16 JULY – 20 AUGUST 2016 BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter SCENE 1 SCENE 4 SCENE 6 SCENE 8 1977. PUB. SPRING. 1974. ROBERT AND A FEW WEEKS LATER… 1971. FLAT. SUMMER. SCENE 2 EMMA’S HOUSE. LIVING FLAT. SUMMER. SCENE 9 LATER – THE SAME ROOM. AUTUMN. SCENE 7 1968. ROBERT AND DAY. JERRY’S HOUSE. SCENE 5 A FEW WEEKS EMMA’S HOUSE. STUDY. 1973. HOTEL ROOM. LATER… RESTAURANT. BEDROOM. WINTER. SCENE 3 VENICE. SUMMER. 1975. FLAT. WINTER. PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR HAROLD PINTER MARK KILMURRY CAST CREW ROBERT DESIGNER STAGE MANAGER GUY EDMONDS ANNA GARDINER LAUREN TULLOH EMMA LIGHTING DESIGNER ASSISTANT URSULA MILLS CHRISTOPHER PAGE STAGE MANAGER SLADE BLANCH JERRY AV DESIGNER MATTHEW ZEREMES TIM HOPE WARDROBE COORDINATOR RENATA BESLIK RUNNING TIME: 90 MINUTES (NO INTERVAL) HAROLD PINTER – PLAYWRIGHT Harold Pinter was born in THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN and London in 1930. He lived with SLEUTH, and directed twenty-seven theatre Antonia Fraser from 1975 until productions, including James Joyce’s EXILES, his death on Christmas Eve David Mamet’s OLEANNA, seven plays by 2008. (They were married in 1980). He wrote Simon Gray and many of his own plays twenty-nine plays including THE BIRTHDAY including his last, CELEBRATION, paired with his PARTY, THE DUMB WAITER, THE CARETAKER, first, THE ROOM AT THE ALMEIDA THEATRE, THE HOMECOMING, OLD TIMES, NO MAN’S London in the spring of 2000. In 2005 he LAND and BETRAYAL, twenty-one screenplays received the Nobel Prize for Literature. including THE SERVANT, THE GO-BETWEEN, MARK KILMURRY – DIRECTOR Mark is a director, actor and MENAGERIE, FRANKENSTEIN, MANAGING writer and artistic director of CARMEN, RED, THE SPEAR CARRIER and the Ensemble Theatre. Recent HAMLET. Mark is the recipient of two Norman Ensemble Theatre directing Kessell Memorial Awards for an Outstanding credits include: GOOD PEOPLE, MY ZINC Performance by an Actor for his roles in BED, EDUCATING RITA, ABSENT FRIENDS, HAMLET and JAPES and was awarded the 2006 OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE ANZAC PROJECT, Hayes Gordon Memorial Award for Important RICHARD III (also played Richard), THE GLASS Contribution to Theatre. BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter 3 GUY EDMONDS – ROBERT Guy Edmonds graduated include THE MOODYS, A MOODY CHRISTMAS, from QUT’s acclaimed acting WONDERLAND, HOUSE HUSBANDS, CAMP, program. Some theatre credits UNDERBELLY: RAZOR, and HOME AND AWAY. include MTC’s RUPERT as He will soon be seen in series two of ABC’s ‘Young Rupert’ in the Sydney, Melbourne and THE CODE. Some feature film credits include Washington seasons, THE WITCHES with BEDLAM, RAPID FEAR and SUPER AWESOME, Griffin and Malthouse Theatres, DREAM HOME which he also co-wrote and directed. Guy at Ensemble, TOY SYMPHONY with Belvoir directs, writes and produces films and and HOLDING THE MAN in Australia and on commercials, his work has screened around the London’s West End. Some of his TV credits world and won many awards. URSULA MILLS – EMMA Acclaimed Australian actress, COMEDY OF ERRORS. She also directed the Ursula Mills has most recently one-man show, DEMYSTIFYING MAGIC for the starred as Chrysothemis Hollywood Fringe Festival. On screen Ursula in ELEKTRA/ORESTES at appeared in PJ Hogan’s feature PETER PAN Company B and Lian in KRYPTONITE - a co- and has recently completed filming a lead role production between Sydney Theatre Company in the upcoming sci-fi film TELEIOS. She has and State Theatre Company of South Australia, also played supporting roles in films THE TAIL with her performance being recognised with JOB, BUNKER and VESSEL and on television, a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Ursula has made a guest appearance on Best Actress in a Main Stage Production. A Network Ten’s drama series, OUT OF THE BLUE. member of The Residents at Sydney Theatre Ursula studied Shakespeare at London’s Royal Company; hand-picked by Cate Blanchett and Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Groundlings Andrew Upton to form an ensemble company School of Improv and graduated from Western of nine actors under their Artistic Direction, her Australia Academy of Performing Arts in 2006. outstanding list of theatre credits there include: She was awarded the Ian Potter Cultural Trust KRYPTONITE, VS. MACBETH, ORESTEIA, Grant and the Shark Island Institute Grant for ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST, Emerging Artists. Ursula will be appearing in the THE MYSTERIES: GENESIS, LEVIATHAN and Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2017 season. MATTHEW ZEREMES – JERRY Matthew Zeremes graduated CITY and will appear in the upcoming HOGES from the Queensland University mini-series. Matthew starred in the original of Technology (QUT) in 2002 stage version of HOLDING THE MAN as John and is known for his television, Caleo for the Griffin Theatre Company in 2006, theatre and film roles. He wrote, co-produced, adapted from the novel of the same name by directed and starred in the feature film BURKE & Tommy Murphy. He has also performed in the WILLS which premiered at TriBeCa film festival. play for Belvoir in 2007, MTC, Sydney Opera His other film credits as an actor include ALL House and on London’s West End in 2010. His MY FRIENDS ARE LEAVING BRISBANE, SOLO, other theatre credits include THE BULL, THE STRANGERS LOVERS KILLERS, CIRCLE OF LIES, MOON AND THE CORONET OF STARS for Griffin, AIM HIGH IN CREATION and SUPER AWESOME. BECKY SHAW, SEMINAR for Ensemble, 10,000 Matthew’s television credits include ALL SAINTS, BEERS for Darlinghurst Theatre Co., SATURN’S SMALL CLAIMS, THE SURGEON, CHANDON RETURN and EMBERS for STC, and NINJA, TINY PICTURES, HOME & AWAY, UNDERBELLY FILES: DYNAMITE, LITTLE MALCOLM and THIS IS OUR THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY, FATAL HONEYMOON, YOUTH all which he produced and staged at ELEGANT GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO KNIFE independent Sydney venues. Matthew has also FIGHTING, DR FEELGOOD and more recently the been involved in many short films throughout successful ABC series MISS FISHER’S MURDER his career, including HARDBALL, which he made MYSTERIES. In 2016, Matthew featured in with Guy Edmonds and was part of Tropfest’s top the highly anticipated Foxtel series SECRET 16 this year. ANNA GARDINER – DESIGNER A WAAPA Design graduate, THIS FELLA, MY MEMORY for Moogahlin Anna has designed numerous Performing Arts; HENRY V for Bell Shakespeare; productions across Sydney BLOOD BROTHERS for Enda Markey Presents; including; Costume Design: for THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER for Monkey Sport for Jove - ROMEO AND Baa; ORPHANS for Redline Productions; JULIET, AS YOU LIKE IT, MACBETH, HAMLET, SHELLSHOCK at Riverside Theatre; FOLLIES - IN CYRANO DE BERGERAC. Set and Costume CONCERT for Storyboard Entertainment; INNER Design: for Sport for Jove - THE TEMPEST, VOICES for Don’t Look Away. Anna has been TWELFTH NIGHT, THE CRUCIBLE, THE nominated for two Sydney Theatre Awards MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE IMPORTANCE OF for her work on Sport For Jove’s CYRANO DE BEING EARNEST, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. BERGERAC and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, For Ensemble Theatre - A YEAR WITH FROG was nominated for a Greenroom Award for Bell AND TOAD, CAMP, DARK VOYAGER, ABSENT Shakespeare’s HENRY V and was the winner of FRIENDS, EDUCATING RITA, THE SHOE-HORN the 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Stage SONATA, LADIES IN LAVENDER, JACK OF Design of a Mainstream Production for HENRY HEARTS, A HISTORY OF FALLING THINGS. V. Anna has received a 2015 APDG Award for Other Companies -TIGER COUNTRY for Little Emerging Designer for Stage for her work on Spoon Theatre; ROOTED for Don’t Look Away; THE CRUCIBLE. BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter 5 CHRISTOPHER PAGE – LIGHTING DESIGNER For Ensemble Chris has also SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM for Enda Markey designed A HISTORY OF Presents; THE WITCHES, FIVE PROPERTIES FALLING THINGS, THE GOOD OF CHAINMALE for Griffin Theatre; HOUSE OF DOCTOR, BLUE/ORANGE. Other RAMON IGLESIA, PLATONOV for Mop Head; recent credits include: THE MAN WITH FIVE CHI UDAKA for TaikOZ & Sydney Festival; CHILREN, RIDE/FOURPLAY at Darlinghurst CULMINATE for Force Majeure; THE DARK Theatre, BLACK JESUS, HIS MOTHER’S VOICE, ROOM, WINDMILL BABY, AS YOU LIKE IT for GREAT EXPECTATIONS, HIS DARK MATERIALS Belvoir; THE TENDER AGE, TELL IT LIKE IT for bAKEHOUSE; GHOST STORIES for Prince ISN’T, RAINBOW’S ENDING for ATYP and Moo Productions; DEFYING GRAVITY, BLOOD TRUCK STOP for Q Theatre. BROTHERS, DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?, TIM HOPE – AV DESIGNER Tim is a Sydney based actor, Cotton/Etcetera’s THE INVENTORISTS and film and theatre maker. He Ascham School’s INTO THE WOODS and graduated from the Australian CORAM BOY as Lighting Designer; CAT VS Academy of Dramatic Arts in TOAST (short) as Director of Photography; 2013 with a Bachelor of Performance. Since as well as being regular AV mentor at AIM: graduating he has worked on projects such Dramatic Arts and film mentor at SCEGGS as Sydney Festival and Ken Unsworth’s THE Darlinghurst. He still acts, when he has the time ARRANGEMENT as an AV designer; Julia and wishes he had more of it. RENATA BESLIK – WARDROBE COORDINATOR Renata is a costume supervisor mentor to the costume students. Costume and maker, most recently as making credits include OPERA AUSTRALIA, costume buyer for Screentime’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LOVE NEVER upcoming show THE SECRET DIES, THE CRUCIBLE for Sport for Jove, KING DAUGHTER. As Head of Costume for Bell KONG for Global Creatures, IN THE NEXT Shakespeare Renata worked on HENRY V, ROOM for STC, THE ORESETES TRILOGY for THE WINTER’S TALE, MACBETH, INTIMATE Steam Industry in London. Renata has a special LETTERS and TARTUFFE. Since graduating interest in millinery, working on Baz Lurhman’s from NIDA’s Costume Production course THE GREAT GATSBY, VICTORY OVER THE SUN in 2007, Renata has been invited back to for Sydney Biennale, THE 7 SOPRANOS for supervise productions such as THE TEMPEST, Crea8ion and Opera Australia’s CARMEN, AIDA WOYCECK, A LIE OF THE MIND, PORT and and MY FAIR LADY.