CAESAR
by William Shakespeare
directed & adapted by Terri
Brabon
4 - 20 SEPTEMBER
Queens Gardens, Townsville
CAESAR
by William Shakespeare
directed & adapted by Terri Brabon
CAST DESIGN
Julius Caesar BERNIE LANIGAN
Calpurnia (his wife) ANNA VELLA-SAMS
Mark Antony BRENDAN O’CONNOR
Fulvia (his wife) KEELY PRONK
Octavius (Caesar’s adopted son) HUNTER SAMS
The Conspirators
Brutus HARLEE TIMMS
Portia (his wife) EMMA LAMBERTON
Servilia (his mother) TERRI BRABON
Lucius (a servant) THOMAS BURT
Artemidorus (a servant) FAITH TAYLOR
Cassius LACHLAN STEVENSON
Junia (his wife/Brutus’ sister) PARIS WALSH
Caska JOHN GOODSON
Decius MICHAEL GLEESON
Cinna ROBERT STREET
Metellus MICHAEL DORIS
Trebonius KADEN RAMM
Senators
Cicero MICHAEL SAMS
Lepidus OWEN ROGAN
The Soothsayer FADUMA ALI
The Cult of Cybele AVA SALDANA LOPEZ
AIVA TYRIE
TAHNEE SMALLEY
Ensemble JERICHO EDMONDSON
TIGHE TUCKER
GRACE HARDY
KAYLEY GAW
Director TERRI BRABON
Set BRENDAN O’CONNOR
Costume KATHY BRABON
TERRI BRABON
Lighting DANIEL LOBLEY
Sound TERRI BRABON
PRODUCTION
Production Manager CHRIS NOBILE
Stage Manager FIONN BAKER-GOODSON
Lighting Operator SASHA LEA-ROWELL
Sound Operator CHARLOTTE DAVIES
Set Construction BRENDAN O’CONNOR
LACHLAN STEVENSON
JOE WATKINS
Scenic Painting BRENDAN O’CONNOR
SASHA LEA-ROWELL
Fight Choreography RON PULMAN
Production Assistants THE BRIDGE PROJECT
Costume Assistants ISABELLA HOLDER
SUE PINE
Caesar’s Crown ANN O’CONNOR
Photographer CHRISSY MAGUIRE
Graphic Design EMMA SMITH
Event Team ANNE-MARIE SMITH
BONNIE NICHOLAS
ISABELLA HOLDER
ARMINELLE FLEMING
LEVI ANDERSON
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.
Octavius Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
SYNOPSISACT ONE
Prologue
During a night prayer ritual, a Soothsayer sees a vision prophesising that Julius Caesar should ‘Beware the Ides of March’.
Scene 1: He’s Become a God
Caesar’s victory is celebrated upon the Feast of the Lupercal when the Soothsayer approaches him with a warning.
Alone, Brutus and his mother, Servilia, discuss Caesar’s ambitious rise to power.
Cassius and Junia arrive and inform them that Mark Antony offered Caesar a crown. Upon Brutus leaving, Servilia instructs Cassius to throw letters into Brutus’ window praising him and fearing Caesar’s ambition.
Scene 2: A Strange Disposed Time
A huge thunderstorm erupts the night before the Ides of March. Cassius and Caska discuss their mutual fears of Caesar’s power before Cassius invites him into the plot.
Scene 3: O Conspiracy
Brutus resolves to kill Caesar before he becomes a tyrant, joining the conspirators on the condition that Caesar is treated respectfully in death and Antony is not harmed.
When alone, Brutus’ wife Portia confronts him and threatens to harm herself if he won’t reveal his worries. Secretly, their slave Artemidorus has overheard everything.
Scene 4: Cowards Die Many Times
On the Ides of March, Caesar’s wife Calpurnia urges him to skip the Senate due to ominous dreams and reports. He initially agrees, but Decius convinces him otherwise by claiming the Senate intends to crown him.
Scene 5: How Weak a Thing
Artemidorus is preparing to give Caesar a letter warning him of the conspiracy. Portia, spying the letter and fearing it’s contents, sends their servant Lucius to find Brutus.
Scene 6: Et tu, Brute?
On the steps of the Senate, the Soothsayer again tries to warn Caesar while Artemidorus begs Caesar read her letter, but both are ignored.
Inside the Senate, the conspirators all kneel before an unsuspecting Caesar, before revealing their knives and attacking him.
Brutus instructs Cicero to calm the crowd outside while Fulvia asks for a safe meeting between her husband, Antony, and the conspirators. Antony reqeusts to speak at Caesar’s funeral and is allowed on the condition he not speak ill of the conspirators.
When alone, Antony swears revenge for his murdered friend. Calpurnia informs Antony that Octavius, Caesar’s adopted heir, is on his way home to Rome.
Scene 7: An Honourable Man
Brutus addresses the citizens stating that Caesar was assassinated due to his excessive ambition and the risk of tyranny. He instructs the citizens to listen to Antony and departs.
Antony reminds the crowd of Caesar’s good deeds and love for Rome, displays his wounds, and reads his will which leaves wealth and property to the people of Rome. The crowd is incited to mutiny against the conspirators, leading to chaos. Just as Antony intended.
Brutus
Cassius
Scene 1: A Slight Unmeritable Man
The new Triumvirate of Rome - Antony, Lepidus and Octavius - finalise a list of their enemies marked for execution. Fulvia is warned by the Soothsayer that Antony should stay away from Octavius.
Scene 2: I Am No Conspirator
Rome has become a city under siege. Cicero and Trebonius are killed in the street under orders by Octavius while Portia takes her own life.
Scene 3: Remember March
Servilia arrives in Brutus’ camp, informing them of the massacres in Rome as well as the death of Portia.
Cassius arrives and accuses Brutus of wronging him. Servilia scolds the men, demanding they hide their grievances from their soldiers. Alone, the argument escalates until Brutus relents, admitting that he is not himself. When Servilia bursts in on them, Brutus demands she leave the camp. Shocked by the outburst towards his mother, Brutus confesses to Cassius that the real reason for his anger is that Portia has killed herself out of fear.
Brutus suggests that rather than wait for Antony & Octavius to attack them, they should march toward them and force a battle at a town called Philippi.
While preparing to go to sleep, Brutus is confronted by the ghost of Caesar who tells him he will “see him again at Philippi”.
Scene 4: Words Before Blows
The leaders of the two armies meet before the battle, taunting each other. Cassius voices his fears of the many omens he has seen and the conspirators all agree to take their own lives rather than be captured by the enemy. Cassius bids his farewell to Brutus in case they never see each other again.
Scene 5: The Battle of Philippi
The Women of Rome can do nothing but pray to the Goddess of Warfare, Minerva.
Seizing an opportunity, Brutus gives the charge to attack Octavius’ legions, unknowingly leaving Cassius outnumbered by Antony’s forces. Wrongly believing the battle to be lost, Cassius forces Decius to end his life. Upon seeing Cassius’ lifeless body, Cinna takes his own life rather than face the Roman dishonour of outliving your General.
Brutus, having won the battle against Octavius, arrives to find both bodies and urges the remaining army to prepare for a second fight.
Scene 6: My Bones Would Rest
The Seraphim assemble - awaiting the outcome of the battle. Brutus’ army is defeated by Antony and Octavius’ forces. As the remaining soldiers flee, Brutus begs Metellus to hold his sword while he runs upon it. He refuses, leaving Brutus to provoke the oncoming soldiers into killing him rather than be captured.
Having achieved his vow of revenge for Caesar’s death, Antony declares Brutus “the noblest Roman of them all”. Octavius claims victory over the conspirators and reveals his desire to live up to his namesake and seize absolute power in Rome.
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V, Love’s Labour’s Lost THEATREiNQ: Bloody Mary, The Weir, Frankenstein, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Crucible, The Importance of Being Earnest
OTHER THEATRE: Original cast member of Shakespeare Under the Stars. Over 35 years performance experience. Companies include QLD Light Opera Company, QLD Opera Company, NQOMT, Townsville Choral Society, Tropic Line Theatre, Hard Sun Theatre, Townsville Little Theatre.
FILM: Departure Lounge
OTHER: Regular host for Townsville Crocs and Townsville Fire games.
AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2011); 1996 TCC Arts, Culture and Entertainment Award for his services to Performing Arts in Townsville
TERRI BRABON Servilia
FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS:
Terri has directed and adapted 20 Shakespeare Under The Stars and this is Terri’s 22nd as an actor, her first being Ariel in The Tempest (1995). Most recently as Duchess Senior in As You Like It (2024), Mariana in Measure for Measure (2023) & Queen Margaret in Blood Will Have Blood (2021)
THEATREiNQ: Terri is the co-founder and Artistic Director of TheatreiNQ. She is the resident director and this is her 49th production with the company.
PLAYWRIGHT/ADAPTATIONS: The Assignment, 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
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: Order of Australia Medal; Townsville City Council Jean-Pierre Voos Theatre Award (2012)
TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre
BRENDAN O’CONNOR Mark Antony
FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Brendan’s 19th appearance on the garden stage. The first ever as Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (1992). Most recently as Jacques in As You Like It (2024), 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); JUTE-Summaris 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: Matilda Award: Behind The Scenes Award (2025); 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)
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2018
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It, 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 (2024 & 2025), Alice in Wonderland (2024 & 2025), Shakespeare in Education Incursions (2023-2025); 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)
Cassius
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2013
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth
THEATREiNQ: Orphans, The White Rose and The Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass, One Man, Two Guvnors, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Crucible, Two Weeks With the Queen; Crew: Amadeus, What is the Matter With Mary Jane?, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Sylvia
OTHER THEATRE:Stacks on Theatre: A Pinter Revue, Orphans; New Theatre: Animal Farm; WAAPA: Atlas, The Seagull, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ajax in Afghanistan, Romeo and Juliet, When the Rain Stops Falling, The Misanthrope, An ideal Husband, Motortown, Birdland TV: Spotlight - A Current Affair
TRAINING: WAAPA - Bachelor of Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project
AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2016)
FADUMA ALI The Soothsayer
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Othello, Twelfth Night
THEATREiNQ: Chewing Gum Dreams, DNA, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, Frankenstein, What is The Matter With Mary Jane?, Les Liaisons Dangereuses OTHER THEATRE: QLD Theatre: Paradise Dreaming; QUT: Tight in the Bud, The Wolves, Angels in America
FILM: Bronte Pictures: Take My Hand
TRAINING: QUT - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project
EMMA LAMBERTON Portia
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: Amadeus, The Government Inspector, 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; CoDirector: Puffs; Director’s Assistant: As You Like It, Bloody Mary The Vagina Monologues; 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); MentorTheatreiNQ’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)
LACHLAN STEVENSON
MICHAEL DORIS Metellus
FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Richard III THEATREiNQ: Amadeus, 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)
MICHAEL GLEESON Decius
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2012
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twefth Night, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear
THEATREiNQ: Amadeus, 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)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project
AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2018); TCC Performance of the Year (Chess, TCOS)
ROBERT STREET Cinna
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2013
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, Much Ado About Nothing,Othello, Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth
THEATREiNQ: Amadeus, 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
JOHN GOODSON Caska
FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS:
This is John’s 20th appearance, his first being in 1996’s Macbeth. Notable roles on the garden stage include: Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017), Feste in Twelfth Night (2015) & Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011)
THEATREiNQ: Amadeus, 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
MICHAEL SAMS Cicero
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2014
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, Othello, Romeo and Juliet
THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Blood of Kings, The Crucible OTHER THEATRE: Over 60 productions, including, with QTC, Matrix Theatre, 4MBS, Trocadero Productions, Soup Theatre Company, Metro Arts, Grey Rose, Full Throttle Theatre Company
FILM & TV: Beastmaster, Brizbin Boy/Canberra Girl, Cybergirl, Flipper, Departure Lounge, Insomniac, Kiss Me Stupid!, Scooby-Doo
ADVERTISING: Coles-Myer, Footlocker, Kmart, Mount Margaret, QLD Govt, Remax, Ruralquip, Toyota, YourHub, Museum of Tropical North QLD, TCC, Polar Industries OTHER: Internationally performed and published playwright (Australian Plays Transform, Amazon), previous Regional Literary Manager (Short & Sweet International Festival), PlayLab Gather Program (Toowoomba 2025), Erin Thomas Fund recipient (Sydney 2025), RADF-supported script development (Cairns 2025), Dramaturg (Blackall 2025), Script Commission (Brisbane 2025)
TRAINING: QUT - Bachelor of Arts (Drama); Macquarie University - Master of Creative Writing (2022)
AWARDS: Best Director/Best Actor (S&S 2018); Best Actor (FOOAP 2017); Adjudicators Award (FOOAP 2016)
KADEN RAMM Trebonius
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It, Measure for Measure, The Tempest
THEATREiNQ: Amadeus, 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)
ANNA VELLA SAMS Calpurnia
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2015
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: The Tempest, Twelfth Night
THEATREiNQ: Bloody Mary, The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, One Man, Two Guvnors
OTHER THEATRE: La Boite: Emma Celebrazione!; On Giant’s Shoulders: The Owl and the Pussycat went to See; Trocadero Productions: Titus Andronicus, Henry the Fifth, Measure for Measure, The Seagull; Schonell Theatre: The Last Supper; Arts Theatre: Deadly Embrace; Groundlings: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
TV: Medivac
TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre
KEELY PRONK Fulvia
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
THEATREiNQ: Amadeus, The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, Alice Through the Looking Glass, DNA, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, Alice in Wonderland, X-Stacy
OTHER THEATRE: Mulkadee Drama Coach (2021-22)
ADVERTISING: Pickerings
OTHER: LiNQ - T.I.E. - Macbeth (False Face)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’S The Bridge Project; Victoria Stanborough Vocal Studio (2003-08); Susan Grinsell Singing Studio(2009-12); Props Youth Theatre
AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2020)
PARIS WALSH Junia
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Measure for Measure, Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night
THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through the Looking Glass, First Born, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, One Man, Two Guvnors, What is The Matter With Mary Jane?, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
OTHER THEATRE: ASC Grad Players: Much Ado About Benedick & Beatrice
TV: Spotlight - A Current Affair
OTHER: LiNQ - T.I.E. - Macbeth (False Face); QLD Theatre Residency Week (2022-24); Mentor - TheatreiNQ’s The Performance Project (2022); Mulkadee Drama Coach (2018, 2021-23)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’S The Bridge Project; Bachelor of Education (JCU); Teaching Artist - QLD Theatre
AWARDS: Jean Pierre Award (2022); TCC Best Supporting Actress (2017) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
AVA SALDANA LOPEZ Cult of Cybele
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment, Amadeus, Punk Rock, Followspot - The Government Inspector
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2024); Acting with Arminelle: 19 (2023); Props Youth Theatre (2015-2020); La Luna Youth Arts (2012-2014)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting with Arminelle; ASTARA Dance Company (2016-2021); The Voice Singing School (2017-19)
HUNTER SAMS Octavius
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2019
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It, Measure for Measure, Blood Will Have Blood
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment, Amadeus, Punk Rock, The Government Inspector, Puffs, The Blood of Kings, TCC Carols by Candlelight (2019)
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2023-24); Acting with Arminelle:19; Grey Rose: The English Inquisition, Proper English ya’know what I’m sayin’, ACT101
ADVERTISING: Copperstring 2032 Experience Centre, Georgio Clothing, TCC, Mount Margaret, Ruralquip, YourHub, Museum of Tropical NQ
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project, Queensland Theatre Young Writers Ensemble 2022
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It THEATREiNQ: The Assignment, Amadeus, Punk Rock OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project(2024); 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)
AIVA TYRIE Cult of Cybele
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: As You Like It
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment, Amadeus, Punk Rock
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)
THOMAS BURT Lucius
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Thomas’ first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2025); Blackheath and Thornburgh College: A Midsummer’s Night Dream (2024); Peter Pan (2023); Grease (2019); The Wizard of Oz (2018); Cabin Fever (2017)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Crown Music
JERICHO EDMONDSON Ensemble
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Jericho’s first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment
OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: Central West High School (2025); Stone Fragments (2023); 19 (2023)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting With Arminelle (2023-2025)
KAYLEY GAW Ensemble
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR
SHAKEAPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Kayley’s first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment, Crew: Amadeus
OTHER: Assistant Teacher, Acting With Arminelle (2023-) OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2025)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club; QLD Theatre Residency Week (20192022); Ann Murrell: Speech and Drama (2014-2017); Sonia Zabala: Acting (2018-2020)
GRACE HARDY Ensemble
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Grace’s first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2025); The Cathedral School: Legally Blonde (2024), All Shook Up (2022)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club (2024); The Cathedral School: Voice and Dance
OWEN ROGAN Lepidus
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Owen’s first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2025)
FILM: Continuance Pictures: Dusk
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Libretto School Of The Arts (2024); Positive Impact Academy (2020)
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Tahnee’s first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment, Crew: Amadeus
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2025); Acting with Arminelle: Central West High School (2025); Ryan Catholic College: The Wizard of Oz (2023)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Acting with Arminelle (2024); TheatreiNQ’s Culture Club (2023); Broadway Academy Townsville (2023); QLD Theatre Residency Week (2023)
TIGHE TUCKER Ensemble
THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Tighe’s first Shakespeare in the park
THEATREiNQ: The Assignment
OTHER THEATRE: Queensland Theatre: The Scene Project (2025); Acting With Arminelle: Central West High School (2025); Stone Fragments (2023); 19 (2023); Southern Cross Catholic College: Grease (2024)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club; Acting With Arminelle; Queensland Theatre Residency Week (2022-2024)
TAHNEE SMALLEY Cult of Cybele
CHRIS NOBILE
Production Mangaer
FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Chris has been the Production/Stage Manaer 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)
FIONN BAKER-GOODSON
Stage Manager
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Sound/AV Operator: Measure for Measure, The Tempest Stage Manager: As You Like It
THEATREiNQ: Sound Design/Operator: Punk Rock, Puffs; Sound/AV Operator: The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui; Stage Manager: Amadeus, Watersong, The Government Inspector, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers; Crew: The Assignment, Orphans OTHER THEATRE: Props Youth Theatre
OTHER: Woodenbong Fire Tribe; Aberdeen International Youth Arts Festival
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Technical); Cajam Circus
DANIEL LOBLEY
Lighting Design
ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2021
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Lighting Design: As You Like It; Technical Team: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Blood Will Have Blood
THEATREiNQ: Technical Team: Orphans, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Lighting Design: The Assignment, Amadeus, Watersong, 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: Production and Operations Coordinator: DanceNorth Australia; Theatre Technician: Townsville Civic Theatre (2021 - 2025)
TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Technical)
AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2022)
SASHA LEA-ROWELL
Lighting Operator/ Production Assistant
THE BRIDGE PROJECT TECHNICAL
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Sound Operator: As You Like It
THEATREiNQ: Stage Manager: The Assignment; Lighting Operator: Punk Rock; Crew: Amadeus, Watersong, The Government Inspector; Set/Props Assistant: The Assignment, Amadeus, Watersong, As You Like It, Punk Rock, The Government Inspector
OTHER THEATRE: Props: NQOMT-The Addams Family (2024), Props, Set & Crew: Townsville Grammar SchoolSpongebob the Musical, 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)
CHARLOTTE DAVIES Sound Operator
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:
Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I and Bird, Summer of the Aliens; 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
Calpurnia
Portia
30 Seasons of Shakespeare Under The Stars
From the Director
It’s kind of hard to believe that Shakespeare Under the Stars is turning 30! The first decade was driven by the love of those who created it. A team who put so much energy into establishing something new, with the theory of “if you build it, they will come”. The second decade felt like a period of struggling to stay alive - but it did - thanks to the support of our loyal audience, rallying behind it, surviving a loss of funding, and tragically the loss of its founder, Jean-Pierre Voos.
Now this past decade has brought with it an even stronger sense of purpose and an ever growing sense of community and family. We are truly honoured to bring Shakespeare to life for regional North Queensland in a way that excites and ignites a love for his work and his words. This event really does belong to the ensemble who make it, the audience that support it and to the community who cherish it.
So Happy 30th Anniversary Shakespeare Under the Stars - from us - with all our love.
x Terri
Survey
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.
John Robertson (2024)
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)
Andre Reynaud (2024)
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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Event Team
Supported by Media Partners
Thank you
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)
Event Partners
Nita Vasilescu / John & Beth Honeycombe / Phil Lambert / Nicholas Rose / Emma Smith / Lara Hodgson
Hollie Sams / Anna Wallace / Bianca Cleworth / Sonia Warrell / Kellie Esling / Tina Porta / Michelle Jones
The Speckled Hen / Shannon Jensen / Clint Smith / Joshua Smith / Taylah Smith / Kiahna Culleton Naomi & The Team at Queens Gardens ...and for anyone inadvertently left off this list, we thank you!
Lily Bartlett (2024)
Nicholas Rose (2023)
Daniel Lobley (2022)
Martin Gibson Medal
John du Feu Award
