Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook Program

ROBYN ARCHER:

AN AUSTRALIAN SONGBOOK

DEVISED AND PERFORMED

BY ROBYN ARCHER

Robyn Archer

Name

Lee Lewis Artistic Director

It was a very hot summer’s afternoon when I travelled to Canberra to see Robyn Archer perform her show The (Other) Great American Songbook… in a tent.

Queensland Theatre acknowledges the Jagera and Turrbal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, and their unique relationship with the lands, seas and waterways.

We pay our respects to their Elders both past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Admittedly it was the Spiegeltent, so it sounded like it should be glamorous, but it was really hot and it was daytime and it was Canberra… but I went because I wanted to see if the woman who ran on the West End for a year with her show A Star Is Torn was still amazing. By the third song, the whole audience was singing along, transported to another time and place by not only Robyn’s powerful voice or the virtuosity of the musicians playing with her, but by the extraordinary mind that was speaking to us through song of great political ideas.

A great desire grew in me to have that leading mind focus, finally, on Australia.

I could wax lyrical on the breadth and depth of Robyn’s achievements as an artist and cultural leader, but that is what Google is for. What I would like to encourage, is the

QUEENSLAND THEATRE IS ASSISTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, ITS ARTS FUNDING AND ADVISORY BODY. QUEENSLAND THEATRE IS SUPPORTED BY THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT THROUGH ARTS QUEENSLAND.

"...the whole audience was singing along, transported to another time..."

commissioning of works from our legends. So much focus in theatre is on our emerging voices, which I absolutely understand, however the chance to ask our most experienced creators to speak of our world across time doesn’t happen often. It's only possible because the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund gave us the funding required to commission a new work from Robyn, and very generous donors Elizabeth Jameson AM and Dr Abbe Anderson supported a full year of its creative development.

I cannot thank them enough for seeing the great need for our senior artists to speak, sing and tell stories of gathered wisdom. She has other shows about song in France, Germany and America but now we get to hear her perspective on the voice that is becoming Australian.

What a gift for us all to enjoy.

I would call this show one of the pandemic’s silver linings because when this was first commissioned, Robyn’s calendar was very full.

Thanks to all the lockdowns, she has had far more time to think,

research and talk with her music collaborators than she would normally have given herself!

This show is starting on the stage named for a great showman. It will travel around the country with Robyn in years to come and I hope it will thrill audiences with the complexity of thought for which she has always been celebrated. It will evolve and shift as she tinkers with the sounds and narrative, as the politics of the times change. I hope you will see it again in other cities and with other friends because it’s shows like this that are made to bring us all together.

This night is a celebration of Australian talent, and I thank our Production Partner, Philip Bacon Galleries, for his support. It is a celebration of the artistry of one of our theatre visionaries. It is a privilege to have Robyn Archer on the Bille Brown stage in the world premiere of her new work. In a time when there hasn’t been a lot to celebrate, this is definitely a moment for a bucket of champagne!

— Lee

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25 JUN – 9 JUL BILLE BROWN THEATRE

DEVISED AND PERFORMED BY ROBYN ARCHER

Robyn Archer — Australian legend, industry pioneer and provocateur — has delighted audiences around the world with her powerhouse shows. Singing songs from the underground cabarets of the Weimar Republic, the salons of 19th century France and the folk clubs and Broadway stages of New York City, Robyn has conjured the works of Bertolt Brecht, Edith Piaf, Woody Guthrie and countless others. Now, she’s coming home.

Robyn’s wealth of musical knowledge is distilled into a fearless, political and personal celebration of the way song has shaped Australian identity. It’s a melodic road trip through more than 150 years of ‘other’ Australian song, as Robyn explores the music of her upbringing and the countless rhythms and voices that are woven into the unique sonic fabric of this country.

A trio of Australia’s finest musical artists join Robyn to transform the Bille Brown Theatre into a cabaret stage: piano accordion virtuoso George Butrumlis, actor and multi-instrumentalist Cameron Goodall of The Audreys on guitar, and composer Enio Pozzebon on keyboards.

Australia as you’ve never heard it before.

CREATIVES Devisor/Performer Robyn Archer Accordion/Vocals George Butrumlis Guitars/Vocals Cameron Goodall Keyboards/Vocals Enio Pozzebon Lighting Designer Geoff Squires Stage Manager Nicole Neil LOCATION Queensland Theatre 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane DURATION 2 hours and 20 minutes including a 20 minute interval.

WARNINGS The use of photographic or recording equipment is not permitted inside the theatre.

PRODUCTION PARTNER

THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE COPYRIGHT AGENCY’S CULTURAL FUND

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“…there couldn’t be a more important time to bring to the surface the alternative voices which have existed in Australian song for centuries.”

Robyn Archer Devisor/Performer

The idea for An Australian Songbook arose when George Butrumlis, Michael Morley and I performed our three different cabaret programs at Griffin Theatre when Lee Lewis was Artistic Director of the company.

We had a French program (1880s–1960s), a German program (1919–1933), and concluded with The (Other) Great American Songbook (songs from the Civil War through to Pink). Lee asked whether I’d ever consider doing something similar with Australian songs. We didn’t get to do it at Griffin — and now here we are at Queensland Theatre.

“Getting my head round the idea of an all-Australian program was the greatest challenge.”

In my mind it was never going to be a predictable list of greatest hits, but rather an alternative list, mainly of songs that audiences might never had been aware of or had forgotten. It would not be swamped with love songs or jingoistic anthems and clichés, but hopefully would trace in song the kind of history that doesn’t get so much airplay. I started researching, looking again at some of my own songs, seeking permissions from living composers, and then going through the lengthy instinctive process of giving the concert some shape and sense of a journey.

Naturally, every song had to be one that I would enjoy singing, and the next step was to think about which musicians would come on the journey with me. George, Cameron, Enio and I had all worked together on the show I devised and directed — The Sound of Falling Stars — and as we were keen to work together again, I decided that this

Enio Pozzebon, Robyn Archer, Cameron Goodall, George Butrumlis

might make the perfect quartet for An Australian Songbook. Given my intention was, in sync with my own wide-ranging and often eclectic tastes, to cover many musical genres — folk, art song, musical theatre, singer-songwriter, country and (almost) rock — I knew these three remarkable musicians would find creative ways to cover the lot.

enjoyed coming up with other ways to create the necessary musical highs and lows. This became even more enjoyable when Enio and Cameron joined us for the last four weeks of rehearsal. With an additional two highly versatile musicians, the fun really began, and only then did the program start to take its current shape.

During 2021’s Melbourne lockdowns and then the productions postponement, George and I worked remotely and squeezed in a couple of face-to-face rehearsals when the rules allowed more than 25km travel and permitted a homestudio visit. George started to do basic charts and we discussed possible arrangements. Given that none of our performances are cover versions, never attempting slavishly to copy the original, we

I hope you enjoy the program as much as we have enjoyed putting it together; that in amongst the odd song you do know, you will encounter things you’ve not heard before, and come away with a renewed admiration for the way in which Australian songwriters have preserved so much of our past.

May they continue to do so! And Lee, thanks for the challenge.

— Robyn

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9 – 30 JULY

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Philip Bacon Galleries is delighted to be sponsoring Queensland Theatre’s Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook.

The term ‘national treasure’ has the potential to be an overused one, in the case of Robyn Archer, it is completely apt, she is what we want in all our artists — a true original.

Robyn’s brilliance as a singer is only highlighted by her ability to tell a story through the songbook she curates for her cabarets, I know she will not disappoint.

My gallery has an interesting exhibition calendar for the second half of 2022 planned, with exhibitions by Cressida Campbell, Tim Storrier, Michael Zavros and Nicholas Harding to come.

I am delighted to be associated with Queensland Theatre and I hope that like it, Philip Bacon Galleries will continue to bring stimulating and challenging art to all Queenslanders.

I wish you a great night at the theatre.

— Philip Bacon

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Robyn Archer Devisor/Performer Robyn Archer AO FAHA is a singer, writer, artistic director and arts advocate. A multi award winner, she performs highly acclaimed French, German and American recitals, in 2019 released her latest album Classic Cabaret Rarities, premiered Picaresque for the Adelaide Festival and Fortunes of Exile with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and concluded the year with debut performances of new songs by Richard Mills at Melbourne Recital Centre. After two long years of postponements, Robyn resumed her performance schedule with Mother Archer’s Cabaret for Dark Times.

Recognised internationally for her expertise in Brechtian repertoire, and for stage successes such as A Star is Torn which ran for a year in London’s West End, she has written plays including Il Magnifico, and Architektin; plays with music including Songs From Sideshow Alley and Café Fledermaus; and devised cabarets featuring her own songs and writing such as The Pack of Women. Robyn has recorded eleven albums, most notably Robyn Archer Sings Brecht (recorded at Abbey Road with The London Sinfonietta): the back catalogue is currently being re-released digitally under the Rouseabout Records label for Undercover Music.

Robyn is equally known for her wider contributions to the arts. Former Artistic Director of the Adelaide and Melbourne International Arts Festivals, creator of Ten Days on the Island for Tasmania, and Creative Director of The Centenary of Canberra, Robyn was also Deputy Chair of The Australia Council, cultural advisor to the Gold Coast, and as Chair of Arts Centre Gold Coast oversaw its transformation to HOTA. She mentors for the European Festivals’ Association Academy and advises younger artists and directors.

Robyn is an Officer of the Order of Australia, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), Officer of the Crown (Belgium) and holds Honorary Doctorates from six Australian universities, including Griffith.

Read more at www.robynarcher.com

George Butrumlis Accordion/Vocals

Queensland Theatre: Debut.

Other credits: As Musician: Black Sorrows, Zydeco Jump; For Artists: Robyn Archer, Mike Rudd, Cesary Skubiscewski, Jeannie Lewis, Paul Grabowsky, Kristina Olsen, Men at Work, Jane Clifton, Ross Wilson, Archie Roach, Ted Egan, The Backsliders, The Three Tenors, Melbourne Symphony (with Luciano Pavarotti), Ross Hannaford. As Performer: Adelaide Festival: Picaresque; Auckland Live Festival: The Sound of Falling Stars; AETT: Lennon, The Musical of The Legend.

Events: As Musician: Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Opening of the Canberra Centenary Celebrations, Noosa Long Weekend Festival, 30th anniversary of the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts. Positions: Musical Director, Melbourne Accordion Orchestra.

Cameron Goodall Guitars/Vocals

Queensland Theatre: Hamlet, The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney (with Playbox). Other credits: Disney: The Lion King; Smartartists Productions/ Adelaide Cabaret Festival/ Auckland Live: The Sound Of Falling Stars; Sydney Theatre Company: Under Milkwood, A History of Everything, Money Shots, The White Guard, The Oresteia, Leviathan, Versus Macbeth, The Mysteries: Genesis, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Accidental Death of an Anarchist; State Theatre Company of SA: Hedda Gabler, In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Attempts On Her Life, Metro Street, Hamlet, The Goat or Who is Sylvia? (with Belvoir), The Duck Shooter, Drums In The Night (with Brink), Holy Day (with Playbox), The Great Man; Brink: The Ecstatic Bible, 4:48 Psychosis, The Duck Shooter; Patch Theatre: Mr McGee and The Biting Flee, Emily Loves to Bounce, Who Sank The Boat?; Windmill: The Sign of the Seahorse, The Snow Queen, The Clockwork Forest; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: The Peasant Prince; Flying Penguin: Assassins, The Juliet Letters; Slingsby: Man Covets Bird, Songs For Those Who Came Across The Seas; Mumpsimus: You, Me and The Bloody Sea; The Border Project: I Am Not An Animal, Trouble On Planet Earth, Half-Real,

Please Go Hop!, Medea Material, Highway Rock’n’Roll Disaster, Versus Macbeth, Escape From Peligro Island; Ontroerend Goed (Belgium): The Smile Off Your Face, Internal, A Game of You, A History Of Everything, Fight Night. Television: Muriel Matters, Behind the News, Preacher. Training: Flinders University Drama Centre. Positions: Founding Member, The Border Project; Founding Member, Mumpsimus; Resident Artist, Sydney Theatre Company; Ensemble Member, Brink Productions. Awards: Adelaide Critics Circle Award – Hamlet; Ruby Award – for Innovation Trouble On Planet Earth; Green Room Award – Best Ensemble Holy Day; ARIA – Best Blues and Roots Album 2007 The Audreys.

Enio Pozzebon Keyboards/Vocals

Queensland Theatre: Debut.

Other credits: As Musician: Bella Ciao. As Performer: Belvoir: Keating! The Musical (national tour); Casey Bennetto: Swinging Bella Christmas; Auckland Live Festival: The Sound of Falling Stars; Adelaide Cabaret Festival: One Suitcase, Four Stories; Tom E. Lewis: Walking with Spirits.

Positions: Co-creator, Bonkel Theatre.

Geoff Squires Lighting Designer Queensland Theatre: Bash/Mad Hercules.

Other credits: Highlights include La Boite Theatre: Bouncers, Furious, She Of The Electrolux, Milk And Honey, Emma Celebrazione, Clark In Sarajevo; Tivoli: Grace Knight, Jimeoin, Broadway Baby; Access Arts: Alive-Still Life, Caca Courage; Acronym Theatre Company: Cyrano de Bergerac, As You Like It, King Lear, Teechers, and Bent; Trocadero Productions: Titus Andronicus and King John, Henry V, Life In The Theatre; Fractal: Richard III, Boudicca Decadance, Dracula, Frankenstein, My Love Has A Black Speed Stripe; Matrix: Hamlet; Shock Therapy: The Forwards, The Pillowman, Medea, Locked In; Little Match: Babushka’s Bookclub, Right To Party, The Owl And The Pussycat, Once Was A Puffin; PlayLab: Brutal Utopias; Raw Dance: Project X, Untapped; Robert The Cat: Flat out Like A Lizard, Love And Information; Underground: Psycho, Reservoir Dogs, Trafford Tanzi, Biting

Pavlov, The Last Word; QUT: A Midsummer Night's Dream, They Shoot Horses Don’t They; Force Of Circumstance/Nest Ensemble: Eve, He Dreamed A Train; Southbank TAFE: Bootcamp Royal 2 through 16, Midsummer’s Night Dream, Hamlet, King Ubu, The Striker, Henry V, Mother Courage, The Chair Plays, The Wasps, 13, Mother Courage, Woyzeck, Chicago Chicago, Earthquakes in London, The Devils, The Season at Sarsaparilla, Spring Awakening, Lysistrata; Expressions Dance Company: WAM!, Surf’s Up; Circa: Wolfgang; Donna Cameron: The Flowering; 4MBS: Cribie. Positions: Production Manager/Lighting Designer, Little Match (2018-present); Production Manager/Lighting Designer, Raw Dance (2006–17); Production Manager, Expressions Dance Company (1997); Lecturer, Southbank TAFE; Lecturer, University of Canberra Lecturer; Owner/Lighting Designer, Pro-Nel Lighting. Awards: Matilda Awards Commendations – Lighting Design 2000, 2019; Matilda Backstage Award Commendation – Sustained Contribution to Theatre 2001.

Nicole Neil Stage Manager

Queensland Theatre: As Stage Manager: The Holidays, The Shot (The Scene Project), The Wider Earth (with Dead Puppet Society, Sydney season). As Assistant Stage Manager: Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing. Other credits: As Stage Manager: La Boite Theatre: Naked and Screaming, Neon Tiger, Laser Beak Man (with Dead Puppet Society); Dead Puppet Society: Ishmael, Laser Beak Man (national tour). As Deputy Stage Manager: Opera Queensland: The Sopranos, The Marriage of Figaro, Orpheus & Eurydice (with Circa), Tosca, Peter Grimes, The Merry Widow, Ruddigore (Brisbane season & regional tour). As Assistant Stage Manager: La Boite Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire; Opera Australia: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – West Side Story, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – La Bohème; Opera Queensland: The Pearlfishers, The Barber of Seville (Brisbane season & regional tour); shake & stir theatre co: American Idiot, George’s Marvellous Medicine (Brisbane season & New Zealand tour). Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama), QUT.

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