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Ingle Knight: Actor
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]]Kickstarting his career with a three year season as Joseph in his school Nativity Play, Ingle Knight has since appeared in over forty professional theatre productions. Highlights include:
David Allen's Cheapside in which the extraordinary difference between his performances as Christopher Marlowe and Shakespeare prompted the Sunday Times critic to suggest that he be treated for advanced schizophrenia.
Crystal Clear: for which he was nominated for a Gold Swan Award.
Of his performance as Antonin Artaud in Artaud at Rodez the National Times said 'he achieves greatness'.
And in Terry Johnson's Dead Funny (brought back to the Regal Theatre for a second season by public demand) he took off all his clothes; which for some reason caused hilarity among the thousands of people lucky enough to see it.
TV appearances include roles in Sons and Daughters, The Restless Years and Prisoner, in which, as 'Grub' the bikey drug-pusher, he initiated a major break-out.
He was a regular on the ABC's Maths Break playing dozens of characters from thick-witted cavemen to Pythagorus and even Australia's greatest super-hero: 'Captain Koala'.
And another dim-witted character: Kawolsky, the useless security guard, for 26 episodes of Barron Film's Ship to Shore.
Despite all these achievements Ingle is probably most recognisable as the coconut-dodging accident-prone tourist in the long running HBF travel insurance commercials.
Performance
Ingle has performed in more than fifty professional theatre productions, including:
Uncle Vanya (Black Swan Theatre)
The Crucible (Black Swan Theatre)
Amadeus (Perth Theatre Company)
Hedda Gabler (Perth Theatre Company)
Under Milk Wood (Perth Theatre Company)
Crystal Clear (Perth Theatre Company)
Dead Funny (Perth Theatre Company)
Silly Cow (Perth Theatre Company)
Third World Blues (Perth Theatre Company)
Alice in Wonderland (Barking Gecko)
Don Quixote (Barking Gecko)
The Emperor's New Clothes (Barking Gecko)
Golden Valley (Barking Gecko)
He was nominated for the 2003 Melbourne Green Room award for best performance in the fringe for The Getaway Bus.
Television appearances include roles in some of Australia's favourite television shows:
Sons and Daughters
The Restless Years
Prisoner (as “Grub” the bikey drug-pusher, he initiated a major break-out)
A regular on the ABC’s Maths Break playing dozens of characters from thick-witted cavemen to Pythagorus and Australia’s greatest super-hero - “Captain Koala”.
The Sleepover Club (Southern Star Productions)
Professor Giffin in the acclaimed television series Wormwood
Ingle Knight has had many plays and musicals professionally produced—including these.
Dolphin Talk: produced and toured across Australia, Canada and theatre festivals worldwide.
Wicked: The Australian Critics' choice for the 1996 Best New Play of the Year in WA.
Bullyfruit: nominated for 1997 Gold Swan Award.
Milk and Honey: winner of the 1999 Premiers Book Award, script category.
Wrote and performed in 52 episodes of Let's Have Music for ABC Radio, teaching kids across Australia to enjoy and appreciate music.
Most recent writing for TV was two episodes of The Gift for Barron Films.
In 1998 the first participant in the inaugural WA/South Africa Playwright's Exchange.
Lectured in scriptwriting at Murdoch University and was a script consultant for Perth Theatre Company and the WA Playwright's Consortium.
year
production
role
production company
1978
The Empire Builders
Father
WA Theatre Company
1989
Alex, or The Automatic Trial
Alex
Griffin Theatre Company
1980
The Threepenny Opera
various
NSW Theatre of the Deaf
1981
Artaud at Rodez
Artaud
Griffin Theatre Company
Ballboys
Rupert
Griffin Theatre Company
Pygmalion
Freddy
WA National Theatre
1982
Cheap Thrills
Jim Morrison
Griffin Theatre Company
Sweeney Todd
Dr Lupin
Magic Mirror Theatre
1983
Son of Man
Pontius Pilate
P3 Theatre Company
The Kid
various
Winter Theatre
1984
Sexuality
various
SWY Theatre Company
1985
The Theatrical Illusion
Magician
Fata Morgana Theatre Company
Dialogue with Typewriter
The Writer
Plastercast Theatre Company
1986
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
WA Theatre Company
Some Other Town
George
Winter Theatre Company
Funny Peculiar
Various
Manford International
1987
Cheapside
Marlowe/ Shakespeare
SWY Theatre Company
Bedroom Farce
Trevor
Manford International
Golden Valley
Uncle Di
WA Theatre Company
Circus Aristophanes
various
Festival of Perth
1988
A Chorus of Disapproval
Ian Hubbard
WA Theatre Company
Paddy
Various
Deckchair Theatre Company
1990
Under Milk Wood
various
SWY Theatre Company
Richard
SWY Theatre Company
1991
Hotel Sorrento
Edwin
WA Theatre Company
A Night in the Arms of Raeleen
Moxy
Swy Theatre Company
1993
Hedda Gabler
Tesman
Perth Theatre Company
1994
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare/ Mock Turtle
Barking Gecko
1995
Richard
Perth Theatre Company
1996
Ship to Shore (TV)
Kowalski
Barron Entertainment
1997
The Emperor's New Clothes
Emperor
Barking Gecko/Festival of Perth
Dead Funny (rerun)
Richard
Regal Theatre
1998
Silly Cow
Sidney Skinner
Perth Theatre Company
1999
Third World Blues (David Williamson)
Neville
Perth Theatre Company
2000
The Getaway Bus
all
3D/Fairweather
Exploding Breakfast
all
Perth Theatre Company/Effie Crump
Gasping
Perth Theatre Company
Don Quixote
Barking Gecko
Amadeus
Perth Theatre Company
The Crucible
Black Swan Theatre Company
Uncle Vanya
Black Swan Theatre Company
Twelfth Night
Andrew Aguecheek
Black Swan Theatre Company
2003
Frank
Black Swan Theatre Company
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