John Turnbull

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for Sydney Festivals. Birth Of The Cool also toured internationally – Edinburgh Festival and Ruhrfest in Germany – before return seasons in Sydney and in the Spiegeltent for the Melbourne Festival.

As director and teacher he's worked with Shakespeare's Globe Australia whenever he's been available – working with young actors in schools, and for annual performance festivals. He's also been part of a group of actors performing rehearsed readings for the Globe in London; participating in a series of workshops, testing the space as it was being completed.He does a lot of radio and voice–over work in both countries.
He adapted and read Oscar and Lucinda for the BBC, and again for Penguin Audio. He has read a great deal of poetry for ABC, including his Lovebites and Animalia, and spiritual verse readings on Sunday nights.

2009 and 2010 Productions:
Bison – Belvoir Street and Feast Festival in Adelaide.
Bent – Belvoir Street.
Macbeth – Darlinghurst.
Bedroom Farce – Darlinghurst.
Three Sisters – ATYP at The Wharf.
2011 Productions:
Feb to Mar:  Landrieu in Sartre's Men Without Shadows – NIDA Studio.
July:  Vassily Ivanych in A Mad Affair – NIDA Studio.
2012 Productions:
Polonius / Gravedigger in Hamlet – Sport For Jove.
Narrator The Gallery Show – Wagner Gallery.
2013 Productions:
Repeat seasons playing Polonius / Gravedigger in Hamlet – Sport For Jove in Sydney and in Parramatta. Raging Romantics – The National Gallery in Canberra.
2013 – 2014 Productions:
Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing – Sport For Jove in Sydney. Ragenau in Cyrano de Bergerac – Sport For Jove, Sydney.
2015, 2016 & 2017 Productions:
2015 – Polonius / Gravedigger in Hamlet and Shylock in Merchant Of Venice for Sport For Jove TC, Sydney.
2016 – King Lear for Bosen in Italy. Polonius / Gravedigger for Sport For Jove TC 2016 revival of Hamlet .
2017 – Sydney and Canberra revival in June of Cyrano de Bergerac; playing Ragenau for Sport For Jove TC.
2018 & 2019 Productions:
Rose Riot (Shakespeare's War Of The Roses) playing John Of Gaunt – Sydney and touring – for Sport For Jove TC.
2019 & 2020 Productions:
Antonio in Merchant Of Venice;
Giles Cory in Arthur Miller's The Crucible;
– Sydney and touring – both shows for Sport For Jove TC.