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Robert Chuter is an Australian theatre director, film director, producer, writer, and actor.


Early life


Robert John Chuter was born on 23 April 1964 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia, the only son of Rita Spalding and British emigrant Harry Chuter.


Career


In 1976, Chuter worked with a touring company led by Lindsay Kemp and cites the experience as one of his inspirations for becoming involved in theatre direction. His interest in film direction originated while he was working in a bookstore, when he was encouraged to create some Super 8 film by Agnes Dobson, the veteran Australian stage and silent screen actress. He was educated at RMIT, Victorian College of the Arts - School of Drama, St. Martin's Theatre School, Melbourne Theatre Company Youth Theatre, and graduated from the prestigious Swinburne Film and Television School in 1983 winning best production for his graduation short The Mortal Coil.

He founded the Performing Arts Projects (later to become Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre) in Melbourne with playwright Daniel Lillford in 1985.[1]

Between 2005 and 2008, Chuter worked in London's West End.[2]


Stage actor



Stage director



Stage producer


Heeding advice given to him by the British film director Ken Russell, whom he met during his work directing the opera Madam Butterfly in Melbourne, Chuter has been diverse in his stage productions:

I direct family shows, like the sell-out seasons of Anne of Green Gables and the children’s classic: Seven Little Australians, to plays about gay porn icons, drug culture, the Bloomsbury group, the Brontes, IVF, flamboyant artists, feminist writers and serial killers. Diversity is the name of the game and I love work which is challenging to the imagination. Can you imagine directing an opera when you don’t speak French and can’t remember music? Yep, I’ve done it - not sure if I was successful or not.[2]

Among the productions as producer have been:


Film


The 2015 film release The Dream Children was directed and co-produced by Chuter.[4] He had previously directed a stage version, written by Julia Britton, for Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre in 2009.[5]

In 2017, Chuter commenced filming his second feature film A Beautiful Request, based on the stage plays by his old friend and colleague Dubai-based playwright Alex Broun.[citation needed]


References


  1. Milne, Geoffrey (2004). Theatre Australian (un)listed: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s. Rotopi. p. 304. ISBN 9042009306.
  2. Piening, Simon (23 March 2008). "Robert Chuter". Australian Stage. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. Cook, Mark (23 June 2005). "Humour Triumphs over the Unkindest Cut of All". The Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014.
  4. "The Production Book 14" (PDF). The Production Book. p. 12. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. Michelle-Wellis, Simonne (20 January 2009). "The Dream Children - Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre". Australian Stage. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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