Dr. Jean-Pierre Voos

French by birth, English by education and Australian by choice. Worked mainly on the continent of Europe (Denmark, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, France) before migrating to Australia in January 1986, becoming an Australian citizen in 1988.

Speciality:
Greek classics in ancient Greek notably,
Aeschylus' AGAMEMNON with KISS, 1976-80
Euripides MEDEA with Tropic Line,1986-88
Aeschylus AGAMEMNON with Helix 1992-93
Sophocles' OEDIPUS TYRRANUS, 1998
Sophocles' OEDIPUS THE KING 2007

1995- 2007
Produces 53 plays for Tropic Line and Tropic Sun including 20 New Australian works (of which 15 are from Queensland).

Voos directs 42 of these plays, notably NICHOLAS NICKLEBY in 1999 for the Queensland Biennial Festival in Townsville.

1994
Takes early retirement from James Cook University to devote himself full time to Tropic Line and the development of theatre in the North Queensland region.

1986 -1994
Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at James Cook University. Instrumental in up-grading the Associate Diploma course to full degree Bachelor of Theatre, with Honours.

1988
His production of MEDEA in ancient Greek is invited by Tadashi Suzuki to represent Australia at the Toga International Festival in Japan.

1987
Founds the Regional Professional Theatre Company Tropic Line in Townsville.

1970 -1985
Founds the Theatre Ensemble KISS, based mainly in the Netherlands. Over the following 15 years tours Europe, U.S.A., and Australia (1980 & '82-83). In addition to directing the plays and research program of KISS, Voos teaches theatre in London, Germany, France and Switzerland.

Jean-Pierre sadly passed away January 2007