‘A Sunday with the Parke called Tyran’ - Music Theatre Educator, Actor and Director; Tyran Parke
Tyran Parke is a Director-Actor-Teacher whose work has garnered much admiration and triumph. As an actor, he has played roles professionally in musicals, contemporary plays, television and Shakespeare.
As a teacher, he has worked for the National Institute of Performing Arts, (NIDA), The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) but it is at The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) where he is currently course co-ordinator for the Melbourne campus.
Professional Directing credits include the musicals; Rent, Jekyll and Hyde, Lovebites, Cheek to Cheek, King of the World, the plays; Great Expectations, Pool(no water), Thom Pain, Barnum, The Laramie Project, The Opera, The Fairy Queen and many concerts.
He has worked at the Hayes Theatre several times both as both an actor and a director when he was the helm of The Goodbye Girl and Anyone Can Whistle for Neglected Musicals, Rob Mills is Surprisingly Good (and national tour) and Stalker- the musical.
He has also directed the critically acclaimed ‘Big Fish’ in Sydney and ‘Ordinary Days’ at Chapel Off Chapel. And productions of Barnum starring Todd McKenney and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest with Lachy Hulme.
Tyran has a built a strong reputation for interpreting the work of Stephen Sondheim. These productions include, ‘Assassins’, the all-star concert of ‘Follies’, and ‘Into the Woods’. He directed the new Australian musical, ‘Crossroads’ to great acclaim in Melbourne, the national tours of “From Broadway to La Scala’ with Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, David Hobson and Greta Bradman, and ‘Tapestry’ starring Debra Byrne and Vika Bull.
In 2023, Tyran directs Jonathan Larsen’s tick, tick … BOOM! for seasons in Melbourne and Brisbane.
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