John Bell recovers from fall

National living treasure and Bouddi Peninsula resident, Mr John Bell is recovering after a stumble on uneven stone steps in February left him with serious injuries.

Mr Bell suffered a gashed head, four broken ribs and two breaks in a vertebrae high in the neck.

The latter injury has left Mr Bell in a rigid iron neck and chest brace.

"Ten weeks of that torture would try the patience of a sleepy oyster, never mind a retiree... and John Bell's idea of retirement leaves people half his age gasping in his wake," said Ms Helen Menzies from Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association,.

"Since leaving the management of Bell Shakespeare, the company he founded and inspired for 25 years, John has had a non-stop schedule of acting and directing, and involvement with the Bouddi Arts Foundation," Ms Menzies said.

"Even a 10-week pause and the rehab that will follow won't stand in the way of John directing the production of Carmen that will be staged at the Opera House from mid-June.

"Daughters Lucy and Hillary, and wife Anna, have been constant providers of care and diversion."

Newsletter, 12 Apr 2016

Helen Menzies, Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association