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ROD ANSELL - Brief CV 2009
ACTOR
Acting professionally since 1981.
Major acting roles in many professional theatre productions including
Richard111, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Brilliant Lies, Macbeth,
Money and Friends, Absurd Person Singular, Arms and the Man,
Twelfth Night, Human Resources, Robin Hood, Away, Oliver!,
Subterranean Uni Blues, Speed City, Loudspeakers, The Venetian Twins,
Dirty Dick's, Hounds On Ice, Summer of the 17th Doll, These Foolish
Things, Essington Lewis, Kid Stakes, Other Times, Debts, Newcastle
Shorts, Abelard & Heloise, Guillotin!, Dick Whittington, SAO, Odd Bods,
Mission Improbable, Susannah Place, Confusion of Tongues, Sheriff's
Revenge, Treasure Island and many more + speaking roles in recent feature
films Suburban Mayhem, Martha's New Coat, Blue Lies and many short films.
DIRECTOR
As director since 1981, Rod has worked professionally with
Hunter Valley Theatre Co, Freewheels, Flying Teapot Theatre,
Young People's Theatre, Not Another Theatre Co, New England Theatre Co.
Murray River Performing Group, Labyrinth Theatre, Reamus Youth Theatre,
Newcastle Theatre Co and on countless Theatre-in-
Education & independent productions inc Romeo & Juliet, Richard 111, When
The Wind Blows, Volpone, An Ideal Husband, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Cosi, Macbeth, The Maids, Normie & Tuan, Dob! Dob! Dob!, Rooted,
Diary of a Madman, Oleanna, Chester & Sylvester, Richard111 and Gothick.
Musician
Rod is currently touring with Grant Walmsley's Agents of Peace on
saxophones, harmonica and back up vocals. The band performs many shows
per year and has just released their second album, Future Roots. (Click here for Agents of Peace Website)
Rod's album of original compositions,
Help Me Elvis is available thru CD Baby. (Click here for CD Baby).
Teacher
Since 2003, Rod has taught acting for the
University Of Newcastle Drama Department.
He also conducts private tuition in acting, voice & harmonica.
Directed by Rod Ansell 1997 - 2009
ph 02 49 623983 email: rodansell@bigpond.com
* TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare
Reamus Youth Theatre Maitland 2009
* ROOTED
by Alex Buzo
Reamus Youth Theatre Maitland 2009
* ROMEO & JULIET
by William Shakespeare
Reamus Youth Theatre Maitland 2007
* RICHARD 111
by William Shakespeare
Flying Teapot Theatre Civic Playhouse Newcastle 2007
* A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare 2006
for Reamus Youth Theatre
* COSI by Louis Nowra 2006 for Maitland Rep Society
* MACBETH
by William Shakespeare 2005 for Reamus Youth Theatre 2005
for Reamus Youth Theatre The Post: Macbeth impresses…great adaptation &
soundscape…accessible & engaging
Maitland Mercury: A winner…a polished
production
*THE MAIDS by Jean Genet 1998 Civic
Playhouse for Flying Teapot Theatre
Winner Best Professional Production\Best
Actress - City of
ABC Radio: SPINE-TINGLING...FASCINATING
production...Rod Ansell's done a MAGINFICENT
job...very impressive...I'm hoping for a return season...ENTHRALLING...makes
you think an enormous amount...
it's a pleasure to see this quality of theatre in
the Hunter...
A FANTASTIC PRODUCTION.
director Rod Ansell skilfully
steers his actors through Genet's challenging maze... ...twists
keep you guessing and surprises keep you laughing...
*ROOTED by Alex Buzo 1998 Civic Playhouse
for Flying Teapot Theatre
Alex Buzo: Thanks
for giving Rooted such an EXCELLENT REVIVAL...
I
wish the first production had been like that...BRILLIANT.
ABC Radio: Rod Ansell's direction has really triumphed...
we're relying on Flying Teapot to provide
professional quality shows locally...
quality of direction is FIRST CLASS...definitely go
and see it!
*
for
Flying Teapot Theatre
NORMIE &
TUAN by Alex Buzo 1999 (with
Barney Langford) Young Peoples Theatre
for Flying Teapot Theatre ABC Radio:
The main reason to see this is Rod Ansell’s
acting…Just FANTASTIC...I had GOOSEBUMPS
*DIARY OF A MADMAN by Nikolai Gogol 1996& 1998 for Flying Teapot Theatre
Civic Playhouse adapted by Rod Ansell
ABC Radio:
ONE
OF THE BEST things I've seen for quite some time....a TOUR DE FORCE.
*ROMEO & JULIET
by William Shakespeare
2000 Young People’s Theatre
ABC Radio: Just
EXCELLENT...EXCITING...how WONDERFUL it was and how MOVING...
marks a
very SIGNIFICANT developmental point in the company.An
ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH.
Maitland Mercury: A
magnificent show…fabulous local production…congratulations.
*A Midsummer
Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare North West Theatre Co
2003
HUMAN
RESOURCES by Carl Caulfield Civic Playhouse Stray Dogs Theatre (Wil)
LOUDSPEAKERS
– HSC Poetry for schools Synergy 3 Productions (Various roles)
DIRTY
DICK’S Touring
Theatre Restaurant (King Arthur)
AWAY
by Michael Gow
Uni of N’cle Theatre
Synergy 3 Productions (Harry)
SEEMS
LIKE OLD TIMES by Carl Caulfield Civic Playhouse Stray Dogs Theatre (Liam)
SPEED
CITY/FULL THROTTLE adapted by Stefo Nantsou Honeysuckle Hammer & Tongs
SUBTERRANEAN
UNI BLUES by Carl Caulfield Civic Playhouse Stray Dogs Theatre (Norm)
CONFUSION OF TONGUES by Carl Caulfield
PAN Showroom for Stray Dogs Theatre
ROBIN HOOD by
HOUNDS ON ICE by Footlice
Theatre Civic Park Fountain, Chucklefest
(Sherlock Holmes)
SUMMER of the 17th DOLL by Ray Lawler
Freewheels, Civic Theatre (Barney)
THESE FOOLISH THINGS by Carl Caulfield for
Civic Theatre Newcastle & Stray Dogs (Tom)
NORMIE & TUAN by Alex Buzo for Flying
Teapot Theatre (Normie)
OLEANNA by David Mamet for
Flying Teapot Theatre (John)
SUSANNAH’S PLACE by B Burkefield & R Howard Historic Site, Sydney (Various Roles)
ABELARD & HELOISE (BETRAYED) - by R. Fiddes & P. Kavanagh
for Civic Theatre
\Opera Hunter (Drogo)
DIARY OF A MADMAN - by Nikolai Gogol
Hunter Valley
Theatre Co.\ Flying Teapot Theatre
(Poprischin)
A HARD NIGHT WITH THE JESTER for Dirty Dick's Productions (The Jester)
Stray
Dogs\Newcastle Fringe Festival (Blind
Lover)
ESSINGTON LEWIS: I AM WORK - by John O'Donoghue
for Hunter Valley
Theatre Co. (Various Roles)
Plus
Suburban Mayhem and Martha’s New Coat
Speaking roles – Feature Films
Independent & student films inc winner Ist Prize
Newcastle Film Festival 2001, Black Rider.
Latin band Pablo
Diablo, film, radio & commercial work inc
local, nat & international.
Teaching Uni of
Casting consultant over 300 paying jobs for local actors 1998 –2002.