Remember Ronald Ryan

by barry dickins | directed by robyn lester

March 2004

Remember Ronald Ryan introduces us to the last felon to be executed on Australian soil.

CAST

Rowan Francis
Peter Walker
Marcus Barlow
Ross Lewis
Marie McCullagh
Steve Morris
Colleen Reilly
Justin Royce
Bob Traill
Colin Buckley
Juliet Charles
Mark Christie
Georgian Cooper
Laura Egan
Ashley Fisher
Russell Williamson

Production Team

Assistant Director - Justin Royce
Set Design - Ljerka Kelly
Stage Manager - Colleen Reilly
Assistant Stage Manager - Karina Sojka
Lighting Design - Kris Riggs & Samantha Riggs
Lighting Operation - Michael Goergens
Sound Design - Russell Williamson
Sound Operation - Ryan Beeby

Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls

by philip dean

DIRECTED BY ELISABETH GERTNER | MUSICAL DIRECTION BY BERNARD DE LA COEUR | CHOREOGRAPHER CAMILLA THREADGOLD

July 2nd - 17th, 2004

A wisecracking two-hander in which two deserted wives in outback Queensland group their way through the confusions of the 1960s on dreams of Hank Williams and Patsy Kline

cast

Vicki - Desiree Munro
Rae - Anna Murphy

Production Team

Stage Manager - Tim Long
Assistant Stage Manager - Laura Whittington
Lighting Operator - Sophie Baker
Soung Operator - Louise Todd
Sound Design - Alistaire Bowler

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

written steve martin | tim long

November 25th - December 11th, 2004

This absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects, as well as other fanciful topics, with infectious dizziness. Bystanders, including Picasso’s agent, the bartender and his mistress, Picasso’s date, an elderly philosopher, Charles Dabernow Schmendiman, and an idiot inventor introduce additional flourishes of humor.

Cast

Freddy - Vincent Chiappazzo
Gaston - Kevin Custerson
Germaine - Elisabeth Gertner
Albert Einstein - Liam Mitchinson
Suzanne - Desiree Munro
Sagot - Peter Murdoch
Pablo Picasso - Zoran Babic
Schmendiman - Colin Morley
The Countess - Philipa Bain
Female Admirer - Anna Murphy
A Visitor - Justin Royce

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager - Anna Murphy
Lights & Sound - Leah Morrison

Smiley - the Musical

Book & Lyrics by JOhn Watson | Music by David Cocker, Clyde Collins, Mark Jones & Lance Strauss

DIRECTED BY DEBBIE KEYT | MUSICAL DIRECTION BY DANNY FORWARD | CHOREOGRAPHER LYN LAISTER

April 30th - May 22nd, 2004

Set in the outback community of Murrumbilla in the late 1940s, the characters and events of these moral fable epitomize those small town values that prevailed prior to the immense social changes effected by the cultural diversity that accompanied post war migration, as well as the impact that developing urbanism and material sonsumerism had on rural lifestyles.

CAST

Smiley - Daniel Lewis-Toakley | William Mosley
Sergent Robert Flaxman - Keith Marsh
Peg Greevins - Lynette Williams
Bill Greevins - Zoran Babic
Dr Maximillan Gaspen - Steve Morris
Mrs Mabel Gaspen - Janine Chugg
Mr Richard Stephens - Kevin Custerson
Mrs Ruth Stephens - Robyn Morris
Reverend Harold Lambeth - Daniel Barclay
Kate Workman - Amy Anderson
Lee Sung - Hanee Selvarjoo
Tiny - Marcus Barlow
Macca - Bob Traill
Gunner - Gary Lewis-Toakley
Dusty - Mark Stewart
Shirley - Lisa Olive
Rose - Jehanna Keyt
Val - Amanda Wood
Pearl - Julia Mosley
Lester Quirk - Alistaire Bowler
Blue Graham - Adrian Bowler | Byron Stephens
Freddy Stephens - Austin Giordano | Matthew Russ
Jimmy Harrison - Jordan Babbage | Edward Mosley
Paddy - Michael Clancy | Douglas Hall
George/Georgie - Rubin Matters | Eleanor Martin
Jean Holt - Brigitte Wise | Alexandra Madigan
Elise Craig - Nicole Vaughan | Jenna Trakas
Joanne Cardew - Joanne Vaughan | Sharon Flitman
Doris Harrison - Belinda Jenkin | Kathryn Davis
Betty - Daisy Lewis-Toakley | Felicia Russ

Production Team

Stage Manager - Andrea Bashfield
Assistant Stage Manager - Debra Mansfield
Props Coordinator - Louise Todd
Lighting Deisgn - Kris Riggs
Lighting Operator - Robbie Ates | Sophie Baker
Spotlight Operator - Sophie Baker | Vince Vaughan
Sound Operator - Genevieve Martin | Vince Vaughan
Sound Effects - Alistaire Bowler
Set Design - Jennifer and David Bowler
Costume Coordination - Robyn Morris

1984

by george orwell | Directed by Janine chugg

September 16th - October 2nd, 2004

1984 the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell.

CAST

Loudspeaker voice - Dianne Williamson
Syme - Matthew Hibbins
Parsons - Loreta Murphy
Winston Smith - Michael Hunter
Nessenger, Coffee Vendor, Waitress - Jennifer Connelly
First guard, Martin - Alistaire Bowler
Second guard - Stacey Naree Stewart
O’Brien - Derek Curd
Julia - Lisa Fineberg
Gladys - Alana Calvert
Landlady - Lorraine Ellis

PRODUCTION TEAM

Set Designer - Pietro Giordano
Art work - David Bowler
Stage Manager - Deb Mansfield
Backstage Crew - Bob Traill, Garry Bertrand
Lighting Design and Operation - Sophie Baker
Sound Operation - Jason Kemp