Punk Rock by Simon Stephens 2024

An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical, on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. - A Concord Theatricals Company

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Punk Rock follows the lives of a group of students in their final months at a prestigious English grammar school. When new girl Lilly arrives, she must learn quickly how things operate here. She forms close friendships and falls in love. But as they frantically prepare for their mock exams, these teens struggle with the pressures of an ever-changing future. They may have the world at their feet but they also carry it’s weight on their shoulders.

Cast

Lilly Cahill..................................... Lily Bartlett Willow Carlisle.............................. Emma Smith Nicholas Chatman ......................... George Abednego Chadwick Meade........................... Kaden Ramm Cissy Franks................................... Alyssandra Higgins Bennett Francis............................. Hunter Sams Tanya Gleason............................... Ally Armitage-Cosgrove Dr Harvey...................................... Terri Brabon Ensemble...................................... Ava Saldana Lopez .................................................... Faith Taylor .................................................... Kiahna Culleton .................................................... Aiva Tyrie

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production

Director........................................ Terri Brabon Stage Manager/Lighting Design...... Daniel Lobley Set Design/Construction................ Brendan O’Connor Sound Design................................ Fionn Baker-Goodson .................................................... Terri Brabon Lighting Operator.......................... Sasha Lea-Rowell Sound Operator............................. Fionn Baker-Goodson Costumes...................................... Kathy Brabon Production Assistants.................... The Bridge Project Event Manager/Graphic Design...... Anne-Marie Smith Photography.................................. Chrissy Maguire

An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical, on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. - A Concord Theatricals Company 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.

Welcome Rockbridgto Grammar e School

LILY BARTLETT

EMMA SMITH

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, Puffs, Bloody Mary, The Tempest, 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

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, Puffs, Bloody Mary, Xmas Krackers, The Tempest, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 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 Bridge Project; TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club (2015-17), The Culture Crew; Cajam Circus AWARDS: John de Feu Award (2021)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2023 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, 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

KADEN RAMM

ALYSSANDRA HIGGINS

HUNTER SAMS

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, Puffs, Bloody Mary, The Tempest, 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 - SECOND YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, Puffs, The Tempest 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)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2019 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SECOND YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, Puffs, Blood Will Have Blood, 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

Lilly Cahill

Chadwick Meade

Willow Carlisle

Cissy Franks

GEORGE ABEDNEGO

Nicholas Chatman

Bennett Francis

ALLY ARMITAGE-COSGROVE

AVA SALDANA LOPEZ

FAITH TAYLOR

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR THEATREiNQ: 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)

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR THEATREiNQ: This is Faith’s first production with TheatreiNQ 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)

Tanya Gleason

Ensemble

KIAHNA CULLETON

AIVA TYRIE

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR THEATREiNQ: Measure for Measure OTHER THEATRE: Acting with Arminelle: Stone Fragments (2023), 19 (2023); Combined Schools Musical: Beauty and the Beast (2022), Back to the 80s (2021); Qld Theatre/Matriak Theatre Inc.: Digital Storytelling Project - Scare on the Air ADVERTISING: Willows Shopping Centre TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; The Culture Club (2022); Acting with Arminelle (2021-23); Mulkadee (202123); Theatre Residency Week (2021-22); Townsville Academy of Performing Arts (2008-2020)

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - FIRST YEAR 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 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT - THIRD YEAR THEATREiNQ: The Government Inspector, Measure for Measure, Puffs, Bloody Mary, The Tempest, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Theatre Residency Week NQ (2021)

Ensemble

Ensemble

Ensemble

DANIEL LOBLEY

FIONN BAKER-GOODSON

SASHA LEA-ROWELL

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2021 THEATREiNQ: Technical Team: The Government Inspector, Chewing Gum Dreams, Measure for Measure, Puffs, The Tempest, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Orphans, Blood Will Have Blood, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass; Lighting Design: 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)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2022 THE BRIDGE PROJECT TECHNICAL THEATREiNQ: Sound Design/Operator: Puffs; Sound/AV Operator: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, 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

THE BRIDGE PROJECT TECHNICAL THEATREiNQ: 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)

Stage Manager/Lighting Design

Sound Design / Operator

Lighting Operator

from the director Mentoring The Bridge Project has been one of the most rewarding things I have done in my life as an Actor. But over the past twelve years, I have seen a swift decline in the mental health of young people that saddens me. Stories like this one are all too true in today’s world. While Punk Rock doesn’t necessarily offer any solutions, I appreciate the effort it makes to explore the struggle and highlight the challenge we face when asked to extend our empathy beyond our understanding or experience.

I feel very privileged to get to work with the next generation and to have them teach me. I am very proud of what they achieve as individuals but more importantly, what we all create together as a team - both young and old, experienced and emerging. Learning from each other and growing together.

x Terri

TERRI BRABON

BRENDAN O’CONNOR

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER THEATREiNQ: Terri is the co-founder and Artistic Director of THEATREiNQ. She is the resident director and continues to perform as an actor. This is her 44th production with the company.

PLAYWRIGHT/ADAPTATIONS: 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 (2012-14/2018) AWARDS: Order of Australia Medal (2024); TCC Jean-Pierre Voos Theatre Award (2012) TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER THEATREiNQ: Brendan is a co-founder and leading actor of TheatreiNQ, featuring in over 40 roles. In addition to his onstage roles, behind the scenes he is also the Company Production Manager, Set Designer and Builder and Fight Choreographer.

OTHER THEATRE: 18 Years as leading actor with the Australian Shakespeare Company; founding Member of Tropic Line Theatre Company and original cast of Shakespeare Under the Stars; 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: 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

Director / Sound Design The Bridge Project Mentor

Set Design The Bridge Project Mentor

Thank You Nita Vasilescu / John & Beth Honeycombe / Phillip Lambert / The Speckled Hen / JRNQ Production

Nicholas Rose / Lara Hodgson / Charlotte Davies / Michael Gleeson / Paris Walsh / Emma Lamberton Keely Pronk / Michael Doris / Hollie Sams / Anna Vella-Sams / Michael Sams / Joe Watkins Harlee Timms / Robbie Esling / Kerry & Mark Santariga

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