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SYNCHRONICITY Performing Arts\u2019 latest production is titled Shards. It\u2019s a series of four short and sharp one-act plays on stage in November. Throughout this month, the Bendigo Times will be spotlighting the directors behind the shows. This week it\u2019s Wendy Collishaw, Synchronicity\u2019s president, co-founder, and mentor to the Shards directors.<\/em><\/p>\n

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THEATRE flows through Wendy Collishaw\u2019s veins.<\/p>\n

Her father was heavily involved in performing arts, while her great-grandfather is a renowned singer.<\/p>\n

As the president and co-founder of Synchronicity Performing Arts, she\u2019s been directing theatre for 32 years with a love for the stage that\u2019s lasted even longer.<\/p>\n

Right back to when she describes herself as a \u201clittle tacker,\u201d Collishaw said she\u2019s had a passion for the theatre.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s taken part in productions for decades, at school, with Ballarat National Theatre and avant-garde companies, and then at university.<\/p>\n

At 22 years old, she first started directing. Fresh out of uni, she went on to direct her first production, Stephen Schwartz\u2019s musical, Godspell<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Extending her love for theatre and performance, Collishaw has taught music and performing arts in schools for the past 25 years.<\/p>\n

In 2013, along with her husband Geoff, she founded Synchronicity Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

One of the ongoing highlights, on and off stage, has been her love for directing and the way theatre can help people, and transform their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheatre is about community, when people get involved in theatrical things they get involved in a whole community,\u201d Collishaw said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a person of faith and have a strong belief in what can be done by participation in the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of Synchronicity\u2019s upcoming production of Shards<\/em>, Collishaw has been lending her skills and experience to the directors of the production\u2019s four short, sharp one-act plays.<\/p>\n

Napoleon in Exile<\/em>, All the World’s a Stage<\/em>, One Season’s King<\/em> and Locked In <\/em>make up the series, on stage at the Engine Room between Thursday, 10 November and Saturday, 12 November, with two plays each night. Visit synchronicity.org.au<\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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