Rod Quantock

Rod Quantock
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1948 (75/76 shekaru)
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Sana'a
Sana'a	cali-cali da Malamin yanayi
Kyaututtuka	gani Medal of the Order of Australia  (8 ga Yuni, 2015)

Rodney Edward Quantock OAM (an haife shi a shekara ta 1948) ɗan wasan barkwanci ne kuma marubuci. An san Quantock don salon sa na farko na wasan barkwanci, wanda galibi ana tafiyar da shi ta hanyar siyasa, da kuma kasancewa fuskar dillalin gado Capt'n Snooze shekaru da yawa. Wanda jaridar The Age ta bayyana a matsayin "taska mai rai na Melbourne", ya kuma sami babban matsayi tare da shigarsa cikin gwagwarmayar siyasa da adalci na zamantakewa da kuma matsayin mai magana a yawancin al'amuran jama'a da na kamfanoni.

Quantock ya girma a Coburg. Mahaifinsa yayi aiki a Fitzroy a masana'antar goge karfe kuma a matsayin direban tram. Kafin shiga cikin ƙwararrun wasan kwaikwayo, Quantock yayi karatun gine-gine a Jami'ar Melbourne tsawon shekaru 5. Sha'awar sa game da wasan barkwanci ta fara ne acikin revue na Architect na jami'a a cikin shekarar 1969, inda ya ji daɗi sosai sau ɗaya a kan mataki. A nan ne ya sadu da matarsa ta gaba Mary Kenneally. Ɗaya daga cikin ƴan'uwan Quantock, Loris, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Sydney.

Tare da Kenneally, Geoff Brooks da Stephen Blackburn, Quantock ya buɗe kuma ya gudanar da The Comedy Cafe da Banana Lounge.

Quantock ya zama mai shiga cikin talabijin a farkon 80s da 90s, yana aiki akan jerin Ratbags, Ostiraliya Kuna Tsaya Aciki, Saurin Gaba, Denton, BackBerner kuma ya kasance na yau da kullun akan Babban Gig da Makon Labarai mai kyau.

Acikin shekarar 2005, ya bayyana a matsayin batun nunin zane da aka nuna a Crown Casino.

Quantock ya kasance memba mai kafa a kwamitin bikin ban dariya na ƙasa da ƙasa na Melbourne, mai ba da shawara ga bikin Moomba na Melbourne^[1] kuma memba na Kwamitin Arts na Bicentennial BHP Awards For Excellence.

Quantock ya yi tauraro a cikin jerin tallace-tallacen talabijin na mai siyar da gado Capt'n Snooze daga shekarun 80s zuwa ƙarshen 90s. Acikin dangantakar aiki da ta shafe shekaru 18, Quantock ya bayyana cewa akwai "abubuwa da yawa game da Capt'n Snooze da ke da kyau da kuma abubuwa da yawa marasa kyau" amma ya yarda cewa babban dalilinsa na ci gaba da kasancewa fuska. na Capt'n Snooze ya kasance na kuɗi:

Suka ce, "Abinda za kuyi shi ne, ku sa 'yar karamar rigar dare, ku sanya hula, kuyi tsalle sama da ƙasa a kan gadaje, zaku iya samun waccan tirela cike da kuɗi." Amma ina ganin hakan ya sa na rage buri a fagen wasan barkwanci. Ina nufin ba zanyi cikakken bayani ba, amma muna fama da matsalolin lafiya da yawa acikin danginmu, wanda hakan ya sa kuɗaɗen suka sha wahala sosai wajen yin sana'a a matsayin ɗan wasan barkwanci. Don haka na yi nadama a wannan matakin. Ina tsammanin zan iya zama mafi kyawun ɗan wasan barkwanci, yin abubuwa masu ban sha'awa da ban samu haka a rayuwata ba.

Quantock ya gudanar da balaguron bas daban-daban na maraice na Melbourne da sauran sassan Victoria tun farkon 80s, ra'ayi da ake kira Bus, Ɗan Tram ko Bus kawai, inda ƙungiyar mutane za suyi tafiya acikin bas tareda shi zuwa wani wuri mai ban mamaki don saduwa da wasu. mutanen da ba suda masaniyar zuwansu. Nasarar balaguron bas ɗin ya dogara ne akan abin mamaki kuma sakamakon kusan koyaushe yana ban dariya. Quantock ya gan shi a matsayin hanyar ganin yadda mutane suka firgita:

Mun samu gated al'umma; muna da ƙararrawar mota; mun samu mutane suna sanya tarkacen karfe akan tagoginsu da daddare. Mutane sun firgita-na sauran mutane suna ɗaukar abin da suka samu, na kashe su, ina tsammanin - don haka abin da zan samu mafi ban sha'awa shine yadda tsaro ya kasance mai tsanani amma kuma a matsayin hanyar gabatar da mutanen daba suda tabbas. wannan ra'ayin cewa duniya ba wuri ne mai ban tsoro ba kuma kuna iya jin daɗi da baƙi."

An bai wa mahalarta taron duk abin rufe fuska na Groucho Marx kuma Rod ya dauki kajin roba a kan sanda, mai suna Trevor.

Quantock yana goyan bayan siyasar hagu kuma shine mai masaukin baki na 1997, 1998 da 2004 Ska-TV Activist lambobin yabo waɗanda aka watsa a gidan talabijin na al'umma a kusa da Ostiraliya.

Ya bada jawabi a 17 Janairu 2010 zanga-zangar a rufe The Tote Hotel.

Ya kasance MC a yawancin tarurruka da tarurruka na jama'a a cikin yakin neman dakatar da Gabas-West Link

Acikin 2014, Quantock ya zama abokin bincike a Cibiyar Al'umma ta Melbourne, Jami'ar Melbourne, yana aiki akan gabatar da tasirin sauyin yanayi da rikice-rikicen albarkatu.

Daga 1989-1994, Quantock ya kasance mawallafin mako-mako don Ranar Lahadi kuma acikin Satumba 1999, Biyu Disillusion, littafin da aka tattara na waɗannan ginshiƙai da wasu daga cikin ayyukansa na rayuwa, an buga.

• Order of Australia Medal (2015)
• Kyautar Darakta, Bikin Barkwanci na Duniya na Melbourne (2012)
• Fellowship Board of Theatre Council Australia (2007)
• Quantock ya sami lambar yabo ta Green Room Award don nunin mutum ɗaya na Sunrise Boulevard (1997).
• Kyautar Mutum ɗaya a Sydney Myer Performing Arts Awards (2004).

• Quantock ya kasance mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Adelaide Justice Coalition Romero Community Award saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga adalcin zamantakewar Australiya (2005).

• Official website