CREATIVE TEAM

JOSHUA LOBB, WRITER the commonwealth games opening ceremony, Who Will Save The Day, At 14, Joshua was the youngest FLiNG youth physical theatre, participant at Interplay ’88, the Second Krush for short works, Season 4 On International Young Playwright’s The Floor with ensemble members of Conference. His plays have been Legs On The Wall Physical theatre. performed by Canberra Youth Theatre, Kirk has worked in remote areas as Conservatorium of Music, a dance teacher/movement sharer Shopfront Theatre, Vancouver Youth with Croc festival youth dance Theatre and at the Harold Park Hotel. programme, ‘Nyinka Nyunyu’ arts He worked as writer and dramaturg centre in Tennant Creek and various for the Australian Museum’s Theatre outreach projects with ATYP. Education program and is a founding member of the cabaret group CARL POLKE, SOUND DESIGNER Massabanadeen. His plays include: Broadway Baby!, Shakespeare–the A circus runaway interested in Cabaret!, Daedalus, The Falling as well as all things tuneful and noisy, his Still At Aulis and Wilde Tales for State of work encompasses a large variety Play for whom he has been the writer of theatrical musicality and in residence since 2003. Joshua has a performance. Companies Carl has PhD in English from UNSW. worked with include Circus Oz, Legs on the Wall (2002 Canadian Jessie JULIAN LOUIS, DIRECTOR award for best original score), The Flying Fruitfly Circus, State of Play, Julian is Artistic Director of NORPA, Griffin Theatre, and Circa. 2006 Lismore and State of Play. He is Helpmann Award nominee, Carl is a graduate of the NIDA Directors interested in where music stops, and CRITICAL STAGES AND course and holds a BA in Theatre noise starts. and Media (CSU, Bathurst). Directing ARTS NSW PRESENT credits include Associate Director Tobhiyah Stone Feller, The Underpants, (Company B SET DESIGNER Belvoir); Director The Meoniti Opera, The Telephone, The Shakespearean Tobhiyah’s professional Set and Opera Project and The Falling (NSW Costume Design credits include; Conservatorium of Music); Director This Territory (ATYP); Camarilla of Performix and Contact (Australian (Merrigong Theatre Co.); Tartuffe Theatre for Young People) and Five (Sydney Grammar School); Les Stories High (State of Play). Julian has Miserables (Alexander Productions); directed many youth theatre projects Last of The Knucklemen (Brand X) and in North West NSW. Human Resources (Siren Theatre Co.) Costume Design; Midnite (Marian KIRK PAGE, MOVEMENT St Theatre for Young People); As CHOREOGRAPHER Design Assistant; Through the Wire (Sydney festival 2004) and Design Kirk has performed as an actor, Associate Pippin (Kookaburra). dancer, singer, & teacher over the last Training: BDA (Design) at NIDA, Fine decade. His choreographic/ movement Arts at COFA, UNSW. director credits are as follows: My Skin My Life, Indigenous section of

A STATE OF PLAY PRODUCTION STATE OF PLAY

Founded in 2000 by Julian Louis, Jessica Machin Critical Stages organises and manages tours of and the late Nick Enright, State of Play is a high quality productions unique company with its strong commitment in Australia. to sustained performer collaboration in order to A national touring manager, supported by Arts create vibrant and accessible work. NSW and the Theatre Board of The Australia State of Play featured in the 2003 Sydney Council, Critical Stages works with both theatre Festival with its original and highly successful presenter and theatre maker to create the best STATE OF PLAY production Five Stories High; “theatre at its romping outcome possible when touring productions. hollering, poignant best” The Daily Telegraph.

The Wilde Tales tour is supported by Mermaid image Gordon Burns. Design Megan Louis. OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FEATURED CAST IN TONIGHT’S PRODUCTION The Fisherman and his Soul CHRIS BAKER GWYNETH PRICE The Remarkable Rocket Chris graduated from the Actors Gwyneth’s most recent theatre College of Theatre and Television in credits include The Cherry Orchard The Birthday of the Infanta 1998 and has since worked extensively and This Little Piggy (STC), How Like an The Nightingale and the Rose in film, TV and theatre as an actor Angel (Railway St Theatre), Loveplay and director. His most recent theatre (Downstairs Belvoir), Wonderlands The Star Child credits include; Madamoiselle Fifi and (Hothouse Theatre), Othello- The Clown Don’t Stare Too Much (White Rhino/ of Venice (Comediocre), Five Stories Company), The High (State of Play), Seven Acts of Love Cast Fire Raisers (Tamarama Rock Surfers) (Bluebird/ Tamarama Rock Surfers), and Iphigenia At Aulis (State of Play). Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes (Bell Chris Baker His film and television credits include; Shakespeare) and The Crucible for the Julia Davis One and only, Ned Kelly, The Condemned, STC. Her film and TV credits include All Kokoda, Love My Way, All Saints and Hell Saints, Europe and The Hit. Sean Lynch has Harbour Views. Johnny Nasser JULIA DAVIS Gwyneth Price CREATIVE TEAM Julia’s theatre credits: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Whoosh/Darlinghurst CREATIVE TEAM Theatre), Party Political (Cracker JO BRISCOE, COSTUME DESIGNER Comedy Festival), Wars of the Roses, Includes as Designer: October, Mr Writer/Dramaturg Joshua Lobb The Taming of the Shrew and Much Bailey’s Minder, Nailed (Griffin), Ruby Ado About Nothing (Bell Shakespeare), Moon (STC), Stories in the Dark (ATYP), Director Julian Louis A Moment on the Lips (Maelstrom/ A Moment on the Lips (Old Fitzroy/ Costume Design Jo Briscoe Whoosh), Wilde Tales (State of Play/B Stablemates), Noir, The Memory of Water Sharp), Elling (B Sharp) and the musical Set Design Tobhiyah Stone Feller (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), The Magic Faraway Tree (Garry Ginivan La Ronde, Greek Tragedy, Elling, Chicks Lighting Design Verity Hampson Productions). T.V creadits: Love My Will Dig You! (B Sharp), Vertigo and Sound Design Carl Polke Way, Home and Away, Small Claims the Virginia (Old Fitzroy). As Costume and The Chaser. Radio: Chrissie and Designer: Reunion/A Kind of Alaska Movement Choreographer Kirk Page Jules, Phryne Fisher Series (ABC Radio). (STC), On the Case (Legs on the Wall), Stage/Tour Manager Micah Johnson Training: Graduate of WAAPA and The What the Umbrella Did Next (ATYP), The Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Suitors (Old Fitzroy). As Set Designer: Original songs by Julia Davis Flotsam and Jetsam (Jigsaw), Myth, SEAN LYNCH Propaganda and Disaster (Stablemates). A graduate from Actors’ College, Sean’s recent work includes the original VERITY HAMPSON, LIGHTING production of Wilde Tales (State of DESIGNER Play/B Sharp), Fire Riser (Fly by Prods), Verity graduated from NIDA in Iphigenia At Aulis (State of Play) and DIRECTORS NOTE WRITERS NOTE 2005. Before attending NIDA Verity Spurboard (ATYP). For Urban Tales, specialised in corporate theatre design Sean has appeared in: Friday Night and technical management. Over Getting to the heart of the story... Wilde’s fairy tales are very intricately told. They Youthgroup, Masticate, Swallow and the past year she has designed with often begin like conventional fairy tales, but You’ll Eat It and You’ll Like It, amongst As a company, State of Play puts the performer a number of different directors and they all have stings in their tails. There is others. Film and TV work includes: at the centre of the creative process. Through producers including Company B, Griffin something under the surface of the nice stories Ascension, Being Boston, The Night We improvisation, devising, and at times trial and Stablemates and the Darlinghurst Called It a Day, Ground Hero, Grace, Ned, we expect: something more desperate, more Theatre Company. Verity also teaches error, we aim to get to the heart of each of the Garage Days, All Saints, Don’t Blame Me, dark. They show the way we are all seduced by lighting design at a number of local stories in tonight’s performance. Young Lions, Head Start. the idea of falling in love, but are also terrified institutions. Wilde Tales will be Verity’s Oscar Wilde’s fairytales are not simple stories by it. The hope makes us oblivious to anyone JOHNNY NASSER first production with Critical Stages. for children. Wilde creates a vivid world layered outside love’s bubble, and the fear makes us with emotion, beauty and wit. Within the bitter towards anyone who is in the bubble. Johnny graduated from the National MICAH JOHNSON, STAGE MANAGER Theatre Drama School in Melbourne stories the author expresses a longing for the Micah has worked extensively in in 1995 and has since worked on many In Wilde Tales we’re asking two of Wilde’s theatre and music production as a depths of love, but at the same time there is a theatre and television projects. His dangerous questions, relevant to his life and our Stage Manager, Production Manager, distrust in the impact of love. most recent projects include: Arabian own: how far will we go for love? And, in the and Lighting Designer. He is currently Night (NIDA), Wilde Tales (State of Play/ In Wilde Tales we present five stories, The end, is love the one thing worth having? Technical Manager of Darlinghurst B Sharp), Vampirella and Schnecke-Nudel Fisherman and his Soul - told in stages Theatre Company and his recent (Darlinghurst Theatre Company). He projects include Love’s Triumph, The throughout the show - The Remarkable Rocket, has also performed in the Middle East Essential Festival, Laneway Festival, Sam The Birthday of the Infanta, The Nightingale and Singapore with Loose Cannon Powers’ Powers of Illusion Tour and The and the Rose, and The Star Child. Arts. His TV credits include Legacy of Big Day Out. Micah is excited to be the Silver Shadow, Stingers and Simone taking such an exciting piece of theatre De Beauvoir’s Babies. Originally co-produced by and State of Play to a wide range of audiences.