A Midsummer Night's Dream 2017

RS 2017

HE STA SHAKESPEARE UNDER T

ANight’s

Midsummer

Dream by

William

SHAKESPEARE directed by

Terri

BRABON

12 - 24 SEPTEMBER

QUEENS GARDENS

Synopsis ACT I

ONCE UPON A TIME…

We are in Athens, and there’s going to be a Big Greek Wedding – but with a difference. Duke Theseus has just conquered the warrior queen Hippolyta, and now claims her as his reluctant bride. His announcement of the forthcoming solemnities is interrupted by Egeus. She is angry that her step-daughter Hermia will not marry Demetrius, but instead prefers Lysander. Under Athenian law, if she disobeys her step-mother, she has two choices - death or a nunnery. It’s tough love in old Athens.

Left alone, Hermia and Lysander decide to flee Athens and take refuge with his aunt. They will make their escape at night via the woods. They confide their plan to Helena, Hermia’s bestest friend. Helena wants Demetrius for herself, and thinks the way to win him is to spill the beans on Hermia and Lysander’s elopement.

It’s clear that everyone is going to end up in the woods…

WISH UPON A STAR…

Next we meet the Mechanicals, a group of local tradies, who are putting on a play for the Big Wedding. Nick Bottom, their lead actor, promises to give a performance to treasure. The play is chosen, the parts allocated, and the Mechanicals resolve to rehearse that night…. where else? The woods, of course!

INTO THE WOODS…

What the mortals haven’t taken into account is that the woods belong to the Fairies. Their king and queen, Oberon and Titania, are in the midst of a bitter custody battle over an orphan boy. Also, they took opposing sides in the recent battle between Theseus and Hippolyta. The quarrel has grown so nasty that it has upset the natural balance of the seasons. But Titania will not relinquish the boy, and Oberon decides she needs to be brought down. He tells his messenger, Puck, to find a special, enchanted flower, that has the power to make sleepers fall in love – and lust – with the first creature they see on waking. He will make a fool of Titania.

Now the lovers start turning up – Demetrius, in hot pursuit of Hermia and Lysander, and Helena running after the scornful Demetrius. Oberon takes pity on Helena, and decides to help her get her man with the help of the enchanted flower.

ENCHANTED…

Next to arrive in the woods are Hermia and Lysander, on the run from the law. They settle down for a chaste night’s sleep.

After all, as Hermia points out, they’re not husband and wife yet. Puck turns up with instructions to enchant the eyes of the man in ‘Athenian garments’ – he just doesn’t realise that Lysander is the wrong man. Lysander’s eyes are duly sprinkled with the magic flower, and Puck runs off convinced that he’s accomplished his mission.

Now Demetrius and Helena arrive, but he still wants nothing to do with her. He runs off in search of the fugitives, just in time for Lysander to awaken and behold…Helena!

Suddenly, Hermia is dumped and Helena is the object of his desire. Helena, for her part, thinks this is some sort of cruel joke, and refuses to believe him. They leave the clearing as Hermia awakes, baffled by Lysander’s disappearance.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST…

Oberon’s plan is about to reach fruition. Titania settles down for the night with her fairies, and Oberon is able to charm her eyelids with the flower. Watch this space.

The Mechanicals arrive for their midnight rehearsal. Puck sees them and can’t resist the chance to make some mischief. He puts an ass’s head on Nick Bottom whose mates run off in terror. Titania awakes and the first thing she sees is Bottom. It’s love at first sight.

ACT II TANGLED...

Oberon learns from Puck that Titania’s humiliation is complete – she has made herself a fool for love over the ass-headed Bottom.

But there is a complication – of course. It soon becomes clear that it is Lysander, not Demetrius, who has been charmed by the flower. Oberon manages to rectify this, and suddenly Helena has two men after her. Now she is certain that she is the victim of a prank – even her friend Hermia is in on it. There is a massive quarrel.

Oberon can see the whole situation has gotten completely out of hand. It has to be sorted – and before daybreak. Puck leads the duelling men into the darkness so he can charm their eyes with an antidote flower and reverse the spell.

THE LOVERS GRIMM...

Titania, infatuated with Bottom, is doting on his every whim.

Oberon sees the sorry spectacle and decides enough is enough – he has made his point. He charms them to sleep and reverses the spell with the antidote flower. Titania awakes, horrified to learn that she has been sleeping with a mortal – and a weird looking one at that. However, she agrees to help Oberon cast a love charm on the sleeping lovers.

Bottom awakes, changed back to his normal self, and struggles to find words that can do justice to the miraculous ‘dream’ he’s just had…

BABES IN THE WOODS...

So far, the only characters who haven’t turned up in the woods are the Athenian grown-ups, but here they come, looking for the lost foursome. The boys awaken, and the antidote has done the trick – each couple is now set to rights. Theseus overrules Egeus, and Hermia will be allowed to marry Lysander. The Big Greek Wedding has just gotten bigger – there will now be three happy couples taking their vows.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER...

The newlyweds arrive at the reception, which will feature a play, ‘A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus and his love Thisbe’. Nick Bottom and his fellow actors bring the house down with their coup de theatre. Unseen by the mortals, Titania and Oberon give their blessing to the happy couples.

Puck offers the audience some parting words.

All’s well with the world.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare Adapted and Directed by Terri Brabon

Cast

THE ATHENIANS

Theseus..................................... GERARD MARANO

Hippolyta.............................................SHAI REGAN

Egeus...................................... SALLY McCUTCHEON

THE LOVERS

Hermia...............................................PARIS WALSH Lysander ............. BADAIDILAGA MAFTUH-FLYNN Demetrius................................. MICHAEL GLEESON Helena........................................ RACHEL NUTCHEY

THE MECHANICALS

Bottom.........................................JOHN GOODSON Peter Quince.................................. ROBERT STREET

Tom Snout........................................NICK CHRISTIE

Francis Flute................................ BYRON HOWELLS

Snug................................................PAUL RANSOM

THE FAIRIES

Oberon............................................ PHIL LAMBERT

Titania/Philostrate.......................... TERRI BRABON

Puck...................................... BRENDAN O’CONNOR

Tink.................................................. EMMA SMITH

Peaseblossom...................................ELYSE PHELAN

Cobweb........................................... RACHEL WEBB

Moth..........................................JACOB McCARTHY

Mustardseed......................... ALEXANDER THOMAS

Sugar Plum........................................KEELY PRONK

Blue............................................. JOANNE RENTON

D e s ig n

Set Design.............................................BRENDAN O’CONNOR Lighting Design............................................. THOMAS ROACH Sound & AV Design......................................... TERRI BRABON Costumes.......................................................KATHY BRABON Props.........................SUSIE BRABON & THE BRIDGE PROJECT The Donkey.................................................. JOHN GOODSON

Produ ction

Stage Manager..................................................CHRIS NOBILE Lighting Operator......................................... THOMAS ROACH Sound Operator......................................ANNE-MARIE SMITH Set Construction...................................BRENDAN O’CONNOR .......................................................................ROBBIE ESLING Technical Consultants...................................... YOSHIE KENNY ............................................................. ARMINELLE FLEMING Crew......................................................... BONNIE NICHOLAS .................................................. AMBA-CRYSTAL PUMMEROY ..................................................................... HEATH ROBERTS Event Team.......................................................KELLIE ESLING ............................................................. ARMINELLE FLEMING .................................................................... MICHELLE JONES ........................................................................... TINA PORTA ...............................................................ANNE-MARIE SMITH Make Up Consultants...................................... CASSIE HARRIS .............................................................GEORGIA O’GORMAN

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2016

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR...........................TERRI BRABON PRODUCTION MANAGER........ BRENDAN O’CONNOR EXECUTIVE MEMBERS.......................... RAY DICKSON .......................................................... KELLIE ESLING .................................................LORNA HEMPSTEAD ..................................................... BERNIE LANIGAN ..................................................... GEORGE LUMMIS ................................................ ANNE-MARIE SMITH ........................................................ROBERT STREET THiNQ ED COORDINATOR........ ARMINELLE FLEMING WEBSITE MANAGER...................... GEORGE LUMMIS COMPANY PHOTOGRAPHER........ CHRISSY MAGUIRE

Company Apprentices

Guest Professionals PHIL LAMBERT........................................... Oberon THEATREiNQ: Richard III OTHER THEATRE: BABIRRA: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; CLOC: The Drowsy Chaperone, Sunset Boulevard; WLT: The Nance; Lilydale Athenaeum: Yes, Prime Minister; Australian Shakespeare Company: Comedy of Errors, Richard III TRAINING: Tropic Line Theatre Company; University of Melbourne

BADAIDILAGA MAFTUH-FLYNN............Lysander

THEATREiNQ: King Lear, X-Stacy OTHER THEATRE: ACTORS CENTRE: Cripple of Inishmaan, Children of the Sun, Watch The Gap, Hamlet, Transcience; EMU PRODUCTIONS: The Jungle Book Musical; FILM: Web Series: The Piazza; Short Films: Wonder Inc., Bagged, Weeing on a Stik, Wraith Woods TRAINING: ACTORS CENTRE AUSTRALIA (2015-17), THE BRIDGE PROJECT 2012 OTHER: Stand Up Comedy: The Comedy Generation; Magic; Fire Twirling and Martial Arts

Company Professionals

TERRI BRABON.............................................Titania

THEATREiNQ: Artistic Director / Sound & Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Last Post, The Shape of Things, Macbeth, The Importance of Being Earnest, King Lear, When the Rain Stops Falling, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Cosi Sound Design: Two Weeks With the Queen and X-Stacy OTHER THEATRE: Shakespeare Under the Stars: Directed 12 / Performed in 16; Australian Shakespeare Company; La Mama; JUTE; Complete Works; Essential Theatre; Harvest Rain Theatre; AFCM Families Concert Director: Noye’s Fludde, Cinderella FILM & TV: Neighbours, Underbelly, John Doe ADVERTISING: Carlton Draught, Kraft, McDonalds OTHER: Mentor THE BRIDGE PROJECT; Theatre Coach THE CULTURE CLUB/ CREW; MULKADEE Drama Specialist (2012-2014) AWARDS: Townsville City Council Arts Award - Jean-Pierre Award (2012)

BRENDAN O’CONNOR.....................................Puck

THEATREiNQ: Actor/Lighting & Set Designer: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Macbeth, Last Post, The Importance of Being Earnest, King Lear, When the Rain Stops Falling, Cosi, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V & Love’s Labour’s Lost Lighting & Set Design: What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, The Shape of Things OTHER THEATRE: Founding Member of Tropic Line Theatre Company and Original cast of Shakespeare Under the Stars. AFCM & TheatreiNQ: Noye’s Fludde (God); Australian Shakespeare Company: 18 years as leading actor; JUTE: Summaris and Grace FILM & TV: Australia on Trial, City Homicide, Crash/Burn, Marshall Law, Ned Kelly, Neighbours, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Welcher & Welcher ADVERTISING: Mitre 10, RACQ, Campbells Soup, The Age, Beaurepaires, National Australia Bank, Mitsubishi, Cabots (USA), Origin Energy, Captain Snooze, Honda AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2011), Townsville City Council Performance of the Year (2015) & Jean-Pierre Voos Theatre Award (2012), TTC Awards - Best Actor (2014 & 2015) OTHER: Mentor TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT; MULKADEE Drama Specialist (2012-2014)

MICHAEL GLEESON..............................Demetrius

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Romeo and Juliet, Last Post, King Lear Crew: What is the Matter with Mary Jane?

OTHER THEATRE: La Luna Youth Arts: Amelia Ellicott’s Garden; NQOMT: Sweeney Todd, Hair. Townsville Choral Society: Avenue Q, Spamalot, West Side Story and Chess AWARDS: TCC Performance of the Year (Chess, TCOS 2010); TTC - Best Supporting Actor 2014, 2013 & 2012 for performances in Romeo & Juliet, Last Post, Avenue Q OTHER: Music Coach THE CULTURE CLUB/CREW (2016-17) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT (2014-16)

RACHEL NUTCHEY.....................................Helena

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT (2015-17)

PARIS WALSH............................................. Hermia

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses OTHER: Bachelor of Education (JCU) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT (2015-17)

Company Ensemble JOHN GOODSON........................................ Bottom

THEATREiNQ: Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Macbeth, X-Stacy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V, Love’s Labour’s Lost AWARDS: Jean Pierre Award (2011) OTHER: Teacher, puppeteer, author, director, musician, sound designer and composer; Performed in 14 Shakespeare Under The Stars; Music Coach THE CULTURE CLUB (2012-16) FILM: Departure Lounge for Lucky Country Productions

SALLY McCUTCHEON..................................Egeus

THEATREiNQ: What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cosi OTHER THEATRE: QUT: The Kid, Musical Chairs, The Silver Circle Project, Consumed, Cinder-Child; DEBASE: Lovejunk TRAINING: QUT (1998-2000)

SHAI REGAN........................................... Hippolyta

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible; Crew: Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli OTHER: Californian Fringe Festival (Playwright) AWARDS: TTC: Best Playwright 2015 TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT (2014-17)

EMMA SMITH................................................... Tink

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Hamlet, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V OTHER THEATRE: Noye’s Fludde (AFCM) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE CULTURE CLUB (2015-17)

JOANNE RENTON...........................................Blue

ROBERT STREET............................. Peter Quince

THEATREiNQ: Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Macbeth OTHER THEATRE: various musicals for NQOMT & TCOS; Original Cast Member of Shakespeare Under the Stars DANCE: Professional Dancer DanceNorth (1999-2005); Ulysses (2011-13) AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Legends Award 2016

(Psychology) QUT

The Bridge Project BYRON HOWELLS............................ Francis Flute

Guest Actors NICK CHRISTIE..................................... Tom Snout

THEATREiNQ: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V OTHER THEATRE: Townsville Choral Society: Grease, Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, All Shook Up; NQOMT: Shout!, Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat; MITS: Much Ado About Nothing OTHER: Mulkadee Youth Arts Festival -Drama 2IC 2012-2017

GERARD MARANO...................................Theseus

THEATREiNQ: This is Gerard’s first production with TheatreiNQ OTHER THEATRE: Full Throttle: Season at Sarsaparilla, Displaced; NQOMT: Footloose, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat; Burdekin Singers: Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof MOVIE: Beneath Hill 60 AWARDS: Nominee for Best Supporting Actor

TTC Awards (2016) OTHER: Drama Teacher at St Patrick’s College, Townsville TRAINING: JCU

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, The Importance of Being Earnest, X-Stacy, King Lear, Macbeth (Director’s Assistant) OTHER THEATRE: Props Youth Theatre productions (2008-12) TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT(2012); Zanii Theatrical Studio(2008-12) OTHER: Bachelor of Behavioural Science

Youth Arts

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Romeo & Juliet OTHER THEATRE: La Luna Youth Arts: The Witches; Pimlico State High School FOOAP: Rapunzel Uncut; Murrel Academy of Drama: The Night Before Christmas, Pimlico Presents: Steve and Norman TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT, Murrel Academy of Drama, La Luna

JACOB McCARTHY........................................ Moth

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein OTHER THEATRE: Kirwan High School’s ACE Actors Ensemble: The Phantom of the Music Hall, Wizard of Oz TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT, Kirwan State High School Drama

ELYSE PHELAN..............................Peaseblossom

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein OTHER THEATRE: Townsville Choral Society’s Carols by Candlelight TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT; THiNQ ED Workshops; NIDA Short Courses

ALEXANDER THOMAS......................Mustardseed

THEATREiNQ: X-Stacy OTHER THEATRE: Sleeping Star Productions: Truvia, Aladdin Jr, Mulan Jr; Props Youth Theatre: The Adventures of Goldilockpick and Little Red Riding Hoodlum, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Annie Jr. TRAINING: Victoria Stanborough Vocal Studio (2003-08), Susan Grinsell Singing Studio(2009-12)

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein OTHER THEATRE: Full Throttle: Goldilockpick and Little Red Riding Hoodlum, Antigone, Season at Sarsparilla; Opera Queensland: La Boheme; Pimlico State High School: Rapunzel Uncut, The Dentist, Pimlico Presents TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT AWARDS: Festival of One Act Plays Best Performance by a Young Male Actor; Karen Vane Bursary

PAUL RANSOM.............................................. Snug

RACHEL WEBB..........................................Cobweb

KEELY PRONK.................................... Sugar Plum

THEATREiNQ: Cosi, Richard III, Henry V OTHER THEATRE: NQOMT: Victor/ Victoria, Jesus Chris Superstar, Fame, The Full Monty, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Townsville Choral Society: Les Miserables, Jekyll & Hyde, Annie

THEATREiNQ: Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein OTHER THEATRE: Townsville Choral Society: Grease, Legally Blonde: The Musical; NQOMT: The Phantom of the Opera TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT; NIDA Screen Acting Workshop (2016)

WHO ARE WE? TheatreiNQ has been serving the Townsville community as a professionally driven theatre company for eight years led by leading actors Terri Brabon and Brendan O’Connor.

TheatreiNQ is committed to providing positive, professional and vibrant theatre experiences to regional Queensland through live productions, training opportunities and promotion of regional artists and works produced in the region.

THEATREiNQ ENSEMBLE Much like a dance company or orchestra, TheatreiNQ has a firm basis in the work of ensemble. We do not adopt the traditional theatrical meaning of this term, but instead, we look to the world of music, where an ensemble is “the degree of precision and unity exhibited by a group performing together.” It is this unity which we adhere to and strive for.

While most Australian Theatre Companies operate from project to project, hiring freelance directors and actors for each production, TheatreiNQ are programming seasons to both challenge and celebrate the strengths of our core and extended ensemble. The unity of the TheatreiNQ Ensemble extends to behind the scenes. Our 40 member strong ensemble includes Stage Management, Technical Crew, Designers and Administration. The company is joined each year by Guest Professsionals from Metropolitan cities as well as local guest performers. This is not a new idea, in fact it was the same principle of Shakespeare’s own company but it is very rare to find such a company in Australia.

Since launching as TheatreiNQ in 2010, the company has produced 26 full length productions, facilitated over 50 workshops and master classes, directed the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Families’ Concerts in 2013 and 2014 and were Drama Specialists for the Catholic Education Office’s Mulkadee Arts Festival from 2012 – 2014.

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Meg Bowden (Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble) Emily Edwards (NIDA) Finn Forde (WAAPA) Lachlan Greenland (Griffith Uni) Cameron Hooper (WAAPA, Mullinar Casting) Badaidilaga Maftuh-Flynn (Actors Centre Australia) Sarah Murr (Griffith Uni, Les Miserables, Opera Qld) Brittany Santariga (WAAPA, Home and Away) Lily Starck (AAPA - New York) James Raggatt (NIDA, Belvoir, STCSA) Joseph Raggatt (NIDA) James Thomasson (WAAPA)

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