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Time: May 8, 2011 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Location: Sydney Philharmonia Choir Studio
Street: Pier 4/5 Hickson Road
City/Town: Walsh Bay
Website or Map: http://pierpoetrymotherhood.e…
Event Type: reading, members
Organized By: Leah Greengarten
Latest Activity: May 8, 2011
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Pier Poetry is Australian Poetry's events program in NSW, run monthly at the Sydney Philharmonia Choir Studio, Pier 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay.
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Teresa Bell is a qualified director, actor, teacher and producer. She is very interested in the crossovers between poetry, theatre and other art forms. Her play Taizé won the George Fairfax Award in 2007 and was produced at various festivals. Her first book 36; formless writings was released in 2008 by flametree press, who will also be launching her new book of poetry in May titled Under a Nightingale's Wing. As Artistic Director of Playworks she has supported over 40 Australian women playwrights through dramaturgy, commissioning and organizing workshops of their plays. As Director of the Australian Poetry Centre she supported many poets through organising festivals, readings, films, international tours and publishing opportunities.Prior to these roles, when she was not a mother and able to give her life to art she worked around the clock in theatre; touring, acting, directing and producing for companies in Australia and overseas. She continues to adapt poetry to stage, most recently Anne Carson's The Beauty of the Husband and will be performing Libby Hart's This Floating World at the Byron Bay Writer's festival in August where she is a guest. She is currently doing a doctorate in Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong where she is writing a novel in prose and verse. Teresa lives in Sydney with her children Marvin and Angelica.
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$15
$10 for Australian Poetry members
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