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What better way to see out Season 2019 than with a seven-time Tony Award-winning musical. Directed by Dean Bryant alongside a fantastic creative team, Kiss of the Spider Woman combines the electric energy of a Kander & Ebb musical with a powerful tale of humanity at its limits. In this production we’re treated to a cast of extraordinary talent led by three wonderful performers – Caroline O’Connor, Adam-Jon Fiorentino and Ainsley Melham – each with impressive Broadway credits to their names. There’s no doubt Season 2019 will be going out in style. It’s been a big year at MTC. Twelve astonishing productions, including the premiere of our first NEXT STAGE Original, Golden Shield, and the smash-hit Shakespeare in Love. We celebrated 10 years of Southbank Theatre and once again delivered our industry-leading Education Program and ground-breaking artist development initiatives. Via the stories played out on our stages we’ve been around the world and back again. We’ve also been physically on the road, touring to Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Launceston and throughout regional Victoria. And from speaking with many of you and reading your feedback, you’ve been moved, challenged, entertained and inspired by our productions. Thank you as always for being an essential part of the theatre experience and joining us with such passion. There’s a huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to get our shows on stage and we’re extremely lucky to have the team that we do. As we raise a toast to Season 2019 and this final show of the year, we extend our thanks and congratulations to everyone at MTC for what has been achieved, and the ingenuity, work ethic and passion they bring to work with them every day. Enjoy the show.

Brett Sheehy ao Virginia Lovett Artistic Director & CEO Executive Director & Co-CEO

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18 NOVEMBER — 28 DECEMBER 2019 Southbank Theatre, The Sumner

— About the Play — In a dark South American prison, two very different men share a small cell. Valentin is a Marxist revolutionary who refuses to betray his comrades. Molina is a window dresser who distracts himself by escaping to a fantasy world of movies starring the glamorous diva, Aurora. Valentin can’t stand Molina’s cinematic fantasies and so draws a line on the floor to stop Molina from coming near him. Surely that will keep them apart.

— Cast — — Creative Team — Spider Woman / Aurora Caroline O’Connor Director Dean Bryant Molina Ainsley Melham Musical Director & Orchestrator Jack Earle Valentin Adam-Jon Fiorentino Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth Ensemble Jakob Ambrose Set & Costume Designer Alicia Clements Esteban / Ensemble Blake Appelqvist Lighting Designer Matt Scott Marta / Ensemble Elandrah Eramiha Sound Designer Nick Walker Molina’s Mother / Ensemble Natalie Gamsu Projection Designer Jamie Clennett Marcos / Ensemble Joe Gaudion Voice & Dialect Coach Leith McPherson Gabriel / Ensemble Ryan Gonzalez Assistant Director & Assistant Choreographer Warden / Ensemble Bert LaBonté Luca Dinardo Ensemble Lyndon Watts Intimacy Coordinator Michala Banas Movement Consultant Lyndall Grant Stage Manager Julia Smith — Musicians — Deputy Stage Manager Whitney McNamara Drums Darryn Farrugia Assistant Stage Manager 1 Ben Cooper Violin Susannah Ng Assistant Stage Manager 2 Brittany Coombs Bass Patrick Schmidli VCA Stage Management Intern Geetanjali Mishra Cello Paul Zabrowarny WAAPA Design Secondment Riley Tapp Rehearsal Photographer Deryk McAlpin Production Photographer Jeff Busby

Opening Night For information regarding running time, please see a member of the Partner Front of House team. Clockwise from centre: Caroline O'Connor, Blake Appelqvist (obscured), Jakob Ambrose, Ainsley Melham, Lyndon Watts and Joe Gaudion Songs for the Damned

Meet the brilliant minds behind Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago and Cabaret.

John Kander and Fred Ebb are the composer that would change the face of musical and lyricist dream team behind some of the theatre forever. 20th century’s most evocative, intoxicating and celebratory homages to showbiz. The pair quick-stepped it up; their next Infused with dark pasts and glamorous composition, in 1966, was the legendary dreams, trapped within the oppressive Cabaret, which swept up a cabinet-full of worlds of war-torn Berlin, boring marriages Tony Awards including Best Choreography, or, well, prison, the characters in Kander Best Original Musical Score, Best Costume and Ebb’s most famous show-stoppers all Design, Best Direction and the lauded have one common trait: a joy that can Best Musical. spring from the darkest of corners. It’s perhaps no surprise that hope, After growing up in war-muddled 1940s perseverance and belief in music as an America, both men had remarkably humble un-snuffable expression of life is at the core starts to their musical careers; their early of their greatest works. The world, and thus solo attempts led to dead ends and early the artists of the 60s and 70s, were still closures, rejection and Broadway flops. reeling from the Second World War, trying It wasn’t until they first teamed up in 1962 to understand the human condition in the for a couple of long-forgotten singles that face of suffering. Displacement, social history began to form through the haze isolation and dangerous prejudice was a of cigar smoke. Their first collaboration, daily reality. So it goes that the pursuit of Golden Gate, never made it to the stage, joy, freedom, identity and rejection of however it caught enough attention to authority go hand in hand with trauma. secure their 1965 world premiere, Flora the Red Menace, featuring none other than In Cabaret, we meet the revolutionaries of Liza Minnelli in her Broadway debut (and the underworld – those who survived the first Tony Award-winning performance). war seemingly on spirit, luck and a song; The show itself wasn’t a runaway success, those who were thrown about and but it cemented the working relationship persecuted and shunned for their art and Musical Director & Orchestrator Jack Earle with Jakob Ambrose, Lyndon Watts, Ainsley Melham, Caroline O'Connor, Bert LaBonté, Blake Appelqvist, Adam-Jon Fiorentino, Joe Gaudion and Natalie Gamsu

Joe Gaudion, Caroline O'Connor and Blake Appelqvist with Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth

Lyndon Watts their lifestyles and their politics; those who now have a place in history as icons of resistance. The lead character, Sally Bowles (most famously portrayed by Minnelli in the 1972 film adaptation), was created by novelist Christopher Isherwood in his 1937 novella Sally Bowles. Isherwood’s enigmatic, troubled heroine inspired the passionate imaginations of Kander and Ebb, and Cabaret was born. Full to bursting with show-stopping dance numbers, emotional ballads and humour, Cabaret captured the heart of the Berlin clubs of the 1930s. The characters are outcasts, and sing as though they would die before closing a piano. It’s no wonder it’s one of the most recognisable musical scores the world over; no wonder that it made the world hungry for more Kander and Ebb.

The duo didn’t leave their new fans waiting Adam-Jon Fiorentino long: The Happy Time opened on Broadway in 1968, winning Gower Champion a Tony for Best Direction and Choreography despite going down in history as the first show to lose $1 million. It was quickly followed by Zorba, which won Ebb a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics. In 1971, the pair collaborated on the short-lived 70, Girls, 70, based on Peter Coke’s play Breath of Spring.

Chicago didn’t hit stages until 1975, where it was largely overshadowed by that year’s candid exposé of life on Broadway, A Chorus Line. And yet, the fast-paced and unapologetically sexy score, devilishly seductive characters and examination of celebrity has ensured its well-earned success. ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman is a beautiful, funny, political and emotional roller-coaster that won multiple Tony Awards when it hit Broadway, including Best Musical and Best Original Score for Kander and Ebb.’

Caroline O'Connor and Joe Gaudion with Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth and Director Dean Bryant; Bert LaBonté and others in background; (opposite) Caroline O'Connor

Ryan Gonzalez; (below) Elandrah Eramiha

Blake Appelqvist, Joe Gaudion and Bert LaBonté with Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth; (above) Adam-Jon Fiorentino and Ainsley Melham Caroline O'Connor with Adam-Jon Fiorentino and Ainsley Melham

The 1996 Broadway revival saw a renewed a stage play by Puig himself, and then into a appreciation for this iconic stage work and film starring Sonia Braga and William Hurt, has since become the longest running who won an Oscar for his performance), it’s American musical in Broadway history; its a beautiful, funny, political and emotional fishnet stockings and shadowy, piano-bar roller-coaster that won multiple Tony atmosphere have audiences returning again Awards when it hit Broadway, including Best and again. There is perhaps no other Musical and another Best Original Score for musical that so joyfully captures the dark Kander and Ebb – their third, after Cabaret and seedy underworld of jazz clubs, and 1981’s Woman of the Year. courtrooms and prison. The story takes place in a dark, dank cell in Despite their two runaway successes and an Argentine prison, but it also takes place award-winning film scores – including the within the fantasies of inmate Luis Molina, famous theme song from Martin Scorsese’s who escapes his unjust and humiliating New York, New York – the duo showed no treatment by conjuring film diva Aurora to signs of slowing down when in 1992 they help him endure his grim reality. Molina was produced another golden tribute to the raised on a diet of show business, and bred power of performance: Kiss of the Spider to believe in the stories of hope and Woman. Adapted from Manuel Puig’s possibility that Kander and Ebb spin through groundbreaking 1976 novel of the same him. With Aurora by his side, he refuses to name (which had already been adapted into entertain the bitter cynicism threatening to (From top) Blake Appelqvist; Elandrah Eramiha and Jakob Ambrose with members of the cast and creative team in the background; Natalie Gamsu; (opposite) Ainsley Melham with Natalie Gamsu

envelop his cell-mate, political prisoner Valentin Paz. The two men could not be more different – the surprising humour of the piece comes from their polar opposition in outlook, personality and view of Aurora, their ‘third roommate’.

The two men behind the music could also not be more different – Kander grew up in a musical household, while Ebb’s family didn’t listen to music at all – but together they made a significant contribution to American music, for which they were recognised in the 1998 Kennedy Center Honours. But the duo weren’t done yet. While Steel Pier was the last of their works together that Ebb would live to see on Broadway (he passed away in 2004), the pair continued to shine in the new millennium, with the film adaptation of Chicago winning acclaim, awards, and fresh audiences. On stage, three more existing works have premiered since the curtains closed on their collaboration: the sadly prophetic Curtains, which they were working on at the time of Ebb’s passing, The Scottsboro Boys and, most recently, The Visit. This unprecedented career penning songs for the damned has guaranteed Kander and Ebb a place in history, and in our hearts.

Learn more about this iconic musical at mtc.com.au/ backstage ‘Hope, perseverance and belief in music as an un-snuffable expression of life is at the core of their greatest works.’

Cast & Creative Team

CAROLINE O’CONNOR AINSLEY MELHAM ADAM-JON FIORENTINO Spider Woman / Aurora Molina Valentin For Melbourne Theatre Company Ainsley Melham is making his Adam-Jon Fiorentino recently Caroline O'Connor has appeared in Melbourne Theatre Company debut played Kassim in the Australian Bombshells (Green Room Award in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Most national tour of the musical and Olivier Award nomination for recently, Ainsley starred in the title Aladdin (Disney Theatrical Best Actress in a Play), PIAF role of the Broadway production Productions). Adam’s extensive (Helpmann Award and Green Room of Aladdin (Disney Theatrical stage work includes starring on Awards), Scarlett O’Hara at the Productions) following his success Broadway as Bert in Mary Poppins Crimson Parrott and End of the in the Australian production. He (New Amsterdam Theatre, NY), Rainbow (Helpmann Award, has also appeared as Sonny Malone ’s West End in Sydney Theatre Award and The in Xanadu (Matthew Management) (London Palladium), Saturday Stage Acting Excellence UK). On at Company. Ainsley Night Fever (Apollo Victoria) and Broadway, her credits include was a cast member of Hi-5 from City of Angels (Life Like Company). Chicago, Anastasia (Drama League 2013–2016 appearing in its Most recently, Adam appeared in and Outer Critics Award Nominee) Australasian tours, the televised Thoroughly Modern Millie (The and A Christmas Story the Musical. Hi-5 House series and the Production Company). Adam’s Caroline performed at the 2013 documentary film Some Kind Of screen credits include Wolf Creek Tony Awards. In the USA, Follies Wonderful. The iconic children’s Series Two, Back in Very Small (Jeff Award, Best Actress) and pop group has been released on Business, Playing for Keeps and Assassins. In Paris, Sweeney Todd. Netflix with Ainsley as one of the Five Bedrooms. Adam’s US screen West End credits include Mack and starring hosts. Ainsley trained in credits include 30 Rock, The Tribe Mabel (Olivier nomination for Best at the Western and The Sherri Shepherd Show, Actress in a Musical), The Rink, Australian Academy of Performing as well as Hollyoaks in the City for On the Town, Romance-Romance, Arts, graduating in 2012. He was Channel 4 UK. Other Australian TV Street Scene, Matador, Cabaret, nominated for Best Actor in a credits include Neighbours, The Me and My Girl, Showboat, Damn Musical at the 2017 Helpmann Tribe, Life Support, Sock Monkey Yankees, Baby, Into the Woods Awards and Male Lead in a Musical Therapy, and Lucky 13. Adam’s film and A Chorus Line. In Australia, at the 2018 Green Room Awards. credits include Our Brand is Crisis, Candide, The Boy from Oz, Balloon Party and the upcoming Anything Goes (Helpmann Award), Paper Champions. Gypsy, Chicago (Green Room Award), West Side Story (Green Room Award), Man of La Mancha and Funny Girl. Her film credits include De-Lovely and Moulin Rouge.

Ms O’Connor’s boots are supplied by LaDuca Shoes. Cast & Creative Team

JAKOB AMBROSE BLAKE APPELQVIST ELANDRAH ERAMIHA Ensemble Esteban / Ensemble Marta / Ensemble Kiss of the Spider Woman marks This is Blake Appelqvist’s debut This is Elandrah Eramiha’s debut Jakob Ambrose’s Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company. performance with Melbourne Theatre Company debut. Previous Musical theatre credits include Theatre Company. Elandrah’s stage credits include Chino in West Diesel in West Side Story (The previous theatre credits include Side Story (Opera Australia/Handa Production Company), Ziegfeld In the Heights (Stage Art, 2015), Opera on Sydney Harbour), Tenor in Funny Girl (The Production Memphis the Musical (Stage Art, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Company), Ghost (Ambassador 2017), Bring It On the Musical (Michael Cassel Group), Aladdin Theatre Group), Angel in Kinky (Stage Masters, 2018), and Aladdin (Disney Theatrical Productions), Boots and Miss Understanding in (Disney Theatrical Productions, Kurt/Kurt’s Dad in Heathers The Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (both 2018–2019). Elandrah is a graduate Musical (Hayes Theatre Company), with Michael Cassel Group), Sir of Patrick Studios Australia, where Sweet Charity (Tinderbox/Neil Galahad in Spamalot (One Eyed she studied both Performing Arts Gooding/Luckiest Productions), Man Productions), and Paul Owen and Musical Theatre. Alonzo in Cats (Seoul & Company), in American Psycho (BB Arts). The Pirates of Penzance and The Blake originated the roles of Producers (The Production Dorian Gray in the new one-hander Company), The Addams Family musical Dorian Gray Naked (New Theatricals) and A Chorus (Popinjay Productions) and Sir Line (TML Enterprises). Jakob Garfield Barwick in The Dismissal graduated from the Western (Squabbalogic). 2020 will see Australian Academy of Performing Blake reprising the role of Sir Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor Galahad in the touring production of Arts, Music Theatre in 2011. of Spamalot. Blake graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre) and that same year was a finalist for the Rob Guest Endowment Award. Cast & Creative Team

NATALIE GAMSU JOE GAUDION RYAN GONZALEZ Molina’s Mother / Ensemble Marcos / Ensemble Gabriel / Ensemble Natalie Gamsu is delighted to be Joe Gaudion is thrilled to be Kiss of the Spider Woman marks appearing with Melbourne Theatre making his debut performance Ryan Gonzalez’s Melbourne Theatre Company for the first time. Natalie with Melbourne Theatre Company Company debut. Recent theatre is a singer, actor and cabaret artist appearing in Kiss of the Spider credits include Jersey Boys whose performances have been Woman. Joe previously appeared (Newtheatricals), In The Heights acclaimed internationally. in the Australian production (Blue Saint Productions), The View Previous stage credits include of Aladdin (Disney Theatrical Upstairs (Invisible Wall Productions My Dearworthy Darling (Malthouse Productions). His television credits and Sugary Rum Productions), Theatre), Darlinghurst Nights include Romper Stomper (Stan) Assassins (Sydney Opera House), (Hayes Theatre Company), her and Seven Types of Ambiguity Funny Girl in Concert (Sydney one woman show Carmen, Live or (ABC). Joe completed a Diploma Symphony Orchestra), and Dead (Oriel Entertainment Group), of Musical Theatre at APO Arts Bernstein Songbook Series (Sydney Ladies in Black (Queensland Academy and a Diploma of Dance Symphony Orchestra). Further Theatre), Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly – Elite Performance at Dance credits include Kinky Boots Ballroom (Global Creatures), World Studios. (Michael Cassel Group), Strictly Mary Poppins (Disney/Cameron Ballroom the Musical (Global Macintosh), Dr Zhivago (Gordon Creatures), King Kong Live on Stage Frost Organisation), Barrie Kosky’s (Global Creatures), Legally Blonde Women of Troy (Sydney Theatre (Gordon Frost Organisation), Violet Company) and Sunday in the Park (Blue Saint Productions) and with George (Q Theatre). Film and Carmen (Opera Australia). Ryan’s television credits include Street feature film credits include Happy Smart (Worldwide Production Feet 2, The Great Gatsby and Services/SBS), a recurring role in Goddess. Ryan won a Sydney Neighbours (Fremantle Media) and Theatre Award for Best Male Actor Ali’s Wedding (Matchbox Films). in a Musical for In The Heights and Her work as a vocalist has attracted a Sydney Broadway World Award several major awards in New York for Best Cabaret Performer award where she worked for eleven years for ¡Hispanic Attack! and is a recording artist of note. Cast & Creative Team

BERT LaBONTÉ LYNDON WATTS DEAN BRYANT Warden / Ensemble Ensemble Director One of Australia’s leading men, This is Lyndon Watts’ debut with Dean Bryant has previously Bert LaBonté’s Melbourne Theatre Melbourne Theatre Company. directed The Lady in the Van, An Company credits include Lungs, Previously Lyndon has toured Ideal Husband, Wild, Vivid White, Rupert, Birdland, The Mountaintop, Australia with Sweet Charity Born Yesterday, Skylight, I’ll Eat You Elling, A Behanding in Spokane, (Luckiest Productions/Neil Gooding Last and Next to Normal for MTC. Clybourne Park, Richard III and Productions and Tinderbox For Hayes Theatre Company he others. Other theatre credits Productions), Anything Goes (GFO/ directed Assassins, Sweet Charity include All My Sons, The Grenade Opera Australia), Singin' in the (Helpmann Award) and Little Shop and The 25th Annual Putnam Rain (Australian tour and Tokyo of Horrors (Sydney Theatre Award); County Spelling Bee (Sydney production), and Disney’s Aladdin. for Opera Australia Two Weddings, Theatre Company), Cloudstreet, Lyndon was a top 6 finalist in One Bride and Anything Goes I am a Miracle and Time Share the Rob Guest Endowment, after (and GFO). Other credits include (Malthouse Theatre). Musical which he toured internationally as The Skin of Our Teeth (VCA), Once theatre credits include The Book Bernardo in West Side Story (Opera We Lived Here (London season), of Mormon (Watchtower Australia, GWB Entertainment and DreamSong (Theatre Works), Productions), An Officer and BB Promotions). Lyndon is a 2014 Straight (Red Stitch Actors a Gentleman (Gordon Frost graduate of the Western Australian Theatre), The Last Five Years and Organisation), Chess and Academy of Performing Arts five musicals for The Production Grey Gardens (The Production (WAAPA). Company. With composer Mathew Company), (Kookaburra Frank, he wrote Green Room Theatre), The Full Monty (IMG/ Award-winning musicals Prodigal David Atkins), Jesus Christ and Once We Lived Here, as well Superstar (Really Useful Group), as Virgins: A Musical Threesome, Showboat (Livent/Marriner The Silver Donkey and an Amy Productions) and Guys and Dolls Winehouse musical for Channel (Ambassador Group). Screen 10’s Mr & Mrs Murder. The pair just credits include a recurring role debuted a musical version of on Wentworth (Foxtel), Squinters, My Brilliant Career. Dean created Upper Middle Bogan, Tomorrow verbatim piece Gaybies (Midsumma, When the War Began and The Darlinghurst Theatre Company). Lowdown (ABC), Playing for Keeps Dean is Worldwide Associate and My Life is Murder (Network Director of Priscilla, Queen of the Ten), Wilfred (SBS), The Letdown Desert – The Musical and is a (ABC/Netflix). Film credits include graduate of WAAPA. Animal Kingdom (Porchlight Films) and The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (Kathy Morgan International). Cast & Creative Team

JACK EARLE ANDREW HALLSWORTH ALICIA CLEMENTS Musical Director & Choreographer Set & Costume Designer Orchestrator Andrew Hallsworth’s previous Alicia Clements’ previous designs Jack Earle makes his Melbourne credits for Melbourne Theatre for Melbourne Theatre Company Theatre Company debut after Company include Shakespeare in are The Lady in the Van and The working on King Kong, Strictly Love, Twelfth Night, Vivid White, Father. Her other work has been Ballroom (Global Creatures), Rupert, Private Lives, Egg, Hamlet, seen at companies such as Sydney The Lion King, Aladdin (Disney Next to Normal and The Drowsy Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Theatrical Productions), West Side Chaperone. Other theatre credits Pinchgut Opera, Ensemble Theatre, Story, , Hello include Muriel’s Wedding the Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Dolly (The Production Company), Musical (Sydney Theatre Company/ Hayes Theatre Company, Barking Matilda (RSC), We Will Rock You, Global Creatures), Assassins Gecko and Black Swan State The Bodyguard, The Book of (Hayes Theatre Company), Dream Theatre, where she was previously Mormon, Dream Lover (GFO) – Lover (John Frost & Gilbert Resident Designer. Her designs for which he also orchestrated – and Theatrical), Two Weddings One the Stephen Sondheim musical Evita (Opera Australia). His work Bride, Sydney Opera House – The Assassins (Hayes Theatre Company) on Dream Lover led to him touring Opera and Anything Goes (Opera received Best Set Design and Best and recording with David Campbell Australia), Little Shop of Horrors Costume Design of an Independent on his albums Baby It’s Christmas (Luckiest Productions/Tinderbox Musical at the 2018 Sydney Theatre and Back in the Swing (Sony Music Productions), Jerry’s Girls and Awards. She received the 2014 Australia). He is the musical La Cage Aux Folles (The Production Kristian Fredrikson Scholarship director for Rhonda Burchmore’s Company), Ladies in Black for Design in the Performing Arts Abbasolutely Fabulous and (Queensland Theatre/MTC), Sweet and a selection of her designs now Partners in Crime. His composition Charity (Luckiest Productions/Neil belong to permanent collections at credits include two albums of Gooding Productions), A Funny Beleura House and the Arts Centre original music, The Jack Earle Big Thing Happened on the Way to Melbourne. Alicia graduated from Band and Is This Real, numerous the Forum and An Officer and WAAPA in 2008 and furthered her jingles for television and radio, A Gentleman (Gordon Frost training in Paris and London. and a dance work entitled SELF Organisation). Andrew co- choreographed by Michael Ralph. choreographed Priscilla, Queen Jack recently returned to Australia of the Desert for Broadway, its from studying at Berklee College worldwide seasons, and the recent of Music. 10th anniversary Australian tour. Andrew has won three Helpmann Awards and two Sydney Theatre Critic’s Awards for Best Choreography in a Musical. Cast & Creative Team

MATT SCOTT NICK WALKER JAMIE CLENNETT Lighting Designer Sound Designer Projection Designer Matt Scott has lit more than 60 Nick Walker has worked Tasmanian designer, animator and Melbourne Theatre Company professionally as a sound designer author/illustrator Jamie Clennett productions including Shakespeare and engineer for the past 15 years. previously created video for in Love, Storm Boy, The Lady in His career began working in live Melbourne Theatre Company’s Wild the Van, The Architect, An Ideal music, taking him all around the and Astroman. He has worked in Husband, Minnie & Liraz, Born country with some of Australia’s Australia and internationally for Yesterday, The Odd Couple, Jasper biggest rock acts. He soon clients as diverse as Two Little Jones, Skylight, The Last Man obtained a permanent position at Indians, SBS, Publicis Mojo, BBC, Standing, The Weir, Jumpy, The Australia’s leading performing arts Picasso London, Pirate Productions, Mountaintop, Elling, His Girl Friday, venue in Melbourne. In 2013 he Passion Pictures, Red Cross, and Red, Tribes, Clybourne Park, Next started his own business, Spectra Norwegian Cruise Line, amongst to Normal, Blackbird and August: Audio Solutions, providing audio others. Jamie returned to Australia Osage County. Other credits production services to Australia. in 2012, after living for several years include The Dance of Death His most recent credits, as a FOH in Edinburgh and London. Since (Belvoir), The Pearlfishers (State operator and/or sound designer, then he has continued his Opera of South Australia), include FOH Operator for Birdland commercial video practice, as well Oklahoma! and A Gentleman’s and Arbus and West (Melbourne as lecturing animation at RMIT. Guide to Love and Murder (The Theatre Company), the Grammy In 2008, Jamie created video for Production Company), Madama and Helpmann Award winning Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Butterfly (Seattle Opera), Jasper Soweto Gospel Choir (AKA), – The Musical. Since then Jamie Jones (Queensland Theatre) Helpmann Award winning Sweet has created video for several other and Madame Butterfly (Opera Charity (Luckiest Productions), theatrical productions such as Australia). Matt has received and American Psycho (BB Arts Shoes: The Musical (Sadler’s Wells been nominated for numerous Entertainment), Theatre), Sleeping Horses Lie awards including a 2016 Green ( Presents), Little Shop (Terrapin Puppet Theatre) and Little Room Award for The Pearlfishers, of Horrors (Luckiest/Tinderbox Shop Of Horrors (Tinderbox). Jamie a 2005 Helpmann Award for Productions), High Fidelity Clennett graduated from NIDA Urinetown (MTC) and a 2003 (Highway Run Productions) and (Design) in 2002. Helpmann Award for The Blue Assassins (Hayes Theatre & Room. Matt is a lecturer in lighting Luckiest Productions), for which design at the University of Nick picked up the award for Best Melbourne (VCA). Sound Design for a Musical. Cast & Creative Team

LEITH McPHERSON LUCA DINARDO Voice & Dialect Coach Assistant Director & Assistant Leith McPherson has previously Choreographer worked on Melbourne Theatre This is Luca Dinardo’s first time Company’s productions of working with Melbourne Theatre Shakespeare in Love, The Lady in Company and she is thrilled to be the Van, Twelfth Night, Astroman, assisting Dean Bryant and Andrew A Doll’s House: Part 2, An Ideal Hallsworth on Kiss of the Spider Husband, Macbeth, Noises Off Woman. Luca’s career has seen her (with QT), Melbourne Talam (MTC assist some of Australia’s finest Education), Born Yesterday, Jasper choreographers, including Kelley Jones, Skylight, Double Indemnity, Abbey, Michael Ralph and Marko Peddling (MTC Education), North by Panzic and American choreographers Northwest, Jumpy, I’ll Eat You Last, Travis Wall, Stacey Tookey and Al Private Lives, Other Desert Cities, Blackstone. Luca’s professional Hamlet, Richard III, All About My performance credits include Mother, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Anybodys & Dance Captain in West Boston Marriage, Madagascar, Side Story on Sydney Harbour The Swimming Club, The Drowsy (Opera Australia), Ensemble/Dance Chaperone, August: Osage County, Captain in the Australian premiere Explorations: A Streetcar Named of Bring It On – The Musical (David Desire (MTC Education), Rockabye, Venn) and Children Ensemble in Songs for Nobodies, Ninety, and Billy Elliot the Musical (Louise The Dame on the Ten Dollar Note. Withers). Luca is a graduate of Leith is Head of Voice and Patrick Studios Australia and Movement for the Theatre wishes to thank her family, friends Department at the VCA. and mentors for their ongoing love and support. YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRAVEL THE WORLD TO SEE ART AT ITS BEST. IT’S HERE IN THE HEART OF MELBOURNE.

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Schuettke Andrew Bellchambers Executive Director & CAD Drafting THEATRE Max Bowyer Kylie Trounson IT Support Officer Theatre Operations Zak Brown NEXT STAGE Co-CEO Darren Snowdon Jacob Battista Kathleen Higgs Alexander Rothnie Director Sam Diamond Commissions Assistant Accountant Mark D Wheeler Leila Gerges Van Badham ARTISTIC Irene Budiono Staging Supervisor HQ Nicholas Stace Building Services Rosie Howell Angus Cerini Producer Payroll Officer Manager Kathryn Joy Patricia Cornelius Martina Murray Julia Godinho PROPERTIES Adrian Aderhold Evan Lawson Aidan Fennessy Associate Artistic Payments Officer House Services Laura Lethlean Louris van de Geer Lisa Maundrell Properties Supervisor Director Geoff McGregor Manager Thomas McCracken Michael Gow Sarah Goodes MARKETING & Props Maker James Cunningham Will McRostie Tom Holloway Associate Director COMMUNICATIONS Colin Penn Production Services Natasha Milton Andrea James Dean Bryant Props Hire Manager Yasmin Mole Anchuli Felicia King Literary Director Marketing & Communications Kasey Gambling Frank Stoffels Ernesto Munoz Benjamin Law Chris Mead Jacinta Keefe Bar Manager Ben Nichol Joanna Murray-Smith Casting Director Director Vanessa Rowsthorn Yasmin Mole Claire Marsh Emma Palackic Joe Penhall Janine Snape Emma Palackic Lawler & Events Adam Rogers Leah Purcell Casting Administrator Digital Manager Daniel Coghlan Technical Supervisor Sophie Scott Ellen van Neerven Carmen Lai SCENIC ART Tom Brayshaw Myles Tankle Chris Ryan Associate Producer/ Marketing Manager Scenic Art Supervisor Shelley King Lighting Supervisor Bella Vadiveloo Megan Washington Senior Company Shane Dunn Richard Gorr Alison Wheeldon Mark Leonard Winter Manager Marketing Campaign Scenic Artists Manager Staging Supervisor Rhian Wilson Malcolm Robertson Stephen Moore Tansy Elso Grant Kennelly Jamaica Zuanetti MTC Foundation Company Manager Bonnie Leigh-Dodds Colin Harman Marketing Executive Sound Supervisor Commissions Leah Milburn-Clark Terry McKibbin TICKETING Angela Betzien NEXT STAGE Riley Charles WORKSHOP Director of Lead Graphic Designer/ Workshop Supervisor Head Flyman Administrator James Tucker Ticketing Operations OVERSEAS Karin Farrell Art Director Aldo Amenta Brenna Sotiropoulos REPRESENTATIVE Emma Wagstaff Deputy Workshop Stage & Technical Literary Associate Staff Customer Service Sales New York Jennifer Medway Graphic Designers Supervisor Manager Kevin Emrick Helena Turinski Andrew Weavers Geoff Adams Matthew Arthur Jessie Phillips CATERING Victoria U Set Makers Director of CRM & Catering Manager PR & Communications Ken Best Sam Berkley Simon Bond Audience Insights Andrea Purvis Manager Brian Easteal Jeremy Hodgins Café Staff Rosie Shepherdson- Nick Gray Ash Buchanan Michael Burnell Database Specialist Bev Reinmuth Cullen Philip de Mulder Ben Gu Andrea Ruiz Publicist Peter Rosa John Carberry Georgia Fox Dale Cook

PROGRAMME CREDITS Managing Editor Rosie Shepherdson-Cullen Editors Georgia Fox, Melanie Sheridan Graphic Designer Helena Turinski MTC Circles of Giving MTC gratefully acknowledges our visionary donors

MTC LIFETIME PATRONS Acknowledging a lifetime of extraordinary support for MTC. Pat Burke Dr Geraldine Lazarus and The Late Biddy Ponsford Ursula Whiteside Peter Clemenger ao and Joan Greig Gailey The Late Dr Roger Riordan am Caroline Young and Clemenger ao Allan Myers ac qc and Maureen Wheeler ao and Derek Young am Maria Myers ac Tony Wheeler ao

ENDOWMENT DONORS Supporting the long term sustainability and creative future of MTC. Leading Endowment Donors $50,000+ $20,000+ $5,000+ $1,000,000+ Geoffrey Cohen am Tony and Janine Burgess R & P Harkness Jane Hansen and Paul Little ao Orcadia Foundation Robert A Dunster Jane Kunstler The University of Melbourne The Late Biddy Ponsford Anne and Mark Robertson oam Renzella Family Andrew Sisson ao and $10,000+ Anonymous Tracey Sisson Prof Margaret Gardner ao and $1,000+ Prof Glyn Davis ac Virginia Lovett and Rose Hiscock

MTC’S PLAYWRIGHTS GIVING CIRCLE Supporting the Next Stage Writers’ Program. Louise Myer and Martyn Myer ao, Maureen Wheeler ao and Tony Wheeler ao, Christine Brown Bequest, Allan Myers ac qc and Maria Myers ac, Tony Burgess and Janine Burgess, Dr Andrew McAliece and Dr Richard Simmie, Larry Kamener and Petra Kamener

ANNUAL GIVING Donors whose annual gifts help MTC enrich and transform lives through the finest theatre imaginable. BENEFACTORS CIRCLE Craig Semple ▲ Jeanne Pratt ac Roger and Jan Goldsmith $250,000+ Luisa Valmorbida ▲ Janet Reid oam and Allan Reid Lesley Griffin Crown Resorts Foundation Anonymous (2) Renzella Family Ballandry (Peter Griffin Family) Packer Family Foundation $5,000+ The Robert Salzer Foundation ◆ Fund (a sub-fund of the $50,000+ Bill Bowness ao In loving memory of Berek Segan Australian Communities The Joan and Peter Dr Andrew Buchanan and AM OBE – Marysia and Foundation) Clemenger Trust Peter Darcy Marshall Segan Fiona Griffiths and The Cybec Foundation Ian and Jillian Buchanan Andrew Sisson ao and Tony Osmond ◆ John Higgins ao and Sandra and Bill Burdett am Tracey Sisson Tony Hillery and Jodie Maunder Lynne and Rob Burgess Trawalla Foundation Trust Warwick Eddington Maureen Wheeler ao and Pat Burke and Jan Nolan Ralph Ward-Ambler am and Jane Hodder ◆ Tony Wheeler ao John and Robyn Butselaar Barbara Ward-Ambler Peter and Halina Jacobsen The Janet and Michael Buxton Anonymous (4) Amy and Paul Jasper $20,000+ Rachel Kelly ◆ Betty Amsden Foundation Foundation ADVOCATES CIRCLE Barry and Joanne Cheetham Elizabeth Laverty Krystyna Campbell-Pretty am $2,500–$4,999 Leg Up Foundation Dr Geraldine Lazarus and The Dowd Foundation John and Lorraine Bates The Gjergja Family Alex and Halina Lewenberg Greig Gailey Marc Besen ac and Virginia Lovett and Jane Hansen and Robert and Jan Green Eva Besen ao John and Joan Grigg oam Rose Hiscock ● Paul Little ao ● Jay Bethell and Peter Smart Jane Hansen ◆ Don and Sue Matthews Louise and Martyn Myer ao Wendy and Paul Bonnici ◆ Kim and Peter Monk ◆ Victorian Department of David and Lily Harris Diana Burleigh Jane Hemstritch Ging Muir and Education and Training Jenny and Stephen Charles ao John McCawley ■ The Vizard Foundation Bruce and Mary Humphries Sandy and Yvonne Constantine Karen Inge and Sandy and Sandra Murdoch Caroline and Derek Young am ▲ Debbie Dadon am Dr George Janko Jane and Andrew Murray Anonymous Ann Darby ● Anne Le Huray Dr Paul Nisselle am and $10,000+ Dr Anthony Dortimer Sue Nisselle Marshall Day Acoustics and Jillian Dortimer Joanna Baevski ● (Dennis Irving Scholarship) Christopher Richardson Erica Bagshaw Melody and Jonathan Feder ■ Anne and Mark Ian and Judi Marshman Dr Helen Ferguson Sandy Bell and Daryl Kendrick Matsarol Foundation Robertson oam ◆ The Bonnici Family ● Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Hilary and Stuart Scott ● Ian and Margaret McKellar Bruce Freeman ■ The Cattermole Family George and Rosa Morstyn Lynne Sherwood and the Tom and Elana Cordiner ● Nigel and Cathy Garrard late Tim Sherwood Tom and Ruth O’Dea ■ Gaye and John Gaylard Christine Gilbertson ◆ Leigh O’Neill ◆ Jennifer Steinicke Linda Herd ■ ● Diana and Murray Gerstman Ricci Swart Dr Kia Pajouhesh (Smile Solutions) Heather and Macgeorge Bequest Bruce Parncutt ao James and Anne Syme Susanna Mason ▲ Bob Glindemann oam Richard and Debra Tegoni ◆ ● Prof David Penington ac and Henry Gold Kendra Reid Dr Sonay Hussein Cheryl and Paul Veith Price and Christine Williams Natasha Davies Larry Kornhauser and Julie and Ian Reid Raymond and Margaret Wilson Katharine Derham-Moore Natalya Gill ■ Phillip Riggio Foundation Amanda and Mark Derham ◆ Josephine and Roslyn and Richard Rogers Gillian and Tony Wood Katie Dewhurst ◆ Graeme Kraehe ao Family ● Laurel Young-Das and Robert Drake Pamela Lamaro ◆ B & J Rollason Heather Finnegan Dr Sally Duguid and Verona Lea Sue Rose Anonymous (7) Dr David Tingay Joan and George Lefroy Anne and Laurie Ryan LOYALTY CIRCLE Bev and Geoff Edwards Alison Leslie F & J Ryan Foundation George and Eva Ermer Peter and Judy Loney Edwina Sahhar $1,000–$2,499 Anne and Graham Evans ao Lord Family ◆ Margaret Sahhar am Prof Noel and Sylvia Alpins am Dr Alastair Fearn Lording Family Foundation Guy Sansom and James Angus ao and Helen Peter Fearnside and Elizabeth Lyons Treena Quarin Angus Roxane Hislop Ken and Jan Mackinnon Susan Santoro Kate Aplin Cathryn Findlay The Mann Family ● Kaylene Savas ◆ Mary-Louise Archibald Jan and Rob Flew Helen Mantzis ◆ Elisabeth and Doug Scott Margaret Astbury Rosemary Forbes and Chris and Bruce Maple Graeme Seabrook Ian Baker and Cheryl Saunders Ian Hocking Marin Charitable Trust Prof Barry Sheehan John and Dagnija Balmford Heather Forbes-McKeon ■ Dr Hannah Mason and Pamela Waller H & B Bamford Elizabeth Foster Margaret and John Mason oam Jacky and Rupert Sherwood ◆ Jenny Barbour Glenn Fryer ● Garry McLean Diane Silk Angelina Beninati John Fullerton Elizabeth McMeekin Dr John Sime Tara Bishop ◆ Gill Family Foundation Emeritus Prof Peter McPhee Jane Simon and Peter Cox Jacquie Blackwell ◆ Sarah Gorman ◆ and Charlotte Allen Reg and Elaine Smith oam – Diane and Graeme Boyer Brian Goddard Robert and Helena Mestrovic Earimil Gardens Charity Steve and Terry Bracks am Charles and Cornelia Goode John G Millard Tim and Angela Smith Jenny and Lucinda Brash Foundation ◆ Ross and Judy Milne-Pott Annette Smorgon ◆ Bernadette Broberg Isabella Green oam and Susan and Michael Minshall Diana and Brian Snape am Tania Broughman ◆ Richard Green Felicity and Des Moore Geoff and Judy Steinicke Nigel and Sheena Broughton Ian and Wendy Haines Luke and Janine Musgrave Dr Ross and Helen Stillwell Beth Brown and the late Charles Harkin Barbara and David Mushin Suzy and Dr Mark Suss ■ Tom Bruce am R & P Harkness ◆ Jacquie Naylor ◆ ● Rodney and Aviva Taft Hugh Burrill Mark and Jennifer Hayes ● Nelson Bros Funeral Services Frank Tisher oam and Julie Burke The Hon Peter Heerey am qc Nick Nichola and Ingrid Moyle Dr Miriam Tisher Katie Burke and Sally Heerey Michele and John Nielsen Graham Wademan Pam Caldwell Sandi and Gil Hoskins David and Lisa Oertle Kevin and Elizabeth Walsh ■ Alison and John Cameron Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull ao Susan Oliver am ● Anthony Watson and John and Jan Campbell Ann and Tony Hyams am Tony and Margaret Pagone ◆ Tracey McDonald Jessica Canning Peter Jaffe & Judy Gold In Loving Memory of Pinky Watson Clare and Richard Carlson Denis and Elissa Joachim Richard Park Marion Webster oam ◆ Fiona Caro Ed and Margaret Johnson Dr Annamarie Perlesz Penelope and Joshua White Chef’s Hat Prof Shitij Kapur and Peter Philpott and Ursula Whiteside Chernov Family Dr Sharmistha Law Robert Ratcliffe Janet Whiting am and Keith Chivers and Ron Peel Irene Kearsey and Michael Ridley Prof Hannah Piterman ◆ Phil Lukies Assoc Prof Lyn Clearihan and Malcolm Kemp Betty and John Pizzey Ann and Alan Wilkinson ● Dr Anthony Palmer Janette Kendall ◆ Dug and Lisa Pomeroy Jan Williams ■ Dr Robin Collier and Neil Collier Julie and Simon Kessel Noel and Gaylene Porter Mandy and Edward Yencken Deborah Conyngham Fiona Kirwan-Hamilton John and Joan Pye Greg Young Margaret Crothers and Simon E Marks qc Sally Redlich Anonymous (26) Ann Cutts Doris and Steve Klein Victoria Redwood Mark and Jo Davey

LEGACY CIRCLE Acknowledging supporters who have made the visionary gesture of including a gift to MTC in their will. Mark and Tamara Boldiston Peter and Betty Game Dr Andrew McAliece and Max Schultz Bernadette Broberg Fiona Griffiths Dr Richard Simmie Jillian Smith Adam and Donna Cusack-Muller Linda Herd Peter Philpott and Diane Tweeddale Irene Kearsey Robert Ratcliffe Anonymous (13)

LEGACY GIFTS Remembering and honouring those who have generously supported MTC through a bequest. The Estate of Leta-Rae Arthy The Estate of Gordan J Compton The Kitty and Leslie Sandy The Estate of Prudence The Christine Brown Bequest The Estate of Betty Ilic Bequest Ann Tutton The Estate of Ron Chapman The Estate of Bettie Kornhauser The Estate of James Hollis The Estate of Freda E White Minson The Estate of Dorothy Wood

Acknowledging Donors who join together to support innovative and inspiring programs for the benefit of our community. ▲ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S ■ YOUTH AMBASSADORS ◆ WOMEN IN THEATRE ● EDUCATION CIRCLE GIVING CIRCLE GIVING CIRCLE GIVING CIRCLE

To find out more about supporting MTC please call 03 8688 0959 or visit mtc.com.au/support Current as of October 2019 Thank You

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Southbank Theatre Partners

If you would like to join our corporate family or host a private event, please contact [email protected] 2019 Partners current as of October 2019. Celebrating 10 years of Southbank Theatre, Bert LaBonté reflects on what MTC means to him.

‘I saw a lot of stuff here, growing up, and And I think Melbourne’s had a huge part in then was lucky enough to work for the making sure that our theatre culture in this Company. I remember the first time: I was country is still really, really strong, and like ‘Wow! I’m at the MTC!’ on the rise. I think it’s important to Melburnians that this culture – this arts and [My] first play at Southbank Theatre was fashion and sports culture – is what makes Richard III. It was a gift, an incredible piece us stand out from the rest and what makes of theatre, and an incredible production. us a special city.’ I remember previewing it and we had a double revolve on the stage; we had to stop four times because people hadn’t ever actually got on or off the revolve! But we never stopped again after that. Go backstage to hear more about the past 10 years at Southbank People are uncertain about what the future Theatre from our community at holds, and I feel like theatre is an integral mtc.com.au/southbank10 way to communicate with each other.

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