Patrick Dickson

Patrick takes Regina through his life as an actor and into his current show about Victor Hugo.

Patrick is co-artistic director and founding member of O'Punksky's. Essentially an actor he also designs, directs, produces, teaches, builds sets, [this web site] etc etc...... Patrick met Maeliosa Stafford at the Crossroads Theatre in Sydney's Darlinghurst in late 1989 and accepted his offer to join the cast of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme. There was a tiny budget so Patrick also volunteered to design the show. The production was a small triumph and O'Punksky's theatre was born. In 1990 Patrick played Malcolm Scrawdyke in O'Punksky's next production, Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (chosen for its long title), also directed by Maeliosa. Patrick again took on the task of designer and a creative partnership was galvanized.
Patrick has been acting professionally since 1976, starting his career as AASM at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, East London. After a year he joined the Roundabout Theatre in Education Company in Nottingham and then, after another year at Stratford he emigrated to Australia.
Over the years Patrick has worked with many companies in Australia, most notably Thalia, Bell, Griffin, Ensemble, Studio and most State companies.

Patrick is co-producer/writer of a series of training films in which he performs and sometimes directs. See O'Punksky Pedagogic page on this site.

He has taught acting courses and directed students at UNSW and ACTT.
TV Credits include,: The Timeless Land, Carson's Law, Home and Away, Rake and Seachange.
Film credits include: A Bridge Too Far, The Fluteman, Panacea, Flotsam Jetsam and Rogue Nation.
Patrick has extensive voice credits which include many commercial voice overs, prose and poetry readings for ABC Radio Arts, and book readings which include Treasure Island, The Marx Sisters, The Drowner and A Tale of Two Cities.
Patrick has self-produced two audio books:The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo and Kabaka Lear by David Allen.
Both are available as downloads on iTunes and Audible.com