The 39 Steps

Adapted by Patrick Barlow From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock and the novel by John Buchan Directed by Jon Halpin

24 Feb — 28 Mar

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Synopsis With equal parts farce, clowning masterclass and heart-stopping noir thriller, The 39 Steps is Patrick Barlow’s hysterical stage adaptation of John Buchan’s classic novel and Hitchcock’s hit 1935 spy thriller film.

This wonderfully deranged comedy features four actors, playing 139 roles of fast-paced fun, thrilling action and riotous invention.

Set in 1930’s London, the story is a classic portrayal of one man’s flight from wrong accusation through a series of improbable adventures as he is pursued by authorities. The painfully British and devastatingly handsome, Richard Hannay finds himself in the clutches of a beautiful woman, Anabella Schmidt, who later reveals herself as a spy. She has uncovered a plot called The 39 Steps, but she is murdered clutching a map of Scotland.

Richard Hannay takes on the adventure, wooing every attractive lady in sight and jumping through windows and onto trains as he tries to escape spies and cunning murderers, before finding love whilst handcuffed to a beautiful woman. Hannay must solve the mystery of the 39 steps and save his skin before it’s too late.

THE 39 STEPS Adapted by Patrick Barlow From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock and the novel by John Buchan VENUE

CAST

24 February – 28 March Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

Hugh Parker ............................................. Richard Hannay Liz Buchanan .…Annabella Schmidt / Margaret / Pamela Leon Cain ……............................................................. Man 1

ATTENDANCE INFORMATION

Bryan Probets........................................................... Man 2

The 39 Steps will run for approximately 2 hours, including a 20 minute interval.

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WARNINGS

Jon Halpin .............................................................. Director

This production contains smoke and haze, strobe lighting and use of replica guns. The use of photographic or recording equipment is not permitted inside the theatre.

Ailsa Paterson ...................................................... Designer David Murray ........................................ Lighting Designer Stuart Day ............................ Composer/Sound Designer Kat O’Halloran.......................................... Stage Manager

Cover Photo: Tim Jones

Tenneale Rogers ...................... Assistant Stage Manager CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Chris Horsey.............................................. Choreographer Helen Howard.............................................. Dialect Coach Nasim Khosravi............................ Directorial Observation

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY Queensland Theatre would like to acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal people who are the Traditional Custodians of this land. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders both past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In association with State Theatre Company South Australia By arrangement with Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Limited The original London production, directed by Maria Aitken, opened at Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn in August 2006 and transferred to Criterion Theatre in the West End on 14 September 2006. The original UK production was directed by Fiona Buffini. This production is licensed, and the films distributed, by ITV Global Entertainment Ltd. Production Sponsor

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Welcome On its best nights, theatre gets very close to magic. And that’s just what has made The 39 Steps such a success over the years - theatrical wizardry.

Sam Strong Artistic Director

This play has all the speedy sleight-of-hand of a street hustler, the cheeky charm of a cabaret card-sharp, and the epic reveals of a Las Vegas illusionist.

Just like in the plot of any ripping adventure yarn, including this one, a remarkable series of events have fallen into line to allow us to bring Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s version of a John Buchan novel (whew!) to Queensland Theatre.

First, I’m thrilled to have lured former Associate Director Jon Halpin back home, two years after he directed an acclaimed, record-breaking, box-office hit season of this play for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Secondly, Jon knows the show like the back of his hand, and speaks its theatrical language fluently. It’s a genuine sandbox where a great director, cast and design team can play and be fiendishly inventive, pulling out all their tricks to bring this classic story to life.

Last but not least, Jon has hand-picked a quartet of the very best of Queensland’s comic acting talent for this version.

Since it was written, about 13 years ago, The 39 Steps has been staged by hundreds of companies in dozens of countries, including on Broadway and the West End, and among its casts have been some of the greatest clowns and comedians working today. Putting any of my own bias aside, I don’t think it could be cast any more perfectly than the funny foursome Jon has assembled here in Brisbane.

Everything’s in place for a great night out at the theatre. All you have to do is let yourself get swept along for the ride by this guilty pleasure of a show. Forget about everything outside these four walls for a couple of hours, and get sucked into the wildly entertaining world of The 39 Steps.

Finally, a huge thank you to our long-time partner (and fellow lovers of comedy), Ord Minnett, for their generous production sponsorship.

Enjoy, Sam

“This play has all the speedy sleight-of-hand of a street hustler, the cheeky charm of a cabaret card-sharp, and the epic reveals of a Las Vegas illusionist."

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As a sponsor, we are excited to be involved with The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow. The play's concept has been adapted from the movie by Alfred Hitchcock and the novel by John Buchan. It highlights Queensland Theatre’s commitment to providing humorous, entertaining works of art.

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Patrick Barlow

Playwright

Patrick Barlow's adaption of A Christmas Carol began life off-Broadway in 2014 before Sonia Friedman brought it to the UK in a new production at the NoĂŤl Coward Theatre in December 2015, directed by Phelim McDermott and starring Jim Broadbent as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Patrick is renowned as the adaptor of the hit show The 39 Steps which has played in over 40 countries worldwide. The play was nominated for a Tony Award and won an Olivier Award for Best Comedy and Helpmann and Molière Awards for Best Play. The 39 Steps made Patrick the most performed playwright in America in 2012.

Patrick is also most notably renowned for the National Theatre of Brent, which he created in 1980 and in which he plays Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Desmond Olivier Dingle. The company's legendary two-man epics have been performed on stage, on television and on radio.

They have been nominated for an Olivier, and awards include two Tony's, a New York Festival Award and Premier Ondas for Best European Comedy.

Patrick's version of General Lew Wallace's timeless classic Ben Hur opened to critical acclaim at The Tricycle Theatre in 2015.

THE 39 STEPS

Hugh Parker, Liz Buchanan

Leon Cain

Bryan Probets

Alfred Hitchcock Writer and Director The 39 Steps film

Hitchcock quickly gained notoriety as a director who delivered suspense, twist endings, and dark subject matter.

Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, England on August 13, 1899. After attending a technical school at 15, Hitchcock spent the first years of his career as a draftsman, advertising designer, and writer. An interest in photography led to him working in London's film industry, first as a title card designer for silent movies and, just five years later, as a director.

In 1926, Hitchcock married his assistant director, Alma Reville, and in 1928 they had a daughter, Patricia.

Hitchcock quickly gained notoriety as a director who delivered suspense, twist endings, and dark subject matter. His own personality and gallows humour were embedded in popular culture through interviews, film trailers, and cameo appearances in his own films. He was popular with audiences at home and abroad, and in 1939 the Hitchcock family moved to Hollywood. In the three decades that followed he would cement his legacy by directing and producing his most successful and enduring works. His television anthology, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, ran from 1955 to 1965 and made him a household name.

During his career, he created over fifty feature films in a career that saw not only the development of Hitchcock's own distinctive directorial style, but also landmark innovations in cinema. In 1929, Blackmail was his first feature film with sound and in 1948, his first colour film was Rope. Hitchcock himself has been credited with pioneering many camera and editing techniques for peers and aspiring directors to emulate.

Hitchcock collected many professional accolades including two Golden Globes, eight Laurel Awards, and five lifetime achievement awards. He was a five-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director and in 1940, his film Rebecca won the Oscar for Best Picture. In 1980, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. A husband, father, director, and the Master of Suspense, Sir Alfred Hitchcock passed away on April 29, 1980.

Hugh Parker, Bryan Probets

Simon Corble

Nobby Dimon

On his website, Simon styles himself a “creator of dramatic works”; he enjoys a challenge and likes to be in on the birth of new projects, as he was with The 39 Steps.

Nobby Dimon is artistic director of North Country Theatre, the Richmond-based rural touring theatre company where the first version of this adaption of The 39 Steps was created.

He has worked for more than 30 years for various theatres and companies, including Harrogate Theatre, Durham Theatre Company and Snap Theatre, as well as for the National Trust and English Heritage, primarily directing, devising and adapting, and occasionally acting.

He has written more than 20 plays, including adaptations of The Lost World (2000), Northanger Abbey (2002), J L Carr’s A Month in the Country (2002), The Man Who Would Be King (2006) and D H Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner (2012). In 2014, his play Bartle performed open-air in collaboration with Peer Gynt Theatre, Norway.

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Currently, he is working on a commission to create the script for another comedy version of a film classic -working title: Gone with the - What the?. Earlier in his career, he was the founder and artistic director of Midsommer Actors’ Company. Throughout the 1990s, Midsommer put on site-specific performances in some amazingly atmospheric places; projects included: The Tempest on the tidal island of Hilbre, Wirral, and an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s The Woodlanders, presented deep in a forest near Hebden Bridge. Among his other plays which toured with Midsommer were Gawain And The Green Knight, written entirely in verse; The Wonderland Adventures Of Alice, which was also produced by the London Bubble; and The Hound Of The Baskervilles, later produced by the Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster. The Hound play-script was published last year by MX Publishing. Simon met Nobby Dimon while devising a piece for Harrogate Theatre in 1995, and, being a lifelong Buchan and Hitchcock fan, immediately offered his services as writer for the original The 39 Steps team. The play triumphantly toured small theatres with North Country Theatre for two years before continuing on its remarkable road to worldwide success. With Found Theatre, Simon has created stage adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s The Fisherman and His Soul and Charles Dickens’s ghost story The Signalman.

His other recent commissions include: Kind Hearts for Rocket Theatre in Manchester and Sward!, a musical play about hay meadows, which was toured by Blaize across the rural north of England, which is where Simon lives.

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Director’s Note “And we shall deliberately fail and triumph in equally stupid and hilarious meausures."

Jon Halpin Director

This is my fourth outing as director on a Patrick Barlow play; two different productions of The Messiah (in 2002 and then 2006) and two productions of The 39 Steps, first for State Theatre Company of South Australia in 2016 and now this production. I must say, I feel very blessed to be able to revisit his work and especially this play.

The thought of working with Hugh, Liz, Bryan and Leon, pulling apart the film scene by scene, inventing the silliest and cleverest ways to put this work before an audience is an utter joy.

To have the support and ingenuity of Ailsa Paterson, David Murray and Stuart Day offering creative and hilarious solutions to unstageable conundrums has likewise been a sheer delight.

Patrick has an uncanny knack for putting madcap, slapstick and almost silly comedy up on stage, but always with an integrity and respect for the source material. In The Messiah, it’s the nativity plays, and The 39 Steps is of course Hitchcock’s 1935 seminal classic film.

Although the action may be ridiculous and unhinged, at all times the story of Richard Hannay’s dangerous journey to learn the meaning of the 39 steps is the beating heart of the play.

Finally, a big thanks to Sam and the entire mob at Queensland Theatre for inviting me back to direct my 21st play for the company (but first in seven years). Thanks also for the opportunity to revisit and reimagine one of the most enjoyable times I’ve had in a rehearsal room and for welcoming me back to this company that is so close to my heart.

We have approached this production from the position that the movie, a film that is very much the progenitor of many action films we know today, is impossible to stage. It is such an iconic piece of cinema and so utterly filmic, that to attempt to stage it is sheer folly. But stage it we shall. And we shall deliberately fail and triumph in equally stupid and hilarious measures.

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Queensland Theatre: As Director: Fractions (with HotHouse Theatre), Betrayal, Thom Pain (based on nothing), 25 Down, Stones in his Pockets, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Heroes, The Estimator, The Woman Before, American Buffalo, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hitchcock Blonde, The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, Proof, The Lonesome West, The Messiah, Bill & Mary, Bash: Latterday Plays. As Associate Director: The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (with Playbox Theatre). Other Credits: State Theatre Company of South Australia: The 39 Steps; HotHouse Theatre: This is Where We Live (with STCSA), Dame Farrar’s Dazzling Display of Stupendous Acts for the Stage, Australia the Show!, The Messiah; AC Arts: Woyzeck, Middletown; QPAC: Women in Voice 13; QAC: Zooillogical; Metro Arts: Harriers; QUT: Cloud Nine; USQ: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

Positions: Senior Manager of Arts Programs, Carclew; Artistic Director, HotHouse Theatre (2010 – 2014); Associate Director, Queensland Theatre (2005 – 2009). Jon was invited to the Australian National Playwrights’ Conference as a guest director in 2004 and 2006 and PlayWriting Australia in 2008, 2009 and 2015.

Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: State Theatre Company of South Australia: Switzerland, The 39 Steps, Romeo and Juliet (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra), Mendelssohn’s Dream (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra), Beckett Triptych (Footfalls, Eh Joe, Krapp’s Last Tape), The Importance of Being Earnest, In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, War Mother, The Ham Funeral, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Price, The Cripple of Inishmaan; Patch: Yo Diddle Diddle, Cranky Bear; Slingsby: Emil and the Detectives; Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Vigil; Restless: Debut 5, Naturally; OzAsia Festival: The Streets; Ensemble: Other Desert Cities, Seminar, Skylight; Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2013: You, Me and the Bloody Sea; Griffin Theatre Company: Shining City; Pacific Opera: Hansel and Gretel, La Sonnambula; BSharp: Faustus, Madame Melville; Darlinghurst Theatre: Vampirella, The Internationalist, Bone; Seymour Centre: A Couple of Blaguards (with Comedy Theatre): Sydney Dance Company: Shifted; Old Fitz: Debris (with Melbourne Fringe). As Associate Set Design and Costume Design: State Theatre Company of South Australia: Betrayal, Hedda Gabler. As Costume Designer: State Theatre Company of South Australia: A Doll’s House, Things I Know to be True, Little Bird, The Seagull, Three Sisters; State Opera of SA: Cloudstreet; Slingsby: Mouse, Bird and Sausage, Ode to Nonsense (with State Opera of SA). Ailsa worked on The Boy from Oz Arena Spectacular, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical, High School Musical. Film: The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, Ten Empty. Television: The Straits, LAID, Underbelly — A Tale of Two Cities, Underbelly — The Golden Mile, Blue Water High. Awards: 2011 Mike Walsh Fellowship. Training: Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Design), NIDA.

Bryan Probets, Hugh Parker

David Murray

Kat O’Halloran

LIGHTING DESIGNER

STAGE MANAGER

Queensland Theatre: Tartuffe (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Clean House (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), The Female of the Species, Puss in Boots. Other Credits: Black Swan State Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Boundary St; Brisbane Festival: Electronique, The Fiveways; Sydney Theatre Company: Tap Dogs, Heretic, Moby Dick, Garden of Grandaughters; Melbourne Theatre Company: Man the Balloon, Betrayal, Bombshells, The Chairs, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Honour, Humble Boy, Take Me Out, Life After George; Playbox: Still Angela, Tear from a Glass Eye, Language of the Gods, Extremities; Victoria State Opera and Opera Australia: The Magic Flute, Don Carlos, Cosi fan tutte, Carmen, The Snow Queen, Love in the Age of Therapy; Chamber Made Opera: Improvement (Don Leaves Linda), The Burrow, Fall of the House of Usher, Greek, Wide Sargasso Sea, Gauguin – A Synthetic Opera, Motherland, Eight Songs For a Mad King, Slow Love; Singapore Dance Theatre: Madama Butterfly, Cinderella, The Red Shoes; Australian Ballet: Theme & Variations, John’s Book of Alleged Dances, The Red Shoes; International Tours: Circus Oz, The Wizard of Oz, Hair, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Into the Woods, The New Rocky Horror Show, Dancin’ Dynamite, Strange Fruit.

Events: Melbourne International Festival: Barbara Cook in Concert and her Better with a Band, Moby Dick, Joel Grey, Betty Buckley, Dudley Moore, Michael Feinstein, The River Spectacular, Follies in Concert; Expo 88: Site lighting design.

Awards: Green Room Awards for his work on Love in the Age of Therapy, Motherland, Still Angela, Life after George and Language of the Gods; FEIP Award – Set & Lighting Design Seesaw; Entech’s Stage and Concert – Lighting Designer Award The Puccini Spectacular. Training: Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Queensland Theatre: As Stage Manager: Rice (with Griffin Theatre Company), Once in Royal David’s City (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Switzerland, Happy Days, Treasure Island, An Oak Tree, Hurry

Stuart Day COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER

Queensland Theatre: Private Lives. Other Credits: State Theatre Company of South Australia: The Importance of Being Earnest, Blasted, The Glass Menagerie, The Ham Funeral, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Holding the Man, Seven Stages of Grieving, Mnemonic, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Goat (or Who Is Sylvia?), Proof, The Price, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Brink Productions: The Hypochondriac, The Clockwork Forest (with Windmill), Harbinger; Patch Theatre: Cranky Bear, The Happiest Show On Earth, Pigs, Bears and Billy Goats Gruff, Little Green Tractor; Windmill Theatre: Riverland; Leigh Warren and Dancers: Wanderlust; Restless Dance: The Days Allotted to Me, The Flight. Music: Stuart is a member of The Beggars, Blue Katz, The Barkers, Those Kodiaks, Stu Day and the OC's, SA Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Combo. Stuart is the exclusive composer for international illusionist Raymond Crowe, and has composed and edited ABC radio’s youth engagement summer series Heywire for twelve years.

Up and Wait! As Assistant Stage Manager: Scenes from a Marriage, An Octoroon, Tartuffe (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Quartet, The Seagull, God Of Carnage, Rabbit Hole. Other Credits: As Stage Manager: Creative Regions: It All Begins With Love; Brisbane Powerhouse; QPAC; Out Of The Box; State Library of Queensland; National Play Festival. As Event Co-ordinator: Sydney Festival - Seymour Centre, Carriageworks, AAMI Ferrython, Festival First Night. As Assistant Stage Manager: SpoonTree Productions: The Man The Sea Saw; Sydney Festival - Domain Concert Series; Queensland Ballet. Positions: Technical Coordinator - Brisbane Festival.

Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT.

Tenneale Rogers ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Queensland Theatre: As Touring Head Mechanist: The Wider Earth (2018 with Dead Puppet Society). Other Credits: As Stage Manager: Shake and Stir: Endgame; Queensland Ballet: Senior Program Showcase (with QPAC); QPAC: Clancestry Closing Ceremony; Monsters Appear: A Tribute of Sorts; La Boite Indie: Show Me Yours I’ll Show You Mine (with Tamarama Rock Surfers). As Assistant Stage Manager: Dracula (including national tour), Tequila Mockingbird (regional tour), Wuthering Heights (national tour), Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (national tour); Expressions Dance Company: Black.

Positions: Production Coordinator Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Festival; Assistant Venue Manager Festival Village Main Stage, Sydney Festival; Assistant Venue Manager The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival; Site Stage Manager Arcadia, Brisbane Festival. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT.

Hugh Parker

Leon Cain

RICHARD HANNAY

MAN 1

Queensland Theatre: Scenes from a Marriage, Noises Off (with Melbourne Theatre Company), Tartuffe (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Much Ado About Nothing, The Seagull, Brisbane, The Pitch, Kelly, Fractions (with Hothouse Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Betrayal, The Clean House (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), 25 Down. Other Credits: La Boîte Theatre Company: Straight White Men (with State Theatre Company of South Australia), 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: The Hobby Shop, In A Cane Field, 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, 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. As Writer: BBC: Bruiser, The Fast Show. Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.

Queensland Theatre: Kelly, Orphans, An Oak Tree, Man Equals Man, School of Arts, That Face, Away (with Griffin Theatre Company), Oedipus The King. Other Credits: Dogspoon Theatre: 2 Guys in a Box; Shake & Stir: Endgame, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts (with La Boite Theatre Company), Out Damn Snot (with La Boite Theatre Company); Tinderbox Productions: North by Northwest; debase productions: Furze Family Variety Hour; La Boite Theatre Company: I Love You Bro (including Tour), Drama in the Gasfields, Summer Wonderland, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand; Playlab: Black Queen, Black King, The Wishing Well; Merrigong Theatre Co: Thieves Like Us, Van Park The Musical; Oscar Theatre Co: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Bell Shakespeare Company: Macbeth; Brisbane Powerhouse: Oman Ra (with Adelaide Fringe); Metro Arts: The Boy and the Goat; Qld Arts Council: The Bugalugs Bum Thief. Film: Nice Package, The Suicide Theory, Mental. Television: Harrow, Safe Harbour, Terra Nova, The Straits, Sisters Of War; H2o Just Add Water, Idiot Box. Awards: Lord Mayors Fellowship Award; Sydney Theatre Critics Award - Best Newcomer; Matilda Award – Best Male Actor in a Lead Role I Love You Bro.

Liz Buchanan ANNABELLA SCHMIDT / MARGARET / PAMELA

Queensland Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing, Grimm Tales. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Operator, Red Cap (with Queensland Music Festival), 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 (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 Cabaret Festival: Seven on Sinatra. Television: Hoges, The Gruen Transfer, Reef Doctors, Terra Nova, Prank Patrol, H20 - Just Add Water, Sea Patrol, Mortified, FarmKids, The Sleepover Club, Monarch Cove, Fat Cow Motel, Medivac, Pacific Drive, Paradise Beach. Awards: Matilda Award – Best Female Actor in a Lead Role Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls. Training: Bachelor of Arts – Drama (Acting), QUT.

Bryan Probets MAN 2

Queensland Theatre: St Mary’s in Exile, Much Ado About Nothing, The Odd Couple, Australia Day, Design for Living, Pygmalion, Waiting for Godot, The Alchemist (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 (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 (with Queensland Arts Council); Opera Queensland: Ruddigore, 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 Theatre Company: The Woman in Black; Hot House Theatre Company: Australia: The Show. Film: Don’t Tell, Celeste, 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, The Horseman. Television: Monarch Cove, Starter Wife, Fat Cow Motel, Pyjama Girl, Love Weights. Positions: Queensland Theatre: 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, Gold Award Body of Work. Training: Acting, USQ.

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PATRON His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Elizabeth Jameson (Chair) Rachel Crowley (Deputy Chair) Prof Richard Fotheringham Simon Gallagher Peter Hudson Nathan Jarro Susan Learmonth Dr Andrea Moor David Williamson ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sam Strong ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Amanda Jolly ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Paige Rattray RESIDENT DRAMATURG Isaac Drandic EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Tammy Sleeth DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE & OPERATIONS CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER Nikki Porter PHILANTHROPY MANAGER Liz Prior DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Edwin Parra CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR Georgia Lynas FINANCE MANAGER Valerie Cole ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT Georgia Knight FINANCE OFFICER Sarra Lamb VENUE & OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR Julian Messer

MARKETING & TICKETING MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Tracey Webster HEAD OF CAMPAIGNS Jane Hunterland MARKETING COORDINATOR Louisa Sankey DIGITAL CONTENT COORDINATOR David D’Arcy MARKETING ASSISTANT (DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT) Thomas Manton–Williams GRAPHIC DESIGNER Aleesha Cuffe PUBLICIST Kath Rose and Associates DATABASE TRAINER/SUPERVISOR Rory Killen ASSISTANT TICKETING SUPERVISOR Madison Bell SENIOR TICKETING OFFICER Donna Fields-Brown TICKETING OFFICER Rosie Hazell SEASON TICKETING Chantelle Giles, Ashley Webster, Tim Woods PRODUCTION PRODUCTION MANAGER Toni Glynn TECHNICAL COORDINATOR Daniel Maddison PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Pip Loth TECHNICAL COORDINATOR Lachlan Cross TOURING COORDINATOR Candice Schmidt HEAD OF WORKSHOP Peter Sands COMPANY CARPENTER/HEAD MECHANIST John Pierce COSTUME SUPERVISOR Nathalie Ryner WARDROBE COORDINATOR Barbara Kerr

Queensland Theatre is a member of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group.

QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PO Box 3567, South Bank, Queensland 4101 T: (07) 3840 7444 W: qpac.com.au The Queensland Performing Arts Trust is a statutory body of the State of Queensland and is partially funded by the Queensland Government

PROGRAMMING SENIOR PRODUCER Sophia Hall ARTISTIC COORDINATOR Samantha French PRODUCER, NEW WORK Shari Irwin RESIDENT DESIGNER Vilma Mattila ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATOR Hana Tow EDUCATION AND REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Travis Dowling PRODUCER, YOUTH AND REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT Laurel Collins EDUCATION COORDINATOR Naomi Murphy INDIGENOUS REFERENCE GROUP Nathan Jarro (Chair), Jimi Bani, Dr Valerie Cooms, Isaac Drandic.

FOUNDING DIRECTOR AIan Edwards, AM, MBE (1925-2003) QUEENSLAND THEATRE PRODUCTION STAFF PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN/ VENUE LIGHTING OPERATOR Mat Allan HEAD MECHANIST Kane Ernst CARPENTER Craig Anderson, Jamie Bowman PROPS Aleksis Waarlinna SCENIC ARTIST Leo Herreygers SOUND CONSULTANT Isaac Ogilvie DRESSER Jane Jericho COSTUME MAKER Leigh Buchanan, Louisa Bannah, Bianca Bulley, Kat Walsh, Angela Gearing, Venita Derbyshire COSTUME CUTTER/ MAKER Michelle Wiki WARDROBE MAINTENANCE Bianca Bulley WIGS AND HAIR Rebecca Anthony

REHEARSAL PHOTOGRAPHY Stephen Henry Chair Professor Peter Coaldrake AO Deputy Chair Leigh Tabrett PSM Chief Executive John Kotzas Trust Members Charles Berry, Dare Power, Susan Rix AM, Professor Chris Sarra, Leanne de Souza, Leigh Tabrett PSM The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts Director-General, Department of Environment and Science Jamie Merrick

QPAC respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Lands across Queensland and pays respect to their ancestors who came before them and to Elders past, present and emerging.

Patrons are advised that the Performing Arts Centre has EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES, a FIRE ALARM system and EXIT passageways. In case of an alert, patrons should remain calm, look for the closest EXIT sign in GREEN, listen to and comply with directions given by the inhouse trained attendants and move in an orderly fashion to the open spaces outside the Centre.

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Thank you for your support Queensland Theatre gratefully acknowledges our donors who share our passion and support our work TRUST AND FOUNDATIONS Australian Communities Foundation Keith & Jeannette Ince Fund Copyright Agency Limited Doug Hall Foundation Ian Potter Foundation John T Reid Charitable Trusts Morgans Foundation Queensland Community Foundation Tim Fairfax Family Foundation Vita Foundation Gambling Community Benefit Fund

$10,000 PLUS 3 Anonymous Dr John H Casey Louise M Gourlay John & Gay Hull EM Jameson & AL Anderson Martin & Andrea Kriewaldt Susan Learmonth & Bernard Curran Andrew & Kate Lister Pamela Marx Cathryn Mittelheuser AM Bruce & Sue Shepherd Sam Strong & Katherine Slattery

$5,000-$9,999 John & Lynnly Chalk Rachel Crowley Sue Donnelly Roslyn Atkinson & Richard Fotheringham Malcolm & Andrea Hall-Brown Dr Joan M. Lawrence AM Jones Leach Lawyers The Nicklin Family John Reid AO & Lynn Rainbow-Reid AM

$2,000-$4,999 2 Anonymous Barbara Bedwell Damien Thomson & Glenise C. Berry William Ash & Margi Brown Ash Alan Galwey Claire Glasson Sue & Mike Gowan Dr Geoffrey Hirst AM & Dr Sally Wilde Hudson Family Colin & Noela Kratzing Nigel & Liz Prior Tim & Kym Reid David Williamson AO Bruce & Jocelyn Wolfe

$1,000 - $1,999 J M Alroe Christopher & Margot Blue Lisa & William Bruce In Memory of Sue Busfield Bob Cleland Ralph Devlin AM QC & Frances Devlin Sophia Hall Amanda Jolly & Peter Knights Tempe Keune David & Katrina King Ross & Sophia Lamont B Lloyd Andrea Moor Karl & Louise Morris Bruce & Irene Moy Jim Murphy PSM Greg & Wendy O'Meara Donal & Una O'Sullivan Blayne & Helen Pitts Marianna Serghi Cecily Stevenson Sandy Vigar Pearson Margaret Williams

$500 - $999 8 Anonymous 8 Anonymous Melissa Agnew Warren and Anne Ballantyne Noela Bartlett Virginia Bishop Robert Bond Tony Costantini Judi Ewings Sharyn Ghidella Ruth Hamlyn-Harris Louisa Bewley & Geoff Harris Marc James Michael & Karlie Keating Fred & Margaret Leditschke Mark Menhinnitt Philip & Fran Morrison R & B Murray Denise O'Boyle Kartini Oei Diane & Robert Parcell Angela Ramsay John Richardson & Kirsty Taylor Lorri Russell Gary Sawyer Peter and Kathy Sawyer Wendy Tonkes Kevin Vedelago & Karen Renton Greg & ESally Vickery Andrew & Shelley Ward Margaret & Norman Wicks Ian Yeo & Sylvia Alexander

$250 - $499 7 Anonymous Leanne Austin Geoffrey Beames Cheryl Beaton Melissa Bennett Team Brown & Dr Lindsay Ethna Brown Michelle Cameron John Campbell & Catherine Scheikowski M Cannon & J McCarthy Judith Carrey Rodd & Wendy Chignell Margaret & Michael Clancy Ralph Collins June Craw Lisa Davidson Dianne J Dickson Peter & Gay Gibson Robert Ginns David Hardidge Fotina & Roger Hardy Juanita Hartkopf Karen Heel Paul & Kathie Hendon Stephen & Yvonne Henry Jodie Hoff Ray & Audrey Lawrence Dr Bill & Mrs Maria Lindsay Ian Mackay Carolyn McIlvenny Philip & Margaret McMurdo Angie & Peter McPhee Liz Pidgeon Tina Previtera Lyn & Joanne Scott Bronwyn Springer Jill Standfield Kaye Stevenson Cynthia Tait Brent Thomson Vicki Williams Frederick N. Winter Doug & Jenny Woodward

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John & Lois Griffin Herbert Smith Freehills K & M Hodge Kevin & Joanne Holyoak King & Wood Mallesons Fleur Kingham John and Janice Logan Stephen & Hana Mackie Richard & Denise Morton Debra & Patrick Mullins James & Anne Noble Leanne O'Shea & Peter Gilroy Barbara Houlihan & Jeff Rolls Peter G Williams

If you want to be part of what makes Queensland Theatre great, please consider donating. Donations over $250 are acknowledged for 12 months from the date of donation.

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Current as at 12 February 2018