Learning to read made life so much better , actor and former footballer Ian Roberts says
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Ian Roberts tackled his problems with reading and went on to become an actor.
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For Ian Roberts, the most terrifying moment at his Sydney primary school in the 1970s, was having to stand up and read. I remember this truly sickly feeling, the former representative rugby league footballer tells RN s Sunday Extra.
He says that although he was 100 per cent with numbers , when it came to reading and spelling, he fell through the gaps of the education system .
Orange Tree Theatre today announce that their annual education project Shakespeare Up Close, which offers secondary school students the opportunity to see Shakespeare s plays performed, will go ahead this year, taking place online with new abridged productions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth made available to schools digitally. The project marks the first Orange Tree Theatre productions in almost a year.
Bec Martin, Education & Participation Director said today, I am so thrilled to be directing the Orange Tree s first production in nearly a year. And I am even more thrilled that this production is for young people. Participation and Engagement is becoming even more vital as we reckon with a world without live theatre. The events of the last year have disproportionally affected our young people and it feels significant that while we can t offer this production in person as we would normally, we are able to provide an accessible and engaging production in a digital medium.
David Scott preparing for a performance
He has captured the attention of audiences on television and on film, as well as having a solid reputation as a live performer on stage. And when he is not in front of the camera on the set of Fair City or The Tudors , then he is assisting up-and-coming actors with their technique.
Either that or he is directing some production or, failing that, he is happy to serve as an adjudicator on the drama festival circuit.
In a calling notorious for long periods of unemployment punctuated by bursts of activity, he has carved out a career which has him constantly in demand.
COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund secures the future of Melbourne Art Fair
Ronnie van Hout, Surrender, 2018 (Commission by Bendigo Art Gallery in partnership with the Melbourne Art Foundation and supported by Artwork Transport) Installation view, Melbourne Art Fair 2018.
MELBOURNE
.-Melbourne Art Foundation today announced it is a recipient of the Australian Governments COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund, which is designed to assist systemically significant Australian arts organisations that face a risk to their sustainability due to the impact of COVID-19.
The Australian Government has recognised the Melbourne Art Foundation, alongside The National Institute of Dramatic Art, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Contemporary Art, as a leading arts organisation with good prospects of maintaining its viability.