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(2008), Richard II in New York (2008), West. The Fall of the House In The Penal 2 — 3 METAMORPHOSIS CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Equity member and a Clown Doctor at Canberra Hospital for the Humour Humour the for Hospital Canberra at Doctor aClown and member Equity Actors MEAA aproud is Ruth Centre. Arts Gorman and Ainslie and Youth Theatre Canberra with partnership Under My Bed in play new of her development for recipient grant artsACT an and program, Street’s HIVE The with writer aresident is Baby Blues. Ruth play puppet one-woman her for Sweet and Short Canberra in Actress Best and Finals, Sweet Sydney Gala work solo her Bridesquadand Unscripted; Canberra Company) for Idol (B&C X-Voice include: performances Other performances. Improvention Festival ( ImproACT and and The War of the Worlds include highlights recent 2017. World Other Fringe at award Theatre Best the for adaptation of shortlisted Paradise Lost was Butoh His Perth. in World Fringe at Award Theatre Physical and Dance 2019 the received 2019, in Theatre Street by The produced and by Christopher performed and Icarus,written shows. one-man of original creator skilled and adaring as areputation built has Christopher performance”, solo the of master “the as Described performer. asolo as and ensembles in theatre (Shakespeare by the Lakes), by the Howie the Rookie (Smith’s and (Shakespeare Alternative). (The Street Theatre), playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night in Malvolio Theatre), playing Street Tourmaline (The (Chrysalis Theatre). Awarded Best Actress 2016 Short and 2016 Actress Best Awarded Theatre). Proppets (Chrysalis Crescendo, Witness Theatre Company, he creates physical physical creates he Company, Theatre Witness of Bare director artistic As Paris. Lecoq, Jacques Théâtre de Internationale Ecole and Dublin, College Trinity Centre, Beckett Samuel The at trained artist, theatre- Irish an is Carroll Samuel Christopher Mr. Samsa Carroll Samuel Christopher Sad Fish Lady; professional productions: Under Sedation; include Theatre Street The at performances Previous actor. aCanberra herself calls proudly and Nepean), Sydney (BA in Theatre acting in trained Ruth Mrs. Samsa Ruth Pieloor Displaced,

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THE STREET THEATRE—MUSIC—COMEDY currently completing an MA (UNE) with a focus on Indigenous dramaturgies. Indigenous on afocus with (UNE) MA an completing currently is He Brigade. Citizens York of New Upright and State University the at improvisation in trained and (Drama) of Arts aBachelor with ANU the from graduated Dylan readings. of rehearsed anumber and Petocz; by Cathy Where I End and You Begin Machalias; In Loco Parentis by Helen works: new several in Street The at appeared has and Theatre, Gearstick Company, Theatre Jigsaw with worked has actor, an Dylan As Cornelius. Patricia with masterclass Australia’s Playwriting in to participate selected was he Metamorphosis. with debut Theatre Street her making be to thrilled is Stefanie House). We, The People (Old in Parliament hairdresser parliamentary a1970s Angela, playing and Sweet); and Dreamland (Short Noises Off farce British and SKIN, the award-winning including performances with subsequent Youth Theatre, Canberra with training further undergo her saw Canberra York. Stefanie’s New in move to group comedy sketch Skits-O-Phrenics . Other theatre credits include: Belinda/Flavia in the the in Belinda/Flavia include: credits theatre poem every day. Other and and England), of New ), why am i a fish? (University Co., 2019), Seen, Milk (First includes; performance for writing His land. Ngunnawal writer/actor aPalawa is on Van Berg living Den Dylan Gregor Samsa Berg Van Den Dylan University’s of Cornell apart was and Melbourne, in and productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream their in performed and Youth Theatre Victorian with trained Stefanie Melbourne, in raised and Born Greta Lekkas Stefanie (Canberra Repertory Theatre); I Love Lucy and (First Seen, 2017). This year, This 2017). Seen, Blue: a misery play (First theatre Greek in worked The Killing Game. She

The Camel (Blacklist Theatre Antigone,

4 — 5 METAMORPHOSIS CREATIVE TEAM dancer and choreographer Emma Strapps. with Service Repair Social company of performance co-founder the also is Adam ANU. the at Language and History of Culture, School the at Age’ Nuclear the in Japan in ‘Hibakusha’ Life: ‘Contaminated entitled fellowship 2016) and recently an completed Australian Research DECRA Council Performing Body during and after the Cold War amonograph published He Melbourne. of University the from film) (performance, studies cultural and history Japanese modern in aPhD earned He Relations. International critical on Japanese and Asian Studies, Performance and Historical Studies, and afocus with Humanities in Interdisciplinary teaches He 2000s. Tokyo the in of University the at aresearcher while Kaitaisha Gekidan Tokyo-based of amember as including 1994, since companies theatre and artists international and Australian with writer and performer adirector, as worked has maker. Adam theatre and writer academic, an Broinowski is Adam Director Broinowski Adam

Living inParis; from the ANU School of Art in 1993. in of Art School ANU the from numerous theatre companies. Imogen graduated for productions andmusic cross-disciplinary film, of theatre, variety awide on (2011). worked has She Award Acknowledgement Peer MEAA an and 2009) 2011, (2018, Design Theatre for Awards Circle Critics Canberra received has and Aeneas. Imogen & Take; Chain Bridge; Constellations; 2 for: design including Theatre, Street The with collaboration along enjoyed has fordesigner professional theatre She production. costume and set award-winning an is Imogen and Designer Costume Set Imogen Keen of Light; ; Venus in Fur; Cultural Responses to Occupation in Japan: The To Silence; Boys Will Be Boys; MP; Lawrie andShirley; Cold Light; Diary of a Madman; Where I End & You Begin; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and (Bloomsbury Academic,(Bloomsbury Under Sedation; The Faithful Servant; A Doll’s House, Part Albert Herring; The Weight The Give The Dido

THE STREET THEATRE—MUSIC—COMEDY (Morris & Buining) at Westlake. at The Barbed Maze (CCAS); &Buining) Anthology(Morris and Vox Nautica (ANCA); on Smith Gary and Higgins Denise with collaborated Blue Roof, Collapse, Scheme (bigHart); Ghosts in the The Slip Lane (AITC); includes work Faithful Servant. Other (Impro Australia). Game (Darlinghurst Theatre, Sauna Productions and Studios); Inc. Pulp Mum, Me and the IED (Collaborations Group); Theatre Inc.); Ball Theatre Short Theatre (Parramatta City Council, 2010–2018); Company (Depot Hollywood 2018–19) and 2008–11, Manager, Production Part 2 and Sound Design and Operation. Lydia’s credits include: A Doll’s House, Lighting Construction, Set Management, Production and Stage covering extensive, is theatre in Lydia’s experience 2006. in (Theatremaking) Practice and Theory of Performance, aBachelor with UWS from Lydia graduated Manager Stage KellyLydia Festival. Arts Auckland 2018 the for of Lighting Head as worked also He Productions). Taipei in (Disney operator (Singapore), lighting of Systems Head Johannesburg, The Lion King in on Systems of Lighting Head was He Ruddigore (Opera Opera). Queensland); Zealand The (New Mikado The Creation, Ballet); (Queensland Rose (Queensland University of Technology); Summer of the 17th , Doll Company);BAAL Theatre The Cherry Orchard (Queensland is a DJ and Ballet. Queensland and of Music Conservatorium QLD La Boite, OperaQ, Theatre Company, Dance, Queensland Expressions including; companies for productions many on worked he where Queensland in career prolific a after Street The with work to begin 2019 in to Canberra moved Andrew Designer Lighting Meadows Andrew Chain Bridge; Icarus; include: Street The for Designs nineties. late the in Fellow Visiting ANU an becoming dome, ageodesic in sound immersive studied He ABC. the for Italia Prix prestigious the won Denley Jim Collaborationswith on work his 1991 in and design sound innovative and creative for Award Room Green MEAA the won Kimmo 2010 1997. In since Canberra KV Productions in studio mastering music run has and producer audio and designer asound is Vennonen Kimmo Sound Designer Kimmo Vennonen (La Boite); The Big Three, (The Street Theatre);(The Short + Sweet Festival Sydney Lighting Designer credits include: Absurd Person Singular; (Jigsaw Theatre). He He Theatre). Pearl vs the World (Jigsaw The Lost Thing and

Where I End and You Begin;

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again; Verbatim, Dance Bait, The Food of Love, Antigone (Canberra Youth Theatre); Bartleby; The Sleeping Beauty, and The All This Living and Dirty Apple, (2017–19); (2017–19); Cold Light; (Head Stage and and Stage (Head St Frances Post Office Banjo, Sharp God The

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