What key details about wayne harrison -lrb- director -rrb-  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: wayne david harrison am -lrb- born in east melbourne in 1953 -rrb- is an australian director , writer , producer and performer . harrison was a child and teenage star performing on stage and television , including performing in j.c. williamsons ' musicals . he abandoned his career as a performer and moved to sydney in 1975 . in 1977 harrison enrolled at the university of new south wales -lrb- unsw -rrb- theatre studies department , and completed an honours degree . in 1980 harrison began working on the magazine `` campaign '' ; opening `` the bookshop '' in darlinghurst ; visiting london in 1980 , meeting with richard wherrett , then artistic director of the recently formed sydney theatre company -lrb- stc -rrb- in sydney . he became the literary adviser for the sydney theatre company and then took over from wherrett as artistic director of the stc in 1990 . from 1999 to 2001 , he was the creative director of sfx/back row and clear channel entertainment -lrb- europe -rrb- . from 1990 to 1999 he was the director/ceo of the sydney theatre company . in 2005-2007 harrison was the creative director of sydney 's new year 's eve event . 2007 he was the director of the helpmann awards for live performance australia , as well as the spiegelworld circus cabaret sensation `` absinthe '' which played in new york . in 2006 he was the director of the 2006 commonwealth games closing ceremony , held in melbourne , as well as the director of the touring production of `` 2 weeks with the queen '' for adelaide 's windmill theater arts and `` end of the rainbow '' in sydney , melbourne and the edinburgh festival .
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- birth name is wayne david harrison- birth date is 1953- name is wayne harrison- occupation is director , writer , producer , performer- birth place is australia- alma mater is university of new south wales