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Celebrating 50 years of Flinders Drama Centre 

Those who create the performances that entertain, enlighten and amaze us are a different breed. 

 

"There has to be innovation for progress and for this to occur, Flinders will ensure the dynamic future of Drama in this country." 

Dr Christopher Hurrell, Lecturer in Drama, Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Performance and current Flinders Drama Centre manager

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From the moment Wal Cherry brought his unique brand of inspiration to Flinders as our foundation Professor of Drama in 1967, Flinders University has fostered vibrant artistic excellence through our creative arts programs.

In 1975 the actor training in the Drama Centre was expanded from two years to a full three-year degree. Initially through the Drama Centre, and now through bespoke courses, Flinders nurtures the aspirations of those who pursue creative roles in theatre, screen, writing, digital media and myriad of specialist creative courses.

We are immensely proud of our talented graduates who have gone on to work all over the world, establishing theatre and film companies, writing, acting, directing, and teaching next generations of creative artists.

Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Flinders Drama Centre. 

Meet our alumni

Enriching lives with culture
Douglas Gautier AM (BA(Hons) ’75)

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Life behind the silver screen
Dr Scott Hicks (BA(Hons) ’75)

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Diversity opens a new universe of ideas
Catherine Fitzgerald (BA ’81, BA(Hons) ’82)

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Relishing the Drama of the moment

Fifty years ago, Flinders University stepped into the spotlight and announced itself as a lead player in developing Drama as a dynamic creative force In South Australia. Many students have gone on to use the course as a springboard into their chosen creative field. Read about those formative years and how we plan to continue launching the careers of future industry leaders.

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Drama Centre Alumni Celebration

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Wal Cherry Lecture and Screening, "The Hall of Mirrors: A Retrospective"

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Ranked No.1 in SA
in Creative Arts for full-time employment, student support and teaching quality.

The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only

Five Stars
in Creative Arts for learner engagement, learning resources, skills development and teaching quality.

(The Good Universities Guide 2022 (undergraduate)

Ranked No.5 in Australia
in Creative Arts for skills development and teaching quality.

(The Good Universities Guide 2023 (undergraduate))

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Are you a Flinders Drama graduate? Share photos from your time at Flinders, or tell us about your career path since graduation and what sparked your interest in the profession! You can even record a congratulations video message, with a selection to be used at upcoming celebration events.

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Meet the creatives

Introducing the Flinders Drama Centre team — our line-up of highly experienced professional practitioners and expert scholars.

The Drama Centre team will prepare you for your performance career with a unique research-led professional training informed by their own celebrated industry careers. The team unites expertise in embodied professional practice with conceptual, analytical and critical thinking skills. 

Dr Christopher Hurrell
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Dr Christopher Hurrell

Christopher is the Drama Centre Manager. He is a stage director and dramaturg who has worked nationally and internationally in the areas of new writing, Shakespeare and musical theatre. He has developed and directed numerous new Australian plays with writers such as Debra Oswald, Stephen Sewell, Caleb Lewis and Justin Fleming. Christopher has directed many of Australia’s finest actors of stage and screen, including Rebel Wilson, AFI Award winners Nicholas Eadie and Victoria Longley and has directed and trained acting students at institutions such as NIDA, the Rose Bruford College, Anglia Ruskin University and La Salle College of the Arts. 

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Dr Sarah Peters

A playwright, theatre practitioner, and Senior Lecturer in Drama, Sarah's verbatim plays engage with communities to tell the shared stories of experience such as women living with Alopecia in bald heads and blue stars (2014), young people navigating mental health and wellbeing in twelve2twentyfive (2015), growing up in rural communities in Eternity (2017), and pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago looking for belonging in Blister (2019). Sarah's most recent publications include 'Verbatim Theatre and Dramaturgy of Belonging' (2019) and 'A Reflective Practitioner Case Study Researching Verbatim Theatre' (2020). Sarah's practice includes facilitating playwriting and collaborative theatre making projects, most recently with D'faces of Youth Arts and ExpressWay Arts (Carclew) in South Australia.

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Professor Chris Hay

Chris is Professor of Drama, a position he took up in 2022 after previous appointments at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), the University of New England (UNE), and the University of Queensland (UQ). He is an Australian theatre and cultural historian, whose work examines funded cultural output for what it can tell us about national anxieties and preoccupations. His new book, Contemporary Australian Playwriting: Re-visioning the Nation on the Mainstage co-written with Stephen Carleton, was published by Routledge in 2022.

Dr Renato Musolino
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Dr Renato Musolino

Renato Musolino is one of South Australia’s most respected, experienced, and acclaimed actors and actor trainers.  He has worked nationally and internationally with leading companies including State Theatre Company South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir Theatre. He specialises in Laban Movement Analysis, movement for actors, psycho-physical acting, devising, improvisation, directing as well as text/scene work and has made significant contributions to the development of the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) curriculum, along with the Drama Well-being and Welfare protocols.

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Dr Tiffany Lyndall-Knight

Tiffany is an actor, director, and teaching artist. She has performed with theatre companies across Australia and Canada, including State Theatre Company South Australia, Queensland Theatre and eight seasons with Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. On screen she has been featured in many projects, including Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Wanted, and A Sunburnt Christmas, which she also dramaturged. Tiffany has worked as a teaching artist with the University of Adelaide, Flinders Drama Centre, Adelaide College of the Arts, and the University of British Columbia. She also works as a dialect and voice coach with private clients and companies including State Theatre Company South Australia, STAN, and Netflix.

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Dr Peter Beaglehole

Peter Beaglehole writes plays and performance work.

In 2022 he received the Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award for his performance text Calendar Days, which went onto development as part of Vitalstatistix's Adhocracy. With RUMPUS he has presented a work in progress reading as part of their Baby Plays’ program, and Strata in their 2020/2021 curated season. Strata was shortlisted in the Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award in 2018 and received the 2016 State Theatre Company of South Australia’s Young Playwrights’ Award. His work has also been staged and presented online in ATYP’s Intersection 2017, published by Currency press, the 2013 Come Out Festival (Now DreamBIG Children’s Festival), and in Critical Stages’ 2021 Come to Where I Am.

He also researches Australian theatre history through the field of Memory Studies, and completed a PhD focusing on six plays by Dorothy Hewett.

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