The Man From Mukinupin

In 2013 The University of Western Australia celebrates its centenary and GRADS marks the occasion with a season of works commemorating the achievements of prominent alumni.

We invite you to audition for the first play of the season, The Man from Mukinyupin by Dorothy Hewett, directed by Aarne Neeme.

Dorothy Hewett, one of Australia’s most renowned literary figures and former staff member at UWA wrote several plays specifically for the New Fortune Theatre.

Renowned director, Aarne Neeme who was involved with Hewett in the development of some of these works, returns to Perth to direct this production that will feature during the university’s Alumni Weekend celebrations.

AUDITIONS: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December 2012
SEASON: Friday 8 - Saturday 23 February 2013 at the New Fortune Theatre, UWA
REHEARSALS: commence 12 January 2013

(Yes, that's less than four weeks rehearsal. Depending on availability there may be day time rehearsals.)

You will be expected to present a prepared piece roughly three minutes long of your own choosing and may be asked to read from the script. You should also bring a prepared song and sheet music or your own backing music.

The play was commissioned by Perth's National Theatre at the Playhouse as a festival occasional piece to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Western Australia.

THE PLAYWRIGHT: Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002) is credited with being a playwright who has produced some of the greatest lyrical epics of Australian life for the stage. is a quintessential illustration of the Hewett's ability to ‘tell it as she sees it' as it is drawn from her own experiences growing in rural Western Australia with all of its gritty human achievements as well as the darker side of white regional history.
The Man from Mukinupin
THE DIRECTOR: Aarne Neeme Director and Educator Aarne Neeme has directed over 200 professional theatre productions since 1962 and has worked for most of the major theatre companies in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and has been engaged for television work. He has been Artistic Director for The Actors Centre (Sydney), at The Hole in the Wall (Perth), Hunter Valley Theatre Company (Newcastle), and National Theatre Company (Perth), and has directed plays for most of the major Australian theatre companies. Neeme has also had Resident Director posts at Nimrod Street Theatre in Sydney and The Octagon Theatre in Perth. He has taught at both academic and vocational tertiary institutes in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, and was Head of Drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts for many years. His television directing credits include andHis work and studies have taken him overseas to The National University of Singapore (as a Senior Fellow) and to Europe (as a Churchill Fellow). Neeme has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New South Wales.
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