John Derum
| John Derum | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 January 1946 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Occupation | Actor |
John Derum (born 9 January 1946) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. He has also directed and produced for theatre companies throughout Australia and for television.
Born 9 January 1946, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, he is the son of Scottish immigrants.
In the theatre his major roles have included Kostya in The Seagull (Adelaide Festival 1970), Peer Gynt (Sydney Opera House 1975), Mr Mantelini and others in Nicholas Nickleby (Sydney Theatre Company 1983-85), Reverend Parris in The Crucible (Sydney Theatre Company 1991-93) and numerous revues, musicals and variety performances.
John Derum was Artistic Director of the Canberra Company, Theatre ACT in 1985-86. He was awarded a Literary Fellowship at the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1990, which enabled the publication of the expanded script of More Than A Sentimental Bloke.
Between 1996 and 1999 Derum was the General Manager of the Independent Theatre in North Sydney, charged with overseeing the completion of the restoration and the successful re-opening of that historic theatre.
Since his return from the Blue Mountains to Sydney in 2007, he has resumed his career as actor and director. He has directed more than a dozen rehearsed readings of new scripts and directed Waiting For Gotterson by Sam Atwell for original and return seasons at Newtown Theatre in 2008, and Housebound (Crime Scenes 2009). He played Lord Augustus in Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan (Darlinghurst Theatre, 2009), Aidan Turner and David Marsh in David Hare's The Power Of Yes (Belvoir 2010), and he continues to record a wide range of voice tracks and readings for radio.
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