John Kachoyan

John Kachoyan (born September 1982) is an Armenian-Australian director, writer, and dramaturg and was named one of Crikey's 21 hot young theatre makers of 2014[1] He is a co-founder of Iron Bark, a theatre company in London, specialising in new Australian plays, and the former Creative Director of MKA: Theatre of New Writing, in Melbourne.[2][3][4] Kachoyan has been a Director In Residence at Bell Shakespeare.[5]

John Kachoyan
Born
NationalityAustralian
EducationNewington College
University of Sydney
National Institute of Dramatic Art
Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationTheatre director, writer, producer, dramaturge

Education

Kachoyan was born and raised in Oatley, New South Wales. He attended Newington College (1995–2000) and graduated with BA (Media & Communications) from the University of Sydney, including a year studying at the University of Toronto. In 2004 he completed the National Institute of Dramatic Art Playwright's Studio and holds a Master of Arts (Advanced Theatre Practice) from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD).[6]

Career

Kachoyan spent 2007 to 2011 in London on a grant from the Australia Cultural Fund, where he co-founded IronBark[7] – his work at IronBark involved productions and developments with leading Australian playwrights including Ben Ellis, Tom Holloway, Jack Hibberd, Vivienne Walshe and Melissa Bubnic and was Resident Assistant Director at the Finborough Theatre.[8]

Returning to Australia he was appointed the 2012 Director in Residence for Bell Shakespeare[9] – working extensively with the company's development arm Mind's Eye; including his adaptation of The Winter's Tale directed by John Bell in 2014 at the Sydney Opera House.[10]

In 2013, Kachoyan was a Critical Stages Resident at the Seymour Centre,[11] and was recently Assistant Director for Simon Phillips on Joanna Murray-Smith's new play Pennsylvania Avenue for Melbourne Theatre Company (2014)[12][13]

Recent works

References

  1. "21 hot young theatremakers of 2013". Daily Review: film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. "Theatre of New Writing". MKA. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. "co-creative director". MKA. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014.
  4. Kimberley Thomson. "MKA Theatre announce new line up". ArtsHub Australia.
  5. "Crative Artists Programme – Bell Shakespeare". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
  6. "Central School Alumni Newsletter".
  7. "IRONBARK". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  8. "Finborogh Theatre Archives 2010".
  9. Bell Shakespeare. "ISSUU – Bell Shakespeare 2013 Media Kit by Bell Shakespeare". Issuu.
  10. "awinterstale". Bell Shakespeare.
  11. "2013 Critical Stages Residents". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  12. "Theatre Alive – Live Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014.
  13. "Pennsylvania Avenue". Melbourne Theatre Company.
  14. "Play for Australia | Arts Review". artsreview.com.au.
  15. "VESSEL | Arts Centre Melbourne".
  16. "The River | Red Stitch". Redstitch.net.
  17. "Elegy".
  18. Bonnie Leigh-Dodds. "HYPRTXT 2014".
  19. "HYPRTXT 2014-2". MKA.org.au. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.
  20. "Copland opera gets Aussie outing". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  21. "dogmeat". MKA.org.au. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014.
  22. "A savage beauty in MKA s Dogmeat – The West Australian".
  23. "Postcard from Perth: Fringe World (The Silo, The Night Guardian, MKA Dogmeat" Archived 6 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Daily Review. by Humphrey Bower
  24. https://www.bellshakespeare.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-MEDIA-The-Winters-Tale-Media-Kit.pdf
  25. "Sweet Nothings". pantsguys Productions.
  26. "Australia Dispatch: Kachoyan's Star Ascends Down Under". Asbarez News.
  27. Andrew Fuhrmann. "Midsummer". Time Out Melbourne. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012.
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