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Rhett Walton

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Rhett Walton is an Australian actor who has appeared in various theatre, film and television productions, including the soap operas Families and Home & Away. He is a National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) graduate, from the class of 1985, where he studied alongside his future wife, Sonia Todd.[1]

On stage he played Macbeth in Macbeth at the Playhouse in Newcastle in 1993,[2] Bassanio for Bell Shakespeare's 1999 run of The Merchant of Venice,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Paul in a 1993 run of Brilliant Lies beginning from the plays debut,[10][11][12][13][14] C.K. Dexter Haven in The Philadelphia Story at the Sydney Opera House in 1986,[15][16][17][18] Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at the Reg Bartley Grandstand in 1986,[19] and appeared in Murder by Misadventure at Marian Street Theatre in 1992.[20][21] He played alongside his wife in Worst Kept Secrets in 2014.[22][23][24][25]

He has also written scripts for the children's television series Outriders,[26] Fairy Tale Police Department, Tabaluga, Flipper and Lopaka, Blinky Bill, Pig's Breakfast and the drama series Big Sky.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ NIDA 2002 Annual Report Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine; p47
  2. ^ Macbeth, AusStage
  3. ^ The Merchant of Venice, AusStage
  4. ^ Rose, Colin (2 May 1999), "Pretty (awful) in pink", The Sun Herald
  5. ^ Hallett, Bryce (3 May 1999), "Lesson for today from the Bard", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Carroll, Steven (20 June 1999), "The Merchant Of Venice", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ^ Phipps, Ian (2 May 1999), "Merchant gets pound of flesh", The Daily Telegraph
  8. ^ Morrison, Peter (7 May 1999), "Merchant's message clear, despite mixed metaphors", The Australian Jewish News
  9. ^ Bloch, Felicity (25 June 1999), "Merchant with a romantic spin", The Australian Jewish News
  10. ^ Brilliant Lies, AusStage
  11. ^ Brilliant Lies, AusStage
  12. ^ Brilliant Lies, AusStage
  13. ^ Larkin, John (13 June 1993), "Williamson's lies keep the audience guessing", The Age
  14. ^ Evans, Bob (23 September 1993), "Death by comic overkill", The Sydney Morning Herald
  15. ^ The Philadelphia Story, AusStage
  16. ^ Kippax, H.G. (11 October 1986), "Philadelphia fails to live up to its legend", The Sydney Morning Herald
  17. ^ Barnes, Mick (12 October 1986), "Story set as lavish as an MGM movie", The Sydney Morning Herald
  18. ^ Curran, Christine (3 November 1986), "The Philadelphia Story", Education : Journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation.
  19. ^ Evans, Bob (8 March 1986), "Shakespeare goes south of the border", The Sydney Morning Herald
  20. ^ Murder by Misadventure, AusStage
  21. ^ Keene, Neil (20 November 1992), "Murder in jest, with twists", The Australian Jewish News
  22. ^ Connellan, Matthew (12 November 2014), "Coupledom comes in many flavours", Northern District Times
  23. ^ Hook, Chris (13 November 2014), "Man maketh his mark in mysterious ways", Daily Telegraph
  24. ^ Keene, Neil (15 November 2014), "Just playing with politics", Daily Telegraph
  25. ^ Gorman, James (19 November 2014), "Powerful Secrets", Central
  26. ^ Outriders Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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