It is with great sadness that I write to our members to inform them of the passing of Oliver Fiala, the first president of the New South Wales Education Drama Association (EDA) (now Drama NSW) in October 2018 at the age of 95. I only met Oliver once at the Drama Australia and Drama New Zealand Combined International Conference in 2015 when he and his wife Heather attended as special guests. He was a wonderful man whose impact on Drama in NSW and across Australia deserves special recognition in this edition of NJ. I have asked some of Oliver’s colleagues to share with us some words reflecting on his extraordinary life. Oliver, thank you for all that you did for Drama Education in your life. Rest well. John Nicholas Saunders President Drama Australia

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向奥利弗·费拉致敬

令我感到非常悲伤的是，我写信通知我们的成员，新南威尔士州教育戏剧协会（EDA）（现为NSW戏剧）首任主席奥利弗·菲亚拉（Oliver Fiala）于2018年10月去世，享年95岁。仅在2015年奥利弗（Oliver）和他的妻子希瑟（Heather）作为特邀嘉宾参加了一次在澳大利亚戏剧和新西兰戏剧联合国际会议上见过一次。他是一位了不起的人，他在新南威尔士州和整个澳大利亚对戏剧的影响值得在本期《新泽西州》中获得特别认可。我已经请奥利弗的一些同事与我们分享一些有关他非凡人生的话。奥利弗（Oliver），感谢您一生为戏剧教育所做的一切。好好休息 约翰·尼古拉斯·桑德斯（John Nicholas Saunders）澳大利亚戏剧总裁