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Noel Tovey

And Then I Found Me by Noel Tovey

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May 2017, no. 391
Dennis Altman reviews 'And Then I Found Me' by Noel Tovey

Looking back on his career, Noel Tovey writes: ‘I could work in three languages. I had dined in the finest restaurants in Europe and America with pop stars and royalty and I had a career in the theatre that most Australians would envy.’ The man who wrote these words grew up an abused and neglected child. When he was seventeen, he served time in Melbourne’s Pen ...

Finding My Voice by Peter Brocklehurst with Debbie Bennett & Wings of Madness by Jo Buchanan

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November 2004, no. 266
John Rickard reviews ‘Finding My Voice: The Peter Brocklehurst Story’ by Peter Brocklehurst, ‘Wings of Madness: A Mother’s Journey’ by Jo Buchanan and ‘Little Black Bastard: A Story of Survival’ by Noel Tovey

People often assume that actors and performers are extroverts, and that their work is a natural extension of an outgoing personality. But while, indeed, there are quite a few extroverts in the business, many who work in the performing arts are more likely to be introverts, for whom communicating with an audience is a form of expression that gives meaning to their lives.

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