Sunnybank Theatre Group in association with ORiGiN Theatrical & Samuel French Ltd TWELVEpresents ANGRY MEN
directed by Lesley Davis & Pam Cooper May 19 - June 3, 2017 It is 1957.
A young delinquent, well known to the police, is on trial for the brutal murder of his aggressive father.
Witnesses have testified as to what they have seen and heard, the physical evidence has been presented and final presentations have been made.
The judge has instructed the jurors of their solemn task: if they believe, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant is guilty of murder then they must find him guilty. If, however, there is any doubt in their minds TWELVE whatsoever then they must find him innocent. In a capital murder case, the punishment under the law is the sentence of ANGRY MEN death.... EL - LINE
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UP DIRECTOR DIRECTOR LESLEY DAVIS COOPER PAM Bitten by the theatrical ‘bug’ at a Following 11 years with the very early age, Lesley has had a Bundaberg Players, Pam has been very diverse theatrical career with an STG member for over 30 years. amateur theatre, both on and off She has directed, appeared in and the stage. Her recent stage been involved in too many highlights include Lady Metcalfe productions to even begin listing Beyond Reasonable Doubt, Harriet them here! Comedies include Move in Key for Two, Maria in The Sound Over Mrs Markham, Key for Two of Music and Suzy in Wait until Dark. (1991), Not Now Darling (all by Ray Directing is not a new challenge for Cooney) and probably the most Lesley, having been involved with difficult to stage, Noises Off. On the many shows including assisting more serious side, which she favours, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, Beyond with the direction of Gaslight, Reasonable Doubt, Witness for the Beyond Reasonable Doubt (2003), Prosecution and, probably her most Puss in Boots, Aladdin, and favourite, working with Lesley’s Deathtrap , and directing such production of A Few Good Men. Pam shows as Funny Money, Joseph and also feels privileged to have played a the Amazing Technicolor large part on the hugely successful Dreamcoat, STGs very successful, musicals Nunsense, Joseph and the award winning production of A Few Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Good Men, and more recently The Sound of Music. If that isn’t Anyone for Breakfast. She now gets enough, her last production was her her hands dirty with another own musical creation, You Must courtroom drama, Twelve Angry Remember This in 2015. Still very Men. This enthusiastic, all-male cast much involved, although taking it a is made up of some newcomers (or little easier these days, Pam is more ‘oldcomers’ returning) as well as than happy to be working again some familiar faces, so sit back, alongside Lesley, a fantastic cast and relax and allow our talented cast to crew, on this powerful drama, Twelve bring this fabulous show to life. Angry Men. JUROR No 2 JUROR FOREMAN ALLAN HARE BRAD OLIVER Brad’s first foray into the theatre Although usually enclosed in the was in Sydney, way back in the STG lighting box, Allan follows on early 1980’s. Since moving his from his recent acting debut in Family to Brisbane some 20 years Beyond Reasonable Doubt. For 12 ago, he has been busy with his Angry Men the directors have career in finance but has now chosen to cast him in a role found the time to get back on requiring a certain nervous, stage. He recently appeared in hesitant lack of confidence. Allan's Sunnybank Theatre’s production of ambition is to continue testing the Are You Being Served in 2 roles….a stage, hopefully graduating to Scottish customer and a Spanish more robust roles, perhaps Revolutionary. And earlier this year something like Rambo or Moses, or he performed in a one act play – similar. Post Its also at STG. Late 2016 saw him appear in Centenary Theatre’s production of A Little Murder never hurt Anybody as the bumbling, wise cracking Detective Plotnik. Brad runs a financial services business by day and is an avid golfer on weekends. JUROR No 3 JUROR No 4 JUROR ADAM LIBKE ADAM KLIGER GARY As this is Adam’s first time Gary just appeared as the performing for the Sunnybank harassed, 'dull' Neville Winthrop in Theatre Company, he always our most recent production of arrives at the theatre fully Third Week in August, so he is no prepared. This is the contents list of stranger to STG. He also appeared his rehearsal bag: one pencil, one here in A Funny Thing Happened on highlighter, one water bottle, one the Way to the Forum and Trap for a portable plastic and gravel road, Lonely Man as well as playing Mr. one long bent thing with a sort of Rumbold in Are You Being Served? lump on the end, one waterproof Gary has a substantial history in cover for same, one same, Brisbane Theatre, with roles at thirty-three boxes of yellow kosher Nash Theatre, Centenary Theatre boots, another long bent thing with and Phoenix Ensemble where, a sort of lump on the end, one several years ago, he played Juror uncooked leather trilby with sugar 7 in 12 Angry Men. He enjoys the feather, one sixty foot explodable ebb and flow of good dramatic granite statue with built in plunger, material contained in this detailed plans of what to do with evergreen piece of jury room long bent thing with a sort of lump deliberation, its tensions providing on the end, and one script great opportunities for a cast to (stained). enjoy the challenges it presents. JUROR No 6 JUROR JUROR No 5 JUROR LIAM INGLIS SHAYNE JARVIS SHAYNE This is Shayne's first "conventional" Liam got involved in theatre when play since he performed in A he was 12 years old after Chorus Line 15 years ago. He has a completing a drama assignment at strong physical theatre school. Since then he has background being a key member of performed in two school OzFrank Theatre Network, productions, starring as Peter Pan performing in several touring in one. He went on to be a two-time shows. He co-created several state finalist at the Queensland self-devised theatre pieces namely Youth Shakespeare Festival, Gadget Man, The Ka Kuna Kowboys, performing as Cassius and Richard and Oprah the Stage Show. He has the Third. This is Liam’s third several short film and commercial appearance at the Sunnybank credits and is currently filming theatre, having performed in The Serenade in White with Troy Galvin. Mikado and Guys and Dolls in 2014. Shayne Studied at École Jacques Liam hopes you sit back, get angry Lecoq in Paris and The Actors and enjoy the show. College of Theatre and Television in Sydney. Aside from acting work, he is a movement teacher in High schools in both Brisbane and the Sunshine coast, a well know Ka Huna massage teacher, and is currently completing an Arts/Science Degree with majors in Music, French and Physics. Shayne ran as an independent in the last Queensland State Election and did extremely well for an unknown independent. JUROR No 8 JUROR GREG POTTER GREG JUROR No 7 JUROR NATHANIEL YOUNG NATHANIEL Chances are you’ve seen Nathaniel Greg first appeared in Act 1 on stage in a number of Theatre's (Strathpine) production productions with STG since 2014: of The Foreigner in 2005, which Relatively Speaking, Key for Two ignited his interest and love for the and (very) recently, Third Week in stage. He has appeared in several August, to name a few. A graduate shows at STG since 2009. His last of USQ’s Bachelor of Creative Arts appearance on the STG stage was degree, Nathaniel has written, as LT JG Daniel Kaffee in the 2103 produced and performed in shows production of A Few Good Men. He as part of the Brisbane Anywhere returns to the STG stage after a Festival, including Arrivederci and long break from the theatre and is Adamo Mortem. He has also delighted to be working under the dabbled with Centenary Theatre uniquely creative a skilful direction Group, in Dad’s Army, Dangerous of Lesley Davis and Pam Cooper. Corner and A Little Murder Never Hurt Anyone, and has just finished his debut at Nash Theatre in a radio play adaptation of The Philadelphia Story. Having directed STG’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt in 2016, he is glad to be back on the “safe” side of things as an actor…for now...
(And hopes you all enjoy the show!) JUROR No 9 JUROR No 10 JUROR COLIN WILLIAMS STEVE TONKS 1967 saw Colin’s first stage acting Steve ticked an item off his bucket role as “Herald” in his local church’s list in 2016 by making his theatre Nativity Play. Fast forward 50 years debut with the role of Gonzalo in to 2017 to what will be his second Nash Theatre's production of The stage acting role. That’s not to say Tempest. He followed this up with he hasn’t been active in the other roles with the Nash entertainment arena. Colin has productions of The Fall and Rise of played bass in numerous rock Mr Scrooge and more recently The bands, written and directed 18 Philadelphia Story. His role of Juror short films (two of which have 10 marks his STG debut; part of a earned film festival awards) and in stage version of one his favourite recent years tried his hand at ever movies. Steve assures the stand-up comedy reaching the directors and cast that he's not semi-finals of Triple J’s Raw really as angry as the character he Comedy competition. Three years portrays. ago Colin joined Toastmasters, where he honed his speechwriting and public speaking skills, becoming amulti-award-winning speaker. His success at public speaking, combined with his love of theatre, has enticed him to break this fifty year drought and enabled him to cross one more entry off his ever decreasing bucket list. JUROR No 11 JUROR No 12 JUROR KEN VERRALL GILDEA JARROD Ken has spent most of his long Jarrod Gildea is a devoted and career acting out a role as a scientist hard-working individual, currently and statistician. In 1994, he was completing an apprenticeship given a chance to strut and fret an whilst undertaking his debut hour on stage with comedy roles in theatre role as Juror Twelve in STGs Love and Laughter at STG. Ken has production of Twelve Angry Men. performed in over thirty plays with Jarrod has previously undertaken various amateur theatre groups in courses at NIDA (National Institute Brisbane. If he could highlight three of Dramatic Arts) to advance his roles, they would be: David Plummer, ability to portray emotions the daring producer in The Farndale accurately, perform confidently in Avenue Housing Estate Townwomens’ front of camera and to develop Guild Dramatic Society Production of improvisation skills. The Wizard of Macbeth at STG, the Narrator in a Oz was his first musical he thirteen week season of James and performed in at Mt Gravatt State the Giant Peach at Brisbane Arts Theatre and Sam Byck in Assassins High School when he was 16 years with the Ocean Theatre Company. old. This allowed him to experience Ken has a role as a jury man in Don’t what it was like to perform in front Tell, an Australian movie being of a live audience. Motivated by a shown in cinemas this year. Ken challenge, Jarrod is always ready to played a real-life juror in a hung jury take on the next one. He is eager to many years ago. The vote was 5 not continually develop his skill set and guilty and 7 guilty. From what was be involved in future productions. presented in court, the defendant looked guilty, but if we had dug deeper, we might have reached a unanimous decision. In the end, reasonable doubt prevailed. The re-trial with a new jury returned a not guilty verdict. THE CREW
Production Design Lesley Davis Pam Cooper
Lighting / Sound Design Paul Marshall David Gemmell
Lighting Operators Joanne Sephton Gabi Marshall Ashley Worsman Paul Marshall GUARD / STAGE MANAGER / STAGE GUARD GARY ROSE GARY Gary has been performing on stage Set Construction in one form or another for the past Bob Clayton thirty years beginning his stage life in Sydney with performances Props ranging from dramatic The The Cast Purification (Tennessee Williams) to comedic (Bernard in Boeing, Costume Boeing). After performing in the The Cast chorus of Verdi’s Aida, Gary returned to the boards and has Photography and Publicity enjoyed lead and principal roles as Kayleen Zoethout the King, (The King and I); Sir Richard Chomondolay, (Yeoman of Screen Images, Program & the Guard); Fred Graham/Petruchio Poster (Kiss me Kate); Jeff Douglass, the Chris O’Leary laconic drunk in Brigadoon; Emile DeBeque (South Pacific) and Gavin (The Full Monty). Most recently Gary has undertaken the role of Max Bialystock, (The Producers) and King Arthur, (Spamalot). He is looking forward to his first production with Sunnybank Theatre as the Stage Manager who also appears as the Guard. When not on stage, Gary is a marriage celebrant and owner and CEO of an Australia wide training company, Rose Training Australia (sleep is overrated!). Would you like to know more about Sunnybank Theatre Group?
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