BLACK SWAN PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERTH FESTIVAL THE CHERRY ORCHARD ADAPTED BY ADRIANE DAFF AND KATHERINE TONKIN AFTER ANTON CHEKHOV DIRECTED BY CLARE WATSON 20 FEBRUARY - 20 MARCH 2021 SUNSET HERITAGE PRECINCT

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A NOTE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CLARE WATSON

“We certainly live in the age of Chekhov since he is the great poet of catastrophe but also the great poet of resilience, of perseverance, of stamina…keep going on, I can’t go on, I will go on, that’s Chekhov” Dr Cornel West

The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhov’s final play; he died months after its premiere at the age of 44 of tuberculosis, a disease of the lungs. The year was 1904. His famous last words were, “It’s a long time since I drank champagne.” And so, it seems apt to perform this play in this place, the site of the Sunset Hospital, a place for sick and dying men and the destitute for over 100 years, a history that began in 1904. Chekhov maintained that The Cherry Orchard was a comedy, even a farce, but it was first staged by director Stanislavski as a tragedy.

The original work is set in the 1880s in Russia, at a time of great social and economic upheaval. We have set this adaptation in Manjimup, WA in the 1980s. Do you remember? In 1983 we won the America’s Cup and had a Prime Minister who could skoll a yard-glass of beer, the rich were getting richer, as hair and shoulder pads were getting bigger and bigger. And then, in late 1987, just as our play begins, there was the Black Tuesday stock market crash and we were plummeted into a time of great uncertainty and upheaval.

And here we all are in 2021, in this lucky part of a world that is once again thrust into uncertainty due to a pandemic, a disease of the lungs. There are certainly correlations between Chekhov’s Russia, the late 80s in Australia and this era of transition that we find ourselves in now. Just like all of the productions in this year’s festival and the festival itself, this Cherry Orchard is a demonstration of the tenacity of the creative spirit and the strength of community.

After interval, we find ourselves in 1988, just after the Bicentennial celebrations which marked “200 years of Australian history.” In Chekhov’s play about privilege and ownership, about connection to place and its history, we acknowledge that we live in a country that always was and always will be aboriginal land.

I’d like to thank the team of The Cherry Orchard for working tirelessly and playfully in 40 degree heat, in wind and rain and on zoom. And thanks, too, to all of my wonderful colleagues at Black Swan and the cracking team at Perth Festival. An especially big thank you to Adriane Daff and Katherine Tonkin, much loved collaborators who have brought this adaptation to life as a full hearted comedy and, in doing so, have allowed this story about the relentless passage of time and the inevitability of change to land all the more tragically for our protagonists.

Bottoms up!

A NOTE FROM PERTH FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IAIN GRANDAGE

Perth Festival 2021 is a love song to this place – its people, artists, stories and its river. So here on the banks of that river at Sunset, it’s a joy to welcome this classic Russian work that is newly re-imagined into 1980s WA. As with so many events at this year’s Festival, we have waited a long time to see The Cherry Orchard, which was due to feature in Black Swan’s 2020 season. But one of the highlights of my time in lockdown was being party to the most beautifully playful and technically ingenious workshop showing of this production via Zoom. The inventiveness and playfulness of Clare and the cast was palpable, with energy bursting out of that normally dry Zoom world. We’re thrilled to be welcoming this real world version into the Festival. CAST

THE FAMILY Grace Chow Varya; Ranyevskaya’s adopted daughter Brendan Hanson Gayev; Ranyevskaya’s brother Hayley McElhinney Ranyevskaya; a landowner Bridie McKim Anya; Ranyevskaya’s daughter

THE HOUSEHOLD Emily Rose Brennan Dunyasha; the family maid Sam Longley Yepikhodov; the family’s accountant George Shevtsov Firs; the family’s very old servant

THE OUTSIDERS Humphrey Bower Piss-Cheek; a family friend Kieran Clancy-Lowe Yasha; the entourage Michelle Fornasier Charlotta; the entourage Ben Mortley Lopakhin; a noveau riche neighbour Mark Nannup Trofimov; a university student Arlo Cavoodle CREATIVES AND CREW

CREATIVES CO-WRITER Adriane Daff CO-WRITER Katherine Tonkin DIRECTOR Clare Watson ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Ian Michael SET & COSTUME DESIGNER Zoë Atkinson LIGHTING DESIGNER Lucy Birkinshaw COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER Dr Clint Bracknell CREW STAGE MANAGER Hugo Aguilar López ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Charley Newton STAGE MANAGEMENT (SECONDMENT) Olivia Sellers LIGHTING SUPERVISOR Kristie Smith LIGHTING (SECONDMENT) Katrina Johnston SOUND SUPERVISOR Kieran O’Regan SOUND TECHNICIAN Georgia Snudden MECHANIST Jordan Lee DRESSER Anna Weir COVID MARSHAL/SITE SUPPORT Olivia Amodt DOG TRAINER Laura Ryder (Business Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) VENUE MAP

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V = Vegetarian VO = Vegetarian Option GF = Gluten Free GFO = Gluten Free Option BIOGRAPHIES

CREATIVES ADRIANE DAFF CO-WRITER

Adriane is an actor, writer and theatre maker. She is one of the founding artists of The Last Great Hunt. Some theatre credits for TLGH include: Lé Nør (nominated for two Helpmann awards), The Irresistible (a co- production with Side Pony Productions also nominated for a Helpmann award), Falling Through Clouds, All That Glitters and Elephents. For Black Swan: Xenides, A Perfect Specimen, Blithe Spirit, Flood, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arcadia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Visit. On screen, Adriane has appeared in The Big Spaghetti, Three Summers, Small Town Hackers, DAFUQ? and Otherlife. In 2018, she won a PAWA for Best Actress for The Irresistible and Best Actress in the Next Gen Webfest for The Big Spaghetti. CREATIVES KATHERINE TONKIN CO-WRITER

Katherine is an actor who has worked across Australia’s major performing arts companies. For Black Swan she performed and co-devised Xenides. Theatre credits: Cosi (MTC/STC), Abigail’s Party, Three Little Words, The Cherry Orchard, Apocalypse Bear Trilogy, Cloud Nine, Explorations: A Streetcar Named Desire (MTC), The Histrionic, Baal (STC/Malthouse), The Wild Duck, Elektra/Orestes (Belvoir), Conversation Piece (Lucy Guerin Inc/Belvoir), Tame, OT: Chronicles of the Old Testament (Malthouse), The Eisteddfod (Malthouse/ Brisbane Powerhouse/Belvoir), Gilgamesh (Melbourne Festival/Sydney Opera House/ Barbican/China tour), Smashed (Griffin) and I Heart John McEnroe (Theatreworks). Screen credits: Preacher (Series 4), My First Summer, Wentworth, The BBQ, Macbeth, Nowhere Boys, The Future is Expensive, Winners and Losers (Series 3&4), City Homicide (Series 3&4), Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Snake Tales and Kick. CREATIVES CLARE WATSON DIRECTOR

Clare is the Artistic Director and Co-CEO of Black Swan. For the company, she has directed The Torrents (a co-production with STC), Our Town, Xenides, The Events, You Know We Belong Together (a co-production with Perth Festival and DAADA) and Let the Right One In. Previously, Clare was Artistic Director at St Martins collaborating with children and teenagers, female Director-in-Residence at Malthouse Theatre and is an MTC Women Directors’ Program alumna. Clare is a graduate of Directing at the Victorian College of the Arts. She is a trained teacher and worked in high schools in Victoria for 15 years, and was also the Education Manager at Malthouse Theatre. CREATIVES IAN MICHAEL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Ian is a proud Wilman Noongar man. Artistic Associate: Black Swan State Theatre Company (2021) Resident Artist: (2018-2020) Writer: York, HART. Curator: Maali Festival. Theatre: Malthouse Theatre/ Black Swan: Cloudstreet; Black Swan: Our Town, Let the Right One In; Malthouse Theatre: Blak Cabaret; She Said Theatre: HART; Ilbijerri Theatre Company: Flashblaks; MTC: The Kid. Yirra Yaakin: Nyoongar Shakespeare Project. Assistant Director: STC: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Black Is The New White (Directing Placement); Black Swan/Yirra Yaakin: Skylab. Awards: Melbourne Fringe’s Most Outstanding Indigenous Performer in 2013 and 2015. HART was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Production (Independent) in 2016. Nominated for Best Actor at the PAWA Awards for Our Town and Let the Right One In. Training: WAAPA. CREATIVES ZOË ATKINSON SET & COSTUME DESIGNER

Zoë is a Perth based designer who has worked across many art forms in Australia and internationally for over twenty-five years. Some of her most recent local work includes Cloudstreet (Black Swan/Malthouse), Hecate (Yirra Yaakin), Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak (Perth Festival 2017/2019) for which she was also Artistic Associate, HOME (Perth Festival 2016) and The Museum of Water (Perth Festival 2017/18). Zoë studied Scenography at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts under the late Professors Petr Matasek and Joseph Svoboda, and has been the recipient of many awards including a Helpmann for her costume design on The Odyssey (Malthouse/Black Swan). CREATIVES LUCY BIRKINSHAW LIGHTING DESIGNER

Lucy is an accomplished lighting designer and artist. Lucy’s lighting practice encompasses theatre, opera, music theatre, concert lighting, dance, film and television. She trained formally in fine arts and lighting for performance. Lucy has designed lighting for companies such as STC, Perth Theatre Company, Malthouse, Griffin, Barking Gecko, The Aphids, Melbourne Opera, Lyric Opera Melbourne, WAYTCO, Performing Lines, My Darling Patricia, OpticNerve, Side Pony Productions, Hayloft Project, Magnormos, Red Ryder, Perth Festival, Opera in the Park, Australian Opera Studio and many others. She enjoys collaborating with a diverse range of directors, choreographers and composers. Lucy’s distinctive approach to depth, contrast and beauty within her designs make her an identifiable theatre artist. CREATIVES DR CLINT BRACKNELL COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER

Clint is an Associate Professor at WAAPA and Kurongkurl Katitjin, ECU. His credits as composer, sound designer and musical director include Hecate (Yirra Yaakin/Bell Shakespeare) Water, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Black Swan), Skylab (Black Swan/ Yirra Yaakin), Mission Songs Project: 1957 Palm Island Strike (Sydney Festival, Darwin Festival), King Hit (Yirra Yaakin), and The Red Tree (Barking Gecko) which was nominated for ‘best original score’ in the Helpmann Awards. His PhD in Music from UWA was awarded the 2016 Robert Street Prize for most outstanding thesis. CAST HUMPHREY BOWER PISS-CHEEK; A FAMILY FRIEND

Humphrey is an award-winning actor, writer and director based in Perth. He has worked with companies and artists across Australia for over 30 years. He was a founding member of Melbourne collective Whistling in the Theatre in the 1980s and Perth independent company Last Seen Imagining, and was Artistic Director of Night Train Productions. Recent performance credits include: The Golem, The Apparatus, Hiro (Blue Room), Sunset (STRUT/Perth Festival) and Coma Land (Black Swan). CAST EMILY ROSE BRENNAN DUNYASHA; THE FAMILY MAID

Emily has worked extensively in theatre and television and toured with Bell Shakespeare in 2005 and 2009. She has played lead roles in television series: 30 Seconds for Foxtel, Underbelly: Razor for Channel 9 and The Legend of Gavin Tanner for ABC, as well as several supporting roles. On returning to Perth, Emily has performed in Dirt Music (Tim Winton), Water (Black Swan), The Torrents (Black Swan/STC) and television series The Gruen Transfer, Dafuq and Ashbeclee. Emily is a prolific voice over artist and the voice of some of Australia’s leading television campaigns. Training: NIDA. CAST GRACE CHOW VARYA; RANYEVSKAYA’S ADOPTED DAUGHTER

Grace is an emerging Asian-Australian theatre-maker, playwright and actor. Grace has worked with various Australian theatre companies such as WAYTCo, Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), Barking Gecko, Squid Vicious, PROPAGATION NATION and Public Service Announcement. Recent performance and performance- making highlights include REST, Dance Myself to Death at The National Studio Residency and her solo show Noodle Shop on the Corner of Fifth Street. In 2020, Grace was part of the Performing Lines WA Culturally Diverse Artist Residency, and continues to carry a passion for inclusivity, accessibility, and diversity in the Australian performing arts ecology. Training: WAAPA – Bachelor of Performing Arts. CAST KIERAN CLANCY-LOWE YASHA; THE ENTOURAGE

Kieran’s television career includes Les Norton and Riot. Theatre credits: Mars: An Interplanetary Cabaret (Old 505 Theatre), Safe (Sotto Theatre Company), Macbeth (Australian Shakespeare Company) and It Doesn’t Snow Here (Sydney Fringe). Whilst at WAAPA, Kieran performed in A Tale of Two Cities, Coriolanus, Much Ado About Nothing and Marat Sade and in the Channel 9 short film Not Like Us. Training: WAAPA. CAST MICHELLE FORNASIER CHARLOTTA; THE ENTOURAGE

Michelle is a seasoned professional actor who has toured extensively across Australia. Theatre credits: Blithe Spirit, National Interest, Day One Hotel Evening, White Pearl Divers Of Broome, The Memory Of Water, The Lady Aoi, The Visit (Black Swan), Modern International Dead (Deckchair),The Turning, Baby Boomer Blues, Bombshells (Perth Theatre Co), Private Lives (Onward Productions), The Spook (Logos Productions), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare WA), The Marriage Of Figaro (QTC), Metamorphosis, Peer Gynt (Fractal Theatre). Awards: Best Actress, The Visit. Screen credits: The Heights, Stormworld, The Sleepover Club 2, Snobs, Going Home, Water Rats, Change, Hidden Creatures, Calling Gerry Molloy, Prick and Boy. CAST BRENDAN HANSON GAYEV; RANYEVSKAYA’S BROTHER

Brendan is a creative nomad, actor, singer, dancer, director, writer and lecturer. Theatre credits: Assassins, I Am My Own Wife, Clinton: The Musical, Next to Normal, Midsummer (a play with songs), Arcadia (Black Swan), The Telephone (Lost and Found Opera), Into the Shimmer Heat (Nova Ensemble), Lebensraum, The Last Five Years, Grande Revue (Brainbox Productions). He is an accomplished musical theatre performer. Credits: Les Misérables, Grease, Singin’ in the Rain. He has sung for WA Opera in Tosca, The Tales of Hoffmann, The Magic Flute, Orpheus in the Underworld and Carmen. He has directed opera, musicals, cabaret and plays and is a lecturer in performance skills in the classical voice department at WAAPA. Best Actor Awards: Clinton: The Musical (PAWA) and Lebensraum. Training: WAAPA. CAST SAM LONGLEY YEPIKHODOV; THE FAMILY’S ACCOUNTANT

Sam has been working as an actor, comedian, writer and director since the late nineties. Highlights include: ten years performing Shakespeare In The Park, Hoods, Stones (Barking Gecko), The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer (TLGH -US/Japan/Turkey/Canada/Rio tour), Horse Head (National tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Black Swan), Not Like Beckett (Deckchair), Bindjareb Pinjarra (Australian tour), Tony Galati: The Musical (FRINGE WORLD Festival) and Beanstalk (Spare Parts Puppet Theatre). Film credits: Jasper Jones, Three Summers, H is For Happiness and Where The Wild Things Are. Sam has written plays, hosted TV shows and is the creator of the improv comedy show The Big Hoo-Haa. CAST HAYLEY MCELHINNEY RANYEVSKAYA; A LANDOWNER

Hayley is a seasoned film, TV and theatre performer. She is a regular as Penny in Doctor Doctor (series 1-5). Other TV credits include: Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, Rizzoli & Isles, My Place, Twentyfourseven, Always Greener, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Love is a Four Letter Word, Backberner, Water Rats and Good Guys Bad Guys. Film credits: Hearts & Bones, Rams, Love You Twice, The Babadook, Redd Inc, My Mother Frank and City Loop. As a member of STC 2006-2009, Hayley performed in Uncle Vanya, The War of the Roses, Gallipoli, The Serpent’s Teeth, Tales from the Vienna Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Art of War, The Season at Sarsaparilla, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Lost Echo, Bed and Mother Courage and Her Children, for which she received the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. Training: WAAPA. CAST BRIDIE MCKIM ANYA; RANYEVSKAYA’S DAUGHTER

Bridie is a familiar face playing the lead role of Sabine in the ABC TV drama The Heights. Screen credits: All We Have Is Now, Bodies, and the multi-award-winning short film Gimpsey, for which Bridie won the Award of Merit for a Lead Actress in the Best Shorts Competition. In 2019, Bridie starred in Fat Salmon Production’s short film, Cinderella, for which she won Best Australian Actor at the Focus On Ability Short Film Festival. Theatre credits: Tuesday (Belvoir), This Hollow Crown, Face it, Not Our Story and Saison de L’amour (Queensland Theatre Youth Ensemble). Bridie can now be seen in the STAN Original TV series Bump. Training: NIDA. CAST BEN MORTLEY LOPAKHIN; A NOVEAU RICHE NEIGHBOUR

Ben is a performer and film maker. His screen credits include feature films Dingo, Lantana, Drift, Pinch and The Gateway, with award-winning performances in Zelos, and The Decadent and the Depraved. TV credits: McLeod’s Daughter’s, Cloudstreet, Home & Away, A Place to Call Home and Itch. He has performed in theatres around Australia: Black Swan, STC, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, The Ensemble Theatre, Barking Gecko, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Griffin Theatre and The Blue Room. Most recently, he played the lead in the short film Carmentis, which had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, winning best film awards at CinefestOz and the San José International Short Film Festival. Ben is currently developing a TV series and studying for his Master of Counselling. CAST MARK NANNUP TROFIMOV; A UNIVERSITY STUDENT

Mark is a Yamatji Nyoongar man from Port Hedland and Meekatharra in WA. He is the voice of the ‘Inspector’ in Fist of Fury Noongar Daa directed by Kylie Bracknell and produced by Perth Festival. Mark was recently seen in the 2020 Perth Festival production of Hecate directed by Kylie Bracknell; a Nyoongar language adaptation by the Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company of Macbeth. Mark completed the Victorian College of the Arts Acting short course and the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) course. Throughout his three years at VCA, his credits include: A Midsummer Nights Dream, F***ING A, Othello, A View From The Bridge and Mad Forest. He has starred in a number of short films and documentaries. Mark also works as a casual narrator for SBS. CAST GEORGE SHEVTSOV FIRS; THE FAMILY’S VERY OLD SERVANT

George is a veteran theatre, TV and film actor who appeared in the inaugural production of Twelfth Night for Black Swan. Other theatre credits for the company: Endgame, Diary of A Madman, Waiting For Godot, Closer, Cosi, Ruby’s Last Dollar. He has performed for South Australia Theatre Company, Nimrod, STC, Hole in the Wall, Deckchair, ThinIce/Malthouse and Yirra Yaakin. His extensive film credits include: Three Thousand Years of Longing, Backtrack, Crawl, Love Serenade, Japanese Story, Ike: Countdown to D-Day, Dead Calm and Third Person Plural. TV credits: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Stormworld, Clowning Around and Cowra Breakout. He has lectured in Theatre Arts at ECU and Aboriginal Theatre at WAAPA. Awards: 1990 Swan Gold Actor of the Year Award. Training: Under Brian Syron. CREW HUGO AGUILAR LÓPEZ STAGE MANAGER

Hugo has worked on regional and national tours, festivals, concerts, performance art, contemporary dance, plays, operas, and musicals. For Black Swan he has stage managed: Oklahoma!, The Torrents, Assassins, The Lighthouse Girl (incl. WA Regional Tour), A Perfect Specimen, Next to Normal, Extinction, The House on The Lake, Twelfth Night and The Shape of Things. He has worked for STC, Orana Productions, Perth Festival, Perth Theatre Company, The Workshop Productions, WA Opera, Lost and Found Opera, Shakespeare WA, Side Pony Productions, WAYTCo, Perth Theatre Company, Great Big Events, PICA, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Fourth Wall, WASO and The Kabuki Drop. Training: WAAPA BA of Performing Arts, CERT IV in Training & Assessment, Trainer and Assessor upgrade and AD. Dip. in Stage Management. CREW CHARLEY NEWTON ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Charley has been working professionally in theatre, film and events in WA, specialising in Stage Management. She also has experience in Production Management, Sound Design and Producing. Recent Production Stage Management credits include: The Other Place (Fremantle Theatre Company) and EVOLVE (Matt Tarrant). Other credits: Australian Event Awards & Symposium (Assistant Stage Manager), Miss Westralia for Blonde Moment Theatre/The Blue Room (Stage Manager). Charley enjoys the creative and cooperative process of new works and aims to continue to grow her skillset within the Australian theatre and events industry. Training: WAAPA, Stage Management. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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