As You Like It 2024

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS

As You Like It 6 - 22 Sep 2024

Queens Gardens, Townsville

t I e k i L u As Yo are

by William Shakespe

Cast

Rosalind.............................ELYSE PHELAN Celia..................................... MEGAN HEFEREN Touchstone........................HARLEE TIMMS Orlando................................... JACOB McCARTHY

Oliver.................................MICHAEL DORIS Ada....................................ARMINELLE FLEMING

In the

C it y

In the

C o u n tr y

Duchess Frederique............... The Old Duchess................TERRI BRABON

Lord Barnet...........................Lord Amiens.......................JOHN GOODSON Lord Bosworth.......................Lord Arras..........................MICHAEL GLEESON

Lord Towton..........................Lord Verdun.......................JOSHUA SMITH Le Beau................................. Jaques...............................BRENDAN O’CONNOR

Denis (Charles’ Manager)...........Corin..................................ROBERT STREET

Charles (the wrestler)................Silvius................................GEORGE ABEDNEGO Frida (a maid)..........................Phoebe..............................EMMA SMITH Anna (a maid)..........................Audrey...............................ALYSSANDRA HIGGINS

City Ensemble........................Oliver Martext....................KADEN RAMM City Ensemble........................William..............................HUNTER SAMS

City Ensemble........................Sky.....................................ALLY ARMITAGE-COSGROVE

City Ensemble........................River..................................LILY BARTLETT City Ensemble........................Molly.................................AVA SALDANA LOPEZ

City Ensemble........................Polly...................................FAITH TAYLOR City Ensemble........................Holly..................................AIVA TYRIE

Pr o du ct io n Director Production Manager Stage Manager Lighting Operator Sound Operator Production Team

TERRI BRABON CHRIS NOBILE FIONN BAKER-GOODSON DANIEL LOBLEY SASHA LEA-ROWELL CHARLOTTE DAVIES

D es ig n Set Costumes Lighting Sound & AV

BRENDAN O’CONNOR / ANDRE REYNAUD KATHY BRABON / .TERRI BRABON DANIEL LOBLEY TERRI BRABON

Set Construction BRENDAN O’CONNOR CHRIS NOBILE ROBBIE ESLING JOE WATKINS Scenic Painting ANDRE REYNAUD BRENDAN O’CONNOR SASHA LEA-ROWELL Director’s Assistant EMMA LAMBERTON Fight Choreography RON PULMAN Production Assistants THE BRIDGE PROJECT Photographer CHRISSY MAGUIRE Event Team ANNE-MARIE SMITH EMMA LAMBERTON PARIS WALSH KEELY PRONK BONNIE NICHOLAS TheatreiNQ acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun, Bindal, Gugu Badhun and Nywaigi as the Traditional Owners of this land. We pay our respects to their cultures, their ancestors and their Elders, past and present - and all future generations.

SYNOPSIS

This is a story of love. With a lot of characters. And plot twists.

You’ve been warned!

Before our play begins, Frederique has staged a coup, banished her sister and taken control of her dukedom. The old Duchess has reportedly taken refuge in the mysterious Forest of Arden, while Frederique rules the City with an iron fist.

We meet Orlando, a young nobleman denied his rightful place in society by his wicked older brother Oliver. Sick of being treated like dirt, Orlando decides to risk his life by taking on the Court wrestling champion, Charles, in the hope of winning the prize-money to start a new life.

Next we meet Celia, Frederique’s daughter and her cousin, Rosalind, the only daughter of the banished Duchess. Despite their parents’ history, Celia promises to stick by Rosalind through thick and thin. The wrestling match is announced, and to everyone’s surprise, Orlando wins - catching the eye of Rosalind in the process. But Orlando’s joy is short-lived; he learns from Ada, a faithful servant, that his brother Oliver is plotting to kill him. He therefore has no choice but to flee to the Forest of Arden.

The paranoid Frederique declares Rosalind a traitor and banishes her. Celia will not allow her to leave alone, and the girls plan their escape. Rosalind thinks it will be safer to travel if she disguises herself as a man called Ganymede, Celia agrees, suggesting she also take on the disguise of a peasant woman, Aliena. Taking with them the fool, Touchstone, for company, they both flee to - you guessed it - the Forest of Arden.

By now, everyone is in the Forest except the baddies. The old Duchess lives there with her faithful disciples, including the melancholy philosopher Jaques. After a brief miscommunication, Orlando & Ada are welcomed to join them and begin their new life in the Country. Orlando spends his days dreaming of Rosalind, writing terrible poetry about her and hanging them on trees throughout the Forest.

Upon arriving in the Forest, Rosalind soon discovers the poems dedicated to her and learns that the author is Orlando. When they meet again, she introduces herself as a local lad and boasts that ‘he’ can cure him of his love sickness. The therapy will involve Orlando treating ‘Ganymede’ as if ‘he’ were really Rosalind.

Elsewhere in the Forest, love actually is everywhere. The local shepherd Silvius suffers unrequited love for Phoebe; and she in turn falls hard for the new boy on the block – ‘Ganymede’. Meanwhile, Touchstone falls for local goat herder Audrey, but their union constantly falls short of consummation.

All is brought to a head by the arrival of Oliver to the Forest, who is on the trail of his brother Orlando.

Will Oliver put an end to Orlando?

Will Rosalind reveal her true identity?

Why do fools fall in love?

ELYSE PHELAN

harlee timms

terri brabon

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Othello, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream THEATREiNQ: The Blood of Kings, Alice Through The Looking Glass, DNA, The Weir (Stage Manager), First Born, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein; ThiNQ Ed: Too Much Information OTHER THEATRE: Stacks On Theatre: The Wind in the Willows; WAAPA: Wise Children, The Wolves, Much Ado About Nothing, Samovila, Orestes, King Lear, Our Country’s Good; Qld Theatre: The Scene Project FILM: Short Film: Bi Bi Baby ADVERTISING: Chef Good; Bingle Car Insurance; TAB OTHER: TheatreiNQ Assistant Drama Coach - Mulkadee 2019 TRAINING: WAAPA Bachelor of Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2018); ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Shakespeare Award (Best Performance) 2023

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2018 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, Othello, The Comedy of Errors THEATREiNQ: DNA, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Alice in Wonderland, First Born OTHER THEATRE: The Australian Shakespeare Company: The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Shakespeare in Education Incursions; Stacks on Theatre: For The Time Being, The Wind in the Willows; Odyssey Theatre: Once Upon a Grimm Night; Flightpath Theatre: The Escape Room; NIDA: Machinal, Scenes from an Execution, All My Sons, The Seagull, Measure for Measure, The Cherry Orchard, The Hot I Baltimore; Shake&Stir: Much Ado About Nothing FILM & TV: Latency, Good Cop Bad Cop OTHER: Australian War Memorial: MemoryScape TRAINING: NIDA - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project, PROPS Youth Theatre AWARDS: ShakeFest State Finals Winner (2017)

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Terri has directed and adapted 19 Shakespeare Under The Stars and this is Terri’s 21st as an actor, her first being Ariel in The Tempest (1995). Most recently as Queen Margaret in Blood Will Have Blood (2021), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (2020), Emilia in Othello (2019) THEATREiNQ: Terri is the co-founder and Artistic Director of TheatreiNQ. She is the resident director and this is her 45th production with the company.

PLAYWRIGHT/ADAPTATIONS: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Wars of the Roses Trilogy: The Blood of Kings/The White Rose and the Red/ Blood Will Have Blood, Alice Through the Looking Glass, First Born, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein OTHER THEATRE: 10 years with the Australian Shakespeare Company; La Mama; JUTE; Complete Works; Essential Theatre; Harvest Rain Theatre FILM & TV: Neighbours, Underbelly, John Doe ADVERTISING: Carlton Draught, Kraft, McDonalds OTHER: Mentor TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Theatre Coach The Culture Club; Mulkadee Drama Coach (201214/2018) AWARDS: Townsville City Council Jean-Pierre Voos Theatre Award (2012) TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

Rosalind

Touchstone

Frederique / Old Duchess

jacob mCcarthy Orlando

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream THEATREiNQ: The Blood of Kings, Alice Through The Looking Glass, DNA, First Born, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein; ThiNQ Ed: Too Much Information OTHER THEATRE: QUT: That Face, Boys, Stupid F*cking Bird, Joan Must Die (I Never Liked Her Anyway); Kirwan State High School’s ACE Actors Ensemble: The Phantom of the Music Hall, Wizard of Oz TRAINING: QUT Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project

MEGAN HEFEREN Celia

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2019 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor THEATREiNQ: The Blood of Kings, DNA OTHER THEATRE: The New Theatre: The Front Page; Studio 5 Productions: Banana Phone, The Partygoers; Stacks on Theatre: The Wind in the Willows; ACA: A Conversation, Hedda Gabler, Twelfth Night, Twelve Angry Men, Electra, The Boys, Antigone; Stacks on Theatre: The Wind in the Willows; Shake’n’Stir: Much Ado About Nothing; Various Props Youth Theatre including Fantastic Mr Fox FILM: Short Film: How To Eat The Sun TRAINING: Actors Centre Australia Bachelor of Performing Arts (Stage and Screen); TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Crew; ThiNQ ED Workshops; Queensland Theatre Workshops AWARDS: ShakeFest State Finals Winner (2017)

brendan O’connor Le Beau / Jaques

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Brendan’s 18th appearance on the garden stage. The first ever as Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (1992). Most recently as Angelo in Measure for Measure (2023), Prospero in The Tempest (2022), Richard III in Blood Will Have Blood (2021) THEATREiNQ: Brendan is the co-founder and leading actor of TheatreiNQ, featuring in over 40 roles. Behind the scenes, the multi-talented actor is also the Company Production Manager, Set Designer and Builder, Lighting Designer and key Fight Choreographer.

OTHER THEATRE: 18 years as leading actor with the Australian Shakespeare Company; founding Member of Tropic Line Theatre Company; AFCM - Noye’s Fludde (God); JUTESummaris and Grace FILM & TV: Australia on Trial, City Homicide, Crash/Burn, Marshall Law, Ned Kelly, Neighbours, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Welcher & Welcher, Man from Snowy River ADVERTISING: Mitre 10, RACQ, Campbells Soup, The Age, Beaurepaires, National Australia Bank, Mitsubishi, Cabots (USA), Origin Energy, Captain Snooze AWARDS: Townsville City Council Services to the Arts Award (2019), Townsville City Council Performance of the Year (2015), Townsville City Council Jean-Pierre Voos Theatre Award (2012), Jean-Pierre Award (2011) OTHER: Mentor TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Actor & Technical Strand); MULKADEE Drama Coach (2012-14/2018) TRAINING : Associate Diploma of Acting

EMMA SMITH Phoebe / Frida

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Alice in Wonderland, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, The Crucible OTHER THEATRE: Noye’s Fludde (AFCM) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club (2015-17), The Culture Crew; Cajam Circus AWARDS: John de Feu Award (2021)

george abednego Charles / Silvius

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2023 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: 19 (2023); Combined School Musical - Gaston in Beauty and the Beast TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting with Arminelle

michael doris

john goodson

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Richard III THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Blood of Kings, Frankenstein, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Two Weeks With The Queen, X-Stacy OTHER THEATRE: Stacks On Theatre: The Wind In the Willows; Townsville Grammar School: Sweeney Todd, The Wind in the Willows ADVERTISING: Stegbar OTHER: LiNQ - TIE - Director: Macbeth (False Face); Assistant Director AFCM’s 2014 Families Concert – Cinderella (2014) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2014); Associate Performance Diploma with the Trinity College; Fiona Perry’s Actors Gallery AWARDS: TTC Best Supporting Actor 2015 (Cripple of Inishmaan); 2009 Regional Medal for Musical Theatre Trinity College of London; Jean-Pierre Award (2023)

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is John’s 20th appearance, his first being in 1996’s Macbeth. Notable roles include: Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017), Feste in Twelfth Night (2015), Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011) THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, The Weir, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, Frankenstein, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Crucible, X-Stacy OTHER THEATRE: Shakespeare Under The Stars, Tropic Sun Theatre, Uncle Cuthbert’s Cantankerous Old Goat’s Puppet Theatre OTHER: Teacher, Puppeteer, Author, Musician; Music Coach The Culture Club; Musician - Astronaut Launch Party AWARDS: Jean Pierre Award (2011) TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

Oliver

Barnet / Amiens

ALYSSANDRA HIGGINS Audrey / Anna

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: 19 (2023),NQOMT: School of Rock (2022), Oliver (2015); Townsville Choral Society: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2021), Annie (2016); Ulysses: Skin (2022), Gasp (2020-21) TRAINING: TheatreINQ’s The Bridge Project, The Culture Club (2022); Acting with Arminelle; Mulkadee (2018-2022); Theatre Residency Week NQ (2020-21); Ann Roberts School of Dance (2008-2022); New York Film Academy Teen Camp (2022)

robert street Denis / Corin

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2013 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Robert’s 15th appearance on the garden stage. He performed in the first ever Shakespeare Under The Stars as Fabian in Twelfth Night (1992). Notable roles include: Edward IV in Blood Will Have Blood (2021), Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing (2020) and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017) THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, First Born, The Crucible OTHER THEATRE: Various musicals for NQOMT & TCOS DANCE: DanceNorth (1999 - 2005); Ulysses (2011-13) AWARDS: John du Feu Award (2016) TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

ARMINELLE FLEMING

Ada

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2011 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This will be Arminelle’s 12th appearance on the garden stage. Her first being 2001’s The Merchant of Venice as Jessica. Notable roles include: Trincula in The Tempest (2022), Maria in Twelfth Night (2015), Regan in King Lear (2012), Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011).

THEATREiNQ: The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Gert & Bess, Alice in Wonderland, The Cripple of Inishmaan; Director: Two Weeks With The Queen, X-Stacy; Stage Manager: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Crucible, The Importance of Being Earnest OTHER THEATRE: Director: Acting with Arminelle; Mulkadee Writer & Drama Co-ordinator (2019-2022); Director Combined School Musical - Beauty and the Beast; TCC Carols by Candlelight Writer/Director (2019-21); Actor, Director and Stage Manager for various companies in Brisbane and Townsville including La Luna, Zen Zen Zo, Matrix Theatre and The Queensland Ballet OTHER: Mentor TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; ThiNQ Ed Co-ordinator; TheatreiNQ’s Grants & Sponsorships Manager; NQ Theatre Residency Week (2020-22) TRAINING: QUT- Bachelor of Arts (Drama/History); Shakespeare & Co (USA); Trinity College (UK); ACS (Scotland) AWARDS: John du Feu Award (2018)

michael gleeson Bosworth / Arras

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2012 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, One Man, Two Guvnors, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Last Post OTHER THEATRE: ASC Grad Players: Much Ado About Benedick & Beatrice; La Luna: Amelia Ellicott’s Garden; NQOMT: Sweeney Todd, Townsville Choral Society: Avenue Q, Spamalot, Chess ADVERTISING & TV: Pickerings; Spotlight - A Current Affair; The Black Hand ABC OTHER: Mentor - TheatreiNQ’s The Performance Project (2022); The Culture Club (2016-18); Mulkadee Drama Coach (2018-23) AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2018); TCC Performance of the Year (Chess, TCOS)2 TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2014-17)

joshua smith

ally armitage-cosgrove

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V OTHER THEATRE: Noye’s Fludde (AFCM) ADVERTISING: NQ Toyota Cowboys TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR SHAKEPSEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs, Bloody Mary, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Theatre Residency Week NQ (2021)

Towton / Verdun

Sky / Ensemble

ava saldana lopez Molly / Ensemble

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Ava’s first Shakespeare in the park THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, Followspot - The Government Inspector OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: 19 (2023); Props Youth Theatre (2015-20); La Luna Youth Arts (2012-14) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting with Arminelle; ASTARA Dance Company (2016-21); The Voice Singing School (2017-19)

KADEN RAMM

LILY BARTLETT

faith taylor

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs, Bloody Mary, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui OTHER THEATRE: Towers Players: Much Ado About Nothing (2019), The Little Mermaid Jr (2018), Oliver (2017) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Queensland Theatre Residency Week (2020)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs, Bloody Mary, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui OTHER THEATRE: The Cathedral School Production: All Shook Up (2022) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting with Arminelle; North Queensland Theatre Residency Week (2021); ThiNQ Ed Workshops

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Faith’s first Shakespeare in the park THEATREiNQ: Punk Rock OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: Stone Fragments (2023); Perform Studios: Wind in the Willows (2023); Burdekin Singers: The Little Mermaid (2024), Heathers (2023), Mamma Mia (2022) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting with Arminelle; Perform Studios (2017-23); Perform Theatre Troupe (2023); Theatre Residency Week NQ (2020-23)

HUNTER SAMS

AIVA TYRIE

EMma lamberton

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Aiva’s first Shakespeare in the park THEATREiNQ: This is Aiva’s first production with TheatreiNQ OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: Stone Fragments (2023), 19 (2023); Combined Schools Musical: Beauty and the Beast (2022), The Addams Family (2023) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; The Culture Club (2022); Acting with Arminelle; Theatre Residency Week NQ (2020-22); Mulkadee (2016-23)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2012 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, Blood Will Have Blood, Hamlet (inc. Japan Tour 2016), Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear THEATREiNQ: Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass, The Vagina Monologues, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Crucible, Two Weeks With The Queen, The Importance of Being Earnest, X-Stacy; Co-Director: Puffs; Director’s Assistant: Bloody Mary; Stage Manager: One Man, Two Guvnors, Last Post (Monto Tour), Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Cripple of Inishmaan OTHER THEATRE: Anywhere Festival Brisbane: Flood (Producer/Actor); Share House: Immaculate Confection OTHER: LiNQ - TIE - Macbeth (False Face); Mentor TheatreiNQ’s The Performance Project (2022); Club Leader The Culture Club/Crew (2015-17); Mulkadee Drama Coach (2019 & 2022) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Bachelor of New Media Arts (JCU) AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2021), Anywhere Festival (2019), Martin Gibson Medal (2015)

Oliver Martext / Ensemble

William / Ensemble ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2019 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, Blood Will Have Blood THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Puffs, The Blood of Kings, TCC Carols by Candlelight (2019) OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle:19; Grey Rose: The English Inquisition, Proper English ya’know what I’m sayin’, ACT101 ADVERTISING: Georgio Clothing, TCC, Mount Margaret, Ruralquip, YourHub, Museum of Tropical NQ TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project, The Culture Club/Crew; Acting with Arminelle; Theatre Residency Week NQ (2020-22), Queensland Theatre Young Writers Ensemble 2022

River / Ensemble

Holly / Ensemble

Polly / Ensemble

Director’s Assistant

chris nobile

fionn baker-goodson

charlotte davies

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Chris has been the Production/Stage Manager for Shakespeare Under the Stars event for the past 13 years.

THEATREiNQ: Chris has worked on over 25 shows in various roles including Lighting Operator, Follow Spot Operator, Sound Operator, Production/Stage Manager and Head Technician.

OTHER: Townsville Choral Society: Set Design/Construction -Mamma Mia, Shrek the Musical, Stage Management/Crew - We Will Rock You, Annie, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Chicago; NQOMT: Rock of Ages, The Boy From Oz, Hair, Hairspray TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project - Technical (2014-2016) AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2016), TTC Production Award (2017)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT TECHNICAL SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Sound/AV Operator: Measure for Measure, The Tempest THEATREiNQ: Sound Design/Operator: Punk Rock, Puffs; Sound/AV Operator: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; Stage Manager: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers Crew: Orphans OTHER THEATRE: Props Youth Theatre OTHER: Woodenbong Fire Tribe; Aberdeen International Youth Arts Festival TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Technical); Cajam Circus

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2021 THE BRIDGE PROJECT TECHNICAL SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, The Merry Wives of Windsor THEATREiNQ: Puffs, Bloody Mary, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through the Looking Glass OTHER THEATRE: Full Throttle Theatre: Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I and Bird, Summer of the Aliens; Props Youth Theatre: Peter Pan, Rapunzel, Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmations, Mother Goose and The Beanstalk, Breeze in the Bush, Princess Prom, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlotte’s Web, Princess and the Pea, WTF Wendy TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project

Production Manager

Stage Manager

sasha lea-rowell daniel lobley

Lighting Design / Operator ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2021 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Technical Team: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood THEATREiNQ: Technical Team: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Chewing Gum Dreams, Puffs, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Orphans, Blood Will Have Blood, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass; Lighting Design: Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Chewing Gum Dreams, Puffs, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Performance Project 2022 OTHER THEATRE: Kirwan State High School: Troy Bolton in High School Musical; Townsville Choral Society: Stage Manager: Singin’ in the Rain; Dancenorth: Technical Operator: Deeper Than Dancing OTHER: Technician: Dancenorth; Technician Assistant: Townsville Civic Theatre TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Technical) AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2022)

Sound Operator

THE BRIDGE PROJECT TECHNICAL SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Sasha’s first Shakespeare in the park THEATREiNQ: Lighting Operator: Punk Rock; Crew: The Government Inspector OTHER THEATRE: Props: NQOMT-The Addams Family (2024), Props, Set & Crew: Townsville Grammar School Little Shop of Horrors (2023); Crew: Libretto Studios - Frozen Junior (2023); Acting: Townsville Grammar School - West Side Story (2021) OTHER: Dancer: Pace Live Entertainment Sydney: MICHAEL the Show (2019) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Technical)

Production Team

from the director

As You Like It was the first Shakespeare play I ever directed by myself – twenty-one years ago – with Jean-Pierre honouring me by playing the melancholy “Jaques”. Revisiting this script has been way more fun than I thought it would be. Firstly because I’m older now – I see the world and the worlds within this play very differently. This is the real magic of Shakespeare – his work is like a mirrorball, reflecting ideas and themes back at you differently at different times of your life. This time around, I relished in the dynamics of the City vs Country and the chance to celebrate the nostalgia and freedom of my own childhood growing up in the small farming community of Rita Island. Both the City and the Country in our play, are hyper-stylised, picture-book interpretations of my feelings of both.

I am privileged to share the stage with two members of my OG Cast – John Goodson & Arminelle Fleming, with a third, Kellie Esling, assisting behind the scenes. Memories from 2003 flow fondly alongside the excitement of watching the next generation create their own memories with this play; I can only hope that they will still be creating theatre together 21 years in the future.

And lastly, I would like to dedicate this season of Shakespeare Under the Stars to our dear friend, John Lorraway. John was Jean-Pierre’s right-hand man establishing this event. He dug trenches, painted sets, built magical tables, erected seating, rigged lights, dealt with JP’s mood swings, whatever needed to be done, he did it – and all with compassion and love.

Thank you John – you will forever be a part of the legacy that is Shakespeare Under the Stars.

x Terri

Jean-Pierre Awards The Jean-Pierre Award remembers and honours our beloved founder, JeanPierre Voos and is given to those who display a devotion to the success and survival of Shakespeare Under the Stars. The Awards are designed and crafted

by Gerry O’Connor.

Michael Doris (2023) Paris Walsh (2022) Emma Lamberton (2021) Ron Pulman (2020) Michelle Jones & Tina Porta (2019) Michael Gleeson (2018) Ray Dickson (2017) Chris Nobile (2016) Jonathon Brown (2015) Anne-Marie Smith (2014) Chrissy Maguire (2013) Kathy Brabon (2012) Bernie Lanigan (2011) Brendan O’Connor (2011) John Goodson (2011) Kellie Esling (2011)

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John du Feu Awar

Nita Vasilescu (2023) Susie Brabon (2022) Emma Smith (2021) Yoshie Kenny (2020) George Lummis (2019) Arminelle Fleming (2018) Phil Lambert (2017) Robert Street (2016) Lorna Hempstead (2015) Robert Esling (2014) Wendy Wooller (2013) John du Feu (2012) John Lorroway (2011)

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Martin Gibso

Nicholas Rose (2023) Daniel Lobley (2022) Lisandro Garcia (2021) Keely Pronk (2020) Faduma Ali (2019) Elyse Phelan (2018) Rachel Nutchey (2017) Lachlan Stevenson (2016) Emma Lamberton (2015) Thomas Roach (2014) James Thomasson (2013) James Raggatt (2012) Anna Wallace (2011)

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Quotation: Shakespear 2021. V3 31/08/2021.

Order Number Order Date Delivery Setup

5619 19/08/2021 03/09/2021 09:00

Your Reference Rental Period Collection Takedown

03/09/2021 to 27/09/2021 27/09/2021 09:00

Nita Vasilescu / John & Beth Honeycombe / Phil Lambert / Nicholas Rose / Lara Hodgson / Anna Vella-Sams Michael Sams / Hollie Sams / Kellie Esling / Robbie Esling / Joe Watkins / Tina Porta / Michelle Jones / Jano Garcia Lighting The Speckled Hen / Shannon Jensen / Clint Smith / Belen Diaz / Levi Anderson / James Raggatt / Joseph Raggatt Kiahna Culleton / James Thomasson / Olivia Jacoby / Neve Roberts / Lacey Turner / Annabel Buchanan Distribution thank you Naomi & The Team at Queens Gardens ...and for anyone inadvertently left off this list, we thank you!

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Description

Days/Hrs

Quantity

Price Discount

Total

LX Core 1

Lighting FOH Multicore 1x 240v 1x DMX

1.0

1

$50.00

20.00%

DMX 5m

5 Meter DMX cable

1.0

1

$2.00

20.00%

$1.60

Total for Lighting:

$41.60

Looms

6 way Lighting Looms

Socco looms with head and tail, 30 metres x2 Socco looms with head and tail, 15 metres x1

1.0

3

$60.00

20.00%

$40.00

$144.00

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