Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
Nov 08, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Actress Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton have agreed to serve as joint artistic directors of Australia's Sydney Theatre Co. in 2008.
The Sydney Theatre Co. announced Robyn Nevin, who has been artistic director since 1999, will step down when her contract runs out at the end of next year, the Australian reported Wednesday.
"I love these two Australian artists," Nevin said. "They are true theater creatures, each wonderfully gifted, and I am thrilled they will bring these gifts to the company."
Blanchett was in the STC early in her career, where she performed alongside Geoffrey Rush in the David Mamet play "Oleanna," in 1993.
Blanchett, 37, is also making her directorial debut later this month with Harold Pinter's "A Kind of Alaska," at the STC's Wharf theater.
URL: www.upi.com Copyright 2006 by United Press International
