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Liam Burke (writer)

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Liam Burke (born 1968) is an Australian/Irish writer, director, choreographer, actor and dancer <https://www.stage32.com/LiamBurke>.

Liam is the son of Daniel Burke, a dairy farmer and iron worker, who emigrated to Australia from Co. Cork, Ireland and is a direct descendent of the early Irish poet Maura Bhuidhe "Bwee" O'Leary <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura_Bwee_O%27Leary>. His mother, Sally Burke, from Tasmania, was a clerk for the Army corps and later a Highland dancing teacher.

Liam appeared in the Broadway revival of The Music Man <https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-music-man-4-1200461496/> directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman and set the choreography for The USA National Tour. He appeared in the films Centre Stage and Mel Brook’s Movie Musical The Producers <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121776/?ref_=nv_sr_2>.

During this period living in the Lower East Side he published his first poem in The James White Review, using his Gaelic name Liam de Burca, and and began writing freelance for Gay City News, Dance Magazine and Dance Australia. He won first place for a spoken-word poem at the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe which prompted him to enroll at the State University of New York in Creative Writing (receiving the Richard Porter Leach Fellowship.)

He moved to Los Angeles and began working for Timeline Films in research and editing, and writing television pilots. He was assistant editor on the documentary about Theda Bara (The Woman With The Hungry Eyes) <<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997110/?ref_=nm_flmg_eddp_1>> and worked on the L.A. Mobile Film Unit taking film education to schools across Los Angeles. He wrote the television pilot the History of Los Angeles and the pilot of Little Me, based on the Patrick Dennis novel of the same name. After Timeline Films disbanded, Liam moved to Santa Barbara county and was persuaded to became Dance Critic, a position he initially declined. He wrote for the Santa Barbara News Press and Noozhawk, began to teach for local schools and served on committees for dance organizations. It was here that Liam began writing Good-bye Norma Jeanne <http://actorsgreenroom.net/archives/8841#more-8841>, a dance play about Jack Cole and his Hollywood muses. The show (initially called Good-bye Miss Monroe) opened in hometown Brisbane starring Anna Burgess and Matt Young. Burke directed the play himself and it was nominated for Best Musical (Matilda Awards 2014) <https://www.matildaawards.com.au/archives/#m14> and transferred to Chapel Off Chapel in Melbourne for a sold out season.

In 2017 Burke returned to London to appear in Holding The Man at Above The Stag Theatre <https://www.thegayuk.com/theatre-review-holding-the-man-above-the-stag-theatre-london/> where he also choreographed the pantomime Snow White: Rotten to the Core <http://www.abovethestag.com/vxl/whats-on/snow-white-rotten-to-the-core/>.

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