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Brett Heath

BRETT HEATH

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Brett Heath has been working in the Australian theatre, film and television industry for over twenty-five years. In that time he has cultivated his diverse skills, including the use of sound, lighting and camera, providing him with a great understanding of both the technical and artistic process. His most recent technical assignment was that of principal sound recordist on the film 'Happy Feet', directed by George Miller. Brett has acted in many ensemble productions over the course of eighteen years, and has written, directed and produced three one-man physical tragi-comedies which have played in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Two of these scripts, 'Abacus' and 'The Easter Man', are held by the Australian Script Centre. It was whilst presenting these shows that he learned the skills of producing. He has been mentored by Robert Lepage at Ex Machina in Quebec City, invited to attend the Roy Hart Theatre in the south of France and most recently produced 'Anais Nin - One of Her Lives' in New York City. In 2005, he produced 'For the Love of Alma Mahler' at the Sydney Opera House for Pascal Productions as well as creating the photography, video and sound design for the show. Brett has also directed for television, working for over a year on the Australian soap 'Home and Away'. He has taught both directing and sound at the Australian Film and Television School based in Sydney.

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         Abacus         Easter Man, The         Luckytown         Tribulation Of Abacus Christie, The

Abacus

Synopsis:
After a self-imposed exile of 23 days after his lover, Lilly, dumps him, Abacus comes back to life. Like a mating salmon, he begins a quest to return to Lilly's house to try to regain her attention. What eventuates is a physical tragicomedy that takes the audience on a rollercoaster ride within the confines of Abacus's body and mind. An intense look at the aftermath of love and the irrational behaviour it can provoke.

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Genre:
Naturalistic/absurd tragicomic monologues 60 mins One act

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Easter Man, The

Synopsis:
A man's sanity is in severe doubt when he announces that it was his intention all along to perpetrate a crime in order to be committed to an asylum. It is only here, straightjacketed and incarcerated, that he can release his soul, find redemption and heal himself. . .or so he thinks

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Tragi-Comic 35 mins One act

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Luckytown

Synopsis:
A desperate man and his only companion pace the confines of a bare room, waiting for a secret signal to board a boat at midnight that will herald Darius's salvation. His oppressor is his country. His legacy is the emotional abuse that haunts him. His only friend, Mischa, a lifeless teddy bear. His only hope, safe passage...to 'lucky town'.

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Genre:
Tragi-Comic 50 mins One act

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Tribulation Of Abacus Christie, The

Synopsis:
Abacus Christie is a complex adding machine with human emotions. After spending 23 days in bed, weighed down by post romantic fugue, Abacus decides, in a flash of brilliance, that Lilly is his one and only. The story thus revolves around his gallant journey, both physical and mental, back to Lilly's door, where he is met not by romance but with the brute truth. How easily reality can become unreal. How quickly the light can to fade to shadow.

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Genre:
Tragi-Comic 75 mins One act

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