Christopher Tomkinson
Carnival Director
Christopher has worked as an actor, director, producer and writer in theatre, radio, TV & film. He has worked with Sport for Jove in over a dozen productions, and performed with STC, Bell Shakespeare, Monkey Baa, Sydney Opera House, CDP, Ensemble, Pinchgut Opera, and in the musical Eureka.
He has improvised stories for audiences all over Australia, taught theatre classes for ages 2 - 80 from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Tasmania, his play, The Orphan’s Orchard, has been published by Cambridge University Press and he is the director of the Shakespeare Carnival, a NSW wide performance opportunity for high school students.
Chris grew up at ATYP, graduated WAAPA, studied in London and Paris with Philippe Gaulier and Pantheatre through an ATYP/ Lend Lease Scholarship and has been a proud member of Equity since 1985.