Footscray Star: Interview with Chris Bunworth
See article in its original context here by Charlene Macaulay for the Footscray Star.
From city to country
Footscray actor Chris Bunworth will take to the stage for Boy out of the Country.
FOOTSCRAY actor Chris Bunworth is heading back to the stage for his latest role. Mr Bunworth, who has held a range of roles on the stage, TV and film, including Underbelly, Winners and Losers, Neighbours and Beaconsfield the movie, will don the navy blue to play Sergeant Alfred Walker in the world premiere of Boy out of the Country. The show, which premieres tomorrow, is based on a property stoush between two brothers over who inherits the family farm.
FOOTSCRAY actor Chris Bunworth is heading back to the stage for his latest role. Mr Bunworth, who has held a range of roles on the stage, TV and film, including Underbelly, Winners and Losers, Neighbours and Beaconsfield the movie, will don the navy blue to play Sergeant Alfred Walker in the world premiere of Boy out of the Country. The show, which premieres tomorrow, is based on a property stoush between two brothers over who inherits the family farm.The entire play is in verse and is written in a similar style to Banjo Paterson. In addition to his role, Mr Bunworth is also the show’s producer. “We’ve all been working very hard. It’s a fantastic cast,” he said.
Mr Bunworth has just finished working on Aussie crime thriller Cut Snake, inspired by a real-life incident in 1973 when Brisbane’s Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire was torched and killed 15 people. “I, just like about every other actor in this country, do a number of different things across stage, television, screen, voiceovers, so I manage to stay reasonably busy,” he said.”If I had a choice, the stage is my first love.”I love the immediacy of it, I love the fact that it’s a new play every night because it’s a different audience, and it’s the reason I got into acting in the first place, to have that communion with actors and the audience in real time.”
Mr Bunworth moved to Footscray in 2011 and said he has loved becoming a resident of the West.
“To be so close to the city, and yet still feel like you have open space around you is something quite unique, and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the West.”The market and the different cultures that call Footscray home make it a really fascinating place to live.”
Boy out of the Country opens tomorrow and will run until 8 December at fortyfivedownstairs.
Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI