Geoff Cartwright

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Geoff Cartwright is an actor, director, award-winning audio book reader, poet, author and high school teacher.

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Career

Cartwright 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

Films

YearTitleRoleType
1969 Age of Consent NewsboyFeature film
1996Whipping BoyPathologistTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1984 Special Squad Dusan NarrosEpisode 29: "Killer"
1987 Sons and Daughters DoctorEpisode 870
1988 A Country Practice Clem BarkerSeason 8, episode 6: "Learning the Lessons: Part 2"
1989 Rafferty's Rules Carl JensenSeason 5, episode 4: "In for a Penny"
1990 Fresh Start Episode: "Mick"
1992 G.P. Andrew MasonSeason 4, episode 30: "A Question of Survival"
1992 Police Rescue Drunk DriverSeason 2, episode 7: "Sugar"
1994 Sky Trackers Photo JournalistSeason 1, episode 15: "Tree's a Crowd"
1996 Water Rats Chris WalshSeason 1, episode 15: "Eyewitness"
1997 Home and Away PeterEpisode 2224
1997 Murder Call Ted HeffernanSeason 1, episode 12: "Wages of Sin"
1998–99 All Saints Dr. Rob BowenSeasons 1–2, 8 episodes
2002 White Collar Blue Colin MeredithEpisode 10

Theatre

As actor

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
1978Flight PathUnderstudySGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1978 When We Are Married Fred DysonSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1978Don't Piddle Against the Wind, MatePhillip SuttonSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1978 Point of Departure MathiasSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1978–79ClownerooniesThe Great WeevilValley Uniting Church Hall, Fortitude Valley, SGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre [1]
1978 King Lear Knight / ServantSGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre, Sydney with Queensland Theatre & Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1979The Coroner's Report / The Flaw The Man / Husband TN! Theatre Company
1979 Christie in Love Christie TN! Theatre Company
1979Taurua of TahitiTuiterai ABC Radio Brisbane
1979MiraclesFather 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 StanleySGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1980 The Threepenny Opera Narrator / Filch / Rev Kimble / Smith Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company
1980Alex, or, the Automatic Trial Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company
1980 The Playboy of the Western World Christopher MahonSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre [4]
1980 Waiting for Godot EstragonCement Box Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company
1980 Outside Edge UnderstudySGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1980 Candida Eugene MarchbanksSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1980Crushed by DesireInspector CorcoranSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre [5]
1981 Hamlet Hamlet Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane [6]
1981The ChoirColin Cement Box Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company
1981Skitz 'n' Frenzy Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane with TN! Theatre Company
1981Crossing NiagaraCarlo Marian Street Theatre, Sydney [7]
1981Every Burglar Has a Silver Lining / La Veniexiana Seymour Centre, Sydney
1981 Once Upon a Mattress Jester Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
1982Saturday Sunday MondayFederico, Giulianella'a fianceSGIO Theatre with Queensland Theatre
1983 Macbeth Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney with Peter Williams Productions [8]
1984An Act of Settlement Sydney Opera House with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust for Sydney Festival
1984Isadora Universal Theatre, Melbourne with TG Williams Productions
1985 Woyzeck Wayside Theatre, Sydney
1987Desdemona 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
1988Hard 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]
1990Simpson, J. 202 Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
1990 The Ring Cycle Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with QPAC
1991KurtzCrossroads Theatre, Sydney
1991Marina: Journey to the End Seymour Centre, Sydney with Carnivale
1992Murder by Misadventure Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
1993 The Caretaker Lookout Theatre, Sydney
1994Zima JunctionStudio 202, Kelvin Grove
1994 Dancing at Lughnasa Suncorp Theatre with Queensland Theatre [10]
1999Eyes to the FloorSuperintendent NaylorStar 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
2000Seven Stories Stables Theatre, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre
2001Men 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

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
2007Look! Out There Beyond the WavesDirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe
2008 The Virtuous Burglar DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe
2008 Phaedra DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe
2009 Tartuffe DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [14]
2010 Our Country’s Good DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [15]
2011 The Taming of the Shrew ProducerStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe
2012 A Clockwork Orange DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [16]
2013 The Fantasticks DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [17]
2015 Miss Julie DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [18]
2015JigsawsDirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [19]
2017 Parramatta Girls DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [20]
2017Write Young WomenDirectorRough Hewn Theatre Troupe
2019Eyes to the FloorDirector / Set DesignerStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [21]
2019 Morning Sacrifice DirectorStar of the Sea Theatre, Sydney with Rough Hewn Theatre Troupe [22]
2023 Under Milk Wood DirectorZamia Theatre with Tamborine Mountain Little Theatre [23]
The Crucible Co-Director Stella Maris College, Sydney [24]

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References

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  22. https://cityhub.com.au/morning-sacrifice/
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  24. https://stellamaris.nsw.edu.au/the-crucible/
  25. https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3007