Kirk Page

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Kirk Page
OccupationActor
Notable workRedfern Now

Kirk Page is an Australian actor and dancer. For his performance in Redfern Now he was nominated for the 2014 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actor.[1]

Page featured in the first episode of the second season of Redfern Now where he played Peter who is fighting for custody of his daughter after the death of his partner.[2] On screen he also appeared in Mystery Road[3]

On stage Page played Cuddlepie in Snugglepot And Cuddlepie in 2015[4] and toured nationally with the show in 2016.[5] He played the tracker in the 2009 stage adaptation of One Night the Moon,[6][7] played in My Lover's Bones at the 2014 Melbourne Festival[8][9] and in The Demon in 2022.[10] Page danced with Bangarra Dance Theatre, performing in an international tour of Ochres in 1995 and in Wudjang: Not the Past in 2022.[11]

Page is of Mulandjali, Badu Island, German and Welsh descent.[12] He is the cousin of Stephen, David, and Russell Page.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vickery, Colin (31 March 2014), "Bogans vie for Logies", Herald Sun
  2. ^ Kernohan, Kathryn (18 February 2013), "Emotion and grit set tone and style", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ Woodgate, Thomas (19 April 2020), "Mystery Road season two's epic cliffhanger leaves viewers wondering what's in the bag", Now To Love
  4. ^ Taffel, Jacqui (29 June 2015), "Review: Snugglepot and Cuddlepie return with appealing stage antics", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Longworth, Ken (4 July 2016), "THEATRE PREVIEW – Snugglepot and Cuddlepie", Newcastle Herald
  6. ^ Ball, Martin (18 September 2019), "Superb moments but Moon needs to shine more brightly", The Age
  7. ^ Rose, Kate (20 September 2019), "Truths exposed by moonlight", Sunday Herald Sun
  8. ^ Woodhead, Cameron (16 October 2014), "Tale of eery beauty reinvents bunyip myth", The Age
  9. ^ a b Bailey, John (5 October 2014), "Melbourne Festival: Kirk Page, Dewey Dell and Jonti and how families matter", The Sydney Morning Herald
  10. ^ Torre, Giovanni (29 September 2022), "Kirk Page stars in new play confronting Australia's demons", National Indigenous Times
  11. ^ McCann, Annie (18 February 2022), "Page's journey comes full circle", The Mercury
  12. ^ Encalada, Javier (17 June 2014), "Dance program reconnects with the community", The Northern Star

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