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Brett Joseph Sheehy AO (born 23 November 1958) is an Australian artistic director, producer and curator. He is currently Artistic Director and CEO of the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), and is the only person to be appointed to direct three of the five international arts festivals in Australia's State capital cities being Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival and Melbourne Festival.〔Neill, Rosemary, 'The Highway Man,' ''The Weekend Australian Review'', 22 September 2012, cover and p.8/9. Print.〕〔http://origin.www.theaustralianls.com.au/arts/review/arts-festival-boss-brett-sheehy-is-the-highway-man/story-fn9n8gph-1226477944522〕 == Family background, early life and education == Sheehy was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland. His father Gabriel Joseph "Joe" Sheehy is a retired civil and structural engineer, and founder of the consulting engineering firm Sheehy & Partners Pty Ltd,〔http://architectureau.com/organisations/sheehy-partners-pty-ltd/〕 and his mother Joan Sheehy (née O'Sullivan) is a homemaker and charity worker, particularly with the Vietnamese refugee community who arrived in Brisbane following the Vietnam War. Sheehy was educated at St. Joseph's Christian Brothers College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane and then at University of Queensland where he studied arts/law. Several of his family have been involved in law and public service in Queensland. His grandfather Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE〔http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1082149&search_type=quick&showInd=true〕 served as Senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, as Administrator of the State of Queensland in 1965 and 1969, and as Deputy Governor and Acting Governor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/jsheehy )〕〔Lim, Anne, (2009) 'Defining Moments: Brett Sheehy, Festival Director,' Wish Magazine: ''The Australian'', August, p.62.〕 Sheehy's great-uncle Sir Christopher Sheehy OBE〔http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083159&search_type=quick&showInd=true〕 was Secretary of Queensland's Wheat Board, Butter Board and Council of Agriculture, and Chair of the Australian Dairy Produce Board,〔Humphreys, L. R (2005) 'Sheehy, Sir Christopher (1894–1960)' Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, MUP. See: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheehy-sir-christopher-13192 (2 July 2014 )〕 and his great-aunt Kathleen Sheehy worked in special education in Queensland, being instrumental in renaming State education classes for children with disabilities from 'backward classes' to 'opportunity classes,'〔Logan, Greg (ed.) (1995) 'Pioneers in Education: Kathleen Sheehy,' ''The Educational Historian'', Vol. 8, no. 1, p.3.〕 and was appointed head of the State's first Opportunity school (later renamed Special schools).〔http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheehy-kathleen-eileen-15413〕 Sheehy's maternal grandfather John Roger O'Sullivan also served the State as architect of public and community housing for the Queensland Government, after returning from the First World War in which he was a gunner and Military Medal recipient,〔https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=229112〕 while another great-uncle, two uncles (including District Court Judge Leo McNamara〔Supreme Court Library Queensland Judicial Profiles http://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/jmcnamara〕), his sister and several first cousins all practised law. As a boy, Sheehy lived with a third uncle, property developer Rick O'Sullivan, and his family on several occasions when Sheehy's mother endured lengthy illnesses.〔 O'Sullivan was co-owner〔Cummings, J.B. (2009) ''Bart: My Life'', Pan Australia, p150-151.〕 (with Malaysian businessman Dato Tan Chin Nam〔(''Herald Sun'' 'Racing's super-rich owners in a race for Melbourne Cup glory' by Adam Mobbs, 31 October 2013 ); Retrieved 28 December 2014.〕 and Malaysia's first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman)〔http://www.thinkbigstud.com.au/Dato-Tan-Chin-Nam.asp〕 of the racehorse Think Big which won the Melbourne Cup in 1974 and 1975. Despite several family members' legal background, Sheehy completed only three years of his law studies and his articled clerkship at Short, Punch & Greatorix Solicitors on Queensland's Gold Coast, before abandoning law and moving to Sydney in 1983.〔〔Dow, Steve, (2005) 'Questions for Brett Sheehy', ''The Sun-Herald'', 2 January 2005〕〔http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/01/02/1104601229814.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brett Sheehy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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