Much Ado About Nothing - Online Program

23 April - 15 May PLAYHOUSE, QPAC

CAST Ellen Bailey

Hero

Much Ado About Nothing will run for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.

Liz Buchanan

Dogberry

Mark Conaghan

Borachio

Warning: This production will contain strobe lighting and approved theatrical smoke effect. The use of photographic or recording equipment is not permitted inside the theatre.

Patrick Dwyer

Claudio

Hayden Jones

Don John

Kathryn McIntyre

Margaret

Tama Matheson

Don Pedro

Christen O’Leary

Beatrice

Hugh Parker

Benedick

Bryan Probets

Leonato

Megan Shorey

Verges

Cover Photography: David Kelly

CREATIVES

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Jason Klarwein

Director

Richard Roberts

Designer

Ben Hughes

Lighting Designer

Gordon Hamilton

Composer

Justin Harrison

Sound Designer

Nigel Poulton

Fight Director

Travis Dowling

Assistant Director

Anthony Spinaze

Assistant Designer

Jodie Roche-Jones

Stage Manager

Nicole Neil

Assistant Stage Manager

Shane Kumar

Stage Management Secondment (QUT)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

OF COUNTRY

Queensland Theatre Company would like to acknowledge the Jagara and Turrabul people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land.

We would like to pay our respects to their Elders both past and present, and all Aboriginal peoples whichever Aboriginal nation they may come from.

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Welcome Note Artistic Director

SAM STRONG Dear QTC audience, The other day I popped into rehearsal for Jason Klarwein's production of Much Ado About Nothing.

It was only the second week, but already I could sense what a delightful night of theatre it was going to be.

Shakespeare's play is, of course, a great place to start. Much Ado typifies what people love about Shakespearean comedy - the delicious wordplay, the wonderfully memorable characters and the utter command of classic devices like the overheard conversation. In its complex depiction of Beatrice and Benedick, Much Ado sets the template for the generations of romantic comedies that followed. Even more than that, like many of Shakespeare's comedies, Much Ado is not afraid to plunge us into darkness before we reach the resolution of the end.

Most importantly of all, what I glimpsed in the rehearsal room was a talented team not just realising, but breathing new life into Shakespeare's comedy. I think bringing an audience another version of a Shakespeare play obliges you to match the theatrical imagination of the source and stage Shakespeare’s work with an audacity and flair that would make him proud. What I saw in rehearsal was well on the way to doing that. And if what turns up on stage is anywhere near as fun as that rehearsal, you are in for a rare treat indeed.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Sam.

shakespeare400 #Shakespeare400

23 April 2016, the first Preview night of our production of Much Ado About Nothing, marks the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 1616.

Shakespeare400 celebrates his 400-year legacy to western literature, performing arts, language and culture.

Globally throughout 2016, theatre companies, cultural organisations, creatives, academics, fanatics and more are paying homage to the bard through a program of performances and exhibitions. Queensland Theatre Company is proud to join the worldwide festivities with this staging of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy.

We invite you to #Shakespeare400 to celebrate our production of Much Ado About Nothing.

L-R: Liz Buchanan, Megan Shorey.

L-R: Patrick Dwyer, Hugh Parker.

L-R: Justin Harrison, Christen O'Leary.

L-R: Mark Conaghan, Hayden Jones.

L-R: Liz Buchanan, Megan Shorey, Kathryn McIntyre, Mark Conaghan, Ellen Bailey, Hayden Jones, Patrick Dwyer, Tama Matheson, Bryan Probets.

L-R: Mark Conaghan, Patrick Dwyer, Megan Shorey, Hugh Parker, Liz Buchanan, Christen O'Leary, Tama Matheson, Jason Klarwein.

Jason Klarwein.

Ellen Bailey.

DIRECTOR`S Note Director

JASON KLARWEIN Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's great comedies. It's a delightful look at the battle of the sexes and the freedom of individuals. The common perception of the play is that it is a frivolous, silly comedy that is really all about ‘nothing’, but on closer inspection, this is not the case.

In the late 1500s it was very fashionable for writers to vie for audiences by using catchy but disposable titles for their plays, perhaps as a reaction to the solid but unimaginative self-titled works such as Richard the Third and Henry the Sixth. Plays such as Too Good To Be True and Better Late Than Never have not survived the decay of time, but Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing has.

‘Nothing’ according to scholars of Shakespeare and the etymology of the English language, (of which I do not claim to be one), believe that the words ‘nothing’ and ‘noting’ may have sounded exactly the same out of the Elizabethan mouth. Therefore sometimes the title is referred to as Much Ado About Noting.

‘Noting’ as in - observing, paying particular attention to, and bearing in mind.

Whereas the word ‘nothing’ is a deeply profound and paradoxical philosophical question. What is ‘nothing’? Even theoretical physicists would have a hard time exploring that question. Later in his career Shakespeare would turn his mind to the concept of ‘nothing’ in the great tragedy, King Lear. But you will not be seeing that play tonight and the Queensland Theatre Company have set me a word limit, so move your eye to the next paragraph, dear reader.

Much Ado About Nothing is really Much Ado About Being Human. It takes a brutal, albeit funny, look at how men (in all their forms) treat women. And how women (in all their forms) treat men. On the surface of this production you will find lush tropical sunsets in which characters sip cocktails and indulge in witty banter, but underneath something far more profound is occurring. Emancipation and equality. For me, one of the great lines in this play (and there are many) comes from Beatrice’s frustration in not being able to take action and right an injustice perpetrated by a man, “Is he not approved in the height of a villain, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured my kinswoman. Oh, that I were a man … Oh god, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market place!”

Her frustration at the childlike whimsies of the privileged men in the play really does form the basis for great comedy and some very touching, honest moments of human vulnerability.

This play is a beautifully controlled sensual look at love and lust. What people will do to get it and what people will do to avoid it.

And what society deems should be done with love. What small tight boxes and titles love must fit into to be ‘legitimate’ in the eyes of a majority. And how love, which Juliet says, “… is as boundless as the sea”, could possibly fit into the restrictive timeframes and rules set down in books.

As Benedick says, “Man is a giddy thing.”

Enjoy, Jason Klarwein

who's who in much ado? “Much Ado About Nothing is really much ado about human nature. It takes a brutal, albeit funny, look at how men treat women. On the surface of this production you will find lush tropical sunsets in which characters sip cocktails and indulge in witty banter but underneath something far more profound is occurring. Emancipation and equality.�

Jason Klarwein (Director)

Play Synopsis Act I

Act IV

The play opens with a party to celebrate a group of returned sailors. It doesn't take long before witty and playful banter becomes the focus. As Claudio confesses a love of Hero, we see Benedick claim he will remain a bachelor for life, clearly evident in his cunning word battles with Beatrice who also seems convinced to stay single. Don Pedro and Claudio hatch a plan to woo Hero during that evening’s revelry, whilst Don John and Borachio hatch a plan to counteract it.

The wedding of Claudio and Hero is interrupted due to Claudio’s accusations. More planning and scheming unfolds, this time by Leonato, Dogberry and Benedick, in an attempt to restore Hero’s honour. Benedict consoles Beatrice and they unwilling declare that they might love each other, but the conversation quickly turns to thoughts of revenge against Claudio for shaming Hero. Borachio is interrogated, and reveals his crimes.

Act II

Leonato assists in revealing to Don Pedro and Claudio that they have been tricked by Don John, and compels Claudio to come to his house the following day. At Leonato’s house all of the scheming and plotting is revealed and Benedict and Beatrice publicly, albeit reluctantly, reveal their love for each other.

Leonato and Beatrice gather before the party and instruct Hero what to do if a man tries to woo her. At the party, Don Pedro dances with Hero and begins to flirt with her. Don Pedro courts and wins Hero for Claudio. The marriage of Claudio and Hero is supported by all parties.

Don Pedro enlists the help of Leonato, Claudio and Hero to trick Beatrice and Benedick into falling in love with each other. Don John and Borachio devise another scheme to interfere with the marriage of Hero and Claudio.

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Act III The morning after the party, Benedick is led to believe that Beatrice loves him. Hero, with the help of Margaret, tricks Beatrice into believing that Benedick loves her. Later that evening Don John enacts his plan and convinces Don Pedro and Claudio that Hero is unfaithful.

Dogberry and Verges patrolling the evening streets overhear Don John and Borachio talking about the success of their plan and arrest Borachio whilst Don John flees.

“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.” ― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

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L-R: Patrick Dwyer, Bryan Probets, Mark Conaghan, Tama Matheson.

Christen O'Leary.

L-R: Patrick Dwyer, Ellen Bailey.

L-R: Christen O'Leary, Hugh Parker.

L-R: Hayden Jones, Mark Conaghan.

L-R: Patrick Dwyer, Tama Matheson.

L-R: Tama Matheson, Patrick Dwyer.

Kathryn McIntyre.

RICHARD ROBERTS

BEN HUGHES

DIRECTOR

DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Queensland Theatre Company: As Director: Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The 7 Stages of Grieving (co-production with The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe), A Dream within A Dream, Orbit, This Hollow Crown. As Actor: The Odd Couple, The Seagull, Macbeth, Design For Living, Elizabeth - Almost By Chance a Woman, Fractions (co-production with HotHouse Theatre), Faustus (co-production with Bell Shakespeare Company), An Oak Tree, Macbeth, Thom Pain (based on nothing), A Streetcar Named Desire, God is a DJ, Phèdre, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Bash, Mad Hercules, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Shopping and F$$$ing, The Skin of Our Teeth. Other Credits: Bell Shakespeare: Henry IV; Sydney Theatre Company: A Streetcar Named Desire; Belvoir St Theatre: Paul, Capricornia, Maralinga; La Boite Theatre Company: The Glass Menagerie, Half and Half, Cosi; Adelaide Festival Centre: A Thing Called Snake; The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: The Trial, Monkey, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Richard the Third, The Winter’s Tale, Henry the Sixth, Romeo and Juliet, Seasons. As Director: The Arts Centre Gold Coast: Oh the Humanity and Other Exclamations; The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: LIVID, The 7 Stages of Grieving, I Am Macbeth, Sunburn, Island Home, Revolt, Inferno, VS, Super/Natural, Romeo and Juliet, The Zoo Story, The Trial, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Television: The Devil’s Playground, Illusion 5, Slide, Sea Patrol, Australia Remembers, Cybergirl. Positions: Resident Director: Queensland Theatre Company 2014-2015; Artistic Director: The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe 2010 – current; MEAA Queensland Branch Council 2011 - current, MEAA National Performers Committee 2013 – current, MEAA Federal Council Board Member. Awards: Logie Award – Most Outstanding Miniseries The Devil’s Playground.

Queensland Theatre Company: Design for Living, Managing Carmen, Fountains Beyond, The Sunshine Club. Other Credits: Melbourne Theatre Company: Last Man Standing, Soloman and Marion, Next to Normal, The Gift, Frost/Nixon, All My Sons, Hitchcock Blonde, Take Me Out, The Sapphires, The Goat, Humble Boy, Laughter on the Twenty Third Floor, Three Days of Rain, Death of a Salesman, Life After George; Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company: The Grenade, Australia Day; Playbox Theatre Company: Stolen, The Sick Room; Sydney Theatre Company: True West, Riflemind, Stones in His Pockets; Opera Australia: Rigoletto, Don Pasquale, My Fair Lady, The Pirates of Penzance, Die Fledermaus, La Sonnambula; New Zealand Opera: Rigoletto; Victorian Opera: The Magic Flute, Baroque Triple Bill, Don Giovanni, Nixon in China, The Coronation of Poppea, The Marriage of Figaro; The Australian Ballet: Raymonda, Requiem; West Australian Ballet: La Sylphide; National Institute of Circus Arts: Divino; Arts Asia Pacific: Avenue Q; TML: Fiddler on the Roof; Ambassador Theatre Group; UK: Riflemind. Positions: Head of Design: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (20132015), Head of Design: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (1991-96) Head of the School of Production - Victorian College of the Arts (2000-07). Awards: Greenroom Awards: Best Design for Drama Stolen 1998 (Playbox Theatre Company), Life After George 2000 (Melbourne Theatre Company); Best Design in Dance Requiem 2001 (The Australian Ballet), Molto Vivace 2004 (The Australian Ballet).

Queensland Theatre Company: The Seagull, Happy Days, Grounded, HOME, The Button Event, The Effect (co-production with Sydney Theatre Company), The Mountaintop, Black Diggers (co-production with Sydney Festival), Design For Living, 1001 Nights, The Lost Property Rules, Orbit, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Pitch & The China Incident, Kelly, Head Full of Love, Fractions (co-production with Hothouse Theatre), Orphans, An Oak Tree, Sacre Bleu, Fat Pig, Let The Sunshine (co-production with Melbourne Theatre Company), The Crucible, 25 Down, Stones in His Pockets, I Am My Own Wife, John Gabriel Borkman, The Estimator, Private Fears in Public Places, Man Equals Man, Waiting for Godot, Eating Ice Cream with Your Eyes Closed, The Exception and The Rule, Ruby Moon. As Associate Lighting Designer: Toy Symphony, Heroes. As Co-Director/Designer: Trollop. Other Credits: The Danger Ensemble: Caligula, The Wizard of Oz (co-production with La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival), Sons of Sin, Children of War, Loco Maricon Amor, The Hamlet Apocalypse; La Boite Theatre Company: Medea, A Doll’s House, Cosi, Kitchen Diva, Statespeare; Belvoir: Samson (co-production with La Boite); The Nest Ensemble: Home; Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre: Vikram and the Vampire, Cabaret, Dracula, Zeitgeist, My Sublime Shadow; Woodford Folk Festival: Fire Event 2012 & 2013; Cre8ion: Fluff; Stella Electrika: The New Dead: Medea Material; Expressions Dance Company: The Host, Carmen Sweet, Propel; Queensland Ballet: Flourish, Giselle, A Classical Celebration, ...with Attitude; Phluxus2 Dance Collective: The Paratrooper Project. As Associate Lighting Designer: Elision Ensemble: The Navigator; Meryl Tankard: The Oracle; Opera Queensland: Aida; Expressions Dance Company: Where The Heart Is. Positions: Affiliate Artist, Queensland Theatre Company (2014 & 2011); Resident Lighting Designer, Queensland Theatre Company (2013); Associate Artistic

BIOGRAPHIES

JASON KLARWEIN

BIOGRAPHIES

Director – The Danger Ensemble; Emerging Artist, Queensland Theatre Company (2007); Professional Member, Association of Lighting Designers; Associate Lecturer – Queensland University of Technology.

Awards: 2011 Groundling Award – Outstanding Contribution to Lighting Design.

GORDON HAMILTON

COMPOSER Queensland Theatre Company: Debut. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: The Glass Menagerie, Pale Blue Dot, Medea; Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Ghosts in the Orchestra, The Trillion Souls, Thum Prints, Natural Selection, Prints of the Pigeons, 800 Variations on a Very Short Theme; WDR Rundfunkorchester: Afro-Cuban Suite, The State of California; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: The Ugly Sound; The Australian Voices: MOON, Boombox, Bach Chorales; Queensland Youth Orchestra: Symphony With Just One Theme; Orchestra Victoria: Waltzing Matilda. Positions: Artistic Director, The Australian Voices. Awards: Coral Gables Congregational Church Florida Composition Prize (2006), University of Newcastle Conservatorium Young Composers Award (2004).

Training: University of Newcastle Conservatorium.

Conscience for Cambodia, Don’t Show Mother. Television: Aussie Helpers Drought Campaign, Handball Heroes, Crimestoppers, Lotteries NSW Opera House, ACT for Kids, Starlight Children’s Foundation, Gold Coast Suns AFLC, Royal Children’s Hospital, Regent Cinema. Awards: Crime Stoppers International (Capetown), Brisbane Advertising and Design Club, Queensland New Filmmakers. Training: Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production, Griffith University.

TRAVIS DOWLING

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

JUSTIN HARRISON

Queensland Theatre Company: As Director: This Hollow Crown. As Assistant Director: Macbeth, Thom Pain. Other Credits: As Director: HotHouse Theatre: Between The Clouds, Letters from the Border, The Pyjama Girl, The Duck Variations, Macbeth; Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Warning Small Parts, I am Romeo and Juliet, Heart fail, Absurd, Epic.

Metro Arts: Lazarus Won’t Get Out of Bed, Furious Angels. Backbone: A Midsummer Nights Dream. Vena Cava: Oh The Humanity; Ignations: The Last Five Years. As Assistant: The Miracle at Cookies Table. Positions: Associate Director, Hothouse Theatre; Associate Director, Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe; Tutor/ Director, QTC Youth Ensemble; Tutor, Sydney Theatre Company School Drama Program; Tutor, ATYP Holiday Program.

SOUND DESIGNER

ANTHONY SPINAZE

Queensland Theatre Company: Country Song, Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The 7 Stages of Grieving (co-production with The Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe), Orbit, Youth Ensemble Showcase (2014, 2015). Other Credits: Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe: Revolt, Inferno, Romeo and Juliet, I Am Macbeth, Livid, Super/Natural, Heartfail, Island Home, Romeo and Juliet versus The World, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth versus The World; State Library of Queensland: Garage Gamer.

Film: Tailgate, The Little Things,

ASSISTANT DESIGNER Queensland Theatre Company: As Design Assistant: Romeo and Juliet.

Other Credits: As Designer: NIDA: Spring Awakening, Capricornia, The Portrait of Dorian Gray. As Costume Designer: NIDA: Not Who I Was; Brevity Theatre: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Space Cats. As Design Assistant: Opera Australia: Aida.

Film: As Designer: TRIPLE J: Loose Change’s Grown Up. As Costume

Designer: AFTAS: An Easy Death.

Awards: 2015 William Fletcher Foundation Award for Emerging Artists. Positions: Resident Designer: Queensland Theatre Company 2016 – present. Training: Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Design), NIDA; Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT.

ELLEN BAILEY

HERO Queensland Theatre Company: Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Macbeth. Other Credits: Zeal QLD: The Forwards, A Secret Place; Shock Therapy Productions: Magic Garden; Metro Arts: The Theory of Everything; Imprint Theatricals: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche; bakeHOUSE Theatre: His Dark Materials; Sydney Theatre Company: Roadtrain; La Boite Theatre Company: Tender Napalm; ATYP: Bustown. Film: Ruby, Clubland.

Television: Home and Away. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), QUT.

LIZ BUCHANAN

DOGBERRY Queensland Theatre Company: Grimm Tales. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Operator, Red Cap, Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls. QPAC: Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision, Women in Voice 17, Phantoad of the Opera, Sherwoodstock. Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts: Women in Voice 21, One in Seven, Handle with Care (co-production with Joymas Creative). Harvest Rain Theatre Company: Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Oscar Theatre Company: [Title of Show], The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre: Vikram and the Vampire. Queensland Music Festival. Queensland Cabaret Festival. Television: Gruen Transfer, Reef Doctors, Prank Patrol, H20 - Just Add Water, Sea Patrol, Mortified, FarmKids, Sleepover Club, Monarch Cove, Fat Cow Motel, Medivac, Pacific Drive, Paradise Beach,

MARK CONAGHAN

BORACHIO Queensland Theatre Company: Absurd Person Singular, The Venetian Twins, The Orphanage Project, We Were Dancing, Road to the She-Devil’s Salon, Confusions, An Oak Tree. Other Credits: Ozalot Productions: Monty Python’s Spamalot (Melbourne); La Boite Theatre Company: Zigzag St., Perfect Skin; Kooemba Jdarra: Bitin’ Back; Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Monkey, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VI, School Touring; Harvest Rain Theatre Company: Into the Woods, The Importance of Being Earnest, Guys and Dolls; Ocean Theatre Company: Singin’ In The Rain. As Director: Harvest Rain Theatre Company: The Taming of the Shrew; 23rd Productions: Closer, Blackbird; Vena Cava: The Dumb Waiter. Film: Tender.

Television: Through Her Eyes.

Awards: Green Room Award Best Featured Male Performer in a Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot (nomination); Matilda Award, Zigzag St. (nomination); Perform/4MBS Award Male Musical Comedy, Singin’ In The Rain, Guys and Dolls. Training: Bachelor of Arts (Drama) QUT.

PATRICK DWYER

CLAUDIO Queensland Theatre Company: The Scene Project - Fledglings.

Other Credits: DeBase Theatre Company: Fly-in, Fly-out; Judith Wright Centre: Judy Strikes Back; Metro Arts: Awkward Conversation: Fewer Emergencies; La Boite Indie: Hedonism’s Second Album; heartBeast Vicious Ensemble: The School for Scandal; Artsworx: Ms Garland at Twilight; Empire Theatre Productions: Wizard of Oz, The Boy

from Oz; Shakespeare in the Park Festival: Richard III; Woodford Folk Festival: Nightly Navigation; Light and Water Productions: Sex & Sensibility.

Training: Bachelor of Creative Arts (Theatre/Acting), USQ.

HAYDEN JONES

Broadway, Becoming Bill; Kathryn McIntyre/Judith Wright Centre: Gimme Gimme - Tales of an Eternal Optimist; Dianne Gough Productions: Macbeth the Contemporary Rock Opera; Gold Coast Arts Centre: Boy From Oz. Training: Bachelor of Music (Musical Theatre), Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

TAMA MATHESON DON JOHN Queensland Theatre Company: Debut. Other Credits: Shock Therapy Productions: The Pillowman, Magic Garden; Shock Therapy Productions in collaboration with Zeal Theatre: The Apology, The Forwards; The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: I Am Macbeth, Livid, Heartfail, Sunburn, The Dream Project, Macbeth, As You Like It, Taming of The Shrew, The Winter’s Tale, Timon of Athens, Pericles, A Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Erth: Fish Out of Water; pvi collective: Resist; Seeing Place Productions: Time Capsule; Brainstorm Productions: Cheap Thrills, Sticks and Stones; Soapbox Theatre Productions: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, O’ Woe Is Me, Tame It; Queensland Arts Council/Omniax: Fair Play; Showtime FMX: FMX Overdrive. As Director: Arts Centre Gold Coast Youth Theatre Project 2016: Flood; Shock Therapy Productions: Magic Garden. As Writer: Magic Garden, Viral. Film: Premature, Denrik Eggins, The Rock, Things To Do, Rocket In The Pocket. Television: Suncorp Banking TVC, Subway TVC. Positions: Shock Therapy Productions: Co-Founder, CoOwner, Co-Artistic Director, Producer.

Awards: Matilda Award 2015, Best Independent Production - Shock Therapy Productions: The Pillowman.

Training: Bachelor of Applied Theatre, Griffith University Gold Coast.

DON PEDRO Queensland Theatre Company: The Odd Couple, Macbeth, Design for Living. Other Credits: Shock Therapy Productions: The Pillowman; Camerata of St John’s: Bright Stars Shine for Us, Johann Sebastian, Ben. Queensland Shakespeare Festival: Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III; Classic Productions: Amadeus, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Prometheus Unbound, The Tempest; Trocadero Productions: The Duchess of Malfi; Middle Ground Theatre, UK: Far From the Madding Crowd; 4MBS: A Christmas Carol; British Shakespeare Company: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Triangle Productions, UK: Antigone; Tasmanian Shakespeare Festival: Comedy of Errors. As Director: Queensland Shakespeare Festival: Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V; Opera Australia: La Forza Del Destino, The Love of the Nightingale; Oper Graz: Falstaff; Garnet Productions: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film: 7 Points of View About Love, The Wreck of the Pandora, The Acting Lesson, Fresh.

Television: Heartbeat, Eastenders.

Training: Bachelor of Arts (English), Oxford University; Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama/Literature), UQ.

KATHRYN MCINTYRE

CHRISTEN O’LEARY

MARGARET

BEATRICE

Queensland Theatre Company: Ladies in Black, One in Seven (QPDA Shortlist) Other Credits: Joymas Creative: Recall, Handle with Care; An Old Fashioned Production Company: Bendigo to

Queensland Theatre Company: Ladies in Black, The Seagull, Gloria, End of the Rainbow, Bombshells, The Marriage of Figaro, The Game of Love and Chance, The Crucible, Seven Little Australians, The Cherry

BIOGRAPHIES

Time Trax. Awards: Matilda Award Commendation – Performance Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls (1995) Training: Bachelor of Arts – Drama (Acting), QUT

BIOGRAPHIES

Orchard, A Month in the Country, Gilgamesh, The Woman Before, The Sunshine Club, Threepenny Opera, The Beaux Stratagem, Fuente Ovejuna. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: Medea, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Melbourne Theatre Company: Assassins, The Rover, Cosi, Wednesday to Come, Gift of Gorgon, Ruby Moon, Don Juan in Soho, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The World’s Wife, Urinetown, Hinterland, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Man the Balloon, Company, The Comedy of Errors, A Little Night Music; The Production Company: The Boy From Oz, High Society, Hello Dolly; Malthouse Theatre: Ruby Moon, Tear From a Glass Eye, The Goldberg Variations, Porn Cake, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd; Sydney Theatre Company: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Urinetown, Threepenny Opera. Film: Pinch Me. Television: Wentworth, Rush, Neighbours, Blue Heelers, MDA, Worst Best Friends, Crashburn, Seachange, State Coroner, Raw FM. Awards: Gold Matilda Award – End of the Rainbow; Helpmann Award – Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Green Room Award – Best Female Actor in a Featured Role Company, A Little Night Music. Training: Diploma of Arts (Creative), USQ.

HUGH PARKER

BENEDICK Queensland Theatre Company: The Seagull, Brisbane, The Pitch, Kelly, Fractions (co-production with Hothouse Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Clean House (co-production with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Betrayal, 25 Down. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: A Doll’s House, Pale Blue Dot, Julius Caesar; Arts Centre Gold Coast: Hotel Beche de Mer; shake and stir theatre co: 1984; Ride On Theatre: The Blind Date Project; The Byre Theatre St Andrews (UK): The Thirty Nine Steps; Teenage Cancer Charity Trust: Cream of British Comedy; The Royal Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film: Space/Time, Bullets for the Dead,

My Mistress, Fatal Honeymoon, Crooked Business, Sinbad and the Minotaur. Television: The Family Law, Gallipoli, Secrets and Lies, The Killing Field, The Strip, Sea Patrol. For UK Television: Vincent, Casualty, Doctors, Monarch of the Glen II, EastEnders, Smoke, Jonathan Creek, Broken News, 2 Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, The World According to Bex, Wild West, 15 Storeys High, Doctors and Nurses, The Office, People Like Us, Beast, The Peter Principle, I’m Alan Partridge, Black Books, Lucky Jim. Writing Credits: BBC: Bruiser, The Fast Show; Channel 4: Comedy Nation. Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.

BRYAN PROBETS

LEONATO Queensland Theatre Company: The Odd Couple, Australia Day, Design For Living, Pygmalion, Waiting for Godot, The Alchemist (co-production with Bell Shakespeare Company), The Importance of Being Earnest, Private Fears in Public Places, A Christmas Carol, The Venetian Twins, Scapin, The Lonesome West, Mano Nera, The Cherry Orchard, Road to She-Devil’s Salon. Other Credits: shake & stir theatre company: George’s Marvellous Medicine, Tequila Mockingbird, 1984, Animal Farm; La Boite Theatre Company; Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness (co-production with Sydney Theatre Company), As You Like It, The Wishing Well, The Danger Age, The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Operator, Creche and Burn, Way Out West, Milo’s Wake, Hermes and the Naked Flame (co-production with Queensland Arts Council); Opera Queensland: Candide; Zen Zen Zo: Vikram and the Vampire; Queensland Music Festival: Credo the Innocence of God; Queensland Ballet: The Amazing Magician Goes Troppo; Harvest Rain: The Woman in Black; Hot House Theatre Company: Australia: The Show. Film: Don’t Tell, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Railway Man, Tracks, The Great Gatsby, Singularity, Punishment, Daybreakers, Subdivision, Triangle, Hildegarde, The Proposition, Nim’s Island, A Heartbeat Away and The Horseman.

Television: Monarch Cove, Starter Wife, Fat Cow Motel, Pyjama Girl, Love Weights. Positions: Queensland Theatre Company: Emerging Artist (2003), Artistic Associate (2004-2006). Awards: Matilda commendation: The Lonesome West, Road to the She-Devil’s Salon; Matilda Award: Best Supporting Actor As You Like It (2012), and Gold Matilda Award for Body of Work (2012). Training: Bachelor of Creative Arts (Acting), USQ.

MEGAN SHOREY

VERGES Queensland Theatre Company: Queensland Premier's Drama Award 2014-2015 Finalist - One In Seven.

Other Credits: Opera Queensland: Sweeney Todd; Noorderzon Festival/ European Tour: Us; National Playwright’s Festival: Handle With Care; Brisbane/Melbourne/Ballarat Cabaret Festival: Undies; Joymas Creative: THE25PROJECT, Just Like Breathing; JWCoCA: One in Seven.

Film: Blueberry Lane. Awards: QNFA Best Original Screen Music: Blueberry Lane; Best Musical for 3 Kilos: Short Sweet & Song Sydney.

Training: Bachelor of Music (Voice), Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

JODIE ROCHEJONES STAGE MANAGER Queensland Theatre Company: As Stage Manager: Ladies in Black (Melbourne season), Country Song, Boston Marriage, GASP! (co-production with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Macbeth, Australia Day, Design For Living, Trollop, End of the Rainbow, Managing Carmen (co-production with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Head Full of Love, Romeo & Juliet, Pygmalion, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (co-production with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Orphans, The Little Dog Laughed, That Face, The Importance of Being Earnest, I Am My Own Wife. As Assistant Stage Manager: The Glass Menagerie,

NICOLE NEIL

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Queensland Theatre Company: As Assistant Stage Manager: Youth Ensemble Showcase. As Secondment: The Seagull. Other Credits: As Stage Manager: Short + Sweet Festival (2014, 2015). As Assistant Stage Manager: Shake & Stir Theatre Company: George’s Marvellous Medicine; QPAC: Clancestory 2015 (Community Day and Closing Ceremony). Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT; Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama), QUT.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Private Fears in Public Places, American Buffalo, Absurd Person Singular, The Memory of Water. Other Credits: Black Swan State Theatre Company: The White Divers of Broome; La Boite Theatre Company: Summer Wonderland, Sex Cubed, Last Drinks, The Dance of Jeremiah, Amigos; Expressions Dance Company: Carmen Sweet (National Tour), Seven Deadly Sins, The Red Shoes, SOLO Festival of Dance 2014, When Time Stops; Queensland Ballet: Giselle, Cinderella, Vis a Vis #1 & Prelude 2011, The Little Mermaid (China tour); Opera Queensland: Aida, The Merry Widow, The Elixir of Love, Waltzing Our Matilda, Rigoletto, Fidelio, La Traviata, The Magic Flute, The Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly; Brisbane City Council: Lord Mayor’s Carols in the Park. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production Management), Queensland University of Technology.

Awards: Ashley Wilkie Award for outstanding contribution to the performing arts.

LIOR & BUCHEN TO COMPOSE FOR WORLD PREMIERE SEASON OF THE WIDER EARTH The highly anticipated world premiere of The Wider Earth just got a whole lot more exciting, with an original score from acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Lior, together with famed Sydney-based producer Tony Buchen, in a groundbreaking collaboration.

Set to reframe the visual theatre experience, The Wider Earth stars over 30 custom-created puppets, eight actors and now two of Australia’s leading musical creators.

With a bevy of astonishing puppets breathing life into creatures great and small – from the tiniest longhorn beetle to the majestic southern right whale and the ancient Galapagos tortoise – The Wider Earth reimagines the tale of scientific visionary Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle.

“And because of the nature of the story and the world we are creating, our collaboration with Lior and Buchen is absolutely and totally perfect. We will work with both of them to create an original score which will accompany the entire production, given the important role that music will play in supporting the visual storytelling of this production,” said David Morton from Dead Puppet Society, who penned The Wider Earth and will also direct and design.

Lior is one of Australia’s most successful singersongwriters, renowned for his beautiful voice and songs that radiate with truth and sincerity. He is an ARIA award winner and eight time nominee including Best Male Artist, Triple J’s prestigious ‘J Award’ nomination for album of the year and Best Independent Release. This project represents his first foray into composition for theatre.

Similarly, Sydney-based producer, mixer and songwriter Tony Buchen is sought after all around the world because of his immense talent. Most recently he has worked with emerging Australian artists The Preatures, Asta, Thelma Plum, Jeremy Neale and Montaigne, and is equally at home mixing the debut album for Californian mega choir The Silver Lake Chorus, providing string arrangements for US based duo The Falls, and collaborating on string quartet Fourplay’s latest project with acclaimed UK author Neil Gaiman.

“It’s a coming-of-age story about science and faith, and how one doubting young man with a questing heart set out to ask a question of Mother Nature, and found the answer to everything” David Morton

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Dead Puppet Society acknowledges St. Ann’s Warehouse as the original development partner

Switzerland is a stunning new two-hander by much-loved Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith (Bombshells, Ninety, The Female of the Species) and stars Andrea Moor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Crucible).

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National Artistic Team: Jimi Bani, Wayne Blair, Margi Brown-Ash, Marcel Dorney, Christie Evangelisto, Kat Henry, Nakkiah Lui, Annette Madden, Renee Mulder, Lucas Stibbard Front of House (The GreenHouse): Leisha Du Bois, Anita Hughes, Sally Lewis, Jermaine Beezley, James Gatling, Kate Hardy, Nathan Hollingworth, Georgia Knight, Cillian McDonald, Madeline Moore, Cinamon Murphy, Michael Veal FOUNDING DIRECTOR Alan Edwards, AM, MBE (1925 – 2003) Queensland Theatre Company is a member of Live Performance Australia.

Production Staff: Carpenters: Jamie Bowman Props Maker: Aleksis Waaralinna Scenic Artist: Leo Herreygers Cutter/Costume Maker: Leigh Buchanan, Bianca Bulley, Michelle Wiki Costume Maker: Angela Gearing, Jane Jericho, Siobhan Byrne Costume Maintenance: Shona Webster Wardrobe Intern: Morgan Hammond Wig and Hair Stylist: Michael Green Production Electrician: Matt Allan Sound Operator: Will Moore

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