Monday, 16 April 2007
6.30pm — 8.30pm
ArtHouse Hotel
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Panelists
Heidi Gledhill & Tony Chu
Heidi has a Masters in Arts Management and is the director of DramaticEvents.
DramaticEvents was established in 2000 to increase awareness of, and participation in, grassroots cultural activities. It aims to do this through managing various arts events and festivals both in Australia and internationally.
Heidi has been involved in a broad cross-section of arts projects including Sculpture by the Sea, the Japanese and Korean Film Festivals, The Weird Mob Film Festival, l’Isola del Cinema festival in Rome, an Olympic Games Cultural Stadium program, The Venetian Ball run by the Italian Cultural Association, a Powerhouse Youth Theatre (Casula) indigenous project and Shopfront Theatre for Young People initiatives, Commedia dell’arte performances, as well as The Crypt Theatre.
Tony founded NAFA and convenes the monthly Choc Tops meetings. He is also the Festival Director of Show-Fest and Action-Fest, our short film festivals.
As an actor, he has appeared on stage, TV, and film with notable credits on “All Saints” and “White Collar Blue”, where in the latter he was also Medical Adviser.
A prolific filmmaker, Tony has co-produced one feature and made over 30 shorts to date. In preparation for his debut feature film, he is interested in good writing, directing with vision, and working with different genres.