The Tempest 2022

presents Shakespeare Under the Stars 2022

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

directed by Terri Brabon

14 - 25 September 2022

Queens Gardens, North Ward

SYNOPSIS

ACT ONE SCENE 1

The Queen of Milan’s ship is returning to Italy having attended her daughter’s wedding in Tunis. Also on board is her son and heir, Ferdinand, her sister Princess Sebastienne, Antonio – the Duke of Milan, her chief counsellor, Gonzalo and his son and daughter. The ship is visited by the Spirits, who raise a fierce storm, tearing the ship apart.

ACT ONE SCENE 2

Suspecting her father, Prospero is responsible for the storm, Miranda is distraught but he assures her no-one has been harmed. He shares with her the tale of how they came to be shipwrecked themselves on this island, twelve years earlier. His ambitious brother, Antonio with the help of Queen Alonsa, overthrew Prospero and by force, banished him and Miranda to the open seas, never to be heard of again.

Propsero places Miranda under a sleeping spell and calls on the spirit, Ariel. She reports the events of the storm and reassures Prospero that everyone is safe and dispersed throughout the island. When Ariel asks to be set free, Prospero threatens her and reminds her how he saved her from a curse placed on her by the witch Sycorax. Ariel submits and Prospero promises to release her in two days if she will help him with this one last project.

As Ariel disappears, Prospero awakens Miranda and summons his servant, Caliban who is the monstrous son of the witch Sycorax. Prospero berates the unpleasant Caliban and reveals that when they first arrived, he had treated Caliban like a son, until he attempted to rape Miranda. Prospero forces him to fetch wood for their fire.

ACT ONE SCENE 3

Having survived the shipwreck, Ferdinand searches desperately for his mother. Ariel and the Spirits torment him with a song that makes him believe his mother is drowned. When he sees Miranda, it is love at first sight. Prospero reveals that he plans for them to wed, but to make sure the relationship doesn’t develop too fast, he decides to make things difficult. Prospero accuses Ferdinand of trying to depose him as the leader of the island. When threatened with imprisonment, Ferdinand draws his sword but Prospero charms him and takes him away to prison, ignoring the pleas of Miranda.

ACT ONE SCENE 4

Elsewhere on the island, the Queen and Nobles seek for the presumed dead Ferdinand. Gonzalo comments on their miraculous escape and the inexplicable state of their clothes. Ariel appears putting them all asleep except for Sebastienne and Antonio. Seeing an opportunity, the two contemplate killing the Queen, making Sebastienne, the Queen of Naples – just as Antonio usurped his brother to become Duke of Milan. As they draw their weapons, Ariel whispers a warning in Gonzalo’s ear who awakens suddenly and Sebastienne and Antonio pretend they were protecting the sleepers from a pack of lions. Shaken and wary, the group resolves to continue searching for the missing Prince.

ACT ONE SCENE 5

Meanwhile, Caliban is fetching wood while cursing his master. He hears Trincula, Queen Alonsa’s silly maid and thinking she is a spirit sent by Prospero to hurt him, he hides under his cloak. Undeterred by Caliban’s odd appearance and fish-like smell, Trincula crawls under Caliban’s cloak to protect her from the storm. Shortly after, Stephano, Queen Alonsa’s butler, arrives drunk and singing and stumbles upon the strange sight of Trincula and Caliban underneath the cloak. Stephano decides that it is a two headed, four legged monster suffering an ailment and pours some wine into his mouth. Caliban believes the drink is celestial and so Stephano must be a God. He offers to be his subject and swears off his former master, Prospero. Thinking that everyone from the ship is drowned, Stephano agrees and dreams of being the Lord of the island.

ACT TWO SCENE 1

Stephano, Trincula and Caliban are now raucously drunk. Caliban worships Stephano and his heavenly drink but loathes and mocks Trincula. They are visited by the invisible Ariel, who overhears their plan to kill Prospero, seize Miranda and take control as King of the Island. Ariel leaves to inform Prospero as the Spirits lead the drunken crew on a merry goose-chase.

ACT TWO SCENE 2

Prospero watches unseen as Ferdinand & Miranda fall deeper in love and exchange a promise of marriage.

ACT TWO SCENE 3

Meanwhile, Queen Alonsa and the Nobles grow weary of their search for the presumed-drowned Ferdinand. Prospero watches unseen as the Spirits conjure a large banquet and invite the Nobles to feast. Starving, they move to eat as a spell is cast over them. The Banquet disappears as the Queen, Antonio and Sebastienne are visited by a Harpy and haunted by memories of their past crimes against Prospero and Miranda. The Queen is told that her son’s death is punishment for these crimes and they are left guilt-ridden and remorseful. The Queen exits threatening to drown herself and the Nobles hurry after her hastily.

ACT TWO SCENE 4

Prospero performs a magical marriage ceremony for Ferdinand & Miranda by summoning the Spirits and the Goddess to perform an ancient wedding ritual. As the young lovers rejoice, Prospero is suddenly angry and disrupts the festivities. He has remembered Caliban’s plot against him and summons Ariel and the Spirits to set a trap for the drunken would-be villains.

ACT TWO SCENE 5

Ariel updates Prospero on the state of the Queen and her followers who are now under a spell, wandering around the island in a state of constant remorse. Ariel manages to make Prospero see that he must now put an end to his revengeful torture and thus move past his bitterness and resentment. Prospero calls upon the Spirits and vows that after his work is done, he shall give up his magic, brake his staff and throw his book deep in the ocean, thus freeing them all. Prospero lifts the spell from the Nobles and reveals himself to his enemies. After much remorse, Prospero forgives them all. Queen Alonsa tells Prospero of the loss of her son and Prospero replies by saying that he too has recently lost his daughter. Showing the Queen his meaning, he brings forth Miranda and Ferdinand, reuniting the Queen with her son. Miranda is just as stunned at the sight of the noble group, having never see so many people.

Ariel returns with the Boatswain and Mariners who inform the Queen that, miraculously, their ship is in perfect condition and ready to sail. He explains that he and the crew have been asleep under the ship since the storm and have only just awakened. At Prospero’s request, Ariel brings in Caliban, Stephano and Trincula. Prospero berates Caliban but instead of punishing him as Caliban expects, Prospero shows mercy and bestows upon him his home.

He proposes that everyone stay for the night on the Queen’s ship, where he will recount the story of he and Miranda’s life in the island for the past twelve years. After which, the group shall sail to Italy, where Prospero shall retire in Milan. Prospero gives Ariel one last task, to make sure the seas are calm for the return voyage. After which, Prospero sets Ariel free.

EPILOGUE

Alone, Prospero asks forgiveness from the audience for any wrongdoings and requests to be set free by joining your hands together to applaud.

Company Professionals

BRENDAN O’CONNOR Prospero

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Brendan’s 16th appearance on the garden stage. He performed in the first ever Shakespeare Under The Stars as Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (1992). Most recently as Richard III in Blood Will Have Blood (2021), Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (2020), Iago in Othello (2019) and Macbeth (2013)

THEATREiNQ: Brendan is a co-founder of TheatreiNQ and has featured in 39 of our 47 Productions. In addition to his on-stage roles, behind the scenes the multi-talented actor is also the Company Production Manager, Set Designer and Construction, 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 and original cast of Shakespeare Under the Stars; AFCM - Noye’s Fludde (God); JUTE - Summaris and Grace

OTHER: Mentor TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Actor & Technical Strand); Mulkadee Drama Coach (2012-14/2018)

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

TRAINING: Associate Diploma of Performing Arts

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)

LACHLAN STEVENSON

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2013

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: 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 WithThe Queen, Crew: WhatistheMatterwithMaryJane?,TheCrippleofInishmaan,Sylvia

OTHER THEATRE: Earlier this year Lachlan joined with fellow The Bridge Project Alumni and WAAPA Graduates, Brittany Santariga & James Thomasson to form Stacks On Theatre in Sydney; 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)

Company Apprentice

ROSALILI FORD

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SESSIONS

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Much Ado About Nothing

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through the Looking Glass

OTHER THEATRE: Magnetic Island’s Theatre on the Rock Productions

ADVERTISING: Pickerings

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project, ThiNQ ED Workshops

Company Actors

ARMINELLE FLEMING Trincula

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2011 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This will be Arminelle’s 11th appearance on the garden stage. Her first being 2001’s The Merchant of Venice as Jessica. Notable roles include: 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 MusicalBeauty and the Beast; TCC Carols by Candlelight Writer/Director (201921); 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- BA (Drama/History); Shakespeare & Co (USA); Trinity College (UK); ACS (Scotland)

AWARDS: John du Feu Award (2018)

VICTORIA FOWLER Sebastienne

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SESSIONS

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Much Ado About Nothing, Othello

THEATREiNQ: The Blood of Kings, Alice Through the Looking Glass, DNA

OTHER THEATRE: St Margaret Mary’s Productions; Queensland Theatre’s The Scene Project

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; THiNQ ED Workshops; NIDA Short Courses

LISANDRO GARCIA

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - SESSIONS

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Much Ado about Nothing, Othello

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass, The Blood of Kings, DNA

ADVERTISING: Pickerings; DoorDash

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; ThiNQ Ed Workshops

AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2021)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2012

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummers Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear

THEATREiNQ: 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, Hair; TCS: Avenue Q, Spamalot, West Side Story, Chess

TV: Spotlight - A Current Affair

OTHER: Coach - TheatreiNQ’s The Performance Project (2022); The Culture Crew (2016-18); Mulkadee Drama

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2014-2017)

AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2018); TCC Performance of the Year (Chess, TCOS 2010)

MICHAEL GLEESON Boatswain

Company Actors cont...

JOHN GOODSON Stephano

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This will be John’s 18th appearance on the garden stage. His first was in Macbeth (1996). 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 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

FILM: Departure Lounge for Lucky Country Productions

OTHER: Teacher, Puppeteer, Author, Musician; Music Coach The Culture Club; Actor - Tropic Sun Theatre; Musician - The Astronaut Launch Party

TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

AWARDS: Jean Pierre Award (2011)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible 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

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Victoria Stanborough Vocal Studio (2003-08); Susan Grinsell Singing Studio(2009-12)

AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2020)

HOLLIE SAMS

Spirit

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2019

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Hollie’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production

THEATREiNQ: The Blood of Kings, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Christmas in Wonderland 2018 & 2019

OTHER THEATRE: The Inquisitive Princess, Samantha the Prankster

ADVERTISING: Georgio Clothing, Townsville City Council, Mount Margaret; Ephemera (TCC); Museum of Tropical Queensland

TRAINING: Acting with Arminelle

MICHAEL SAMS Antonio

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2014

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Othello, Romeo and Juliet

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Blood of Kings, The Crucible

OTHER THEATRE: Over 60 productions 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, K-Mart, Mount Margaret, Qld Govt, Remax, Ruralquip, Toyota, YourHub, Museum of Tropical NQ, TCC, Polar Air

OTHER: Published short story and play writer, Regional Literary Manager (Short & Sweet Festival)

TRAINING: Bachelor of Arts (Drama) QUT; Masters Creative Writing

Macquarie University; Playlab Incubator Program

AWARDS: Best Director/Actor (S&S 2018), Best Actor (FOOAP 2017), Adjudicator’s Award (FOOAP 2016)

EMMA SMITH Ariel

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: 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: 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 Culture Club (2015-17), The Culture Crew; CAJAM Circus

AWARDS: John De Feu Award (2021)

ROBERT STREET

Gonzalo

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2013 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Robert’s 13th 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 III 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; Original Cast Member of Shakespeare Under the Stars

DANCE: Professional dancer - DanceNorth (1999 - 2005); Ulysses (20112013)

TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

AWARDS: John du Feu Award (2016)

ANNA VELLA-SAMS

Queen Alonsa

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2015

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Twelfth Night

THEATREiNQ: The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, One Man,Two Guvnors, Twelfth Night

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 (JCU)

KEELY PRONK Spirit

Tempest The Cast

Prospero...................................... BRENDAN O’CONNOR

Ariel (a Spirit) ........................................... EMMA SMITH

Miranda (Prospero’s daughter) .................. ROSALILI FORD

Ferdinand ......................................... LISANDRO GARCIA

Queen Alonsa (Ferdinand’s mother) ... ANNA VELLA-SAMS

Antonio (Prospero’s brother) .................... MICHAEL SAMS

Sebastiane (the Queen’s sister) ............ VICTORIA FOWLER

Gonzalo (the Queen’s Councellor) ............ ROBERT STREET

Francisco (Gonzalo’s son) ........................ NICHOLAS ROSE

Adrianne (Gonzalo’s daughter) ............... LARA HODGSON

Caliban (a creature) ...................... LACHLAN STEVENSON

Stephano (Queen’s Butler) ..................... JOHN GOODSON

Trincula (Queen’s Maid) .................. ARMINELLE FLEMING

Boatswain ....................................... MICHAEL GLEESON

Mariners ................................................ KADEN RAMM ........................................................... JANOLD SMIT

Spirits ....................................................... KEELY PRONK ..................................................ASHLEIGH DODSON .......................................................... LILY BARTLETT ..................................... ALLY ARMITAGE-COSGROVE ...........................................................

HOLLIE SAMS .................................................. CHARLOTTE DAVIES ............................................. ALYSSANDRA HIGGINS

Young Miranda ...................................... EVELYN PRONK

Understudies .................................. EMMA LAMBERTON ...........................................................

PARIS WALSH ............................................................... ENSEMBLE

by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Production

Director ..................................... TERRI BRABON

Production Manager ................... CHRIS NOBILE

Lighting Operator ...................... DANIEL LOBLEY

Sound Operator ......... FIONN BAKER-GOODSON

Sound Technician ....................... YOSHIE KENNY

Crew ................................................ PIP HAUPT

DESIGN Set .................................. BRENDAN O’CONNOR ................................................. ROBBIE ESLING

Costumes ................................. KATHY BRABON .................................................. TERRI BRABON

Lighting ................................... THOMAS ROACH

Sound/Composer ....................... TERRI BRABON Specialist Jewellery ................. ANN O’CONNOR

Set Construction ............. BRENDAN O’CONNOR ................................................. ROBBIE ESLING

Scenic Painting ........................... ROSALILI FORD

Specialist Props ........................ SUSAN BRABON ....................................................... RITA NEALE ................................................... KELLIE ESLING Wig Stylist ............................ KERRY SANTARIGA

Production Assistants ....... THE BRIDGE PROJECT

Marketing Coordinator ....... EMMA LAMBERTON

Photographer ....................... CHRISSY MAGUIRE

Event Team ....................... ANNE-MARIE SMITH .......................................... EMMA LAMBERTON .................................................... PARIS WALSH ............................................ BONNIE NICHOLAS ............................................. TRISTAN FLEMING

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.

adapted & directed by TERRI BRABON

Miranda & Ferdinand

Company Actors cont...

EMMA LAMBERTON Understudy

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2012

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear

THEATREiNQ: 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 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: Mentor - TheatreiNQ’s The Performance Project (2022); Club Leader The Culture Club/Crew (2015-17); Mulkadee Drama Coach (2019/22)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Bachelor of New Media Arts (JCU)

AWARDS: Jean-Pierre Award (2021), Anywhere Festival (2019), Martin Gibson Medal (2015)

PARIS WALSH Understudy

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2015

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible 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 Liasons Dangereuses

OTHER THEATRE: Australian Shakespeare Company Grad Players: Much Ado About Benedick & Beatrice

TV: Spotlight - A Current Affair

OTHER: Mentor - TheatreiNQ’s The Performance Project (2022); Training Artist - Qld Theatre (2022); Mulkadee Drama Coach (2018/21)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Bachelor of Education (JCU)

AWARDS: TTC Best Supporting Actress (2017) A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Frankenstein

The Bridge Project

ALLYARMITAGE-COSGROVE Spirit

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Ally’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production.

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2022); Queensland Theatre Residency Week (2021)

LILY BARTLETT Spirit

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Lily’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production.

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturuo Ui

OTHER THEATRE: The Cathedral School Production: All Shook Up (2022)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2022); Acting with Arminelle; North Queensland Theatre Residency Week (2021); ThiNQ Ed Workshops

The Bridge Project cont...

ASHLEIGH DODSON Spirit

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

OTHER THEATRE: Props Youth Theatre (2014-2019); St Anthony’s Catholic College School Productions (2017-2021); Mulkadee (2018-2021); The Scene Project (2018-2021); NQOMT: Jersey Boys (2021)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club (2021); Acting with Arminelle (2021); Theatre Residency Week (2020-2021)

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Lara’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

OTHER THEATRE: Full Throttle Theatre Company: Medea (2021), Props Youth Theatre (2016-2019)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2022)

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Kaden’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production.

THEATREiNQ: 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 (2022); Queensland Theatre Residency Week (2020)

NICHOLAS ROSE Francisco

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise ofArturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, Frankenstein, TCC Carols by Candlelight (2019-21); Crew: Alice Through the Looking Glass

OTHER THEATRE: Townsville Grammar School Production: The Tempest (2019), Beach (2017); Props Youth Theatre: The Secret Garden (2019), Charlotte’s Web (2017), Rapunzel (2015)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2022); TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club; ThiNQ Ed Workshops; Acting with Arminelle; Murrell Academy of Drama; Various NIDA short courses 2014-2015; The Actors Gallery, Theatre Residency Week (2020)

JANOLD SMIT Mariner

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Janold’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production.

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

OTHER THEATRE: Townsville Little Theatre; School Plays

FILM: Ant: Bullying Video

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (2022); Murrell Academy of Drama; Voice Singing School; DanceNorth Public Classes; Ann Roberts School of Dancing; Full Throttle Theatre Company Workshops; Modelling

Guest Actors

CHARLOTTE DAVIES Spirit

THE BRIDGE PROJECT 2021

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, The Merry Wives of Windsor

THEATREiNQ: The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through the Looking Glass

OTHER THEATRE: Full Throttle Theatre: Sweeny 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

TRAINING: TheatreINQ’s The Bridge Project

CHRIS NOBILE Production Manager

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER

THEATREiNQ: Chris has been the Production/Stage Manager for Shakespeare Under the Stars Event for the past 12 years and has worked on over 18 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)

ALYSSANDRA HIGGINS Spirit THOMAS ROACH Lighting Designer

THE CULTURE CLUB 2021-22

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Alyssandra’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production.

THEATREiNQ: This is Alyssandra’s first production with TheatreiNQ.

OTHER THEATRE: 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 Culture Club (2022); Acting with Arminelle; Mulkadee (2018-2022); Theatre Residency Week NQ (2020-21); Ann Roberts School of Dance (2008-2022)

EVELYN PRONK Young Miranda

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Evelyn’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production and the first with TheatreiNQ

OTHER: Evelyn attends Currajong State School and is very excited to be performing on the garden stage this year.

TRAINING: Acting with Arminelle

Production

TERRI BRABON Director

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Terri has directed and adapted every Shakespeare Under The Stars since the passing of Jean-Pierre Voos in 2008. As an actor, Terri has performed in 19 Shakespeare Under The Stars. 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), Emelia in Othello (2019)

THEATREiNQ: Terri is a co-founder of TheatreiNQ, the current Artistic Director and has directed all but three productions for the company. Terri also continues to perform as an actor. Most recent performances include: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Weir and First Born.

PLAYWRIGHT/ADAPTATIONS: 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)

TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

AWARDS: Townsville City Council Jean-Pierre Voos Theatre Award (2012)

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Lighting Design: The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Technical Team: Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III

THEATREiNQ: Technical Team: One Man, Two Guvnors, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, Sylvia, The Crucible, Last Post.

OTHER: Deputy Lighting Supervisor: Melbourne Theatre Company; Lighting Technician: Dancenorth, The Malthouse Theatre; Australian Shakespeare Company

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project - Technical (2014-2016)

AWARDS: Green Room Award 2021: Lighting Design - Dance; 2014 Martin Gibson Medal for promising young talent; NQ Arts Technical Award 2014

DANIEL LOBLEY Lighting Operator

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 2ND YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Sound Operator: Blood Will Have Blood

THEATREiNQ: Sound Operator: The White Rose and the Red; Stage Manager: Orphans; Lighting Designer/ Operator: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Performance Project 2022; Crew: Alice Through the Looking Glass

OTHER THEATRE: Stage Manager Combined School Musical - Beauty and the Beast; Kirwan State High School: Troy Bolton in High School Musical; Backstage Crew: Wizard of Oz, Bring it On, Seussical the Musical, Popstars the 90’s Musical; Townsville Choral Society: Crew: We Will Rock You, Les Miserables, Shrek the Musical, Mamma Mia; NQOMT: Crew: Strictly Ballroom; NQPA: Crew: Jesus Christ the Superstar

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project (Technical)

FIONN BAKER-GOODSON Sound/AV Operator

THE BRIDGE PROJECT - 1ST YEAR SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Fionn’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production

THEATREiNQ: AV Operator: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; 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

From the Director

The first Shakespeare play I ever performed in was THE TEMPEST in 1995, directed by Jean-Pierre Voos for Shakespeare Under the Stars. So this one feels like a bit of a homecoming for me and a tribute to my old mentor. The role I played back then was Ariel , so it has been particularly rewarding for me to have my niece Emma tackle the same role in her first leading role for the company and I am so very proud of the Ariel she has created.

There is something very special about this play, something truly magical that you can’t quite put your finger on. As though Shakespeare has hidden a spell within his language and we are left completely charmed. I am very grateful to this team for the absolute joy this show has been to work on. To Lachlan and Thomasthank you for coming home to be a part of this event and for continuing to share your talents with the company. To Brendan - thank you for your gift of Prospero.

And to Jean-Pierre, thank you for introducing me to THE TEMPEST , to Shakespeare and to Shakespeare Under the Stars. I will forever be your Ariel x Terri

Jean-Pierre Voos

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