Chrisjohn Hancock

Chrisjohn Hancock

Chrisjohn has been Artistic Director of the Lieder Theatre Company since 1992.

He has directed over sixty productions during that time including Inheritance, Treasure Island, Away, Peter Pan, Steel Magnolias, Money and Friends, Dinkum Assorted, Hotel Sorrento, Wind in the Willows, Lord of the Flies, Dancing at Lughnasa, Cosi, Alice in Wonderland, Under Milk Wood, Blackrock, Grimm Tales, Antigone, Gathering the Dust, Summer of the 17th Doll, Oliver Twist, The Removalists, La Dispute, The Lesson, Skirmishes, Indians, Love Letters, Waiting for Godot, The Man Who and Fireface.

He studied acting at NIDA and has worked in professional theatre throughout Australia and in Scotland.

For the Lieder Youth Theatre Company he has directed, tufff ... , The Happy Prince, Rolly's Grave, Hot Chips and Gravy at the Blackhole Cafe, G'Day Mate, Hot Air, The Vision of Delight, 2 Friendly for 4 Words, Dead One Done and Ubu.Earlier productions include Old King Cole, The Eagle Has Two Heads and Jack and the Beanstalk for the Lieder, Caroline, written by Paul Paviour for the Argyle Society, Hey You, Waterhole and Peace in the Street for the Mustardseed Project, Under the Mask and The Little Prince for Coco Youth Theatre, WA, Nuclear Split for the NT Theatre in Education Team and Zigger Zagger and The Fantasticks for Territory North Theatre Company, NT.

He is member of Youth Performing Arts Australia and through his association with the international organisations of ASSITEJ and IATA Chrisjohn has participated in Theatre Festivals in New Zealand, Holland, Turkey, South Korea, Republic of Georgia, United Kingdom, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Chrisjohn Hancock, Artistic Director, Lieder Theatre Company

ARTISTIC Director of the Lieder Theatre, Chrisjohn Hancock and Lieder Board member, Fiona Churchill, joined Southern Tablelands Regional Arts development Officer, Elizabeth Brown, at a national arts conference in Horsham on the weekend.
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"It draws together arts practitioners from all over Australia to debate and share current issues related to working in regional and rural areas as artists, musicians, writers, cultural planner, facilitators and advocates for arts practice," Mr Hancock said.

This year's conference was called 'Meeting Place' and it coincided with the Awakenings Festival, an exciting celebration of ability held every October in Horsham.

"There were performances, exhibitions, discussion, debates, salons and conversations as well as the chance to explore the Horsham area during the three-day event from October 21 to 24," Mr Hancock said.

"The delegates travelling from the Goulburn region met with some of Australia's most provocative commentators, artists and thinkers and experienced newly commissioned artworks, created especially for Meeting Place.

"It was an inspiring and rejuvenating time and a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and share experiences from our community and look at new options for developing our work into the future."

Mr Hancock took time off from rehearsals of the Lieder's next production of ,Babes in the Wood', due to open mid November at the Lieder Theatre, to attend the conference.

Meeting Place was hosted by Regional Arts Australia and the Horsham Regional Arts Association.