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THEATRE Prisoner, A Country Practice, Newly Weds and Francesca has been awarded grants by Arts Ghosts (White Box Theatre), Fairy’s Wings, Camilla produced Into with dancer Kathryn Rafferty’s Rules. Her film credits areNow Add Queensland, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Worry Warts, Bugalugs Bum Thief and Sprung Dunn and choreographers Francis Rings and BENSON Honey, Australia, Evil Angels, Lorenzo’s Oil, The Winston Churchill Fellowship and in (Monkey Baa), Satango and The House On The Narelle Benjamin and directed Slamming JACK Undercover and Paws. 2015 will travel to London as a recipient of a NATE Lake (Griffin Theatre Company),Sunset (Sydney Festival). She directed and co-wrote On stage she has in excess of forty-five Globe International Actor’s Fellowship. Boulevard and Promises, Promises (The with John Turnbull Birth Of The Cool (Sydney ANTHONY leading credits to her name. Recent theatre EDMONDSON Production Company) and Letter To Larry Festival at Riverside, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, TOM LINDSAY appearances include Calpurnia Descending, SOUND DESIGN (CheepUk in the Theatre Nesle, Paris). Rhurfestspiel, Germany, Melbourne Festival), Uncle Vanya, Under Milk Wood (Sydney Theatre Nate has had the pleasure of working with Work beyond the theatrical includes the Hamer which was nominated as Best Cabaret One of Australia’s emerging young actors, Production in the Sydney Theatre Awards. Benson’s television credits include the critically Company), Small & Tired (Belvoir St Theatre), ANNA many of Australia’s forefront theatre and dance Hall Opening Celebrations in 2012; East Parramatta Girls (Riverside Theatres), Becky companies, including , Timor’s Independence Day Celebrations for the Camilla was co-producer for the opening acclaimed Underbelly Razor and the telemovie Shaw (Ensemble Theatre), The Taming of GARDINER Force Majeure, Belvoir, Sydney Dance United Nations; Absinthe, Desir and Empire of , Sydney including Sunset Blood Brothers, both for the Nine Network. SET AND the Shrew ( Company) and Company, Bell Shakespeare, Malthouse, Griffin, for Spiegelworld in New York, Las Vegas, Boulevard in Concert and the Luna Park After making his debut on television in COSTUME DESIGN The Travelling North (HIT Productions). She is most Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Australian Miami, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo; Opening Concert. She was Producer for Mystery of Natalie Wood, Benson appeared proud of creating roles in new Australian plays A West Australian Academy of Performing Theatre for Young People, as well as many and the Papal Ceremonies at World Youth Day Sydney Theatre Company Foundation Events in the teen television series Chatroom Chicks for leading playwrights David Williamson, Ray Arts graduate, Anna has designed for acclaimed independent production companies 2008. Martin is possibly best known for his and Associate Producer for Sydney Theatre for ABC and A Gurls Wurld, and the first series Lawler, Alex Buzo and . numerous productions across Sydney both nationally and internationally. Further to his spectacularly theatrical lighting of the Sydney Company productions including Dein Perry’s of My Place. He also appeared in the first and including costume design for Into the Woods theatre work, Nate also produces music for Harbour Bridge (the Bridge Effect) from 2000 to Steel City and Lush. She is currently working second series of Disney-ABC’s United States (Rob Guest Endowment); Romeo and Juliet, short films and advertising, lectures and 2007 for NewYears Eve, which has brought him as a free-lance producer across a range of series Legend of The Seeker alongside Craig As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, mentors students at the National Institute of international renown. new projects. Horner, Bridget Regan and Bruce Spence. YALIN Macbeth, Hamlet, The Tempest, Twelfth Dramatic Art, Australian Institute of Music More recently, Benson secured one of the Dramatic Arts, Actors College of Theatre and Night, Cyrano De Bergerac (Sport for Jove). leading roles as Sam in the 2014 short film OZUCELIK Television and Wesley Institute. He also consults KAZAN, NARRATOR, Her design work includes This Fella, My Prank. Benson has just completed filming the on many theatrical and musical productions ALISON SECURITY GUARD Memory (Moogahlin Performing Arts); A Year Australian comedy drama series 800 Words for annually across Sydney. JOSEPH with Frog and Toad, Camp, Dark Voyager, HEPBURN- the Seven Network alongside Erik Thomson. Yalin recently performed with Richard Tognetti and The Australian Chamber Absent Friends, Educating Rita, The Shoehorn TAWADROS BROWN Orchestra in Reflections on Gallipoli. He Sonata and Ladies in Lavender (Ensemble ORIGINAL MUSIC STAGE MANAGER Theatre); (Don’t Look Away); played Le Bret in Cyrano de Bergerac for the Rooted Twelfth SUE Born in Cairo, Egypt and resident of Australia Alison worked as a Stage Manager for the Sydney Theatre Company for which he Night, The Crucible, Merchant of Venice (Sport Ensemble Theatre: Last Of The Red Hot Lovers, JACK since 1986, Joseph Tawadros has received a Sydney Theatre Awards for Jove); Henry V (Bell Shakespeare); Blood WALLACE Brooklyn Boy, The Sunset Limited, And The PUPPET CREATION AND established himself as one of the world’s FINSTERER nomination. Additionally, he played Cyrano Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), Orphans , PERFORMANCE leading Oud performers and composers. With Cow Jumped Over The Moon Tuesdays With MATTHEW LINDSAY, in Sport For Jove’s outdoor production of the (Redline Productions), The Unknown Soldier Morrie, The Thank You Dinner, Death Of A Sue Wallace has worked with the Sydney 12 ARIA nominated albums to his name - the JACK LINDSAY same play, receiving Best Actor in a Leading (Monkey Baa). Salesman, Derrida In Love, Are You There, I Get Puppet Theatre for 30 years as a performer, last three winning Best World Music Album at Jack has worked extensively in theatre, film Role (Independent Production) at the 2014 Anna has received nominations for the The Music In You – An Evening With Jan Van De writer, director and puppet maker the 2012, 2013 and 2014 ARIA Awards - and television. Most recently he has been Sydney Theatre Awards). Sydney Theatre Awards for Stool, End Of The Rainbow, The Violet Hour and The Taming of and continues to be fascinated by the Joseph regularly appears in concert halls and seen in Winter, The Dr Blake Mysteries and as Some other theatre credits include the Shrew and Cyrano De Bergerac (Sport for at festivals throughout Europe, America, Asia Kimberly Akimbo. For Griffin:Wicked Sisters, extraordinary art of puppetry. , and . Edgo in the soon to be released feature Is This The Importance of Being Earnest (State Jove) and the Greenroom Award for Henry V and the Middle East, collaborating with Presence Black And Tran Rabbit Performing extensively around Australia and For Company B: , the Real World. Other credits include Kokoda, Theatre Company ), Vere/ (Bell Shakespeare). She was awarded Best internationally acclaimed artists including Svetlana In Sling Backs at festivals and events overseas, her solo , Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Mr and Mrs Faith ( Company South Australia, Stage Design of a Mainstream Production for Zakir Hussain, Béla Fleck, John Abercrombie, Conversations With The Dead Our Lady Of show Nella’s Wings was given a Special . - Siren Theatre Company. Murder, Dangerous, Big Reef, City Homicide, Sydney Theatre Company), This Is Where We Henry V (Bell Shakespeare) at the 2014 Lior, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Sligo Richard 3rd Fox Children’s Award at the Harmony World and for Monkey Baa. At Rush, In Her Skin and Strange Live (Just Visiting, Griffin Independent),Henry Sydney Theatre Awards. Chamber Orchestra. In 2014 Joseph received Bugalugs Bum Thief Carnival of Puppetry in Bangkok in 2014. Riverside , , Fits of Passion. IV and King Lear (Bell Shakespeare), A Beautiful the Premier’s Medal for Arts And Culture (NSW). King Lear Codgers Who Killed Mario Lanza, Ru4Me and Parramatta Girls. His theatre credits include shows Beneath Life (Matrix, La Boite). Sue is the Artistic Director of ImaginArta - the Joseph’s unique compositions and Australian Puppet Centre and in August this Heaven (The Keene / Taylor Theatre Project), He recently filmed across two television series, spectacular virtuosity have not only year ImaginArta will open a permanent venue Disturbing the Dust, Jungfrau (Malthouse), Deadline Gallipoli (Matchbox Pictures) and increased the Oud’s presence in mainstream in the Southern Highlands with the support of Romeo and Juliet (Elston Hocking & Woods), Gallipoli (Endemol Australia) which have aired MATTHEW culture, but earned him recognition in the the Wingecarribee Shire Council. SHANNYN Don’t Say the Words, The Emperor of Sydney, in Australia this year. MARSHALL Arab world, as a guest of the Damascus The Woman with Dog’s Eyes (Griffin Theatre LIGHTING DESIGN International Oud Competition and Istanbul’s MILLER Company), Cyrano de Bergerac, Third World inaugural Oud festival. ASSISTANT Blues and Titus Andronicus (Sydney Theatre Matthew Marshall, a graduate from the West STAGE MANAGER Company). This is Jack’s first show with Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2001, FRANCESCA Shannyn is a Technical Production Graduate Riverside Theatres. is in demand for his dynamic lighting designs MARTIN from the National Inistute of Dramatic Art and SAVIGE for theatre, , events and dance. His NURSE, ADILE GOYMEN, credits include La Cenerentola (New Zealand KINNANE CAMILLA is thrilled to be a part of this exciting new SOLDIER Opera), Velvet (Adelaide Fringe), Iphigenie En PROJECTION DESIGN production of Shellshock.

Francesca’s theatre credits include Tauride (Pinchgut Opera), New Breed (Sydney Martin has designed for theatre and events ROUNTREE Her credits include (Sydney SANDY Girl in PRODUCER Fly Away Peter Tan Boots (Griffin), Away, The Importance of Dance Company), Day One, A Hotel, Evening both nationally and internationally. He has lit Chamber Opera), Pillow Talk (Spectrum Now/ GORE Camilla was the Riverside Producer for twelve Being Earnest, The Female of the Species, (Black Swan State Theatre Company), The many productions including Six Dance Lessons Sydney Theatre), The Australian Subscription JUNE LINDSAY/ years. Her productions included the award- The Crucible ( Company) Language Of Living (The New Zealand Dance in Six Weeks and End of the Rainbow Television and Radio Association Awards, Aida OLD SOLDIER winning Rainbow’s End, Parramatta Girls, and numerous productions with Sport for Company), This Is Our Youth (Sydney Opera ( Ensemble Theatre), Love Loss and What I (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour), Mardi Gras RU4ME, All The Blood and All The Water, A National Institute of Dramatic Art graduate, Jove, including All’s Well That Ends Well House), and the Helpmann Award winning Wore and Celebrity Autobiography (Sydney After Party (Fourth Wall Events), Bianco Del Codgers, Shakespeare’s R&J, King Lear, Sandy is a well-known face on Australian stage and A Doll’s House for which she received Smoke And Mirrors by iOTA and Craig Ilott Opera House) and Shakespeare’s R&J and Just Rio’s Comedy Special (Sydney Theatre), The Hamlet, Madam Butterfly and Carmen. She and screen. Sydney Theatre Award nominations. (Sydney Festival/Speigeltent International). Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare Company). Other Corinthian Creative Development (Australian also ran True West Theatre, Riverside’s Sandy’s television credits include Rake, Grass A prolific composer and sound designer, lighting credits include The Hatpin, Love Song, Theatre for Young People), Australian Event Her screen appearances include Packed independent theatre seasons and programed Roots, Brides of Christ, Farscape, Murder Call, LoveBITES, Bang, Belongings and Unholy Awards, So You Think You Can Dance (Channel to the Rafters and Home and Away. main stage, music and education programs 10) and The Voice (Channel 9). for Riverside.