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Peter Young
NSW, Orange
Age : 49
Occupation : Physiotherapist
Peter is no stranger to the stage and small screen, starting his singing and acting training at the age of 5 at the now defunct NSW branch of the Johnny Young Talent School. A child actor, he spent his young years appearing in TV campaigns for McDonalds, DuPont Stainmaster Carpet, Reeses Pieces, Ghostbusters toys and Watties Stir Fry, as well as spending a great deal of his high school years camped out in the bowels of the ABC studios at Gore Hill starring in the TV series Australia Place and Swap Shop. He made his professional theatre debut at the Belvoir Street Theatre in Defecating Jesus.Heeding his parents advice to get a fallback occupation, Peter graduated as a physiotherapist in 1998 and soon found himself strutting the stages of Bathursts Carillon Theatrical Society in 42nd St, Oliver! and Little Shop of Horrors, receiving CAT Award nominations for the latter two.Decamping to London and Wales for five years, Peter joined the Colstars of Aberdare and had a ball appearing in My Fair Lady and the pantomime Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood.Returning to Australia in 2008, Peter moved to Orange where he appeared onstage in Rock on Broadway, The King and I (as Lun Tha), Jekyll and Hyde (as General Glossop), The Boy From Oz and Cats (as Munkustrap) for Orange Theatre Company.Graduating to the Directors chair, Peter won his first CAT Award for Best Director for his debut with Youre A Good Man, Charlie Brown in 2009. He then helmed successful productions of The Wedding Singer, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (appearing in the cast as Chip Tolentino as well) and Avenue Q (also performing onstage as Princeton).Peter won his second CAT Award for Best Director (with Scott Halls) for The Witches of Eastwick. His tenure with Orange Theatre Company as a Director, Treasurer and President concluded with The Phantom of the Opera in 2013, which also saw a sold out tour of Dubbo.Peter completed the Director course at NIDA in 2011 and is now a freelance screenwriter following his graduation with an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting (Series Television) from AFTRS in 2015.Peter was the resident film critic and pop culture writer for the Central Western Daily, a Fairfax newspaper, and is now a regular guest on ABC Central West radio to talk all things cinema.
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