Dennis Watkins is an Australian playwright, producer and performer.
Dennis Watkins | |
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| Other names | Lamont Cranston |
Watkins used the stage name Lamont Cranston[1] who was also a character he played in some of his productions.[2][3] He wrote or co-wrote Newton Newton,[1] Stalin - The Musical,[4] The Iceberg Cometh,[5] Dingo Girl, Beach Blanket Tempest,[6] Entertainment This Week Salutes The Worst of Lamont Cranston, Ho Ho Ho It's Lamont Cranston,[2] Pearls Before Swine,[3][7] Burger Brain - The Fast Food Musical,[8] and The Eighth Wonder.[9] He was the lead singer of the band Men of Harlech[10] and brought Theatre Sports to Australia and appeared as judge when it was made into a television series.[11][12]
Watkins worked for the ABC as their commissioning editor for comedy,[13][14] was the artistic director of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,[15] was a board member of Company B and an associate director at the Sydney Theatre Company.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b Brooks, Geraldine (24 April 1982), "Six who heard a different drummer", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b Pollak, Alex (7 December 1984), "Cranston is so bad, he's terrible!", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b Schembri, Jim (18 July 1986), "Days of Swine poseurs", The Age
- ^ "Stalin The Musical", Tharunka, 3 March 1980
- ^ Courcier, Bill (24 March 1981), "Ups and downs of the idiotic", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Healey, Ken (23 September 1984). "Shakespearean surf-rock musical unlike anything seen in Canberra". The Canberra Times. p. 10. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Stapleton, John (16 May 1986), "Pearl from a heart of darkness", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Evans, Bob (29 September 1988), "Fast food frolics", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Morrison, Peter (20 October 1995), "Australia's coming of age?", The Australian Jewish News
- ^ Moore, Sandra (17 June 1981), "Men of Harlech's right royal hit", The Australian Women's Weekly
- ^ Evans, Bob (30 January 1986), "Theatre sports: gladiatorial contests without the blood", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Visontay, Michael (14 January 1987), "The TV cheque book whirligig", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Squires, Tony (30 September 1996), "A laughing matter", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Usher, Robin (28 January 1998), "Artsbeat", The Age
- ^ Cochrane, Peter (13 December 1995), "We're out, proud and loud", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Cosic, Miriam (16 September 1995), "Watkins the wonder boy", The Sydney Morning Herald
External links
edit- Dennis Watkins at AusStage
- Dennis Watkins at IMDb
- Biographical cuttings on Dennis Watkins, theatre director, producer and actor, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals at the National Library of Australia