Geoff Cartwright is an actor, director, award-winning audio book reader, poet, author and high school teacher.
Career
editCartwright is notable for his recurring role as Dr. Rob Bowen in the Australian drama All Saints, and for his roles in White Collar Blue, Water Rats and Murder Call.
In 1996 Cartwright won a TDK Australian Audio Book Award for his narration of Tim Winton's The Riders.
Cartwright is also notable in the live theatre scene, in both Brisbane and Sydney. Formerly an English & Drama teacher at a Catholic college on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, he was also the artistic director of the Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe, which called the Star of the Sea Theatre, Manly as its home. Geoff directed numerous Rough Hewn productions, offering a stepping stone opportunity to many young actors who have since studied at and graduated from prestigious drama schools in Australia and abroad. He now resides in Queensland and is actively involved in Calanthe Poetry.
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Newsboy | Feature film |
| 1996 | Whipping Boy | Pathologist | TV movie |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Special Squad | Dusan Narros | Episode 29: "Killer" |
| 1987 | Sons and Daughters | Doctor | Episode 870 |
| 1988 | A Country Practice | Clem Barker | Season 8, episode 6: "Learning the Lessons: Part 2" |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Carl Jensen | Season 5, episode 4: "In for a Penny" |
| 1990 | Fresh Start | Episode: "Mick" | |
| 1992 | G.P. | Andrew Mason | Season 4, episode 30: "A Question of Survival" |
| 1992 | Police Rescue | Drunk Driver | Season 2, episode 7: "Sugar" |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | Photo Journalist | Season 1, episode 15: "Tree's a Crowd" |
| 1996 | Water Rats | Chris Walsh | Season 1, episode 15: "Eyewitness" |
| 1997 | Home and Away | Peter | Episode 2224 |
| 1997 | Murder Call | Ted Heffernan | Season 1, episode 12: "Wages of Sin" |
| 1998–99 | All Saints | Dr. Rob Bowen | Seasons 1–2, 8 episodes |
| 2002 | White Collar Blue | Colin Meredith | Episode 10 |
Theatre
editAs actor
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Co. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Flight Path | Understudy | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1978 | When We Are Married | Fred Dyson | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1978 | Don't Piddle Against the Wind, Mate | Phillip Sutton | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1978 | Point of Departure | Mathias | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1978–79 | Clowneroonies | The Great Weevil | Valley Uniting Church Hall, Fortitude Valley, SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre[1] |
| 1978 | King Lear | Knight / Servant | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre, Sydney with Queensland Theatre & Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust |
| 1979 | The Coroner's Report / The Flaw | The Man / Husband | TN! Theatre Company |
| 1979 | Christie in Love | Christie | TN! Theatre Company |
| 1979 | Taurua of Tahiti | Tuiterai | ABC Radio Brisbane |
| 1979 | Miracles | Father Davidson | ABC Radio Brisbane |
| 1979 | Happy End | Dr Nakamura | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company [2] |
| 1979 | Travesties | Henry Carr | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company[3] |
| 1979 | The Les Darcy Show | Father Coady | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company |
| 1979 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Richard Stanley | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1980 | The Threepenny Opera | Narrator / Filch / Rev Kimble / Smith | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company |
| 1980 | Alex, or, the Automatic Trial | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company | |
| 1980 | The Playboy of the Western World | Christopher Mahon | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre[4] |
| 1980 | Waiting for Godot | Estragon | Cement Box Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company |
| 1980 | Outside Edge | Understudy | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1980 | Candida | Eugene Marchbanks | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1980 | Crushed by Desire | Inspector Corcoran | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre[5] |
| 1981 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane[6] |
| 1981 | The Choir | Colin | Cement Box Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company |
| 1981 | Skitz 'n' Frenzy | Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company | |
| 1981 | Crossing Niagara | Carlo | Marian Street Theatre, Sydney[7] |
| 1981 | Every Burglar Has a Silver Lining / La Veniexiana | Seymour Centre, Sydney | |
| 1981 | Once Upon a Mattress | Jester | Marian Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1982 | Saturday Sunday Monday | Federico, Giulianella'a fiance | SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre |
| 1983 | Macbeth | Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney with Peter Williams Productions[8] | |
| 1984 | An Act of Settlement | Sydney Opera House with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust for Sydney Festival | |
| 1984 | Isadora | Universal Theatre, Melbourne with TG Williams Productions | |
| 1985 | Woyzeck | Wayside Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1987 | Desdemona and Othello | Sydney Opera House with Grin and Tonic for Sydney Festival | |
| 1988 | Measure for Measure | Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Playhouse, Perth, Seymour Centre, Sydney with Associated Artists | |
| 1988 | Hard Times | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1989 | A Doll's House | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1989 | Arms and the Man | Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company[9] | |
| 1990 | Simpson, J. 202 | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1990 | The Ring Cycle | Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with QPAC | |
| 1991 | Kurtz | Crossroads Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1991 | Marina: Journey to the End | Seymour Centre, Sydney with Carnivale | |
| 1992 | Murder by Misadventure | Marian Street Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1993 | The Caretaker | Lookout Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1994 | Zima Junction | Studio 202, Kelvin Grove | |
| 1994 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Suncorp Theatre with Queensland Theatre[10] | |
| 1999 | Eyes to the Floor | Superintendent Naylor | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[11] |
| 1999–2000 | Face to Face | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Playhouse, Canberra, Bruce Gordon Theatre, Wollongong | |
| 2000 | Seven Stories | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre | |
| 2001 | Men of Honour | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| 2001 | A Conversation | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney | |
| 2009 | Macbeth | King Duncan | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[12] |
| 2023 | Under Milk Wood | Zamia Theatre with Tamborine Mountain Little Theatre (also director)[13] |
As director
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Co. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Look! Out There Beyond the Waves | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe |
| 2008 | The Virtuous Burglar | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe |
| 2008 | Phaedra | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe |
| 2009 | Tartuffe | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[14] |
| 2010 | Our Country’s Good | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[15] |
| 2011 | The Taming of the Shrew | Producer | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe |
| 2012 | A Clockwork Orange | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[16] |
| 2013 | The Fantasticks | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[17] |
| 2015 | Miss Julie | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[18] |
| 2015 | Jigsaws | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[19] |
| 2017 | Parramatta Girls | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[20] |
| 2017 | Write Young Women | Director | Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe |
| 2019 | Eyes to the Floor | Director / Set Designer | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[21] |
| 2019 | Morning Sacrifice | Director | Star of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe[22] |
| 2023 | Under Milk Wood | Director | Zamia Theatre with Tamborine Mountain Little Theatre[23] |
| The Crucible | Co-Director | Stella Maris College, Sydney[24] |
External links
edit- ^ https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3164305532/findingaid
- ^ https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/theatreaustralia1979jul/26?ff
- ^ https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/theatreaustralia1979jun
- ^ https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3164305532/findingaid
- ^ https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/finding-aids/catalog/31643055323310978163
- ^ https://tobysimkin.com/Portfolio/hamlet-brisbane/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3pbvzdgSRFbyUTHzYfsX_A8VaGRExkQzUu4zNpvBtHdAiFnPlDOY_-9xg_aem_mPdUT6gK6H4xo8tUxqW_3g
- ^ https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/theatreaustralia1981jul
- ^ https://australianstage.com.au/200908132781/reviews/sydney/macbeth-%7C-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe.html
- ^ https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/4269
- ^ https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/finding-aids/catalog/31643055323310979677
- ^ https://nightwrites.com/2019/05/20/eyes-to-the-floor-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe/#more-629
- ^ https://australianstage.com.au/200908132781/reviews/sydney/macbeth-%7C-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe.html
- ^ https://www.discoverdylanthomas.com/portfolio-items/under-milk-wood-zamia-theatre-tamborine-mountain-qld
- ^ https://australianstage.com.au/200911072976/reviews/sydney/tartuffe-%7C-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe.html
- ^ https://australianstage.com.au/201003183302/reviews/sydney/our-country-s-good-%7C-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe.html
- ^ https://stellamaris.nsw.edu.au/star-sea/
- ^ https://stellamaris.nsw.edu.au/star-sea/
- ^ https://stellamaris.nsw.edu.au/star-sea/
- ^ https://sydneyartsguide.com.au/the-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe-presents-jigsaws-by-jennifer-rogers/
- ^ https://stellamaris.nsw.edu.au/star-sea/
- ^ https://nightwrites.com/2019/05/20/eyes-to-the-floor-rough-hewn-theatre-troupe/#more-629
- ^ https://cityhub.com.au/morning-sacrifice/
- ^ https://www.discoverdylanthomas.com/portfolio-items/under-milk-wood-zamia-theatre-tamborine-mountain-qld
- ^ https://stellamaris.nsw.edu.au/the-crucible/
- ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3007