Painting the Light

Ned Manning is a writer, actor and teacher. His memoir, 'Playground Duty' (NewSouth Books), has become required reading for anyone interested in the real world of teaching. Ned's play for young people, 'Alice Dreaming' (Cambridge University Press), is widely produced in schools and youth theatre groups around Australia. Ned has written over 20 plays, including 9 for the Bell Shakespeare Company's Actors at Work program and three in collections with 7ON. His plays include 'Us or Them', 'Milo', 'Close to the Bone' and 'Kenny's Coming Home'. Ned's acting credits in film include starring in the cult classic 'Dead End Drive-In', as well as appearing in 'Looking for Alibrandi'. TV credits include 'The Shiralee', 'Bodyline' and the recent FX hit, 'Mr Inbetween'. Theatre credits include performances for STC, Griffin and the Q Theatre. 'Painting the Light' is Ned's first novel.