Jane Montgomery Griffiths
Jane Montgomery Griffiths has combined a career as an actor, playwright and academic. She has performed with companies including Bell Shakespeare, MTC, Malthouse and Belvoir, and had her writing produced by Malthouse, ABC Radio, Belvoir, and Victorian Opera. She was also the Judith E Wilson and Leventis Fellow in Greek Drama at Cambridge and Professor of Theatre Practice at Monash University. Awards include Best Actor (White Rose; Manchester Evening News; Greenroom Awards); Best New Opera (libretto) (Greenroom Awards); Best new work (RE Ross Award); as well as nominations and shortlisting for the Sydney Theatre and NSW and Victorian Premiers' Literary Awards.
Thursday April 24
9.30am
45 mins
Room 2, Sorrento Masonic Centre
Shakespeare Unpacked
Act 1
A special event for Mornington Peninsula secondary school students and festival goers.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
Thursday April 24
10.45am
45 mins
Room 2, Sorrento Masonic Centre
Shakespeare Unpacked
Act 2
A special event for Mornington Peninsula secondary school students and festival goers.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT - However, you still need to book a ticket
Thursday April 24
4.00pm
60 mins
The Ballroom, The Continental
What I Learned
Three biographers explain the impact of writing another person’s life story
Judith Brett, Helen Ennis and Anthony Sharwood with Jane Montgomery Griffiths (M)
Friday April 25
5.00pm
90 mins
Sorrento Bowls Club
Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud
Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
Sunday April 27
8.00am
60 mins
The Ballroom, The Continental