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Alan Becher
Since settling in WA in 1986, Alan has directed and designed many productions for Swy Theatre Company, the Western Australian Theatre Company and Perth Theatre Company. He has directed over 40 productions of new Australian plays in his career including 16 world premieres. His stage adaptations, which he also directed, include Tom Hungerford’s Stories From Suburban Road, Mudrooroo’s Wildcat Falling and Elizabeth Jolley’s The Newspaper of Claremont Street. Stories from Suburban Road was directed for the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney on a unique ‘Directors Exchange’ during the Olympic Games and toured nationally in 2002. Alan’s acclaimed production of Tim Winton’s Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo broke box-office records during the 1995 Festival of Perth and toured nationally in 1996. Alan adapted and directed WA writer Fotini Epanomitis’ novel The Mule’s Foal for the Perth International Arts Festival in 2000 and in that year, Alan also directed Ingle Knight’s new work, The Exploding Breakfast and Ben Eltons’ Gasping. In 2001 Alan directed The Getaway Bus and Shopping & F***ing and in 2003 Alan has been the co-adaptor of The Corporal’s Wife and directed Skin Tight.
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