the 2008 Masters of Theatre Practice Season
Grant Street Theatre, Melbourne
www.sanctumtheatre.org
Sept 2007
Puppet design and construction
Sharing Stories
in collaoboration with Colleen Burke
Melbourne Museum
April 2007
Puppeteering
The Legend of Ned Kelly directed by Annie Forbes
Festival Theatre, Adelaide & Fairfax Theatre, The Arts Centre, Melbourne
April 2007
Puppet design, construction and puppeteer tutoring
The Perjured City directed by Kirsten Von Bibra
Victorian College of the Arts
March 2007
Stage management and construction
Snuff Puppets
Whittlesea Festival
www.snuffpuppets.com
Sept 2006
Direction, design and performance
Lament: candles and compost presented by Sanctum Theatre
The Abbotsford Convent
www.sanctumtheatre.org
June 2006
Construction
The opening ceremony for the Asian Games
Al Martinez Workshops
Sept 2005, March 2006
Performance
The Human Layer directed by Tamara Rewse
alleyways at Melbourne Fringe (2005) and Adelaide Fringe (2006)
Winner of the Melbourne Fringe Visionary Award (2005)
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Sept 2004
Design and Construction
The Now Hour directed by Michael Camilleri
North Melbourne Town Hall
Winner of the Melbourne Fringe Visionary Award (2004)
Sept 2003
Scriptwriting
Prospect directed by Miranda Borman
La Mama
1996 – 2002
Event Coordination and Performance
Yemaraki ARTS FEST
1994
Script Writing
Fish Out of Water in collaboration with Fenn Bailey
Winner of the Next Wave Young Playwrights Competition
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exhibitions
Oct 2007
Group exhibition
Silent Revolution
presented by Sanctum Gallery
with Jasmine Powell, Melissa Osborne, Colleen Burke and Noriel Powell
Oct 2005
Group exhibition
Artstreams Gallery, Warrandyte
with Lachlan Rose, Thomas Delano and Nick Gray
Feb 2002
Solo exhibition
Tributaries: a meditation on the way in which land is shaped by water
Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen Art & Garden
Nov 2001
Group exhbition
Nature of the Beast
Long Gallery, Montsalvat
with Lachlan Rose
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education:
2008
Masters of Theatre Practice (by coursework)
School of Drama
Victorian College of the Arts
2005
Postgraduate Diploma in Puppetry
School of Production
Victorian College of the Arts
Results Average: 85% (1st Class Honours)
2000-2003
Bachelor of Creative Arts
The University of Melbourne
Results Average: 74.5% (majored in visual and theatre arts)
specialist training:
2009
Training in the Suzuki method
with Michael Coughlan of Frank Theatre
2007
Bhuto masterclass
with Sankai Juku
2007 - 2005
Bhuto training
with Tony Yap
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