OBSERVER: Roland Rocchiccioli
Author and actor Roland Rocchiccioli shared colourful stories of his remarkable theatrical journey over nearly 60 years at a Theatre Heritage Australia event held in the Process Lab, Arts Centre Melbourne.
Roland engaged his audience with firsthand entertaining accounts of how the boy from the goldfields of Western Australia discovered the theatre and gained his start as an actor and member of Edgar Metcalfe’s repertory company at The Playhouse in Perth.
We heard of the triumphs, tribulations, characters and chaos but most importantly, the joy and laughter that have defined Roland’s career.
Roland Rocchiccioli’s autobiographical story can be found in Theatre Heritage Australia’s Early Stages section of the online magazine On Stage: theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/early-stages/item/1053-early-stages-roland-rocchiccioli
Cheryl Threadgold
Pictured: Theatre Heritage Australia President Simon Piening (left) congratulates
Roland Rocchiccioli on his talk at Arts Centre Melbourne.

