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"Peter Cousens has worked for 30 years in an industry that wallows in rejection. He has been a CEO, Producer, Artistic Director and Performer in an industry that for 95% of the time rejects his product.
If he does crack a sale his product is repackaged then sold to a suspecting public without any sure knowledge of its quality. There is no market research, only instinct. No opportunity to test the market only faith and hope. The reaction to his product is totally subjective. There is no objective rational to guide the consumer. Natural disasters, television, restaurants, Government and Rugby League are his natural enemies.
What Peter is selling is Peter and what is being rejected is also Peter. He is the person, the business and the product all wrapped up into one big impossible bottom line. Call him a whore, call him a madman but thousands would like to be just like him.
What a crazy way to do business. The risks are huge, failure a faithful friend and resilience the key to salvation. You guessed it- Peter's life and business has been the Arts. He believes the Arts are the key to teaching us how to understand ourselves and how to connect with the hearts and minds of those around us. You, your business and your country all benefit from this understanding- An understanding we like to call Empathy.
Although failing 95% of the time that 5% of success coupled with the empathetic imperative inherent in the Arts has made the difference for Peter between surviving well and truly living"
PETER has a degree in Dramatic Art (Acting) from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
He is married with three children and is the only Australian to play The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera on London's West End - which he did for nearly 12 months.
From 2005 to 2008 he was Founder, CEO and Artistic Director of Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company and produced two major concerts and fourteen cabaret events and seven musicals - Pippin, Company, Tell Me on a Sunday, I Love You Your Perfect Now Change, Songs for a New World and Little Women.
He also directed for the company The Emperor's New Clothes and Songs for a New World.
Peter was Visiting Fellow at the University of Wollongong where he devised and directed Migratory V.
Peter is an Ambassador for the White Ribbon Day Campaign- making violence against women a thing of the past - and Ambassador for Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children's Signing Choir.
As an actor he has worked extensively on television and on stage. Peter is best known for his musical theatre performances and is the only Australian to play The Phantom on London's West End. Which he did for nearly 12 months.
He also starred in Blood Brothers with Russell Crowe; Camelot with Richard Harris; Miss Saigon; The Phantom of the Opera; Aspects of Love; Les Miserables; Show Boat and Sweeney Todd.
He has recorded five albums and the International Symphonic Recording of Miss Saigon.
Peter co produced and co directed short films for Ovation Television on the lives of his fellow music theatre performers called Break a Leg.
Peter tours extensively his own one man show - A life on Earth and works regularly in concert
Peter is also co founder of Lighthouse: Theatre of Employee Engagement.
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