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Damien Ryan

DAMIEN RYAN

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Damien Ryan trained and worked as a journalist in the early 1990s, graduating from the University of Technology in Sydney, before moving into the theatre industry where he has worked professionally since 1995, as an actor, director and writer. He founded Sport for Jove Theatre Co. in 2009, and has worked for Bell Shakespeare for 15 years, along with Belvoir St Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company. His theatre work has received many awards. He has also worked and lectured in the education sector in Australia, at secondary and tertiary levels. Damien has been a proud member of the MEAA for 23 years.

Research:    https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/6172

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below is a list of Damien Ryan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Antigone         Cyrano de Bergerac

Antigone

Antigone
Who here can tell what law we owe the dead? Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is a child of war. Thousands of years ago she asked a question: What do we do with the body of the enemy, when this enemy is our brother? Damien Ryan's new adaptation of Sophocles' classic takes the conflicts of ancient Thebes and wrenches them passionately into the present. This story of war and its aftermath is a powerful yet vulnerable allegory about one of history's most famous families.

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1st Produced:
Reginald Theatre, Chippendale, NSW     06 Oct 2016

Organisations:
Sport for Jove

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  chorus and musician

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/129093

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac is convinced that his outrageously-sized nose will forever stop him from being loved by Roxane, his intellectual and beautiful friend. But Roxane is in love-with Christian, a handsome yet inarticulate soldier in Cyrano's regiment. Together, Christian and Cyrano make a flawless human. Edmond Rostand's original 1890s tragicomic French masterpiece is the unique romance that brought the word 'panache' into the English language. This new adaptation by Damien Ryan brings the action forward to WWI, where Cyrano is a war poet like no other.

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1st Produced:
Sydney Hills Shakespeare in the Park Festival     14 Dec 2013

Organisations:
Sport for Jove

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  38            Female:  14            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
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