2011 NIDA Annual Report

National Institute of Dramatic Art ANNUAL REPORT 2011 National Institute of Dramatic Art EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND ACCESS IN ARTS EDUCATION THEATRE | FILM | TELEVISION

The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is a not-for-profit company accorded its national status as an education and training institution by the Australian Government. We continue our historical association with the University of New South Wales and maintain strong links with national and international arts training organisations, particularly through membership of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence and through industry partners which include theatre, dance and opera companies, cultural festivals and film and television producers. NIDA delivers education and training that is characterised by quality, diversity, innovation and equity of access. The Institute’s focus on practice-based teaching and learning is designed to provide the strongest foundations for graduate employment across a broad range of employment opportunities and contexts. Entry into NIDA’s higher education courses is highly competitive, with more than 2,000 applicants from across the country competing for an annual offering of approximately 60 places across all undergraduate and postgraduate disciplines. In 2011 the student body for these courses totalled 169. Through NIDA Open, the Institute offers its educational expertise more widely. NIDA Corporate Performance offers presentation and public speaking skills to professionals from across many business sectors, while more general NIDA Open courses are provided for participants in almost every age group, in capital cities and regional centres and modes that meet a diversity of economic and cultural needs. Around 15,000 people each year participate in these public courses. The cultural industry continues to be supported by the activities of NIDA Parade Theatres, which houses programs of creative support and serves as a venue partner to emerging and established producers. NIDA is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, with the specific purpose of delivering performing arts education and training at an elite level. NIDA has a highly active program of community engagement which assists in fundraising through private philanthropy and corporate sponsorship.

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2 CONTENTS

04. from the chairman 05. from the director/ceo 08. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM 10. POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM 13. visiting staff 14. nida productions 2011 20. graduates 2011 22. nida open 25. educational resources and technology 26. DEVELOPMENT 28. governance 29. financial report 55. staff

Idiot (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams) Cover image; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams)

3 FROM THE CHAIRMAN

NIDA had a successful year in 2011, The NIDA play production program and I also acknowledge the passing of strongly motivated by our mission this year’s actors’ showreel demonstrated Professor Malcolm Chaikin AO OBE, to provide world-class performance the talents of our students across our who joined the NIDA Board of Directors education and training. The principle courses. We are particularly grateful to in 1973 and was Chairman from 1975 to of ‘learning by doing’ in a collaborative the wide range of practitioners from the 1988 - a significant period in the history environment, combined with mentoring industry who joined with NIDA staff to of NIDA. He was also a member of the by the very best teachers, remains central provide an exciting range of opportunities NIDA Foundation Trust. We remain to our support for students on their to the students. Many practitioners, grateful to Malcolm for his valuable personal journeys to become innovative including NIDA graduates, teach with support of NIDA over many years. creative artists and practitioners. NIDA’s Open program, with more than The NIDA Board appreciates the We are actively planning for NIDA’s 15,000 people having a NIDA experience dedication and enthusiasm of Lynne future, including developing courses through this program in 2011. Williams and the NIDA staff in enabling to reflect the changing educational We greatly appreciate the continuing NIDA, through our students and environment, particularly to take support of the Australian Government, graduates, to strive for excellence of the advantage of digital technology and the University of New South Wales, the highest order and for seeking to ensure the expanding online space. While Seaborn, Broughton and Walford (SBW) that NIDA is positioned to accommodate maintaining emphasis on traditional and Foundation and our corporate sponsors the exciting developments occurring in core skills and the theatrical canon, we and private donors. We could not continue the arts and entertainment industry in are also positioning our students for to maintain our high standards without Australia and internationally. careers in an arts and entertainment their support. industry where new kinds of performance I also thank the members of the NIDA using an array of new technologies are Board of Directors, Board of Studies and rapidly evolving. NIDA Foundation Trust, as well as others NIDA has welcomed the opportunity who have generously contributed time to contribute to the development of and professional skills during the year. It Malcolm Long the Australian Government’s National is with sadness that I mention the passing Chairman Cultural Policy, which is also dealing in February 2012 of Leslie Walford AM, with the issue of change in the arts who was the SBW nominee on the NIDA and working towards a specific goal of Board of Directors from mid 2008, having encouraging new ideas and enabling been alternate director for the late increased access, participation and Dr Rodney Seaborn AO OBE prior to training pathways in arts and culture. that. Leslie cared deeply about NIDA and NIDA’s submission is available at made a major contribution through both www.culture.arts.gov.au/submissions. the Board and as Chairman of the SBW Foundation.

4 FROM THE director/ceo

Creative transformation is at the heart of We plan to offer this Cultural we have begun to explore how our Open everything we do at NIDA – not just within Leadership course within our proposed program could utilise the online space the student experience but within the Centre for Contemporary Performance to increase access for our regional institution itself. Practice, alongside a range of new students to NIDA Open courses. With NIDA has an enviable reputation as initiatives which will provide more the development in 2011 of a new NIDA Australia’s leading education and training opportunities for industry professionals to Online Learning Framework we are now institute for the dramatic arts, but we come to NIDA to upskill in areas of new poised for more in-depth dialogue with cannot rest on our laurels. It is not enough technology, more courses at postgraduate the national and global arts education and to provide well trained graduates in level to research and contribute to training community and for our students response to industry demands. NIDA needs contemporary performance practice, and teaching staff to be networked even to continue to transform as an institution more teaching qualifications to enable more thoroughly within the international and strive to become a centre for dynamic graduates to contribute to specialist arts and entertainment industry. thought-leadership and a catalyst for arts education within schools, more We continued to bring cutting edge change within the industry. opportunities for emerging artists work into NIDA through visiting industry In 2011 we began the development of a to test and showcase ideas and more professionals and Max Lyandvert - the new course entitled Cultural Leadership opportunities for international 2011 Artist-in-Residence supported by which reflects our determination to collaborations to develop new cross the Seaborn, Broughton and Walford discover and nurture those who will be platform work. We believe there is an Foundation - made a magnificent the new agents of change – the movers urgent need for this Centre to address contribution to our understanding of and shakers who will help to create an career pathways within the performing the role of sound in contemporary Australia that understands and values arts especially as this is a priority of the performance through a number of culture. new National Cultural Policy. During presentations and productions. We We highlighted this new course within 2011 we continued to speak with the are looking forward to Nick Schlieper the development of a ten year plan which Federal Government to further explore joining us in 2012 as Artist-in-Residence, has identified future education and possibilities for this next stage in the when he will curate a program of work training needs and opportunities for our realisation of NIDA’s vision for the future. exploring lighting and projection within rapidly changing arts and entertainment 2011 saw us continue to build strong contemporary performance. industry and sets out the changes NIDA foundations to underpin this NIDA’s production program for 2011 will need to make to build on its position transformational vision. One of the key allowed us to welcome a number of as an important pillar of Australia’s challenges we identified during the ten prominent guest directors including Mel cultural infrastructure. We’ve undertaken year planning exercise was the need for Shapiro (US), Kristine Landon-Smith this planning within the context of the the development and incorporation of (UK), Lee Lewis, Rodney Fisher, Tom government’s discussion around a new online learning modules to enhance our Wright, Chris Mead and Craig Ilott. We National Cultural Policy with its aspirations highly successful face to face practice- are extremely grateful to our industry to transform Australia’s cultural landscape. based teaching and learning. In addition, colleagues who continue to challenge our

5 students and enhance our production program. extraordinary commitment to many to embed innovation and ensures that NIDA’s commitment to the creation of cohorts of NIDA students over the years our offerings remain relevant. We are new work continued with the development and wish them well in their future looking forward to welcoming back three and production of Rare Earth by our 2010 endeavours and in retirement. female Directing alumni from the 2008 commissioned playwright, Ian Wilding. We are looking forward to further graduating year to direct our students in We are looking forward to the work of major change in 2012 when we welcome a program of contemporary plays in 2012. NIDA’s 2011 commissioned playwright, new Head of Acting, Jeff Janisheski, New partnerships within the arts and Ben Ellis, with the production of The Story after an extensive international search entertainment industry provided a variety of Red Mountain in 2012. This annual during 2011. Jeff is an actor, writer, of opportunities for our graduates within commissioning initiative, supported by teacher and director who comes to us our Pathways Into Industry Program the NIDA Foundation Trust, is now in from the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in support of emerging artists. NIDA its third year and has encouraged an in the United States. We are excited students showcased work in Melbourne environment of experimentation and about what Jeff will bring to this next early in 2011 when we toured three of risk-taking among the student body, phase of actor education and training the 2010 graduating Directors’ plays. many of whom are devising new work and at NIDA. We will also be welcoming our This work was very well received and writing plays for presentation within the new Head of Performance Practices, Dr gave participating students the chance school program. David Fenton, who will be working across to experience the challenges and joys of An exciting new initiative this year NIDA to enhance the level of scholarship transplanting productions into a different was the development and accreditation and introduce a research program to venue and context, as well as giving them of our new course, the Bachelor of document the NIDA teaching staff’s exposure to audiences and the industry Dramatic Art (Staging) which replaces contribution to innovative practice-led in Melbourne. We are planning to extend the Advanced Diploma of Dramatic Art teaching, and to enable further research. our touring to a regional centre in 2012 in Scenery Construction. Thanks to the The NIDA library is key to addressing and take two plays to the Butter Factory staff’s vision and determination, we now this nexus between scholarship and in Albury Wodonga, as well as three to have a dynamic course which addresses practice-based learning and in 2011 Theatre Works in Melbourne. the complex issues of staging theatre and we continued to build on last year’s In 2011 we also introduced a mentoring major events in the 21st century. We look developments, expanding opening program for third year Acting students forward to offering this course in 2013. hours to allow students greater access which saw 25 industry professionals The film and television program and initiating a new e-book collection team up with emerging artists to support continues to flourish within the industry- program. those entering the industry in 2012. We standard Reg Grundy Studio under the DVD holdings were enhanced in line are hoping to extend this program to all guidance of Head of Screen, Di Drew. We with NIDA’s new Film and Television of our graduating students across all are grateful for the continuing support course and continual accessioning of the disciplines in the coming years and we of the Seven Network and to the many late Rodney Jones’ bequest materials saw are extremely grateful to our alumni for members of the film and television the expansion of the library’s musical, spearheading this crucial program. industry for their unstinting support of classical and soundtrack CD collection. The restructuring of the NIDA Parade the course content and delivery, and the NIDA’s involvement with AusStage Phase Theatres team has resulted in a new role models they provide for our students. 4 resulted in the digitising of NIDA set of initiatives for emerging artists. NIDA staff across the organisation production archives from 1987. The Springboard program has been have embraced the 2011 initiatives and extended and there is great interest are excited about the future directions At NIDA we are interested in the from the independent theatre sector for NIDA. I would like to thank them prospects of our students and alumni in opportunities which include play all for their commitment to our vision, over the whole of their creative lives. readings and the development and whether in the teaching departments, presentation of new work. We have student and staff services, NIDA Open, As a pre-eminent cultural hub, we believe also been encouraging more dance and Parade Theatres, development and we have an ongoing role to support physical theatre into the Parade Theatres business strategy, operations or finance the Australian arts and entertainment and this has opened up opportunities for departments. This year we said farewell industry and to provide opportunities more young companies to present new to a number of long-serving members of for emerging artists and increasingly, work. In addition, we have put in place the NIDA teaching and general staff: Tony skills development for mid-career an annual program of forums which will Knight, Kevin Jackson, Betty Williams, practitioners. Part of the reason for this feature some of our international visiting Karen Vickery, Barbara Warren, Sheena ongoing contact and encouragement is directors and provide opportunities Duncan, Les Currie, Peter Fisher and our belief that a constant dialogue with for new and mid-career industry Shaun Luttrell. We thank them for their our industry is vitally important. It helps practitioners to gather at NIDA.

6 Sharing the experience of NIDA is very important to us.

We are continuing to increase our outreach activities and partnerships with schools, arts centres, theatres and arts education and training organisations in a variety of regional and urban centres. To help us achieve this we restructured all of our business units during 2011, including amalgamating the NIDA Open and Corporate Performance departments, and the reorganising the Marketing, Parade Theatres and Development teams. NIDA Open, including Corporate Performance, continued to make NIDA accessible to more than 15,000 students and clients during 2011. We forged new relationships with Carriageworks and The National Centre for Indigenous Excellence and we are looking forward to developing new work together in 2012. We continue to appreciate those friends and audience members who regularly support our students during productions, presentations and events such as EXPONIDA and the NIDA Foundation Trust Gala dinner. This year we have restructured the Friends of NIDA program with a view to expanding benefits and involving more people in the activities of NIDA. This is a wonderful opportunity to join the NIDA family and support students to make the most of their creative opportunities. 2011 has been an extremely busy year for us as we continued to transform the NIDA student experience with new courses, new teaching staff and new teaching facilities. 2012 promises to be equally exciting as we develop more tutorial and studio spaces, construct an atrium performance space in the original courtyard of the Kensington building and work towards a program of online learning. We look forward to NIDA continuing to play a supportive role in our students’ creative journeys for many years to come.

Lynne Williams NIDA Gala 2011 (Photo: Phil Carrick) Director/CEO

7 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

As the Director, Undergraduate Studies, I am pleased to highlight the successes of the five undergraduate courses in 2011, both within each course and, importantly, across courses. Through multidisciplinary projects students have many opportunities to work together and gain skills and understanding of the collaborative process.

The demands of the NIDA production and television equipment, students across experience and with invaluable contacts program greatly contributes to the the three years of the Acting course all for subsequent employment. robustness of all courses and the experienced classes and projects in film The Costume students produced work outcomes achieved provide exciting and television that will prepare them of an exceptional standard as part of their opportunities for students to learn, for this area of possible employment. projects and for the productions. They experiment and problem solve. The showreel for the graduating actors, worked with the Properties students for We welcomed the first intake of directed by Di Drew, provided each the Period and Style project that involved students into the Music Theatre stream actor with a DVD of their on-camera a visit to the Ballet Russes exhibition of the Acting course, with these students work and also their voicereel, enabling in Canberra. In another collaborative presenting early in the year a devised them to demonstrate the range of their project, students from the Properties, piece based on Monteverdi’s Ariadne’s voice skills, including for voiceovers and Costume and Production courses worked Lament, directed by the Rodney Seaborn animation. with Max Lyandvert and interactive Artist-in-Residence for 2011, Max In addition to the visiting directors media artist George Poonkhin Khut, on Lyandvert. In addition to participating from the US and UK, NIDA offered other Phonography. This was an installation in classes with their first year Acting international experiences during the work in the Paddington Reservoir colleagues, these students presented year. Thanks to the generosity of our Gardens which provided course-specific Darlinghurst Nights at the end of the donors, students in their second year of learning opportunities, as well as year, while their fellow Acting students the Design course represented NIDA at requiring collective problem solving and presented The Fortunes of Richard the Prague Quadrennial. They presented mutual support. Mahoney and Colder as the culmination of to significant critical acclaim a self- In addition to their outstanding work their first year at NIDA. devised work for Street Stories: Design in realising the sets in productions The productions in 2011 (listed on as Performance, showcasing inflatable during the year, the two students in their pages 14-19 of this report) brought staging and elaborate costumes in a last year of the Scenery Construction together the acting, movement and voice public square in Prague. The students course each presented an impressively skills of our Acting students across also attended a number of workshops constructed item that was researched the three years and also highlighted and classes as part of the Prague and developed as their major projects. the work of the Design, Costume, Quadrennial. Again demonstrating the collaborative Properties, Production and Scenery Egil Kipste, Head of Directing and nature of the courses, Acting and Construction students. The students had Director, Postgraduate Studies, and Production students assisted with the the opportunity to learn from a number of I continued our particular focus on presentations of these projects. These visiting directors, including Mel Shapiro facilitating the education of directors and students are the final students in the (US), Kristine Landon-Smith (UK), Lee designers in the collaborative nature of Scenery Construction course, which will Lewis, Rodney Fisher, Tom Wright, Chris their engagement. be replaced in 2013 by the new Bachelor Mead and Craig Ilott. They also worked Again with support from donors, of Dramatic Art (Staging). with Tony Knight, directing his final some students in the final year of the The Production course continued to production as Head of Acting at NIDA, on Properties and Production courses were offer students learning opportunities The Tragedy of Richard the Third presented able to undertake secondments in the in areas including stage management, in NIDA’s courtyard. UK and US in addition to the wide range lighting and sound. These students With the Reg Grundy Studio refurbished of secondments in Australia, which were able to take advantage of upgraded and equipped with industry standard film provide the students with both industry technology in the theatres and in a new

8 music laboratory, with keyboards and music composition software. The subjects Performance History 1 and 2 continued to ensure that students developed a wider understanding of theatre and other performance history to complement their development in discipline specific skills classes. Arts and Ideas continued to focus on the students’ understanding of wider society and the role of the creative artist within it. The educational and creative outcomes for our students are dependent on the talents, commitment and dedication of the teaching staff and support staff. My thanks to the heads of department, heads of discipline and all the people who have taught at NIDA in 2011 or have given the students the benefit of their wisdom and experience. I would particularly like to acknowledge the contributions of Tony Knight, Kevin Jackson, Betty Williams and Karen Vickery, who concluded their employment at NIDA during 2011.

Michael Scott-Mitchell Head, Undergraduate Studies

From top: The Underpants (Photo: Olivia Martin-McGuire) Lamento (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams) Rare Earth (Photo: Olivia Martin-McGuire)

9 POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

The Directing and Playwriting programs provide postgraduate students with advanced knowledge, skills and practice in their area of study. The early part of the year is devoted to skills acquisition which is followed by opportunities to practice the synthesis of their knowledge and skills at NIDA and with industry partners.

Connections with the arts and The subjects undertaken by Directing learned advanced writing skills alongside entertainment industry are fostered by students not only focused on knowledge the fundamental tools of playwriting to the choice of casual tutors, collaborations and skills acquisition, but also on develop a more effective creative and with arts organisations, special event developing a manifesto which was working practice. They were required to interactions and the placements of then printed in an end-of-year booklet, outline and plan a one-act play and pitch students during their studies or in the designed to showcase postgraduate the idea to a chosen main stage theatre. year after they graduate. In 2011 NIDA students and their work. These plays were presented as rehearsed welcomed 12 postgraduate students. For their graduation productions, moved readings at the end of third term, For Directing students, the first term Directing students were allocated senior performed by NIDA Acting students of the year was devoted to acquiring a practitioners from the industry to act as and directed by professional directors competence in the directing methodology mentors on their shows. In 2011 these including Shannon Murphy, Rodney of Active Analysis. Plays selected in 2011 included Richard Cottrell, Leland Kean, Fisher, Paige Rattray, Cristabel Sved and were Betrayal and The Promise. These Robin Nevin, Simon Stone, Sam Strong Anthony Skuse. were immediately followed by a two- and Tom Wright. Special arrangements are Later in the year Playwriting students week intensive rehearsal of plays with now in place with both Griffin Theatre and were given the opportunity to write short students from Actors Centre Australia Opera Australia for graduates to complete screenplays, plan and storyline a new in Sydney, using texts by Sarah Kane, secondments with these organisations television series idea with television Edward Albee and others. Directors following their year at NIDA. writer and producer, Luke Devenish. were then encouraged to find their own Directing Masters student Morgan Playwriting students also wrote for The ‘voice’ as practitioners, with further Dowsett directed The Threesome at 24-Hour Play Project, which involved directing experience with actors from NIDA and was also seconded to work writing, rehearsing and producing a NIDA, Melbourne’s National Theatre with French theatre director and designer finished play in less than 24 hours. Drama School, Queensland University Éric Vigner in France. Morgan completed These plays were presented publically of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, the his extended essay on the topic of at Griffin Theatre as part of the New University of Wollongong, Griffin Theatre the mechanics of comedy which was Writing Festival. In the final term of 2011, and singers from Opera Australia’s supervised by Dr John Golder. students began work on a new full- Young Artists’ Program. The work From the beginning of the year, length play, select scenes of which were at QUT focussed on post-dramatic Playwriting students were encouraged to taken to Melbourne to be workshopped interpretations of the Babel story from practice their writing across all genres. by professional actors and presented the Old Testament using the technical For example, in first term the playwrights as a moved reading in front of industry resources of the university. undertook workshops with ABC Radio professionals from Melbourne Theatre Students of the Directing course National drama producer Libby Douglas, Company and Malthouse Theatre. partner each year with Triple J Radio’s and radio writer Noelle Janaczewska, to 2011 proved to be an immersive year Unearthed project to shoot six music complete a short radio project. This was for the Playwriting and Directing cohort. videos for nominated bands and performed by Acting students, recorded By collaborating with undergraduate musicians. The students’ 2011 videos in a professional sound studio and students and having access to NIDA’s were featured on YouTube and MTV’s presented to an audience at NIDA. These industry partners, the postgraduate website, receiving tens of thousands of students also wrote a verbatim piece, students were well prepared to enter views. The music video project highlights responding to a series of live interviews the industry. the value of high-profile industry at The Living Library under the tutelage partnerships and illustrates the special of experienced playwright Hilary Bell. relationship between second year Design Students also attended the Playwriting Egil Kipste students and the Directing students Australia conference. Head of Postgraduate Studies which is fostered throughout the year. During 2011, Playwriting students

10 From Top: Thirst, Howl, One Flesh (Photos: Lisa Maree Williams)

The Graduation Ceremony for 2010 was held on 1 May, 2011. The Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for the Arts gave the address. NIDA Chairman Malcolm Long presented degrees and diplomas to 75 graduating students. The contributions made to NIDA and the performing arts by millinery teacher and designer Jean Carroll AM, and by Andrew Banks, Chairman of the NIDA Foundation Trust, were also recognised at the ceremony.

11 HIGHER education STATISTICS

APPLICANTS FOR COURSES COMMENCING IN 2011 Adv Dip STATE acting design production costume properties GDA dir1 MDA dir2 gda play3 Scen Con totals ACT 50 2 2 4 58 NSW 758 29 28 43 15 31 1 9 914 NT 17 17 QLD 272 2 6 3 1 5 1 290 SA 101 1 3 2 3 1 111 TAS 40 1 1 2 44 VIC 358 3 5 10 2 11 2 391 WA 139 1 4 144 O/S 66 1 2 1 6 76 N/A* 33 1 1 1 2 38 TOTALs 1834 39 46 61 20 67 1 15 2083

students by course in 2011* Adv Dip acting design production costume properties GDA dir1 MDA dir2 gda play 3 Scen Con totals Year 1 24 8 15 4 5 6 1 5 68 Year 2 24 7 14 4 3 2 54 Year 3 22 7 12 2 4 47 Totals 70 22 41 10 12 6 1 5 2 169

students by course and gender in 2011* Adv Dip 1 2 3 acting design production costume properties GDA dir MDA dir gda play Scen Con totals Female 30 17 26 10 9 2 3 97 Male 40 5 15 3 4 1 2 2 72 Totals 70 22 41 10 12 6 1 5 2 169

first year enrolments 2011* Adv Dip 1 2 3 acting design production costume properties GDA dir MDA dir gda play Scen Con totals ACT 0 NSW 5 7 8 2 3 3 1 2 31 NT 1 1 QLD 2 1 1 4 SA 2 1 1 4 TAS 3 1 4 VIC 7 3 2 1 2 2 17 WA 4 1 5 O/S 2 2 TOTALs 24 8 15 4 5 6 1 5 0 68

* At 31 January 2011 1 GDA Dir - Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art, Directing stream 2 MDA Dir - Master of Dramatic Art, Directing stream 3 GDA Play - Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art, Playwriting stream

12 visiting staff

Port (Photo: Alex Vaughan)

Many visiting teachers, directors, professional organisations and members of the performing arts are engaged at NIDA each year to teach or participate as special guests across a wide range of subjects.

In 2011 these visiting staff and Colin Fletcher Sue Osmond guests included: Jack Friedman Katie Pack Linda Gambin Kirk Page Melissa Agnew Natalie Gamsu Tyron Parke Frankie Armstrong Terry Gleeson Aimee Pedersen Marcelo Zavala Baeza Ross Graham Anthony Phillips Helmut Bakaitis John Grimau Lachlan Philpott Ron Barlow Mic Gruchy Lyn Pierse Patricia Barker Silvia Guerra Cheryl Pike Vanessa Bates Jennifer Hagan Sheryl Pilkinton Narelle Benjamin Mark Hammer John Platt Mary Benn Verity Hampson Vicki Popplewell Peter Bevan Anneke Harrison Jocelyn Priestley Esther Bianca Moira Hay Hamish Pritchard Nazri Bitar Ken Healey Lauren Proietti Tommy Bradley Graham Henstock Kingsley Reeve Adam Bowring Craig Ilott Annette Ribbons Rosie Boylan Peer James Juan Roberson Georgina Buchanan Peter Jukes Danielle Roffe Adriano Cappelletta Phil Keros Antoinette Sampson Jean Carroll OAM Victoria King Nick Schlieper Peter Carstairs Kristine Landon-Smith Amy Scully Peggy Carter Tanya Leach Mel Shapiro Mary Cerny Anthony Love Jeremy Silver Andrew Chan Max Lyandvert Iain Sinclair Terence Clarke AM Kylie Mascord Anthony Skuse Katherine Cogill Peter Matheson Katerina Stratos Marcus Cole Christina Matthews Desmond Sweeney Damien Cooper John McCallum Pearl Tan Brendan Cowell Tony McNamara Isabelle Toland James Croke Chris Mead Fritha Truscott Chloe Dallimore Viv Mepham Matthew Tuchon Monica Davidson Andrea Moor Dean Walsh Luke Devenish Tracie Morley Jennifer White Libby Douglas Luke Mullins Malcolm White Helen Dykes Shannon Murphy Craig Wilson Jo Elliott Tommy Murphy Vivian Wilson Margi de Ferranti Ralph Myers Scott Witt Jacqueline Field Elke Neidhardt Eleanor Woodhead Neil Fisher Linda Nicholls-Gidley Wanda Wotjulewicz-Levine Rodney Fisher Peter Neufeld Tom Wright Tristan Fitzgerald John O’Connell Juliet Young

13 NIDA PRODUCTIONS 2011

By Eugene Labiche, adapted by Neil Bartlett THE THREESOME DIrected by Morgan Dowsett Parade Space | 23-28 June

CAST Alphone Marjeval Ross Langley Voice Coach Linda Nicholls-Gidley** Krampach Niyat Berhan Movement Coach Lisa Minett* Ernest Gary Brun Production Stage Manager Sarah Stait Jobelin Justin Smith** Deputy Stage Manager Natalie Smith Hermance Rebecca Barbera Assistant Stage Manager Alexander Berlage Petunia Maeve MacGregor Set Construction Supervisor Tony Pierce* Berthe Bella MacDiarmid Design Assistant - Set Hugh O’Connor Lisbeth Sabryna Te’o Costume Supervisor Renata Beslik** Costume Assistant Narelda Sheehan PRODUCTION Design Assistant - Costume Soma Garner Director Morgan Dowsett Properties Supervisor Shannon Riggs Set/Costume Designer Burju Nuhoglu Properties Assistant Luke Brooks Lighting Designer William Jensen Head Electrician Rachel Barnicoat Sound/AV Designer Olivia Benson Lighting Assistants Shannyn Miller

By Michael Frayn NOISES OFF DIrected by Rodney Fisher AM Parade Theatre | 21-25 June

CAST Lloyd Dallas Nicholas Masters Lighting Designer Sara Swersky Garry Lejeune James Hoare Costume Designer Anya Wotton Fredrick Fellowes David Valencia Sound Designer Tanisha Malkki Tim Allgood Ricardo Hizon Technical Manager Sonya Jeon Selsdon Mowbray Andrew Lindqvist Production Stage Manager Alex Duffy Dotty Otley Alexandra Aldrich Deputy Stage Manager Katie Hankin Brooke Ashton Caitlin Adams Assistant Stage Manager Caitlin Chatfield Poppy Norton-Taylor Amanda McGregor Assistant Stage Manager Tom Stanton Belinda Blair Whitney Boyd Head Electrician Madison Burkett Lighting Assistant Isabella Stadler PRODUCTION Lighting Assistant Aaron Ng Director Rodney Fisher AM Properties Supervisor Heidi Lincoln Voice Coaching Danielle Roffe** Props Assistant Emily Adinolfi Accent & Dialect Support Betty Williams* Costume Supervisor Rebecca Jones Movement Coach Lisa Minett* Costume Assistant Christie Milton Falls Choreographer Scott Witt** Sets Supervisor Michael Watkins Set Designer Gez Xavier Mansfield Sets Assistant Georgia Hopkins

By Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin THE UNDERPANTS Directed by Craig Ilott Parade Studio | 22-27 June

CAST Theo Maske John Harding Sound Designer Kirsty Rogers Frank Versati Edmund Lembke-Hogan Production Stage Manager Nicholas Rayment Benjamin Cohen Remy Hii Deputy Stage Manager Thomas Davies Klinglehoff Drew Fairley** Assistant Stage Manager Vanessa Martin Louise Maske Tessa Lind Head Electrician Nathalie Taylor Gertrude Deuter Amy Scott-Smith Lighting Assistant David Cherrie Properties Supervisor George Buchanan** PRODUCTION Props Assistant Ellisha-Paris James Director Craig Ilott Sets/Props Assistant Jacqui Schofield Voice Coach Melissa Agnew** Costume Supervisor Monica Smith Set Designer Andrea Espinoza Costume Assistant Robyn Murphy Lighting Designer Ross Graham** Costume Assistant Megan Spatz^ Costume Designer Owen Phillips Scenery Construction MNR Constructions** Scenic Artist Govinda Webster**

14 THE Tragedy of By William Shakespeare Richard the Third DIrected by Tony KNIGHT Parade Courtyard | 23-25, 27-28 June

CAST PRODUCTION Lord Gray, Bishop, Citizen Brandon McClelland Director Tony Knight & Richmond Designer Dylan Tonkin Lord Rivers, Young Duke Cody Ross Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman of York, Derby & Citizen Sound Designer Remy Woods Duchess of York Contessa Treffone Production Stage Manager Brenda Hartley King Edward, Young Prince Edward, Gary Clementson Deputy Stage Manager Amy Burkett Citizen, 1st Messenger & Norfolk Assistant Stage Manager Bradley Barrack Hastings, 3rd Messenger & Oxford Harry Greenwood Assistant Stage Manager Breanna Connor Lady Anne Honey Debelle Costume Supervisor Beth Allen** Richard Jake Speer Costume Assistant Catherine Steele Queen Elizabeth Liana Cornell Set Supervisor Tony Pierce* Queen Margaret Lily Ji Set Assistant Elizabeth Gadsby Catesby & Executioner Shaka Cook Properties Supervisor Olivia O’Connor Clarence, Mayor, Tyrrel, Thomas Cocquerel Properties Assistant Eva Kristina Taylor 2nd Messenger, Herbert Head Electrician Nick Wagstaff Buckingham Talia’uli Latukefu Lighting Assistant Juztin McGuire Lighting Assistant/Sound Operator Joshua Vozzo Text/Voice Coach Katerina Moraitis* Text/Voice Coach Jennifer Hagan** Fight Director Kyle Rowling**

The Winter’s Tale (Photo: Olivia Martin-McGuire)

By william shakespeare THE WINTER’S TALE DIrected by lee lewis Parade Playhouse | 22-25, 27 June

CAST PRODUCTION Sicilia Director Lee Lewis Leontes Heath Ivey-Law Designe Emma Kingsbury Mamillius Samuel Burton-Harris** Lighting Designer Lee-Anne Roza Joshua Reddy** Sound Designer Phoebe Williams Camillo Aldo Mignone Production Stage Manager Nate Edmondson Antigonus Gabriel Gilbert-Dey Deputy Stage Manager Khym Scott Francesco Liam Nunan Assistant Stage Manager Serene Lodhia Stefano Joshua Anderson Scenery Construction Otis O’Doherty Time Darcy Brown Design Assistant Becky-Dee Trevenen Hermione Hannah Barlow Design Assistant Christopher Pitcairn Paulina Giulia Petrocchi Costume Supervisor Kelly Jong** Emilia Rachael Chisholm Costume Assistant Rebecca Clark Properties Supervisor Eddy Taylor Bohemia Properties Assistant Ashleigh Kennedy Polixenes Nicholas Gell Head Electrician Elizabeth Bloxsom Florizel Adam Stafford Lighting Assistant Wei Ning Ho Old Shepherd Liam Nunan Vocal/Dialect Coach Jennifer White** Clown Joshua Anderson Voice Tutorial Support Betty Williams* Autolycus Darcy Brown Movement Coach/Choreographer Lisa Minett* Perdita Pip Edwards Fight Choreographer Scott Witt** Mopsa Rachael Chisholm Dorcas Gabriel Gilbert-Dey

15 By Ferdinand Bruckner, translated by Daphne Moore PAINS OF YOUTH DIrected by TOM WRIGHT Parade Studio | 18-21, 24 October

CAST Marie Bella MacDiarmid Assistant Director Felicity Nicol Desiree Amy Scott-Smith Voice Coach Dr Melissa Agnew** Irene Caitlin Adams Movement Coach Lisa Minett* Freder Ross Langley Production Stage Manager William Jensen Petrell David Valencia Deputy Stage Manager Phoebe Williams Alt Andrew Lindqvist Assistant Stage Manager Aaron Ng Ji Fu Lucy Tessa Lind Set Construction Supervisor Tony Pierce* Costume Construction Supervisor Annette Ribbons** PRODUCTION Costume Construction Assistant Caroline Akselson~ Director Tom Wright Design Assistant-Costume Jacqueline Schofield Set & Costume Designer Burju Nuhoglu Properties Supervisor Olivia O’Connor Lighting Designer Brenda Hartley Properties Supervisor Jemima Snars** Sound Designer Ron Barlow** Design Assistant-Set/Properties Eva Taylor Sound Designer Alexander Berlage Head Electrician Kirsty Rogers Assistant Director Daniel Lammin Lighting Assistant Alexander Berlage

By SIMON STEPHENS PORT DIrected by KRISTINE LANDON-SMITH Parade Playhouse | 19-22, 24-25 October

CAST Rachael Keats Amanda McGregor Movement Coach Anca Frankenhaeuser** Lucy Moore/Anne Dickinson Whitney Boyd Production Stage Manager Sara Swersky Christine Keats Rebecca Barbera Deputy Stage Manager Elizabeth Bloxsom Billy Keats/Kevin Brake Remy Hii Assistant Stage Manager Wei Ng Ho Jonathon Keats/Danny Miller James Hoare Set Construction Supervisor Tony Pierce* Chris Bennett Ricardo Hizon Costume Construction Supervisor Renata Beslik** Ronald Abbey/Jake Moran Drew Fairley** Costume Construction Assistant Rebecca Clark Design Assistant-Costume Georgia Hopkins PRODUCTION Properties Supervisor Olivia O’Connor Director Kristine Landon-Smith Properties Supervisor Jemima Snars** Production Designer Anya Tamsin Properties Assistant Luke Brooks Lighting Designer Lisa Bevitt Design Assistant-Set/Properties Catherine Steele Sound Designer Kate Hankin Head Electrician Natalie Smith Voice & Dialect Coach Jennifer White** Lighting Assistants Bradley Barrack

BY Ian Wilding, commissioned by NIDA RARE EARTH DIrected by CHRIS MEAD Parade Space | 19-20, 22, 24-25 October

CAST Una Alexandra Aldrich Sound Designer Rachel Barnicoat Cnut Niyat Berhan Assistant Director Dominic Mercer Mimi Sabryna Te’o Voice Coach Dr Melissa Agnew** DV Gary Brun Movement Coach Scott Witt** Halle Nick Masters Production Stage Manager Benjamin Brockman Doit John Harding Deputy Stage Manager Nathalie Taylor Phia Maeve MacGregor Assistant Stage Manager Issy Stadler Ewan Edmund Lembke- Scenery Construction MNR Constructions** Hogan Costume Construction Supervisor Monica Smith Balzac Helmut Bakaitis** Costume Construction Assistant Christie Milton Design Assistant-Costume Becky-Dee Trevenen PRODUCTION Properties Supervisor Olivia O’Connor Writer Ian Wilding Properties Supervisor Heidi Yuko Lincoln Director Chris Mead Properties Assistant Ashleigh Kennedy Set Designer Owen Phillips Properties Assistant Lutz Kleinauˇ Costume Designer Andrea Espinoza Design Assistant-Set/Properties Christopher Pitcairn Lighting Designer Alexander Duffy Head Electrician Olivia Benson Lighting Assistant Breanna Connor

Pains of Youth (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams)

16 Idiot (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams) In a new version by Max Lyandvert from the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky IDIOT DIrected by Max Lyandvert Carriageworks | 22, 24-26 October

CAST Aglaya Ivanovna Yepanchin Hannah Barlow Voice Coach Jennifer White** Gavrila Ardalionovich Ivolgin Thomas Cocquerel Movement Coach Scott Witt** Parfyon Rogozhin Shaka Cook Production Stage Manager Remy Woods Nastasya Fillipovna Honey Debelle Deputy Stage Manager Madison Burkett Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin Harry Greenwood Assistant Stage Manager David Cherrie Ippolit Terentyev / Stranger Heath Ivey-Law Assistant Stage Manager Juztin McGuire Mrs Elizaveta Prokofyevna Yepanchin Lily Ji Set Supervisor Michael Watkins General Ivan Fyodorovich Yepanchin Jake Speer Costume Supervisor Rebecca Jones Costume Assistant Robyn Murphy PRODUCTION Design Assistant - Costume Amy Elizabeth Gadsby Director Max Lyandvert Properties Supervisor Eddy Taylor Set/Costume Designer Gez Xavier Mansfield Properties Assistant Emily Adinolfi Lighting Designer Nicholas Rayment Head Electrician Amy Burkett Sound Designer/ Nate Edmondson Lighting Assistant Vanessa Martin Associate Composer Technical Assistant Caitlin Chatfield Video Designer Khym Scott Musician Veren Grigorov** Assistant Director Rachel Baring Musician Lilia Miller**

THE Last Days of By Stephen Adly Guirgis Judas Iscariot DIrected by Mel Shapiro Parade Theatre | 19-22 October

CAST Satan Joshua Anderson Lighting Designer Sarah Stait Judge Littlefield/St Peter Darcy Brown Sound Designer & AV Systems Design Nicholas Wagstaff Saint Monica/Guard 1 Rachael Chisholm AV Content Design Dylan Tonkin Jesus of Nazareth/Camera Man Gary Clementson AV Content Design Emma Kingsbury Henrietta Iscariot/Guard 2 Liana Cornell Production Stage Manager Lee-Anne Roza Fabiana Aziza Cunningham Pip Edwards Deputy Stage Manager Tanisha Malkki Caiaphas the Elder/Saint Matthew Nicholas Gell Assistant Stage Manager Shannyn Miller Yusef El-Fayoumy Gabriel Gilbert-Dey Assistant Stage Manager Joshua Vozzo Pontius Pilate Uli Latukefu Head Electrician Thomas Davies Bailiff/Simon the Zealot Brandon McClelland Lighting Assistant Serene Lodhia Judas Iscariot Liam Nunan Lighting Assistant Thomas Stanton Gloria/Mother Theresa Giulia Petrocchi Voice Coach Linda Nicholls-Gidley** Butch Honeywell/Guard 3 Cody Ross Accent Coach Betty Williams* Sigmund Freud/Saint Thomas Adam Stafford Movement Advisor Lisa Minett* Mary Magdalene/Sister Glenna/ Contessa Treffone Costume Supervisor Beth Allen** Matthias of Galilee Properties Supervisor Shannon Riggs Set Construction Otis O’Doherty PRODUCTION Set/Properties Assistant Soma Garner Director Mel Shapiro Properties Assistant Ellisha-Paris James Assistant Director Renato Fabretti Costume Assistant Hugh O’Connor Set Designer Dylan Tonkin Costume Assistant Narelda Sheehan Costume Designer Emma Kingsbury

17 brave new word Parade Studio and Parade Space | 10-12 November

SEEKERS BY MELISSA LEE SPEYER ONE FLESH BY Micharne Cloughley DIRECTED BY RODNEY FISHER AM DIRECTED BY Cristabel Sved CAST CAST Nathan James Hoare Ash Sophia Roberts** Jackie Caitlin Adams Russ Nick Masters Tara Maeve MacGregor Esther Hannah Barlow Pete Harry Tseng** Reza Devon Currie COMMUNITY BY JONO BURNS DIRECTED BY SHANNON MURPHY THE MIDLANDS BY HANNAH MALARSKI CAST DIRECTED BY PAIGE RATTRAY Dion Darcy Brown Tom Terry Serio** CAST Jo Liana Cornell Cooper Amanda McGregor Skeet Liam Nunan Celia Karen Vickery* Jeffry Rob Collins PRODUCTION TEAM Designer Seekers Jacqui Schofield KODAK 35 BY JACK RICHARDSON Designer Seekers Hugh O’Connor DIRECTED BY ANTHONY SKUSE Designer The Midlands Amy Elizabeth Gadsby CAST Stage Manager Phoebe Williams Will Joel Jackson Lighting Designer Juztin McGuire Rick Ross Langley Sound Designer Nate Edmondson Holiday David Valencia Designer Kodak 35 Becky-Dee Trevenen Designer One Flesh Chris Pitcairn Designer One Flesh Georgia Hopkins Designer Community Catherine Steele Stage Manager Olivia Benson Assistant Stage Manager Rachel Barnicoat Lighting Designer Brenda Hartley

directors’ productions Parade Studio and Parade Space | 30 November – 3 December

HOWL ELECTRONIC CITY ADAPTED FROM HOWL BY ALLEN GINSBERG BY Falk Richter, translated by Marlene Norst FROM COLLECTED POEMS 1947-1997 © 2006 The Allen Ginsberg Trust DIRECTED NETTA YASCHIN DIRECTED BY Daniel Lammin CAST CAST Tom Gary Brun Performed by Andrew Lindqvist Joy Whitney Boyd Ensemble Devon Currie CREATIVE TEAM Ensemble Silvina D’Alessandro** Director Daniel Lammin Ensemble Sarah Jane Kelly Designer Ruth Arnold Ensemble Jason Kos Lighting Designer Katie Hankin Ensemble Jake Lyall** Sound Supervisor Olivia Benson Ensemble Maeve MacGregor Dramaturg Jack Richardson Ensemble Liam Nunan Ensemble Rose Purse** Ensemble Sabryna Te’o

THIRST BY Eugene O’Neill CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTED BY Dominic Mercer Director Netta Yashchin** CAST Original concept by Felicity Nicol Dancer Tessa Lind Set Designer Ally Mansell Gentleman Martin Harper** Costume Designer Genevieve Shrayer Sailor Uli Latukefu Lighting Designer Katie Hankin Musician Dominic Mercer Sound Designer Aaron Ng Ji Fu AV System Designer David Cherrie CREATIVE TEAM Dramaturg Jane Bodie* Director Dominic Mercer Movement Coach Anca Frankenhaeuser** Designer Katren Wood Vocal Coach Hamish Pritchard** Lighting Designer Katie Hankin Sound Designer Olivia Benson Dramaturg Jono Burns Fight Choreographer Scott Witt**

* NIDA Staff ** Guest Artist ^ Study Abroad student from Carnegie Mellon University ~ Study Abroad student from Wimbledon College of Art, London, England ˇ Study Abroad student from the University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany

18 Seekers (Photo: Olivia Martin-McGuire)

FRENZY FOR TWO CREATIVE TEAM BY Eugene IONESCO, TRANSLATED BY DONALD WATSON Director Renato Fabretti DIRECTED BY RACHEL BARING Set & Costume Designer Jenny Shepherd Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman CAST Sound Designer Juz McGuire He Tim Walter** Dramaturg Micharne Cloughley She Kellie Jones** Soldier Troy Alexander** PRODUCTION TEAM Neighbour Paul-William Production Stage Manager Khym Scott Mawhinney** Thirst, Howl, Electronic City Neighbour’s Wife Rebecca Barbera Production Stage Manager Madison Burkett Frenzy for Two, The Collection, Push Up CREATIVE TEAM Deputy Stage Manager Shannyn Miller Director Rachel Baring Thirst Set & Costume Designer Lauren O’Flaherty Deputy Stage Manager Wei Ning Ho Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman Howl Sound Designer Nate Edmondson Deputy Stage Manager Breanna Conner Dramaturg Melissa Lee Speyer Electronic City Movement Coach Scott Witt** Deputy Stage Manager Serene Lodhia Frenzy For Two Deputy Stage Manager Bradley Barrack The Collection The Collection Deputy Stage Manager Caitlin Chatfield BY Harold Pinter Push Up DIRECTED BY Mackenzie Steele Production Assistant David Cherrie CAST Thirst, Howl, Electronic City Harry Peter Flett** Production Assistant Tom Stanton James Matt Minto** Frenzy for Two, The Collection, Push Up Stella Libby Munro** Head Electrician Vanessa Martin Bill Raymond James** Thirst, Howl, Electronic City Head Electrician Alexander Berlage CREATIVE TEAM Frenzy for Two, The Collection, Push Up Director Mackenzie Steele Head Mechanist Issy Stadler Set & Costume Designer Jessica O’Neill Frenzy for Two, The Collection, Push Up Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman Costume Supervisor Sophie Cameron Sound Designer Joshua Vozzo Thirst, Howl Dramaturg Hannah Malarski Costume Supervisor Brooke Cooper-Scott Vocal Coach Hamish Pritchard** Electronic City Costume Supervisor Kat McFarlane Frenzy For Two, The Collection Costume Supervisor Clare McCutcheon Push Up PUSH UP Properties Supervisor Thomas Taylor Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by Maja Zade Electronic City, Thirst DIRECTED BY Renato Fabretti Properties Supervisor Jessica Sutton CAST Howl, Frenzy For Two Angelika Georgina Symes** Properties Supervisor Sarah Pickup Sabine Bella Macdiarmid The Collection, Push Up Robert Troy Honeysett Set Supervisor Tony Pierce* Patrizia Natalya Alessi**

19 graduates 2011

BACHELOR OF DRAMATIC ART

(ACTING)

Caitlin Adams Alexandra Aldrich Rebecca Barbera Niyat Berhan Whitney Boyd

Gary Brun John Harding Remy Hii Ricardo Hizon James Hoare Ross Langley

Edmund Lembke-Hogan Tessa Lind Andrew Lindqvist Bella MacDiarmid Maeve MacGregor Nicholas Masters

BACHELOR OF DRAMATIC ART

(design)

Amanda McGregor Amy Scott-Smith Sabryna Te’o David Valencia Andrea Espinoza

Emma Kingsbury Gerard Mansfield Burju Nuhoglu Owen Phillips Anya Tamsin Dylan Tonkin

BACHELOR OF BACHELOR OF DRAMATIC DRAMATIC ART ART

(COSTUME) (production)

Rebecca Jones Monica Smith Lisa Bevitt Benjamin Brockman

20 Alex Duffy Nate Edmondson Brenda Hartley William Jensen Sonya Jeon Nicholas Rayment

BACHELOR OF DRAMATIC ART

(properties)

Lee-Anne Roza Sarah Stait Sara Swersky Remy Woods Heidi Yuko Lincoln

advanced diploma OF DRAMATIC ART

(scenery construction)

Olivia O’Connor Shannon Riggs Eddy Taylor Otis O’Doherty Michael Watkins graduate diploma OF DRAMATIC ART

(playwriting)

Melissa Lee Speyer Hannah Malarski Jack Richardson Jono Burns Micharne Cloughley graduate diploma OF DRAMATIC ART

(directing)

Rachael Baring Renato Fabretti Daniel Lammin Dominic Mercer Mackenzie Steele

master OF DRAMATIC ART

(directing)

Morgan Dowsett

21 NIDA OPEN

In 2011 NIDA Open Program and NIDA Corporate Performance officially joined forces to become NIDA Open. The expanded department offered access to NIDA philosophies and expertise through short and part-time courses for young people and adults, and through communication and presentation skills training for business professionals.

Disciplines in NIDA Open’s offerings include acting, design, NIDA Open continued to seek relationships with venues, production, costume, properties, directing and playwriting. In arts and entertainment organisations and educational addition, NIDA Open runs courses in TV presenting, filmmaking, bodies to assist in the creation and delivery of activities. They writing for film and television, Higher School Certificate included partnerships with Taronga Zoo, Cockatoo Island specialist topics, early childhood learning, teacher training, (Sydney Harbour Federation Trust), the Maritime Museum, and communication and presentation skills. Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Blacktown Arts Centre and In 2011 NIDA Open offered these activities in a variety Campbelltown Arts Centre and their councils. of delivery formats to accommodate the range of needs of NIDA Open and the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence students and clients. For young people these included seasonal (NCIE) conducted a pilot program, providing skills development holiday courses, regular term classes and specialist schools workshops for young people from regional NSW. In Melbourne, sessions. For adults there were year round evening and NIDA Open extended partnerships with The Australian Ballet weekend short courses, two and four term part-time courses, School and the Malthouse Theatre for the delivery of short courses and customised training. and corporate training, and in Brisbane, the Southbank Institute of In addition to fee-paying activities, NIDA Open offered a Technology provided ongoing support for term classes. number of subsidised and free activities to ensure greater BBC Worldwide and NIDA Open collaborated for the creation access. Subsided places were offered in courses conducted and delivery of Doctor Who-themed holiday workshops. These regionally and across greater Sydney. were conducted across Sydney and in Brisbane, Melbourne and To deliver the various programs of activity, NIDA Open Canberra, utilising scripts and materials exclusive to NIDA Open. employed 395 casual tutors throughout 2011. Recognised as Over three separate periods - summer, winter and spring - experts in education and professional practice, tutors and NIDA Open extended short course offerings to all states and guests were drawn from the regular teaching staff and from territories. These included multiple visits to Brisbane and the arts and entertainment industries. Melbourne, as well as visits to more remote destinations such They included Serhat Caradee (film director, Cedar Boys), as Cairns in North Queensland, Alice Springs in the Northern Benita Collings (television presenter, Play School), David Territory and Albany in Western Australia. Fleischer (designer, Pinchgut Opera), Darren Gilshenan (actor Throughout 2011 NIDA Open delivered communication skills and director, Bell Shakespeare Company), Jennifer Hagan training for business professionals in two formats: through a (actor, Paper Giants The Cleo Story), Verity Hampson (lighting series of public courses offered regularly in Sydney, Brisbane designer, Sydney Theatre Company), Ric Herbert (actor and and Melbourne; and through customised training that took voiceover artist) and Shannon Murphy (Artist-in-Residence, place across Australia, and in Singapore and Malaysia. Griffin Theatre Company). In 2011 NIDA Open delivered a year of great activity, with While people participate in the short course programs for more than 15,000 students and clients directly involved in a variety of reasons, it is often an entry point and pathway for the short course and business training programs. 2011 was those who seek to undertake full-time study. In 2012 more also a year in which the department reviewed its structure than 40 per cent of students undertaking NIDA undergraduate and staffing, and began to map course pathways and review and postgraduate studies had contact with NIDA Open course content and delivery, to ensure an ongoing program of through short course programs delivered around Australia. consistency and quality across all the short course programs. These students are represented in the full range of NIDA higher education offerings, undergoing full-time training in acting, design, production, costume, properties, directing and Mark Gaal playwriting. Head, NIDA Open Throughout 2011 NIDA Open provided NIDA’s higher education students and recent graduates with training and casual employment opportunities. In addition to dedicated skills development sessions, 28 full-time NIDA students worked as assistant and trainee tutors on short courses during the year.

22 NIDA Open participants (Photo: Maja Baska)

23 NIDA OPEN statistics PARTICIPANT AGE GROUPS 0.3% 60 to 69 0.8% 50 to 59 2.8% 1.7% Not Specified 40-49 7.5% 5.2% 2 to 5 30 to 39

15.9% 20 to 29

26.9% 6 to 11

15.4% 16 to 19

23.6% 12 to 15

NIDA Open participants (Photo: Maja Baska)

24 educational resources and technology

(Photo: Peter Savage)

The Australian Government granted NIDA funding for capital works projects in 2011. New projects included:

■■ Improving theatre follow spot safety; ■■ Updating the Parade Theatre stage lighting controls to match theatrical and teaching resources to industry trends; ■■ Commencing a three-part project to air-condition rehearsal rooms (rehearsal rooms 8 and 9 were completed during this period); ■■ Reducing NIDA’s energy consumption and environmental footprint through improved building automation, plant controls and lighting systems; ■■ Improving student and staff security through expanded electronic access controls and CCTV; ■■ Refurbishing several stage surfaces; ■■ Improving functionality and serviceability of the reception area, the James Fairfax Foyer food serving area and the lighting studio; and ■■ Establishing more efficient use of existing space by creating five music coaching rooms in support of the music theatre program, and freeing up much needed storage space.

NIDA continued its investment in technology to support rapidly During 2011 the NIDA Foundation Trust also continued its changing business, technological and educational landscapes. generous investment in student teaching and learning by aiding Business technologies improved during this period included the acquisition of technologies. New educational facilities corporate conferencing facilities and business equipment, and technical resources funded by the Trust included video specialised software applications and resources to support and audio upgrades, cue light and wireless lighting controls, accounting and student management, completion of Stage handheld high-definition cameras and additional piano and Two of the three-stage upgrade of NIDA’s computer network keyboard instruments. infrastructure, disaster recovery facilities and IT management The Seven Network’s sponsorship enabled improvements to software, and an overall expansion of the wireless local area the Reg Grundy Studio. Professional multipurpose set, screen networks for staff and students. lighting and audio facilities now support screen Enhancements to several student class environments course activities. included the establishment of a music laboratory with NIDA was involved in the Australian Research Council’s professional music software and editing workstations, Phase 4 AusStage project - initiated to harness and protect replacement furniture and new and additional workshop and Australian live performance collective history and to pioneer costume machinery. new visual methodologies in aid of research. Older format New and replacement theatre technologies include videos and films of student productions from 1987 onwards professional two-way radios in support of production and were digitised, and new media file sharing and storage emergency communications, projection and audio and vision equipment was funded by this project. controls, computer controlled lighting instruments and safety access equipment. Allan Morgan Director of Operations

25 DEVELOPMENT

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams)

Much of the innovative programming and wonderful opportunities for NIDA students to extend their creative development are only possible thanks to the generous support of our donors and sponsors and the fundraising efforts of the NIDA Foundation Trust.

This year the Principal Partnership with the SEVEN Network and assist with the living costs of those working on the enabled NIDA to upgrade the Reg Grundy Studio to professional Directors’ productions at the end of final term. industry standard, providing NIDA with the opportunity to NIDA guests were invited Behind the Curtain at the NIDA fully prepare Acting students to confidently enter the film and Foundation Trust’s annual fundraising gala dinner in July. With television industry. a three-course menu designed by Matt Moran, a speak easy- The considerable generosity of the Seaborn, Broughton and style bar in the Nancy Fairfax Foyer and the Parade Theatre Walford Foundation facilitated composer and sound designer Max stage transformed into a chic swinging 60s dining room, the Lyandvert’s position as NIDA’s Artist-in-Residence during 2011. stage was set for a glamorous evening which showcased the NIDA welcomed Mel Shapiro from the University of California, talents of NIDA students and raised funds for scholarships Los Angeles as part of the International Director Program, and bursaries. supported by The Girgensohn Foundation. His production of NIDA welcomed donors and sponsors to a host of events The Last Days of Judas Iscariot was a hit with audiences and over the year, offering exclusive opportunities for supporters to gave the students the opportunity to draw on techniques taught meet NIDA students and experience the quality of their work. outside Australia. The Prague Quadrennial offers an incredible opportunity for Elizabeth Nicoll Design students to attend an international forum featuring the Head of Development world’s leading designers and theatre architects. Thanks to the generosity of a significant number of individual donors, the NIDA Foundation Trust Directors NIDA Foundation Trust was able to offer support to a team of Mr Andrew Banks, Chairman second year Design students who made the trip to Prague in Mr Mark Burrows June 2011 (accompanied by their performance installation; a Ms Elizabeth Butcher AM giant inflatable whale!). Mr Bruce Davey Bursaries and scholarships continue to be fundamental to Mr Alex Pollack the NIDA Foundation Trust’s drive for support and 2011 saw the Mr Peter Reeve Trust offer eighty bursaries, support students on secondment Mr Peter Rose

26 Donations, student SCHOLARSHIPS and corporate supporters

Donors $500,000 + Jane Cook Scholarships in Perpetuity PRINCIPAL PARTNER The Late Nick Enright AM Peter Copeman Arna Maria Winchester Award The Late Lady (Vincent) Fairfax AO OBE Paul Curran The Ben Gannon Scholarship Mel Gibson AO Virginia Daniels Dale Jewel Scholarship Joy & Dr Reg Grundy AC OBE Kate Davy Dawn O’Donnell Scholarship The Late Dr Rodney Seaborn AO OBE Sheena Duncan Frank Thring Scholarship (TTT Trust) Denise Dunphy Gallery First Nighters Scholarship Donors $30,000 - $499,000 Simon Dwyer Geoff Richards Memorial Scholarship Roger Allen & Maggie Gray Saul Eslake Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship Andrew & Andrea Banks Anne Fletcher Hazel Treweek Shakespeare Awards The Cowled Foundation Leisa French Helpmann Family Fellowships Julie Flynn, Free TV Australia Roberta Grant J G Reynolds Scholarship Frederick J Gibson Wendy Gray Malcolm Chaikin Scholarship Fund Girgensohn Foundation Sally Hain Margaret Gillespie and Pauline Price Peter Ivany AM & Sharon Ivany David & Fiona Hancock Scholarship LEAD PARTNERS John Marshall, Apparel Group Pty Ltd Bill Harris Mel Gibson/ Village Roadshow Scholarship Andrew Michael, Apparel Group Pty Ltd Bruce Harris Pam Dawson Memorial Scholarship The Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Kate Hayward Peter Baynes Memorial Scholarship Foundation Argie Heffernan The Shark Island Foundation Scholarship The Wolanski Foundation Michael & Judy Herring Viennese Theatre Scholarship Elsa Ho Donors $10,000 - $29,000 Jacqueline Isles Student Scholarships and Awards 2011 Ian & Carole Byrnes David Jeavons The Bennelong Club - Friends of the Sydney Bruce Davey, ICON Kerry Jones Opera House Inc Scholarship Ian Enright & Linda Quatermass Marguerite Julien The Big Kahuna Scholarship Kim & Fiona Manley Ronni Kahn Bruce Caldwell Scholarship Teresa Keleher Bruce Davey Scholarship Donors $5,000-$9,999 Margaret Kelly Bruce Gyngell Award, Free TV Australia June Baker Jeff Kevin Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship Phillip Cave AM & Judy Harris Bob Kijurina Diana Large AO Memorial Scholarship Martin Dickson AM & Susie Dickson Yvonne Kimber Gary Johnston Scholarship Steven H Koppe James Kirby ICON / Dendy Scholarship Kylie Low Margie Kirkwood The Family of Jenya Osborne Scholarship Bill Minett Anthony Klein Joseph Skrzynski AO Scholarship John Symond AM Denis Klein June Baker Scholarship Tinkie Knight Ken Healey Playwrights Award Donors $1,000 - $4,999 Roy & Hilary Laidlaw Kim & Fiona Manley Scholarship Stephen & Nanette Ainsworth Tanya Leach Laidlaw Foundation Scholarship Virginio Archetti Sue Lemmich Lee & Bob Steel Scholarship Aussie Janet Loneragan Macquarie Group Foundation Scholarship Guy Batten Malcolm Long Paul Reimer Scholarship Kari Baynes Alarna Longes Wolanski Foundation Scholarship Bazmark INQ Jacqui Marchant The Robertson Foundation Open Program Ted Blamey Alan & Jillian McArthur Scholarship Ximena Briceno & Trevlyn Gilmour Edwina McCann & Toby Smith The Robertson Foundation Regional Bruce Caldwell Ann McCauley Scholarships Carfax Commercial Constructions Pty Ltd Bruce McFee Roger Allen & Maggie Gray Scholarship Jean Carroll OAM Frances Milat Rolf Harris Design Scholarship Jonathan Casson Poss Molline Ross Steele AM Scholarship Noel & Hetty Cislowski Maureen Monckton Ruth Cowled Design Fund MAJOR PARTNERS Fiona Cotton Kevin Moore Ruth Cowled Memorial Scholarship Bruce Cutler Antonia Murphy Shanahan Management Scholarship Tokiko Dawson Annie Murtagh-Monks Steven H Koppe Scholarship Jann Deveridge Derek Nicholson Mary-Lou Donnan Prue Nock Fellowships Rory & Liz Grace Fiona Olver Mike Walsh Fellowships Nic Johnston Anne Owens The Gloria Payten Foundation & Richard Kaye-Smith Tim Papadopoulos The Gloria Dawn Foundation Fellowships Sarah Lawrence Denyse-Anne Pentecost William Fletcher Foundation Louis Vuitton Jan Pfeiffer Leslie Macpherson Maureen Puckeridge The following people have made a Bequest Scott & Kelly Mahoney Chris Ramos to NIDA or have made provision in their will Bryn McGoldrick Bruce Roberts for NIDA Melinda McMahon Fran Robertson Garry McQuinn Monita Roughsedge Anonymous (9) Kevin Moore Frannie Scully-Power Andrew Banks Prof Elizabeth More AM Erica Sharp-Breslau The Cowled Foundation Geoff & Ros Morgan Rahma Shohet Nick Enright AM Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM Shane & Danielle Simpson Lady (Vincent) Fairfax AO OBE Jo Porter Arek Sinanian Ben Gannon AO Philip Quast Cookie Slack-Smith John Gully Stuart Quin & Mandy Foley-Quin Caroline Spence Margaret Helman Paul Reimer Jennie Stenlake Dawn O’Donnell Chris Roberts Tina Strickland Dr David M Schwartz Sue Sweeny Rob & Antoinette Sampson Dr Rodney Seaborn AO OBE PRODUCTION PARTNERS Zara Selby Karen Thomas Hazel Treweek AVCorp Showtime Greig Tillotson Chameleon Touring Systems Leslie Walford AM Daniel Tobin Coda Audio Services Ken Woolley AM & Virginia Braden OAM Laurel Tsang & John Nicols Fourth Wall Events Joy Tulloh Norwest Donors Up to $999 Steve Vamos Pollard Productions Kingston Anderson Tom Waddell Scenographic Studios Antoinette Albert Joan Marie Wales Staging Rentals Gavin Barbey Libby Walsh TDC (Technical Direction Company) Stuart & Fran Beck Glenn Ware

Anthony Weigh Sharon Boyd CORPORATE PARTNERS Sarah Brasch Cecille Weldon Aria Catering Libi Bradford Leonie Weldon Clemenger BBDO Cecily Brazier Fidye Westgarth Good Crowd Anna Broinowski Eva & Heinz Wicki Little Creatures Brewing Melissa Bruce Gillian Williams Middletons Dr Lena Cansdale Barbara Wright Santa Vittoria Mineral Water Anne Maree Carrigan In memory of Gregory Zuckerman Stedmans Hospitality Stephen & Soraya Cary Vittoria Coffee Patrick & Georgia Cocquerel John Collingwood-Smith & Jenny Anderson

27 GOVERNANCE

the board of directors

The role of the Board is to: 2011 BOARD OF STUDIES MEMBERS

a) Direct and guide NIDA’s strategic direction Professor Elizabeth More AM, Chairman b) Appoint the Director (who shall carry out the functions Mr Kim Dalton OAM of a Chief Executive Officer) Ms Sheridan Harbridge c) Maintain and enhance NIDA’s role as a centre of excellence in Ms Moira Hay the performing arts Dr Brian Howard (resigned 28 April 2011) d) Monitor and maintain the financial integrity and viability of the Ms Lee Lewis Company. Ms Julie Lynch Mr John McCallum In carrying out its obligations, the Board recognises the need to: Mr Mikkel Mynster Mr Nicholas Parsons a) Monitor the educational and artistic performance of the Assoc Prof Ross Steele AM Company Mr Gavan Swift b) Facilitate fundraising Assoc Prof David Vance (appointed 14 April 2011) c) Ensure sound risk management policies Ms Lynne Williams, Director/CEO NIDA ex-officio d) Manage the relationship between Board Members and Ms Madison Burkett, President SCON ex-officio between the Board and the Director of the Company e) Implement appropriate succession planning policies. THE AUDIT, FINANCE, REMUNERATION AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE The Constitution provides for between five and 15 Board members including one nominee of the University of New 2011 COMMITTEE MEMBERS South Wales, a nominee of the Seaborn, Broughton and Walford Foundation, the Director of NIDA and the Chairman of the Board Mr Bruce Cutler, Chairman of Studies (ex-officio). The Board meets at least three times a Ms Virginia Braden OAM year. Board Members are elected to hold office for a three-year Ms Kathleen Farrell term and for no more than two consecutive terms. Ms Lynne Williams

2011 board members THE GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATION COMMITTEE

Mr Malcolm Long, Chairman The Governance and Nomination Committee is responsible Ms Virginia Braden OAM for the selection and nomination to the Board of persons who Mr Bruce Cutler, Chair Audit, Finance, Remuneration and could be considered as Board Members, the review of the Administration Committee performance of the Director and for succession planning. Mr Kim Dalton OAM Prof Anthony Dooley, UNSW Nominee 2011 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ms Judith Isherwood Mr Tom Jeffrey AM Mr Malcolm Long, Chairman Mr Garry McQuinn Mr Bruce Cutler Prof Elizabeth More AM, Chair Board of Studies Professor Elizabeth More AM Mr James Moser Ms Pamela Rabe MEMBERS, LIFE GOVERNORS AND PATRONS Mr Leslie Walford AM, Seaborn, Broughton and Walford Foundation nominee The Board Members appoint Life Governors and Patrons who Ms Lynne Williams, Director/CEO NIDA ex-officio provide NIDA with advice and assistance, as may be sought from time to time.

28 FINANCIAL report

29 Directors’ report