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Eryn Jean Norvill (born c. 1984), sometimes spelt Eryn-Jean Norvill, is an Australian stage and television actress. She has mostly performed in Sydney Theatre Company productions, and frequently collaborated with STC artistic director Kip Williams.
Eryn Jean Norvill is an Australian actor, writer and dramaturg who has worked with various theatre companies and won several awards. She is also a co-founder of Safe Theatres Australia and a member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.
Nov 30, 2020 · Actor Eryn Jean Norvill’s portrayal of all the characters in The Portrait of Dorian Gray triumphantly illustrates Oscar Wilde’s notion of the self as a form of performance.
Apr 21, 2022 · Eryn Jean Norvill had run away, then Dorian Gray brought her back to the stage. In her first interview since starring in the acclaimed production The Picture of Dorian Gray, the actor opens up ...
- Louise Rugendyke
- The Origins of A Shapeshifter
- Permission to Fail
- Early Career Lessons
- Gaining The Main Stage
- Celebrating Failure
- On A Roll
- Turning Point
- A World Explodes
- Rebuilding
- New Ways of Working
"The golden light of a perfect Summer's day streamed into the room and danced about the figure as if in worship." - Narrator Norvill describes herself as a maker rather than an actor, a distinction that dates back to her childhood encounters with storytelling and performance. Star Trek was a formative influence: "We got the VHS every week of the ne...
Norvill had a positive drama school experience — although in many ways, the culture there was not what she expected. "I thought maybe a place like that would be separate from the pressure to measure up and succeed; but of course that was still there," she says. She chafed against the norms, hierarchies and power dynamics of the school (and industry...
"I came out [of VCA] and started thinking about making [work] … I was like, 'Where are my collaborators?'" Norvill recalls. "And then I realised that the small-to-medium and independent scene is just hard work — it's the hardest work you'll ever do…. And I was so fucking poor; working all these jobs and getting fired from all these jobs." (She says...
The years 2009 to 2010 were a quietly productive period: besides Hayloft's 3xSisters, Norvill appeared in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero at Red Stitch Actors' Theatre, and she and Tomlins found success for A Tiny Chorus at the Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide Fringe festivals. She moved back to Sydney, and landed a recurring role on Home and Away as t...
Even as Norvill was transitioning to the main stage — with supporting roles in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Top Girls and Griffin Theatre Company's The Boys in 2012 — she was feeling somehow dissatisfied and restless. "I just needed to get up and leave for a bit, and see other parts of the world — what kind of stories they were telling...
Norvill appeared to be hitting her stride: the next three years brought mainstage roles — including Roxane to Richard Roxburgh's Cyrano — and a run of shows with Kip Williams, who was appointed artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company in late 2016. Their artistic collaboration has given rise to some of her most satisfying creative experiences, i...
To cap off 2015, she starred as Cordelia to Geoffrey Rush's King Lear in Neil Armfield's production for STC. At the time, it seemed like another feather in her cap: an iconic role in a high-profile production. In hindsight, it was a major turning point in her life and career, and the beginning of an unravelling. But it was two years between King Le...
Norvill was mid-season with Three Sisters when The Daily Telegraph published its now infamous cover story accusing Rush of inappropriate behaviour towards a female co-star (later identified through legal proceedings as Norvill). By the time the show closed in December, Rush, who vehemently denied the allegations, had launched defamation proceedings...
In May, Norvill escaped to Japan with longtime collaborator and friend Emily Tomlins. They traversed the country together, and then Norvill stayed on in Tokyo for some weeks, alone, relishing her anonymity. "[There was] an extreme sense of a different pace, a different dynamic, a different texture of life … [that] was really deeply refreshing to me...
The person who returned from Japan had undergone a profound transformation. "My needs and my experience after [King] Lear and the trial, were very, very different — as a person, as an artist, in every aspect of my life," Norvill says. Back in Australia, she collaborated with Williams on a production of Lord of the Flies for STC, as dramaturg; and s...
- Dee Jefferson
Eryn Jean Norvill is known for Felony (2013), The Message (2024) and Home and Away (1988).
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The cast includes Eryn Jean Norvill and Pamela Rabe making their UK stage debuts, and music composed by Yannis Philippakis (Foals). Performed 19 October — 4 November 2023 in the Lyttelton Theatre.
