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RILEY SPADARO SHAKIRA CLANTON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BARBARA UNDERSTUDY Riley is a director with a practice in devised Shakira is a 2015 graduate of the National performance and new writing. He is a Institute of Dramatic Art, prior to which she graduate of both WAAPA (Performance trained in the Aboriginal Theatre Program Making, 2017) and NIDA (Directing, at WAAPA in Perth and the Aboriginal 2019). In 2017, Riley received a research Centre of the Performing Arts in . grant from the Department of Foreign Theatre credits include the one woman Affairs and Trade to study cross-cultural show The Weekend ( Festival / approaches to performer training at the Mooghalin Performing Arts Inc), Simone Intercultural Theatre Institute, Singapore. Tucker in The Long Forgotten Dream (STC), In the same year, Riley seconded on the The Narrator in Creature (Stalker Theatre original production of Barbara and the Company) and the Blacktown Angel in Camp Dogs at Belvoir, and interned with Home Country (Sydney Festival / Urban Performing LinesWA where he worked Theatre Projects). Film and TV credits on the national tours of Sensorium include: Alex in Diary of an Uber Driver Theatre’s Oddysea and Roslyn Oades’ (ABC TV), Jo in Doctor Doctor (Essential Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday. Media & Entertainment), Debs in Hyde and Recent directing credits include a reading Seek (Matchbox Pictures), Jodie in Scout of Lachlan Philpott’s Promiscuous Cities (Noble Savage Pictures) and herself in the (/ Mardi Gras); the devised SBS documentary series Brainscience. work We Are Gods and VeronicaFlynn’s She Waits No Longer (NIDA); Essie Holt’s Distant Places (Triple JUnearthed/NIDA); Josephine Macken’s The Tent (Sydney Chamber Opera); Anna Barnes’ Minus One Sister (The Blue Room Theatre). Recent assistant directing credits include Anna Jordan’s Stay Happy, Keep Smiling (NIDA); and Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti (Lost and Found Opera). Later this year, Riley will direct Antoinette Barbouttis’ Cool Pool Party in Sydney and Chris Edwards’ This Bitter Earth in Melbourne.

CANBERRA THEATRE CULTURAL FACILITIES CENTRE CORPORATION Director Bruce Carmichael Chair Justice Richard Refshauge ADMINISTRATION Board Members Ms Helen O’Neil, Phone 02 6243 5711 Ms Virginia Haussegger AM, Ms Genevieve Jacobs, Fax 02 6243 5721 Mr Shad Sears, Ms Vicky Darling [email protected] Chief Executive Officer Ms Harriet Elvin canberratheatrecentre.com.au Chief Finance Officer Mr Ian Tidy TICKETING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Phone 02 6275 2700 Canberra Theatre Centre is administered by the Cultural Facilities Fax 02 6230 1098 Corporation, which receives funding assistance through the canberraticketing.com.au ACT Government’s Minister for the Arts. Patricia Cornelius at MTC. Leticia 2017 run of Barbara and the Camp Queensland Music Festival (2013), 2017 run of Barbara and The Camp Seed, (Belvoir), Dubboo, One’s has received Screen Dogs (Belvoir), and Composer’s touring North America, Canada and Dogs, Love Me Tender, and Uncle Country, OUR Land People Stories, funding to transition into film and Assistant for Harp in the South Hawaii (2014), and selling out the Vanya. Other credits include: for Blak, Belong (Bangarra Dance TV. Her debut short Wild won ‘Best (). She Hong Kong Concert Hall (2015). Moogahlin – Winyanboga Yurringa Theatre), Lake Disappointment First Time Film’ at the London Film has performed widely in Australia She was Associate Producer for and Broken Glass, for choreographer (Carriageworks), She Loves Me Awards and ‘Next-Gen Film Award’ and internationally with artists as Romaine Moreton’s One Billion Beats Narelle Benjamin – In Glass, KAAL, ( Company), The at the 2018 Melbourne Women diverse as Shubha Mudgal (India), co-written with Alana Valentine Hiding In Plain Sight, Forseen and Trouble With Harry (Siren Theatre in Film Festival. Her second film Sandy Evans, Claire Daly (USA), (2016). She is currently Founding Cella (Colours Dance Festival 2017, Co), Diplomacy (Ensemble), The True History of Billie the Kid Satoko Fuji (Japan), Walter Martin Executive Director and Producer Stuttgart, Sydney Festival 2018, Reflections on Gallipoli (Australian premiered at the 2018 Melbourne (USA) and Ensemble Offspring. for Australian Women in Music Dance Massive 2019), for Bangarra – Chamber Orchestra), Burrbgaja International Film Festival. Leticia Awards and Producer for Black Skin, Terrain and Sheoak. Karen has Yalirra (Marrugeku), Goldner String won the Helpmann Award for Heart Black Stone with David Leha. also designed lighting for Barefoot Quartet (Musica Viva), The Miser, Best Direction of a Mainstage Divas (Sydney Festival 2015), Songs Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet (Bell URSULA YOVICH production for The Drover’s Wife by Not to Dance To, Champions (Sydney Shakespeare) Possum Magic, CO-WRITER / SONGWRITER , for Belvoir in 2016. Festival 2017), Sue Healey’s On The Unknown Soldier, Diary of a / BARBARA View (Performance Space), KOTAHI Wombat (Monkey Baa), Wharf Ursula is a multi-award-winning (Atamira Dance Company), Blak Box Revue 2018, Ruby Moon (Sydney actor working for all our major (Urban Theatre Projects, Sydney Theatre Company), The Mousetrap, theatre companies; Barbara and The Festival 2019), and Sugarland (ATYP). A Murder is Announced (Louise Camp Dogs, The Governor’s Family, Her work for Skin was nominated Withers and Associates), Alice Capricornia (Belvoir); The Sapphires for the 2001, in Wonderland (Michael Sieders (MTC / Belvoir); Corrugation Road and for Sheoak was nominated for Presents), Symphony (Legs on (Black Swan); The Sunshine Club the Green Room Award 2015. the Wall), The Libertine, Othello, (STC / QT); The Resistible Rise Antigone, The River at the End of of Arturo Ui, Bloodland, Love and SORCHA ALBUQUERQUE the Road, The Tempest (Sport for Information, Power Plays, Romeo and LEAD GUITAR Jove), This Much is True, A View From Juliet, The Golden Age, The Secret Sorcha is a Sydney based jazz STEPHEN CURTIS the Bridge (Red Line Productions), River (STC); Mother Courage (QT); guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. SET DESIGNER His Music Burns (Sydney Chamber Heart is a Wasteland (Malthouse Originally hailing from Perth, Stephen has worked extensively Opera), and the Aurora Spiegeltent / Brown Cab Productions); The TROY JUNGAJI BRADY Sorcha began playing the cello as a Set and Costume Designer (2014) and The Famous Spiegeltent Magic Hour (Deckchair); Man with JOSEPH at the age of 8 and guitar at 14, for drama, film, opera, dance and (2015, 2016) for Sydney Festival. the Iron Neck, The Barefoot Divas Troy keeps cultural fires burning and graduated from the Western physical theatre. For Belvoir he has Matt currently tutors for the National (Sydney Festival); Diving for Pearls, through his lyrics and music, sharing Australian Academy of Performing designed Barbara and The Camp Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Nailed (Griffin); Waltzing The Wilarra these stories around the world. Arts with a Bachelor of Music Dogs, The Drover’s Wife, Twelfth (Yirra Yaakin); My Girragundji (Bell The Western GuGu Yelanji and (Jazz Performance) in 2013. Since Night, and Gwen in Purgatory; for Shakespeare). Film credits: Top Birri Gubba singer and songwriter relocating to Sydney in 2014, Sorcha Malthouse he has designed Away, End Wedding, Australia, Goldstone, shares his stories of country through has played with notable local and It Just Stopped and Picasso at the Jindabyne. Television: The Code, contemporary folk/roots music. He international artists such as Ingrid Lapin Agile. Other major credits STEVE TOULMIN Devil’s Dust, , The Gods also appeared in the original Belvoir Jenson (NYC), Silke Eberhart (GER), include: All About My Mother, The SOUND DESIGNER of Wheat Street, Wanted. Ursula production of Barbara and the Camp Dale Barlow, James Sherlock and Blue Room, Two Brothers and Cat For Belvoir, Steve’s credits as is the voice of ‘Levi’ in the NITV/ Dogs in 2017. Troy has toured the more. She is a member of the on a Hot Tin Roof for Melbourne Composer and Sound Designer SBS children’s animated TV series, world as a feature artist with Black Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective, Theatre Company; The Secret include Hir, The Rover, Jasper Little Lane and Big Cuz, on which Arm Band as well as performing as The Sorcha Albuquerque Trio, and River, The Vertical Hour, Doubt, The Jones, The Blind Giant is Dancing, she is also a writer. Ursula was a solo artist. Forging a career over has performed at festivals such as Government Inspector for Sydney Ivanov, La Traviata, Blue Wizard, 20 the recipient of the 2015 Sidney 20 years, he has led a number of Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Theatre Company; La Boheme, Lulu, Questions and The Seed. His other Myer Performing Arts Award, a bands before hitting out on his own, Fringe Festival, Perth Festival, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Turn credits include Richard III, Othello Best Actress Helpmann Award his current music exploring more Montreux Jazz Festival, Stonnington of the Screw for Opera Australia; (Bell Shakespeare); Blackie Blackie for her cabaret Magpie Blues, and of his language and connection Jazz Festival, Sydney Con Jazz Der Ring Des Nibelungen (The Ring Brown, Black is the New White, A CECILIA NELSON five Helpmann nominations. to the country of his ancestors Festival and Perth International Jazz Cycle) for State Opera of South Flea In Her Ear, Power Plays, Little STAGE MANAGER north of and Proserpine. Festival as a side-woman and leader. Australia; and The Winter’s Tale, Mercy (Sydney Theatre Company); Cecilia graduated from NIDA’s Sorcha’s original compositions are Henry IV, The Duchess of Malfi, The Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats BFA (Technical Theatre and featured on two ABC releases ‘Jazz War of the Roses, and The Servant of Loneliness (Sydney Theatre Stage Management) in 2016 after Calls: The best of Australian Jazz 2017’ of Two Masters for Bell Shakespeare Company / La Boite); Testament of completing a BSc. / BA. at The and ‘Jazztrack – celebrating 40 years’. Company. Stephen has published Mary (Malthouse); The Homosexuals University of Sydney. She has Staging Ideas as a guide to set (Malthouse / Griffin); Feather In previously worked for Belvoir as and costume design for theatre. The Web, Kill Climate Deniers, The the Assistant Stage Manager for Bleeding Tree, Gloria, Beached the 2017 run of Barbara and The (Griffin); A Hoax (Griffin / La Boite); Camp Dogs. Since graduating, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Great Cecilia has stage managed In Falls, Circle Mirror Transformation The Heights (Blue Saint (Ensemble); Switzerland Productions), She Loves Me and (Queensland Theatre Company); Assassins (Hayes Theatre Co.), Tender Napalm, Julius Ceaser and The View Upstairs (Invisible Wall ALANA VALENTINE Hamlet (La Boite); Life, Fun House, / Sugary Rum Productions), The CO-WRITER / SONGWRITER Blanc De Blanc and Blanc De Blanc Howling Girls (Sydney Chamber As well as co-writing Barbara RENÉ Encore (Strut & Fret) and All The Opera), Les Mamelles De Tiresias and the Camp Dogs with Ursula Elaine is an actor, director, First Sex I’ve Ever Had (Sydney Festival). (Sydney Conservatorium of Music), Yovich in 2017, Alana has worked Nations First Peoples Organiser Highly Sprung (Legs on the Wall), with Ursula for Barefoot Divas for the Media Entertainment MICHELLE VINCENT Miss Saigon (Packemin) and Darren and Dubboo: Life of a Songman. Arts Alliance, producer, singer, DRUMS Criss Intimate & Live (Michael Cassel As dramaturg, Alana worked with songwriter, standup comedian Michelle left her hometown of CHLOE GREAVES Group). She was assistant stage Bangarra Dance Theatre on Dark and writer, and a staunch MEAA Mildura at 16 years of age to pursue COSTUME DESIGNER manager for Artaserse (Pinchgut), Emu, Bennelong, Patyegarang and member who has appeared in her love of music and drumming in Chloe has worked extensively in Candide (Sydney Philharmonia), ID (from Belong). Her play Head multiple plays, TV series and films. Sydney. Since then she has toured live theatre as a Set and Costume New Year’s Eve Opera Gala (Opera Full of Love toured Australia (Drover She has appeared for Belvoir in the country with many known Designer across dance, opera and Australia), The Rape of Lucretia Award 2016) donating $60K in to the 2017 run of Barbara and the Australian and international artists, theatre nationally and internationally. (Sydney Chamber Opera) and was the Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Camp Dogs, and in Conversations and is no stranger to big stages. Some of her more notable theatre surtitle operator for Carmen (Opera Purple House for a mobile dialysis with the Dead (2003). Other stage Michelle performed for Belvoir in work includes Barbara and the Camp Australia / HOSH). She is passionate unit. Recent work includes The credits include Astroman (Melbourne the original run of Barbara and The dogs (Belvior), Rule of Thirds and about music in theatre, opera and Sugar House (Belvoir 2018), Ear to Theatre Company), Blaque Showgirls Camp Dogs and is currently touring LUCID (Chunky Move), The Bacchae looks forward to many future shows. the Edge of Time (Sport for Jove (Malthouse Theatre), An Octoroon, full time with one of Australia’s (Fraught outfit Melbourne festival and Seymour 2018), Letters to Lindy Country Song, The Sunshine Club finest female country acts, The / DarkMofo), They Saw A Thylacine ADM VENTOURA (Merrigong National Tour 2018) and (Queensland Theatre), This Fella McClymonts. She has played drums (Malthouse), The Waiting Room SONGWRITER / MUSICAL REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Ladies Day (Griffin Theatre 2016). My Memory (Moogahlin Performing for various artists performing on (MTC), Blak Cabaret (Sydney Festival In 2019, Made To Measure will be Arts), I am Eora (Sydney Festival), television on such programs as The / Malthouse), The Magic Pudding Formally trained at the Western produced at Seymour. Alana is the Bloodland (Sydney Theatre Company Morning Show, Sunrise, X Factor (Victorian Opera), HART (Shesaid), Australian Conservatorium of Music, recipient of a Fellowship at the / Bangarra Dance Theatre), and and The Voice Australia. Michelle Le Donna Curiose (The Juliard Adm is a first-class bass guitarist, Charles Perkins Centre. Barbara Cherry Pickers and The Sunshine has developed a ‘Drum Line’ music School, New York). Chloe also works composer, musical director, and and the Camp Dogs was nominated Club (Sydney Theatre Company). program, teaching drums and in film. She costumed the upcoming writer/producer based in Sydney. in the for Television credits include, Top of performance in high schools around feature 2040 and That Sugar Film Over the past 25 years, Adm has Best New Australian Work and the Lake, How to Stay Married, the Sydney region. With over a (Madman productions), and Living worked across a wide range of Best Original Score as well as for Rosehaven S2, , decade of experience under her belt Space (Tru Dot productions). She musical styles throughout Australia the Best Drama in the Victorian 8MMM Aboriginal Radio, Nowhere as one of Australia’s finest drummers has styled / production designed and also in North and South Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Boys S4, Get Krack!n, Black Comedy, Michelle is constantly exploring music videos for artists including America, Europe, Asia, the Middle Nick Enright Prize for Drama in the Redfern Now, Kiki and Kitty. She has new avenues to gain greater Guy Sebastian, Alison Wonderland, East and New Zealand. In this time, BROOKE KISS NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. appeared in the films Jackie Jackie, knowledge in the music industry. San Cisco, DZ Deathrays and he has performed with an array of ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER artists and musicians in concerts, Black Talk and Top End Wedding. Montaigne. Chloe received the 2014 For Belvoir, Brooke has worked clubs, and for television and radio. Green Room as the Stage Manager for Bliss, These artists include Al Green, Award for design for her year’s body Assistant Stage Manager for Sami in Kelly Rowland, Lupe Fiasco, Guy of work, and has been nominated Paradise, Rehearsal Stage Manager Sebastian, Jon Stevens, Ian Moss, on five others occasions in the on Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Jessica Mauboy, Emma Donovan, Opera, Theatre, Musical Theatre as well as working on Mr Burns, Ursula Yovich, Kate Ceberano, Vika and Independent categories. Atlantis and Mother. Other recent and Linda Bull and Stan Walker. roles include Stage Manager for Adm is also the musical director for You Animal, You (Force Majeure); the Barefoot Divas, a show featuring Assistant Stage Manager on six renowned Indigenous soul Accidental Death of An Anarchist singers from Australia, New Zealand and Testament of Mary (STC); Stage and Papua New Guinea. A hit at Manager for Bengal Tiger at the both the Sydney and New Zealand Baghdad Zoo (Mad March Hare International Arts Festivals in 2012, it LETICIA CÁCERES VICKI GORDON Theatre Company); Production also toured North America in 2014. DIRECTOR JESSICA DUNN CO-PRODUCER Manager for The Crucible (Barker Leticia is one of the most in-demand PERFORMING MUSICAL Vicki (Nati Kahungunu) is a NZ born DIRECTOR AND BASS College); and Production Stage directors for new writing in Australia. music producer who has worked as Manager for The Australian Tenors Jessica is a composer, sound Her Belvoir credits include the a musician, music director, festival and An Afternoon at the Proms designer and performing musician. world premiere of Barbara and the director and cultural producer. (Australian Global Entertainment). She is the 2009 recipient of the Camp Dogs by Alana Valentine She is the originating producer for Brooke graduated from the Technical Jann Rutherford Memorial Award for and Ursula Yovich (2017), Random Belvoir’s Barbara and the Camp KAREN NORRIS Theatre and Stage Management excellence in jazz and has studied LIGHTING DESIGNER by debbie tucker green (2018), and Dogs. She produced Australia’s course at NIDA in 2016. The Drover’s Wife (2016). In 2019 at the Sydney Conservatorium of first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Karen has extensive experience in Leticia directed the world premier Music. Jessica is founder and Artistic Islander Women’s Contemporary theatre, dance and music throughout of The Mares by for Director of the critically acclaimed Music Festival With Open Eyes Australia and Europe. She has Tasmanian Theatre Company and Sirens Big Band, an ensemble and first all-girl rock festival Fast worked for numerous theatre Ten Days on the Island International that promotes gender diversity Forward. Vicki produced the South companies including Belvoir, Sydney Festival. In 2018 Leticia also directed in Australian music. Her recent Pacific Women’s ensemble Singaot Theatre Company, The Space In Between by Steve theatre credits include Composer Sista for Fest Napuan Vanuatu Company SA, , Vizard and Paul Grabowsky at Arts and Sound Designer for The Mares (2010). She produced and curated Griffin Theatre, Sydney Opera MATT COX Centre Melbourne, Going Down by (Tasmanian Theatre Company), the critically acclaimed Barefoot House, Bangarra Dance Theatre, LIGHTING REALISER Michele Lee for Malthouse / STC, Associate Sound Designer for Divas for Sydney Festival and NZ NAISDA amongst others. Karen’s Since arriving in Sydney in 2003, and The House of Bernada Alba by Counting and Cracking and Random, International Arts Festival (2012), previous Belvoir work includes the Matt has designed numerous Performing Musical Director for the theatre productions including The