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The Men Who Knew Too Much
They exist on the edge of reality, combining
surrealist humour with absurdly synchronised
movement and text.
They take as their starting points
DaDaism
and Kyogen (14th Century Japanese comedy style),
always arriving at a completely fresh level
of perception and comedy.
They perform all-original material,and have a
repetoire of 9 shows, both outside and inside.
Formed in 1989, they have toured
nationally
and internationally.
Contact The Men Who Knew Too Much
for more details.
Members' Biographies:
Simon Hill
Peter Eckersall
Patrick Cronin
Louis Dingemans
Richard Gray
Adam Nash
Simon Hill
Founder, member and co-director of The Men Who Knew Too
Much, Simon has over 15 years experience in comedy and cabaret in Australia
and the United Kingdom. He is well known as an impersonator of political
figures on the cabaret and conference circuit. He has also made short films
and written plays, including co-writing "Cafe Luna" with Jon
Luscombe for the Victorian Arts Centre.
He has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Melbourne. His comic skills were developed in the Architects Reviews. He has worked as an architect in Melbourne, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur and London. He utilises these skills in developing the visual installations and concepts employed by the group.
Peter Eckersall
co-director and performer
Peter trained in drama at Rusden and has an MA in Asian Studies. His MA Dissertation is titled New Visions of Existence: A Cultural History of New Theatre in Japan and Indonesia. From 1991-93 Peter was recipient of the Yokohama Foundation Research Scholarship for the Study of Japanese Theatre and was based at Rikikyo University, Tokyo. at Rikkyo University, Tokyo.
In 1993-95 he worked as a lecturer in Japanese Studies at Monash University and is currently writing a PhD on Japanese and Australian avant-garde theatres and their cultural context. In 1994 he was guest lecturer in Theatre Studies at the School of Studies in Creative Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, where he teaches Asian Theatre and Contemporary Theatre Studies.
He is a frequent visitor to Japan and writes on the subject of Japanese and contemporary Australian theatre. In 1994 he wrote a report on Korean theatre at the instigation of the Australia Korea Foundation and in 1995 he presented a paper at the Multi-culturalism South Conference, University of Tokyo. Peter is also dramaturg for the critically acclaimed Melbourne performance group NYID.
Patrick Cronin A former member of The Cabbage Brothers, Patrick has worked in cabaret,
comedy and music. Patrick has composed music and written comic sketches
and songs for The Men Who Knew Too Much. He is co-founder of the Tex Mex
group Texicala Rose and was Programme Co-ordinator of Outdooe Events at
the Melbourne Festival from 1992-96. He has performed with the
Men Who Knew Too Much since 1990.
performer, musician
Richard Gray A former member of The Cabbage Brothers, Richard has worked with cabaret
groups including The Gospel Choir and The Buttock Family. His recent
performance credits include Snow White and Armakillo. Richard has a
Bachelor of Science and has worked to apply his theatre experience to
concerns of the environment movement. He has been performing with
The Men Who Knew Too Much since 1992.
performer, singer
Louis Dingemans In the early 1980's Louis began working with Theatreworkds Community Troupe
He was one of the founding members of the comedy quartet The Cabbage
Brothers. His acting roles have been as diverse as a child-killer in
the ABC's Janus, to his career highlight as the back-end of the elephant
in Gail Edward's production of The Magic Flute for the Victoria State Opera.
He has directed comedy performances for theatre-restaurants, the Melbourne
Comedy Festival and the ABC's The Big Gig. He is presently script
editor/production assistant for filmaker Bruce Currie. He has been a
member of The Men Who Knew Too Much since 1990.
performer, animateur
Adam Nash Composer for The Men Who Knew Too Much since 1994, he works to
integrate soundtracks as an active performance element in the
shows, creating immersive auditory worlds for the audience. Adam has been performing professionally since age 13 on stage,
television and film. He has played drums and samples in jazz, funk,
thrash metal, noise, and ambient house bands in Australia and Japan. He collaborated on numerous installations and performance pieces in
Japan between 1989 and 1994, chiefly as a member of the Proud Flesh
collective. He is the coder and maintainer of these pages, as well as numerous
commercial and artistic web sites.
performer, composer