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WITH EMMA BEATTIE OLIVER BOOT CRYSTAL CONDIE EMMA-JANE GOODWIN JULIE HALE JOSHUA JENKINS BRUCE MCGREGOR DAVID MICHAELS DEBRA MICHAELS SAM NEWTON AMANDA POSENER JOE RISING KIERAN GARLAND MATT WILMAN DANIELLE YOUNG 11 JAN – 25 FEB 2018 ARTS CENTRE , PLAYHOUSE

Presented by Melbourne Theatre and

This production runs for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 20 minute interval. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is presented with kind permission of Warner Bros. Entertainment. World premiere: The National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre, 2 August 2012; at the from 1 March 2013; at the from 24 June 2014; UK tour from 21 January 2017; international tour from 20 September 2017

Melbourne Theatre Company and Arts Centre Melbourne acknowledge the Yalukit Willam Peoples of the Boon Wurrung, the Traditional Owners of the land on which this performance takes place, and we pay our respects to Melbourne’s First Peoples, to their ancestors past and present, and to our shared future.

DIRECTOR MARIANNE ELLIOTT

DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER VIDEO DESIGNER

MOVEMENT DIRECTORS MUSIC SOUND DESIGNER SCOTT GRAHAM AND ADRIAN SUTTON IAN DICKINSON STEVEN HOGGETT FOR AUTOGRAPH FOR FRANTIC ASSEMBLY

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESIDENT DIRECTOR ELLE WHILE KIM PEARCE

COMPANY VOICE WORK DIALECT COACH CASTING CHARMIAN HOARE JEANNETTE NELSON JILL GREEN CDG The Cast Christopher Boone JOSHUA JENKINS SAM NEWTON* Siobhan JULIE HALE Ed DAVID MICHAELS Judy EMMA BEATTIE Mrs Alexander / Posh Woman / Voice Six DEBRA MICHAELS Mrs Shears / Mrs Gascoyne / Voice One / Woman on Train AMANDA POSENER Roger Shears / Duty Sergeant / Voice Two / Mr Wise / Man Behind Counter / Drunk One OLIVER BOOT Policeman 1 / Mr Thompson / Voice Three / Drunk Two / Man with Socks / Policeman MATT WILMAN No 40 / Voice Five / Lady in Street / Information / Punk Girl CRYSTAL CONDIE Reverend Peters / Uncle Terry / Voice Four / Station Policeman / Station Guard BRUCE MCGREGOR All other parts played by members of the ensemble

*At some performances, the part of Christopher is played by Sam Newton

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Siobhan, Judy, Mrs Alexander (1st cover), Mrs Shears (2nd cover): EMMA-JANE GOODWIN; for No 40 (2nd cover): AMANDA POSENER; for Roger Shears, Mr Thompson (1st cover): JOE RISING; for Ed , Reverend Peters (1st cover), Roger Shears (2nd cover): KIERAN GARLAND; for Reverend Peters (2nd cover): MATT WILMAN; for Mrs Shears, No 40 (1st cover): DANIELLE YOUNG; for Siobhan, Judy (2nd cover): KIM PEARCE.

Production photos of 2017/18 International Tour Company by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg The Journey to Australia

How the collaboration of two iconic Melbourne organisations brought Curious Incident to Australia

After premiering at the National Theatre’s That same year, Curious Incident won seven Cottesloe Theatre in August 2012, The Olivier Awards including Best New Play, and Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- would later go on to win five , Time transferred to the West End in 2013. including Best Play, for its Broadway debut. Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Brett Sheehy was amongst the first to see Five years on, Melbourne has secured the production in its new home. the exclusive Australian premiere of this acclaimed production that has enchanted Captivated by the production, Sheehy audiences around the world. says it was a combination of the play’s innovative set, lighting and sound design; ‘Taking any production on tour is very choreographed movement; and heroic complex, and an international tour even more story of Christopher Boone that set this so. It has taken over four years of planning show apart. and negotiation by the team at MTC to get this unique production to Melbourne. There ‘When I first saw Curious Incident I was were so many stars that needed to align, and blown away by the incredible fusion of they finally have – in time for Curious Incident technology and storytelling. It’s truly a to open MTC’s 2018 Season.’ show for everyone – there’s adventure, mystery, wonder and curiosity. It lets us This massive feat could only be achieved in on another’s perspective of the world, with the combined effort of MTC and Arts reminding audiences to be understanding Centre Melbourne. Both icons of Victoria’s and accepting of difference, and that it is vibrant cultural sector, the two organisations this difference that enriches humanity. I was stage over 2,000 performances each year transfixed. I immediately knew it was a show between them, attracting more than a million that Melbourne had to see.’ attendees in total. Their long-standing partnership has led ‘The chance to deliver a great range of to many memorable theatrical experiences support programs aimed at schools, including the hugely successful National community groups and the general public Theatre tour of One Man, Two Guvnors was an opportunity too to miss,’ says in 2013. Claire Spencer. ‘And we’ve pulled together our most extensive Associated Program for Claire Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, a mainstage show to date. Arts Centre Melbourne, says all the planning over recent years has paid off. ‘Helping to ‘Through workshops and talks designed to bring the best of the world’s performing arts provide an even greater connection and to Melbourne is central to what we do in insight into the production, we certainly look providing the community with remarkable forward to the remarkable experience of experiences and we are so excited about Curious Incident going a lot further than just this unique opportunity to work in deep a show on stage.’ collaboration with one of our resident companies, MTC, to present this Since 2012 the remarkable experience that is outstanding production.’ Curious Incident has seen multiple tours and has captured the hearts and imaginations For Arts Centre Melbourne and MTC, of audiences young and old. Now it’s creating opportunities for audiences Melbourne’s turn to experience to immerse themselves in the arts and the magic of this universal story. n inspire creativity is of great importance. To complement this season of Curious Incident, an Associated Program of events is running at Arts Centre Melbourne to enrich the experience of this very special production. The Curious Mr Simon Stephens

Entrusted with adapting a best-selling book, Simon Stephens set himself a rule of loyalty

For anyone who has had the good fortune them we lose the normal feeling of ‘wellness’, to read Simon Stephens’ recently published of equilibrium – a disturbing sensation Working Diary, or see any one of his (now that offers us a chance to enter into new 30+) plays, you find yourself in the company perceptions of our world. of a writer who is restless, relentless and engrossed in humans: in love, loss, dread, And Stephens is fascinated by ways of joy, peril and pursuit. In humans who are out seeing, indeed by everything: topography, of balance. Disordered. To the conflicting history, aging vascular systems, flora elements exposed. and fauna, rock ‘n’ roll, the weather, transformation, swearing, and much more In the early plays it is mostly young people’s besides, always in great detail. He is also lives that are in turmoil. In his breakthrough warm, diffident, a very close listener and Motortown, it is a recently returned veteran, has more than described his writing as Danny, who is utterly unsettled and moves, ‘carving plays out of love’. with increasing menace, through London and its surrounds – ‘I don’t blame the war. The So when he was offered – by author Mark war was all right. I miss it. It’s just you come Haddon no less, after them having bonded back to this’ – the a disturbed months earlier over instant coffee at the nervous system. Living with instability and National Theatre Studio working on unrelated flux, and in a state of constant, surprising new plays – the chance to adapt this wonder oscillation describe all of his plays, and in of a book for the stage, Stephens brought all of his skills, his gift for language and dialect, says. ‘For me the exercise was as technical his research and inquisitiveness, his relentless as I could make it. By thinking technically pursuit of truth, of emotion, of drama, to the and giving myself a rule of loyalty to Mark’s tale of a boy whose life has tipped well out novel then the inventiveness became entirely of balance. formal and I think the release of that allowed me to be quite formally playful. By not But could this much-loved novel ever really worrying about character or dialogue or story be adapted to the stage? I was encouraged to think of form. The rule released the vitality.’ According to Stephens it was – a playwright as well as a novelist – who So of course adaptation was not only figured that the book was unadaptable. possible, but has created a show in which the 80 mile journey from Swindon to Willesden by a young man and his rat to solve a probable canicide has thrilled audiences ‘By not worrying the world over.

about character This once small play – it opened in the National Theatre’s 400-seat Cottesloe Theatre or dialogue or story – has played seasons in the West End (the Apollo and the Gielgud) and on Broadway I was encouraged (the Ethel Barrymore) as well as in Canada and the Netherlands. By now it has been to think of form. seen by over two and half million people.

The rule released In Stephens’ opinion, is it Marianne Elliott’s spectacular production, the acting wizardry the vitality.’ or something more fundamental about the story which is the secret to the show’s worldwide appeal? ‘He always told me it was. Which made me want to adapt it more. I think he assumed ‘I think one of the reasons people love that a book based on the interior world of a Christopher is because they envy his lack of boy who never interacted with strangers empathy. Sometimes when I am burdened by could never be active and so never dramatic. empathy I wish I could think like him. He also How do you dramatise that remarkable inner sees with remarkable clarity the oddities that voice without just having him speak it?’ Much we normalise. When I see those oddities too harder in fact was getting from Swindon to I feel like I am seeing the world like him and Willesden on stage. that makes me very happy.’ n

For Stephens the most surprising thing was how active Haddon’s direct speech was. His characters speak out loud when they’re trying to effect change in another so, as Stephens Simon Stephens spoke to MTC Literary Director remarked, ‘[Haddon] thinks with the muscle Chris Mead in October 2017. of a dramatist’. This meant that the task of adaptation was, in fact ‘surprisingly easy’. Read more interviews with the In committing to the adaptation Stephens Curious Incident team at set himself a rule – as he does with all his mtc.com.au/backstage adaptations – ‘I am linguistically very loyal,’ he

Unlocking secrets of the universe

Mathematician Lily Serna on how maths feeds her sense of wonderment about the world

Memorising equations is boring. Learning the all neighbours suspect. Like most kids, we digits of pi is trivial. Calculating compound were curious about the world around us, interest sends me to Snoozeville. There, I trying to make sense of it. Mathematicians said it. No doubt you’re scratching your head are individuals who never lost that sense right now – that’s not how you’d expect a of wonderment and found a way to make a mathematician to begin an opinion piece living from it. about her beloved discipline. You’re probably also nodding your head in agreement. Maybe you’re feeling validated because someone from the maths world has finally admitted it. ‘In many ways Maybe you’ve even jumped on the couch, fist pumping the air, outraged that you were numbers and made to study this subject at school. I’m going to have to ask you to sit back down equations are to because you’re going to want to hear what I have to say. It’s true that some of the things maths what letters you learned in maths class are not exciting, but I’d like to show you why what you know and words are to as maths isn’t, in fact, maths at all. playwriting. The To do that, first I’d like to explain a couple of things about myself that may shed light beauty behind both on why I was drawn to the discipline in the first place. I was an exuberant kid. My report lies in the ideas cards often read ‘Lily is a good student but needs to stop chatting and concentrate conveyed.’ more’. Growing up I spent a lot of time with two of my cousins. We’d spend nearly every Mathematics was born out of a need to make afternoon playing games where we’d pretend sense of our environments. In prehistoric to be either explorers or investigators. We’d times, for example, the need for counting run through the manicured plants of the must have been a great incentive to track small front gardens of our townhouses (our regular occurrences like moon cycles or families lived in the same complex) where seasons. As civilisation developed and we’d identify ‘previously undiscovered governments were born, the need arose bugs’ through ‘uncharted territories’. We’d for a more advanced counting system. As launch investigations into events such as societies became even more sophisticated, ‘who vandalised the local fence?’ – holding so too did our understanding of mathematics.

What was once grounded in the physical There were many things in maths class at world and born out of necessity later school that were less than exciting but in developed into the theoretical and esoteric. many ways numbers and equations are In some cases the development of the to maths what letters and words are to theoretical then informed our understanding playwriting. The beauty behind both lies in of our physical reality. This was the case the ideas conveyed. Of course you have with imaginary numbers, which once made to learn to crawl before you walk, but what mathematicians very uneasy. Throughout awaits once you can grasp the A-B-Cs of history a number of different mathematicians maths is a wonderful expression of human controversially attempted to understand the ingenuity. n consequence of taking the square root of a negative number. Today we know that there’s nothing imaginary about the application of these numbers in fields like electric circuits and many others. LILY SERNA The most jaw dropping part is that, unlike Lily Serna is a mathematician with a the subjective reality that exists in your own passion for education, and Science, mind that’s based on your own model of Technology, Engineering and experiences, mathematical theories and Mathematics (STEM) Advocacy. She proofs are immutable and permanent. has sat on the Board of the Australian Mathematics is our golden key to unlocking Mathematical Sciences Institute for four years and in 2012 was appointed many secrets of the universe. Our minds are Numeracy Ambassador for National wired in such a way that we can’t get our Literacy and Numeracy Week. head around things like dimensions greater Lily is best known as the resident than three, curved space, or even black Numbers Expert on SBS’s Letters holes. Mathematics takes us behind the and Numbers and has published curtains to reveal the answers to some of a maths puzzle book called Lily’s life’s big questions. Number Puzzles.

The company

EMMA BEATTIE and a Packet of Crisps, As If, The Time of Your Life, Judy Hotel Babylon, Distant Shores, Holby City, Garrow’s Law, One Night, Great Night Out, Bricks and My Emma Beattie trained at ALRA Family. Films include Blooded, Waterloo Bridge and and was winner of the 1998 John Carter. Lilian Baylis Award. Her work in theatre includes The Last of the Haussmans at the National CRYSTAL CONDIE Theatre; Medea at the Gate, London; The Distance No 40, Voice Five, Lady in Street, and The Ruffian on the Stair at the Orange Tree, Information, Punk Girl Richmond; The Odyssey at Derby Playhouse; Death of a Cyclist at Hotbed Festival, Theatre; Crystal Condie recently Four for Jericho at the Pleasance Courtyard; Great graduated from Bristol Old Vic Expectations at the Watermill; The Song of Deborah Theatre School. Her work in at the Lowry; The Potting Shed at the Finborough; theatre includes Octagon and John Gabriel Borkman and The Cut at the Donmar Black Crows at the Arcola; for Filter; Warehouse; at Pendley Shakespeare Rumpelstiltskin at Theatre Royal Bath; Larksong, Festival; Hysteria on UK tour; and Ivanov at The Gift, Unearthed and Robin Hood and Marian at Wyndham’s. TV includes Doctors, The Wives Did It the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme. and Mr Selfridge. Films include Legacy.

EMMA-JANE GOODWIN OLIVER BOOT u/s Judy, u/s Siobhan, u/s Mrs Roger Shears, Duty Sergeant, Alexander Voice Two, Mr Wise, Man Behind Counter, Drunk One Emma-Jane Goodwin trained at East 15 Acting School. Her work Oliver Boot trained at RADA. in theatre includes Sandra After His work in theatre includes Birthday and Her Big Chance for The Three Musketeers at York Round Pebble; Someone’s Out There for Sglodion Theatre Royal; for Stage; Hilt at Fawr; Love Steals Us from Loneliness for Chippy the Assembly Rooms; Tartuffe at the Haymarket, Lane Productions at Camden People’s Theatre; Basingstoke; Jamaica Inn at Salisbury Playhouse; and The Matchmakers/Yolk for Three Muses on international tour for Cheek by Jowl; In Productions. TV includes Stella. Extremis, Antony and , A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Timon of Athens, King Lear and Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe; The Lady from JULIE HALE the Sea at Birmingham Rep; Bedroom Farce Siobhan on tour for ; Finding Neverland for Harvey Weinstein Productions; and Oliver! at Julie Hale trained at the Samuel Curve, Leicester; and Great Expectations at West Beckett Centre, Trinity College, Yorkshire Playhouse. In 2006 Boot was asked to Dublin, at the HB Studio, New perform for Her Majesty The Queen and York and at the Impulse Studio, Prince Phillip at a private dinner party thrown by the London. Her work in theatre American embassy. TV includes Two Pints of Lager includes Whisky Galore for the National Theatre of Scotland; Cured at the Arches, Glasgow; EastEnders, Monday Monday, The Bill, Doctors, and Love in the Title for London Classic Casualty, Holby City, Casualty 1909, A Likeness Theatre; Lovechild, Ceausescu’s Ear and Pericles In Stone, The Grimleys, The Royal, My Parents for Gerry Stembridge; Sunshine Boys at the Gate Are Aliens, Girls in Love, Powers, My Dad’s the Theatre, Dublin; Exiles at The Friends of the Italian Prime Minister, At Home with the Braithwaites, Theatre, Berlin; Canaries on Irish tour; Family Affairs, Murder in Mind, Tom Jones, Hope Abigail’s Party and The Gingerman (also Irish and Glory, Twisted Tales, Two Pints of Lager and Arts Centre, NY) at The New Theatre, Dublin; and a Packet of Crisps, Cops, Heartbeat, The Hunt, Roses and Petrol at Irish Arts Centre, NY. TV Peak Practice, City Central, The Chase, Bradford includes Shetland, Garrow’s Law, Crash, Troubles, Riots, The Tenth Kingdom, Supply and Demand, Black and White, River City (series regular), Fair City The Romans in Britain, Waterloo Road, The Case, (series regular) and Black Day at Blackrock. Film Hollyoaks and King of Fridges. Films include East includes My Left Foot, Ash Wednesday, WC, When Is East, The Parole Officer, The Illustrated Mum, A Brendan met Trudy, Flick, Bobbie’s Girl Drop of the Pure and Habit. McGregor has written and Bloom. for BBC TV’s The Fast Show and Bruiser. He also appeared in the music video for Bruno Langley’s single ‘Jump’ (2016). JOSHUA JENKINS Christopher Boone DAVID MICHAELS Joshua Jenkins trained at the Ed Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His work in David Michaels’ work in theatre theatre includes The Curious includes Fuente Ovejuna at Incident of the Dog in the Night- the National Theatre; The Time on tour for the National Theatre; A Soldier in Dishonoured ( Every Son, King John, Richard III and Dunsinane Award nomination, Best (with National Theatre of Scotland) for the RSC; Supporting Male) at the Arcola; I and the Village Unrestless in Tunnels; and The World at ; Rough Justice on UK tour; A Doll’s Turned Upside Down for Òran Mór. TV includes House at the Belgrade, ; Herding Cats at Holby City, Baker Boys, Doctors, One Night in Theatre Royal Bath and Hampstead; The Constant Emergency, Garrow’s Law, Heartbeat, Belonging Wife and Death and the Maiden at Salisbury and Stopping Distance. Film includes Plots Playhouse; Tactical Questioning, The Hutton Inquiry, with a View. Called to Account and The War Next Door at the Tricycle; The 39 Steps on UK tour; for the Company; Three Sisters at Birmingham BRUCE MCGREGOR Rep; Presence at Plymouth Theatre Royal; Question Reverend Peters, Uncle Terry, Time at the Arcola; The Changing Room at the Duke Voice Four, Station Policeman, of York’s; Holidays at West Yorkshire Playhouse; Station Guard A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Winter’s Tale at Regent’s Park; A Taste of Honey and An Bruce McGregor began acting Enemy of the People at Playhouse; with the Stockport Garrick Mumbo Jumbo at the Royal Exchange; God Say Theatre before training at Amen for English Shakespeare Co; A View from RADA. His work in theatre includes Romeo and the Bridge at the Aldwych; and Ticking at Trafalgar Juliet, Cinderella, and Neville’s Island Studios. TV includes Waterloo Road, New Tricks, at Harrogate; Lucky Sods at Derby Playhouse; Hidden, As Time Goes By, Family Affairs, Heartbeat, at the Wolsey, Ipswich; On The Razzle Coronation Street, Donovan, William and Mary, and Accrington Pals at Chichester; Neville’s Missing, Spooks, Peak Practice, Where the Heart Island for Hull Truck; Calendar Girls (as Rod) on Is, Bambino Mio, Poirot, Money for Nothing and UK tour; Taking Steps and Cocktail Sticks at the Inspector Morse. Films includes Welcome to the Old Laundry; and Calendar Girls (as John) on UK Punch, Jump and Nowhere in Africa. tour. TV includes Coronation Street, The Street, Hillsborough, The Lakes, Moving On, Emmerdale, DEBRA MICHAELS AMANDA POSENER Mrs Alexander, Posh Woman, Mrs Shears, Mrs Gascoyne, Voice Six Voice One, Woman on Train

Debra Michaels trained at Amanda Posener trained at Webber Douglas and Arts Mountview. Her work in theatre Educational. Her work in includes The Curious Incident theatre includes Red Snapper of the Dog in the Night-Time in at Belgrade, Coventry; Cinderella at the Lyric, the West End for the National Theatre; Caroline, or Hammersmith; Cinderella at Watford Palace; Change at the National Theatre; Three Little Pigs Chicago on tour; Catwalk at the Tricycle; on tour in Australia and Hong Kong; Soho Cinders in Carmen Jones at the Old Vic and on a European at ; The Realness at the ; tour; Porgy and Bess at Glyndebourne and Covent at Wyndham’s and the Gielgud; Blood Garden; and productions of Barnum, Little Shop of Wedding at ; Rue Magique Horrors, Soul Train, Cinderella, Tricksters’ Payback, at the King’s Head; Leader of the Pack on tour; Jekyll and Hyde, Four Note Opera, Sleeping the original cast of The Lion King in Germany; Ain’t Beauty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Misbehavin’ at Harrogate; Bad Girls the Musical at Bottle Imp. TV includes Doctors, Holby City, The West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Garrick; Dancing Lodge, The Show Special, The Real in the Streets at the Playhouse; and Rent (original McCoy, Rites and the and Evening London cast) and 125th Street at the Shaftesbury. Standard Awards. Debra Michaels has worked as a musical director on The Wiz at and Singing Bridges for LWT, and as vocal coach JOE RISING on Our Town Story at the Millennium Dome. She u/s Roger Shears, u/s Mr also co-created and choreographed The Wedding Thompson Dance, which had its premiere at Bolton Octagon before going on tour. Joe Rising trained at Motherwell College. His work in theatre includes Mary Queen of Scots SAM NEWTON got her Head Chopped Off, The Alternate Christopher Boone Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and for New Clan Arts; The Laramie Project and Sam Newton trained at Royal A Midsummer Night’s Dream for G Duncan; NTS Central School of Speech and Street Theatre – Common Man for National Theatre Drama, graduating in 2016, of Scotland; Crushed for CCA; and Police State for and at the University of Leeds. Theatre Uncut. Productions while training include A Serious Case of the F*ckits and The Heresy of Love. The Curious Incident of the Dog KIERAN GARLAND in the Night-Time is his professional theatre debut. u/s Ed, u/s Reverend Peters Comedy includes The Leeds Tealights at and the Fringe. Kieran Garland’s theatre work includes The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (UK tour) for the National Theatre; RIFT’s Macbeth at Balfron Tower, Poplar; Lysistrata (UK tour), for Actors of Dionysus; Macbeth for Vienna’s English Theatre, Austria; and 10,000 Several Doors (Duchess of Malfi)for Prodigal Theatre at The Nightingale, Brighton. TV includes Locked Up Abroad. Kieran Garland received the first place Laurence Olivier Bursary Award, 2001. MATT WILMAN DANIELLE YOUNG Policeman 1, Mr Thompson, u/s No 40, u/s Mrs Shears Voice Three, Drunk Two, Man with Socks, London Policeman Danielle Young trained at Millennium Performing Arts. Matt Wilman’s work in theatre Her work in theatre includes includes The Curious Incident of Carousel at the National Theatre; the Dog in the Night-Time in the Aladdin at ; West End for the National Theatre; Brief Encounter CATS at Larnaca Festival, Cyprus; My Fair Lady at The Torch; Anna Christie at the Donmar on UK tour; Jack and the Beanstalk at Warehouse; Thérèse Raquin at the Finborough; Arts; at Nottingham Playhouse; the Candide at the ; Blood original European tour of Footloose; On Your Toes at Wedding at the Courtyard; Marc Antony in Julius Leicester Haymarket; Bend It Like Beckham at the Caesar at Iris Theatre, Covent Garden; Finding Phoenix; The Lion King at the Lyceum; Joseph and Neverland at Leicester Curve; on European the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi; tour; Calling at the King’s Head; The Tailor-Made On the Town at ; The Snowman at Man at the Arts; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at the the Peacock; and Anything Goes at Theatre Royal Gielgud; and Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales. Drury Lane. TV includes Tonight at the Palladium, TV includes Emmerdale. Film includes Alice Through The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Children in Need, Show the Looking Glass. Time at the Stadium and . She regularly does voiceovers for TV and radio. The creative teaM

MARK HADDON MARIANNE ELLIOTT Author Director

Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His best-selling Marianne Elliott is Artistic Director of the newly novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- formed Elliott & Harper Productions, alongside Time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Chris Harper which launched in the West End in Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won 17 literary autumn 2017 with a production of Simon Stephens’ prizes, including the Whitbread Award. His poetry Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle. Future collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and productions include a co-production of The Lion, the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador the Witch and the Wardrobe with West Yorkshire in 2005 and his play, Polar Bears, was produced Playhouse this Christmas and a new production by the in 2010. His last novel, of ’s Company coming to the The Red House, was published by Jonathan Cape West End in 2018. Marianne Elliott was an Associate in 2012. His latest book is The Pier Falls, a collection Director at the National Theatre for 10 years, where of stories. she most recently directed the critically acclaimed production of featuring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane. Whilst at the NT, she co- SIMON STEPHENS directed War Horse (also West End and Broadway; Stage Adaptation Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play), and directed Husbands & Sons (also Royal Exchange Simon Stephens’ plays for the National Theatre Theatre), Rules for Living, The Light Princess, The include (in a new Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also adaptation), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the West End and Broadway; Olivier and Tony awards Night-Time (also West End and Broadway; Olivier for Best Director; South Bank Sky Arts Award), Port, Award for Best New Play, ), Season’s Greetings, Women Beware Women, All’s Port (originally produced at the Royal Exchange), Well That Ends Well, Mrs Affleck, Harper Regan, Harper Regan and On the Shore of the Wide World Saint Joan (Olivier Award for Best Revival, South (co-production with Royal Exchange, ; Bank Show Award), Thérèse Raquin, and Pillars of Olivier Award for Best New Play). His many other the Community (Evening Standard Best Director plays include Song from Far Away, Heisenberg, Award). She was an Associate Director at the Royal Birdland, Blindsided, Three Kingdoms, Wastwater, Court, where her productions include Stoning Mary, Punk Rock, Seawall (also at the NT), Pornography, Notes on Falling Leaves, The Sugar Syndrome and Motortown, Country Music, Christmas, Herons, Local. Previously she was an Artistic Director of Bluebird, A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky the Royal Exchange Theatre where she directed (co-written with and David Eldridge); Port, , Les Blancs, , A he has written English language versions of Jon Woman of Fosse’s I Am the Wind; Odon Von Horvath’s No Importance, Nude with Violin, Fast Food, Martin Kasimir and Karoline (titled The Funfair) and Anton Yesterday, Deep Blue Sea, Mad for It, Chekhov’s . His version of Poor Superman and I Have Been Here Before. ’s A Doll’s House for the Young Vic Other theatre includes Sweet Bird of Youth at the transferred to the West End and then New York in Old Vic; for the RSC; The 2014. His book A Working Diary is published by Little Foxes at the Donmar; and Terracotta Methuen. Simon Stephens is an Associate at the at Hampstead and Birmingham Rep. Lyric, Hammersmith and Royal Court. BUNNY CHRISTIE Othello for the Donmar Warehouse; Happy Days, Designer Feast and Vernon God Little at the Young Vic; and Seventeen, Herons and at the Lyric, Bunny Christie’s work at the National Theatre Hammersmith. She includes The Red Barn, Husbands & Sons (also has designed throughout the world, Royal Exchange Theatre), People, Places & most recently Benvenuto Cellini, Medea and Dr Dee Things (set; also West End), The Curious Incident for ENO; The Cunning Little Vixen and Entführung of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End and aus dem Serail for Glyndebourne; and Roberto Broadway; Olivier and Tony awards), Blurred Lines, Devereux and Cav and Pag for the Metropolitan Emil and the Detectives, Children of the Sun, The Opera, New York. Dance includes The Red Shoes, Comedy of Errors, The Cherry Orchard, Greenland, Sleeping Beauty, Play Without Words and Dorian Men Should Weep, The White Guard (Olivier Award), Gray for . She is the recipient of Our Class, Mrs Affleck, Women of Troy, Philistines, two Tony Awards, four Olivier Awards, a Helpmann The Life of Galileo, The President of an Empty Award, three LA Critics’ Circle Awards, two Knight Room, A Streetcar Named Desire (Olivier Award), of Illumination awards and both New York Drama Dealer’s Choice, Fix Up, Elmina’s Kitchen (filmed by Desk and Critics’ Circle Awards. the BBC and transferred to the Garrick) and Baby Doll (Evening Standard Award). Other theatre work includes Made in Dagenham at the Adelphi; the FINN ROSS all-women Henry IV and Julius Caesar, also Closer, Video Designer Moonlight, Dimetos, The Family Reunion and After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse; The House Finn Ross trained at Central School of Speech and of Bernarda Alba at the Almeida; Haunted Child Drama and designs video for live performance. He and Kin at the Royal Court; Hay Fever at the Noël has won two Oliviers, a Tony, two Drama Desks Coward; at the Apollo; The Postman and an Outer Critics Circle award. Recent work in Always Rings Twice at West Yorkshire includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and in the West End; Julius Caesar at St Ann’s and Bat Out of Hell in the West End; The Curious Warehouse New York; Dance of Death I and II for Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also on The Royal Dramaten Theatre Stockholm; and As Broadway, in the West End and on tour), Damned You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe and the Tokyo by Despair and Greenland at the National Theatre; Globe. Opera includes Medée for ENO; Brief The Tempest at the RSC; In the Body of the World Encounter and Tosca for . and The Crossing at American Repertory Theater; Film work includes Swan Song with , American Psycho (also Broadway) and nominated for an Academy Award for Best (also West End) and at the Almedia; Betrayal Short Film. and on Broadway; Closer at the Donmar Warehouse; The Master and Margarita, and Shunkin for ; Die Ringe des Saturn at PAULE CONSTABLE Schauspielhaus, Köln; Ten Plagues at the Traverse; Lighting Designer Top Girls at Chichester and West End; and Sunset Boulevard at Gothenburg Opera. Opera includes Paule Constable is an Associate of the National The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Theatre. Her theatre work includes, for the National, ; Missa Solemnis for LA Phil; , Mosquitoes, Angels in America, The Red Benvenuto Cellini, The Death of Klinghoffer, Death Barn, The Threepenny Opera, wonder.land, Behind in Venice, Eugene Onegin, Simon Boccanegra, the Beautiful Forevers, The Light Princess, Table, The Damnation of Faust and at ENO; This House, The Curious Incident of the Dog in Hänsel und Gretel, Zäuberfloteand A Dog’s Heart the Night-Time, Phèdre, Death and the King’s for DNO, ; La clemenza di Tito and Horseman, Waves, Saint Joan, and War Horse. Mr Brouˇcek for Opera North; Les pêcheurs de Other work in theatre includes Wolf Hall for the RSC perles, Béatrice et Bénédict and The Turn of the and in the West End and on Broadway; How to Hold Screw at Theater an der Wien; Imago, Rinaldo and Your Breath, Clybourne Park and The Weir at the Knight Crew at Glyndebourne; Lady from the Sea Royal Court; , at Scottish Opera; Beethoven Symphony No 5 for and for Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and Das Portrait at Company; Teddy Ferrara, and Bregenz. Dance includes Le Petit Prince for National Ballet of Canada; Frankenstein for the Royal Ballet; (Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Choreography) and The Feeling of Going at Skånes Dansteater and and Once (Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Malmö Opera. Choreography). Recent directing work includes What’s It All About for NYTW and in the West End. He worked as associate director/choreographer on SCOTT GRAHAM AND STEVEN HOGGETT (Olivier Award, Best Choreographer), FOR FRANTIC ASSEMBLY Hunter, 365, The Bacchae and The Wolves in Movement Directors the Wall (with Improbable) for National Theatre of Scotland; The Light Princess, Dido Queen of Scott Graham is Artistic Director and co-founder Carthage, The Hothouse and Market Boy for the of Frantic Assembly, for which he recently directed National. His film work includes How to Train Your Things I Know To Be True, No Way Back, Othello Dragon 2 (Dreamworks) and Freak Show (Maven and The Believers. He has been nominated for an Pictures). With Scott Graham, he wrote The Frantic Olivier and a Tony Award for Best Choreography on Assembly Book of Devising Theatre (Routledge, the multi-award-winning NT production The Curious second edition). Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. For Frantic Assembly he has co-directed Little Dogs, Lovesong, Beautiful Burnout, Stockholm, pool (no water), Dirty ADRIAN SUTTON Wonderland, Rabbit, Peepshow and Underworld. Music Director/performer credits include Hymns, Tiny Dynamite, On Blindness, Heavenly, Sell Out, Zero, Adrian Sutton’s scores cross orchestral, chamber Flesh, Klub and . Other directing and electronic genres, and have featured in a work includes Man to Man at Wales Millennium number of successful theatre productions, including Centre and Home for the National Theatre of Tony-nominated National Theatre production The Scotland. Choreography/movement direction Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time includes for Singapore (National Theatre, in the West End, on Broadway Repertory Company; Praxis Makes Perfect for and on UK tour). In 2013 he received a joint Olivier National Theatre Wales; The Canticles at Brighton Award for Curious Incident’s Sound Design, and Festival/Aldeburgh Music; Husbands & Sons, Port, also produced and released Curious Incidentals, the Hothouse and Market Boy at the National; Dr Dee soundtrack album from the play. Further successes for Manchester International Festival/ ENO. With include Coram Boy and War Horse at the Steven Hoggett and Bryony Lavery, he created National Theatre for which he also received Olivier It Snows, a National Theatre Connections play. nominations; Coram Boy opened on Broadway in He has, with Steven Hoggett, written The Frantic 20 07. War Horse transferred to the West End in Assembly Book of Devising Theatre. Scott Graham 2009 and opened on Broadway and in Toronto in is a Visiting Professor in Theatre Practice at 2011. He produced and released the War Horse Coventry University. soundtrack album in 2008, and his War Horse Suite, a 25-minute symphonic orchestral work derived Steven Hoggett was a founder member of Frantic from the score for the show, was premiered by the Assembly where his director/choreographer Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) in June 2010 credits included Little Dogs with National Theatre and, along with a new commission Some See Us Wales; Lovesong, Beautiful Burnout, Othello (TMA from the BBC Proms, featured as the centrepiece Award, Best Director), Stockholm, pool (no water) of a War Horse Prom in the 2014 Proms season and Dirty Wonderland. He has recently provided at the . His score for War Horse: choreography and movement direction on Harry The Story in Concert had its premiere in October Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End; Let 2016 at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring Michael The Right One In for National Theatre of Scotland/ Morpurgo and Joanna Lumley reading the book Royal Court/West End; The Twits for the Royal on stage, accompanied by the RPO and singers. Court; Rigoletto for ; The Glass His children’s concert opera The Griffin and the Menagerie for the American Repertory Theatre/ Grail was premiered by the RPO, choirs, soloist Broadway; and Dr Dee for Manchester International and narrator Olivia Colman at Cadogan Hall in Festival/ENO. On Broadway he has choreographed December 2013. Other work for theatre includes , , , Angels in America, Husbands & Sons, Rules for Green Day’s , Peter & the Starcatcher Living, Nation and The Revenger’s Tragedy at the National. His work for TV and film includes Chris in the West End. She was resident assistant director Morris’ Jam, Blue Jam and the BAFTA-winning at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2009–10, where she short film My Wrongs. Concert works include a assisted on The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Death of a recently completed orchestral commission, A Fist Salesman, Rum and Coca-Cola and Cinderella. Full of Fives, recently performed on Radio 3 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and various other orchestral and chamber pieces. adriansutton.com KIM PEARCE Resident Director

IAN DICKINSON Kim Pearce studied at Warwick University and FOR AUTOGRAPH trained on the Theatre Directing MFA at Birkbeck Sound Designer College, . She was recipient of a 2011/12 Regional Young Directors Scheme Ian Dickinson’s most recent designs for the National bursary and runner-up for the 2013 JMK Young Theatre include Husbands & Sons, Evening at the Director award. Work as director includes Love Talk House, The Red Lion, Rules for Living, A Taste Steals Us From Loneliness at Camden People’s of Honey, Emil and the Detectives, Port, This House Theatre and Chapter Arts Centre; Unearthed on and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- UK tour; Solomon Child at the Royal Exchange Time (Olivier Award). Other recent shows include Studio; and Cheaper Than Roses and The Skriker This House at the Garrick; Fracked! at Chichester; at Warwick Arts Centre Studio. She was resident Elegy at the Donmar Warehouse; Before I Leave for director on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the National Theatre Wales; Uncle Vanya at the Almeida; Night-Time UK and Ireland tour 2014/15; and staff Love’s Sacrifice at the RSC; The Nether at the Duke director on The Suicide at the National Theatre. She of York’s; The River on Broadway; and The Curious was assistant director on Moon Tiger at Theatre Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on Broadway Royal Bath and UK tour; Ghosts for ETT; Sweeney and UK tour. Ian Dickinson has been with the Todd and The Way of the World at Chichester; A Autograph design team since 2009, and before that View from the Bridge, Zack and The Lady from the was Head of Sound at the Royal Court, where he Sea at the Royal Exchange; and Mogadishu at the designed the sound for over 50 productions. Royal Exchange and Lyric Hammersmith. She was associate director of the pop-up Theatre On The Fly venue created with Assemble at Chichester Festival ELLE WHILE Theatre. She is Associate Director for Papergang Associate Director Theatre, and is working as a dramaturg for Yellow Earth Theatre and Gaggle Productions. Elle While received her MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck College. Directing credits include Blindsided at RWCMD; Wretch for Into The Wolf Theatre, tour of London homeless shelters; Twelve Days of Christmas on UK tour; Frisky and Mannish: Just Too Much at Udderbelly, London and Edinburgh; Glory Dazed at Soho Theatre, Festival and Underbelly, Edinburgh; Country Music at West Yorkshire Playhouse; Kingstonia at the Rose, Kingston; Knock Knock at the Roundhouse; That Face at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; The Great Switcheroo, I see myself as a bit of an Indiana Jones figure and Making Babies at Theatre503; and recording director for the Old Vic’s production of Cause Celebre on Radio 4. Associate and assisting credits include at the National; The Winter’s Tale and The Taming of the Shrew at the RSC; Cause Celebre and Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic; at the Young Vic; and The Sunshine Boys, The Importance of Being Earnest and Onassis CHARMIAN HOARE JILL GREEN CDG Company Voice Work Casting

Charmian Hoare trained at Central School of Casting Director: Speech and Drama. Recent work in theatre includes Jill Green CDG Mosquitoes, Common, Barber Shop Chronicles, Casting Assistant: Angels in America, Consent, Ugly Lies the Bone, Amy Beadel , The Suicide, The Silver Tassie and Peter Pan at the National; Against and The Jill Green CDG is a full member of the Casting Treatment at the Almeida; Road at the Royal Court; Directors’ Guild of Great Britain and Ireland. Casting Travels with my Aunt, 40 Years On, Educating Rita for London theatre includes Disney’s Aladdin at and Fiddler on the Roof at Chichester; Luna Gale the Prince Edward; Kinky Boots at the Adelphi; and Rabbit Hole at Hampstead; The Hook and The The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Herbal Bed at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton; at the Gielgud (first recast and current company); Of Mice and Men at Birmingham Rep; Seven Brides Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at the Aldwych; for Seven Brothers at Regent’s Park; One Night Show Boat and War Horse (final cast) at the New in Miami and Welcome Home Captain Fox at the London; Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly and Prince Donmar Warehouse; Made in Dagenham at the Edward; Lazarus at King’s Cross; The Scottsboro Queen’s, Hornchurch; The Kitchen Sink at the New Boys (UK casting) at the Garrick and Young Vic; Vic, Stoke-on-Trent; Half Life, The Things We Do for The Producers at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and UK Love, Talking Heads and Abigail’s Party at Theatre tours; and Fosse at the Prince of Wales. Tours and Royal, Bath; at Theatre by the Lake, regional theatre include War Horse on UK tour 2017; Keswick; and Once in the West End. Jane Eyre on UK tour 2017; La Strada on UK tour 2017; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time on UK tour 2017; Show Boat and Anything JEANNETTE NELSON Goes (also UK tour) at Sheffield Crucible; Jersey Dialect Coach Boys on UK tour; and The Lion King international touring production. Recent workshops include The Jeannette Nelson is Head of Voice at the National Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Becoming Nancy Theatre. She has worked extensively as a voice and Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Feature films include coach in theatre, film and TV. At the National casting the dancers for Paddington 2 and co- Theatre from 1992 to 2001, at Shakespeare’s Globe casting the UK dancers for Beyond the Sea. for the 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2001 seasons; and at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2001 to 2005. In 2006 she went to before returning to the National as Head of Voice in 2007. Other voice and dialect coaching in London and the UK includes work with the Royal Court, Young Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Shared Experience, Out of Joint, Complicite, Sheffield Theatres, Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, Nottingham Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman, English Touring Theatre, Oxford Stage Company and the West End. Jeannette Nelson’s The Voice Exercise Book is published by the National Theatre.

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Technical and Adaptation Insight talks; Simon Stephens speaking about the process of adapting Mark Haddon’s beloved novel for the stage; post-show forums with cast and creatives; drama workshops for young actors and directors; Arts Ads workshops; and a full-day Sunday immersion experience including a back-of-house tour.

Inspired by Curious Incident takes to heart the themes of the production and explores the connections where logic and mathematics meet the arts. Maths Inspiration presents The Curious

Photo by Sasha Bradbury Coincidence of Maths in the Day-Time shows for secondary students at both Arts Centre To complement the Australian premiere season Melbourne and in Ballarat and Warrnambool, of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s award- exploring the mathematics behind the production. winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Arts Centre Melbourne has Emerging Creative Talent provides a unique developed its most extensive Associated Program opportunity for young Australian creatives to ever for a mainstage show. work with professional artists and technicians, develop performing arts skills and create their Featuring workshops and talks with creatives own responses to the world of Curious Incident. that include UK playwright Simon Stephens and Featured events include: Design Academy, a composer Adrian Sutton, a full-day immersive four-day opportunity for emerging creatives experience, a presentation for secondary to reimagine the show’s set, video and sound students led by Maths Inspiration (UK), insights design and create an engaging foyer installation; into the production and a relaxed performance, Prime Composition, a two-day workshop with the innovative program enables the public, composer Adrian Sutton to create new music schools and community groups to deeply engage inspired by mathematical patterns highlighted with the show beyond the stage and explore its in the production, with compositions performed themes and creators. live in the foyer at select performances; Curious Incident Movement Uncovered Workshops with Arts Centre Melbourne is the national leader Frantic Assembly (UK); Curious Incident Drama in accessible programming and is thrilled to Workshop with the Resident Director; and provide opportunities for all Victorians to engage Playwrights Incubator, led by Simon Stephens. with, learn about or respond to this remarkable production and to connect emerging talent with The season of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the world-class artists who created it. the Night-Time progresses Arts Centre Melbourne and Melbourne Theatre Company’s shared The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- commitment to access and inclusion in the Time Associated Program includes four themes: performing arts. n Insight into Curious Incident; Inspired by Curious Incident; Emerging Creative Talent; and Access and Inclusion. To see the full Associated Program gives audiences Insight into Curious Incident visit artscentremelbourne.com.au a rare glimpse into the creation of the work. Featured events include: pre-show General, ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE

ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE EXECUTIVE TEAM Manager, Access and Head of Communications PO Box 7585 Claire Spencer, Chief Executive Officer Community Engagement Cory Parfett St Kilda Road Deirdre Blythe, Executive Director, Wendy O’Neill Melbourne VIC 8004 Operations and Chief Financial Officer Media Manager Telephone: (03) 9281 8000 Sarah Hunt, Executive Director, Outreach Coordinator Clea Woods Facsimile: (03) 9281 8282 Audience Engagement Participation Kirsty Argyle Senior Marketing Campaign artscentremelbourne.com.au Leanne Lawrence, Executive Director, Manager Human Resources VICTORIAN ARTS CENTRE TRUST Technical Director Rebecca Munro Fiona Poletti, Executive Director, David Harvey James MacKenzie (President) External Engagement Communications and Stakeholder Frankie Airey Melanie Smith, Executive Director, Senior Production Manager Relations Advisor Paul Barker Performing Arts Tony Harding Jesse Gerner Warwick Bray Richard Zimmermann, Executive Catherine McClements Director, Philanthropy Operations Manager Director, Ticketing and Visitor Ian Roberts Nick Carroll Experience Nora Scheinkestel PROJECT TEAM Beau Vigushin Account Manager Helen Silver ao Executive Producer, Programming Joanne O’Hara General Counsel Graham Smorgon am Edwina Lunn Catryn Tuckwell Account Manager ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE Head of Performing Arts Programs Wendy Beveridge Business Manager, FOUNDATION (Non-Trustee David Anderson Members) General Counsel Coordinator Schools Programs Andrew Myer (Chair) Programmer, Performing Arts Maree Daffy Hannah Schneider John Barlow Jerry Remkes Finance Partner Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Head of Private Giving Acting Head of Arts Learning Kate Tayler Andy Dinan and Memberships David Rogers Nicholas Haddad Elouise Holmes Conditions of Entry Lisa Hennessy Creative Learning Producer Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes Sara Kirby Manager, Private Giving Joshua Cowie everyone to visit our spaces and Snowe Li Alistaire Bowler experience the performing arts. Jennifer Prescott Producer Conditions of Entry are available on Renee Dudfield Manager, Trusts and Foundations our website artscentremelbourne. Trish Pinto com.au Head of Participation Angharad Wynne-Jones Director, Marketing and Communications Kristen Eckhardt

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ASSOCIATED PROGRAM SUPPORTERS We acknowledge the generosity of our donors who have made a special gift directly in support of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

The late Miss Betty Amsden ao, dsj Mrs Mary-Paula Williamson and Hugh Williamson Foundation Mrs Linda Herd Mr Rob Williamson Malcolm Robertson Foundation Mr Clark Kirby & Mrs Sara Kirby Anonymous (1) Merrin Foundation Mrs Ann Marsh AndyInc Foundation William Buckland Foundation Ms Claire Spencer and Mr Andrew Spencer Bokhara Foundation Pty Ltd Ms Ricci Swart Brian M Davis Charitable Foundation

Arts Centre Melbourne extends our heartfelt thanks to our major supporters, whose generosity, loyalty and commitment play a crucial role in ensuring as many Victorians as possible have the opportunity to experience the joy of the performing arts here in Melbourne.

MAJOR BENEFACTORS MAJOR SUPPORTERS Mr Robert Kirby ao & Mrs Mem Kirby oam Those who have made landmark gifts Those who have given significant Mr Kevin Bamford & Mrs Colleen Bamford to Arts Centre Melbourne and sustained support to Arts Centre Mrs Lyn Williams am The Smorgon Family Melbourne The late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch ac, dbe Mrs Barbara Haynes oam The late Mr Richard Pratt ac & The late Mr Richard Pratt ac & Mr Lindsay Fox ac & Mrs Paula Fox ao Mrs Jeanne Pratt ac Mrs Jeanne Pratt ac Mrs Ethel Goldin The Clemenger Foundation Mr Baillieu Myer ac & Mrs Sarah Myer Mr Peter Scanlon & Mrs Angie Scanlon The late Mrs Neilma Gantner Mr Marc Besen ac & Mrs Eva Besen ao Playking Foundation Mr Leon Velik & Mrs Sandra Velik Mr Neville Bertalli & Mrs Di Bertalli Mrs Rae Rothfield Sidney Myer Fund Mr Sam Smorgon ao & Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, the late The late Miss Betty Amsden ao, dsj Mrs Minnie Smorgon Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty & Mrs Diana Gibson ao The Gandel Family The Estate of the late Kenneth Baillieu Mrs Rosie Lew & Family The Campbell-Pretty Family Ms Robin Campbell Myer ac, dsc The late Miss Betty Amsden ao, dsj Mr Bruce Parncutt ao ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE

ARTS ANGELS ANNUAL FUND Mrs Ahda Selwyn & Ms Evi Selwyn Department of Health and Human Enabling Arts Centre Melbourne to Mr Graham Smorgon am & Services – Arts Wellbeing Collective create and deliver a world-class Mrs Annette Smorgon WorkSafe Victoria – Arts Wellbeing Collective program of performances, arts- Mr Sam Smorgon ao & VicHealth – Arts Wellbeing Collective education and participation events for Mrs Minnie Smorgon William Buckland Foundation the children and adults of Victoria Mr Leon Velik & Mrs Sandra Velik – Arts Wellbeing Collective Ms Maureen Wheeler ao & Anonymous (1) – Arts Wellbeing Collective ARTS ANGELS PATRONS Mr Tony Wheeler ao Mr Michael Kantor – Asia TOPA Mr Derek Young am & Mrs Caroline Young Ms Flavia Gobbo & Mr James MacKenzie LEADING LIGHT – Anonymous (1) – Asia TOPA GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE Mr Baillieu Myer ac & Mrs Sarah Myer Mr Marc Besen ac & Mrs Eva Besen ao FIRST CALL FUND – Asia TOPA Giving young disadvantaged Victorians Mr Andrew Myer and family to honour his VISIONARY PATRON – the invaluable opportunity to godmother Neilma Ganter – Asia TOPA GIFTS OF $50,000 – $74,999 experience the performing arts at Mr Allan J Myers ac, QC & Mrs Maria Ms Flavia Gobbo & Mr James MacKenzie Arts Centre Melbourne Myers ac – Asia TOPA Andyinc Foundation Mr Kim Williams am – Asia TOPA FOUNDING GIFTS Mr Jason Yeap oam & Mrs Min Lee Wong BENEFACTOR PATRON – – Asia TOPA GIFTS OF $30,000 – $49,999 The late Miss Betty Amsden ao, dsj Gordon Darling Foundation – Asia TOPA Mr Kevin Bamford & Mrs Colleen Bamford – Patron of the First Call Fund Keir Foundation – Asia TOPA Mr Neville Bertalli & Mrs Di Bertalli Mr Chris Begg & Mrs Patricia Begg oam Playking Foundation – Asia TOPA John & Jennifer Brukner Foundation Mr Martin Carlson oam The Japan Foundation – Asia TOPA The Gandel Family Mr Carrillo Gantner ao & Mrs ZiYin Gantner Sidney Myer Fund – Asia TOPA Mirlex Australia Pty Ltd The late Mrs Neilma Gantner Creative Victoria – Asia TOPA Dr Milan Kantor oam & Mrs Anne Kantor ao Australian Government – Asia TOPA PRINCIPAL PATRON – The Myer Foundation Australia Council for the Arts – Asia TOPA GIFTS OF $10,000 – $29,999 City of Melbourne – Asia TOPA Ms Frankie Airey & Mr Steve Solly GIFTS OF $25,000 OR MORE Creative Victoria – Asia TOPA Ms Roseanne Amarant Crown Resorts Foundation Department of Communications and Mr Don Argus ac & Mrs Pat Argus Packer Family Foundation the Arts – Asia TOPA Mr John Barlow & Mrs Mary Barlow Study Melbourne – Asia TOPA Mrs Adrienne Basser GIFTS OF $10,000 – $24,999 Wonderful Indonesia – Indonesian Mr Chris Begg & Mrs Patricia Begg oam The late Miss Betty Amsden ao, dsj Ministry of Tourism – Asia TOPA Mr Barry Bloom & Mrs Lorraine Bloom Ms Joanna Baevski Centre Stage Korea – Asia TOPA Dr Mark Bryce, Mrs Ann Bryce & Family Mrs Linda Herd National Arts Council Singapore – Asia TOPA Mrs Nancy Butler Ms Janet Whiting am & Mr Phil Lukies Department Foreign Affairs and Trade Ms Robin Campbell – Australia-ASEAN Council – Asia TOPA Mr Terry Campbell ao & Mrs Christine Campbell MAJOR DONORS Department Foreign Affairs and Trade Mr Bernard Carp & Mrs Helen Carp The late Miss Betty Amsden ao, dsj – Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Dr Leon Carp & Mrs Marlen Carp – Betty Amsden Participation Program Program – Asia TOPA Mrs Debbie Dadon am Mr John Bates & Mrs Lorraine Bates Department Foreign Affairs and Trade Mr Ron Dobell & Mrs Margaret Dobell – Take Over! – Australia–Indonesia Institute – Asia TOPA The Fox Family Mr Harry Boon & Mrs Virginia Boon Department Foreign Affairs and Trade Mrs Ethel Goldin – Australian Performing Arts Collection – Australia–Japan Foundation – Asia TOPA Mr Colin Golvan qc & Dr Deborah Golvan Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, Provincial Government of the Special Mr Robert Green & Mrs Jan Green the late Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty Region of Yogyakarta – Asia TOPA Mr Rino Grollo & Mrs Diana Ruzzene Grollo & the Campbell-Pretty Family The Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic GSA Industries Pty Ltd – Family Schools Access Program of China – Asia TOPA Mr John Haddad ao & Mrs Agita Haddad Mrs Debbie Dadon am – Dig Deep Mrs Paula Hansky oam & the late Mrs Linda Herd – New Work Commission BEQUESTS RECEIVED Dr Jack Hansky am & Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? Mrs Fella Harbig Ms Jane Kunstler Mr Maxwell Carroll & Mrs Merle Carroll Mrs Linda Herd – Technical Traineeship Program The Estate of the late Kenneth Baillieu Ms Dana Hlavacek & Mr Stephen Creese Mrs Jennifer Leaper & Dr John Leaper Myer ac, dsc Mr Robert Kirby ao & Mrs Mem Kirby oam – Families Program Foyer Activations The Estate of Mr Donald Matthews Dr Vinay Kumar & New Work Commission Dr Geraldine Lazarus & Mr Greig Gailey Ms Monica Lim & Mr Konfir Kabo TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS Mr Carl Le Souef – Supersense & Take Over! Lorenzo and Pamela Galli Charitable Trust Mrs Rosie Lew & Family Mr Frank van Straten oam and Scobie and Claire Mackinnon Trust Mr Bruce Parncutt ao Mr Adrian Turley – Helen MacPherson Smith Trust Prescott Family Foundation Dr Michael Troy – New Work Commission John Truscott Design Foundation inc Mrs Sally Redlich Harold Mitchell Foundation Hugh D T Williamson Foundation Mr Mark Robertson oam & – Arts Wellbeing Collective Mrs Anne Robertson Ms Kendra Reid – Arts Wellbeing Collective CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS Mrs Rae Rothfield Marriner Group – Arts Wellbeing Collective Bank of Melbourne Mr Peter Scanlon ao & Mrs Angie Scanlon PwC