Complex sentence: He directed 127 professional theatre productions, including "Hag" by Sally Morrison at the 1976 National Playwrights Festival, and was the creative director for the lighting of the torch segment of the Opening Ceremony for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Split into simpler sentences: He directed 127 professional theatre productions, including "Hag" by Sally Morrison at the 1976 National Playwrights Festival. Richard Wherett was the creative director for the lighting of the torch segment of the Opening Ceremony for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.