RIVERSIDE THEATRES PRESENTS THEATRE 22 – 23 MARCH ABOUT SHAKE & STIR THEATRE CO Established in 2006, shake & stir is one of touring reputation, annually visiting metropolitan ’s leading contemporary theatre companies and regional venues throughout Australia. They specialising in the creation of new work. have thrice been nominated for APACA’S Drover Award for Tour of the Year, winning the Award shake & stir produces an annual season of consecutively in 2014 & 2015. National Tours Mainstage and in-school productions. Mainstage have included: Statespeare, Animal Farm, 1984, productions have included: Statespeare (2012 ’s & Dirty Beasts and Helpmann Award nomination – Best Children’s Wuthering Heights. Work), Animal Farm (2012 Awards – Best Independent Production, Best Direction), 1984, In 2016, shake & stir celebrates a decade Out Damn Snot, Tequila Mockingbird (2014 of taking live theatre across the country, the Matilda Awards – Best Mainstage Production, 10-year anniversary season includes: Roald Gold Matilda Award), Roald Dahl’s Revolting Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, Wuthering Rhymes & Dirty Beasts, Wuthering Heights and Heights (National Tour), ENDGAME and Tequila Dracula. The company has a formidable national Mockingbird (QLD Tour).

Journey to the West (Grin & Tonic Theatre BIOGRAPHIES Troupe), Shakspeare’s Strangers (Globe Stage ). As Director: Roald Dahl’s CREATIVES CAST George’s Marvellous Medicine (shake & stir/ Queenland Performing Arts Centre), Roald ADAPTOR & DIRECTOR ROSS BALBUZIENTE NICK SKUBIJ TIM DASHWOOD Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (2014, 2015 national tour), Out Damn COSTUME DESIGNER NELLE LEE ROSS LEIGH BUCHANAN NICK SKUBIJ Snot (shake & stir/La Boite), Statespeare LINDEN WILKINSON BALBUZIENTE (shake & stir), FiZZ! (Opera ), SET DESIGNER Heathcliff and JOSH MCINTOSH GEMMA WILLING Thus I Die! Bard-Wired Love is an Ass For shake & stir: He co-created and (University of Southern Queensland), The LIGHTING DESIGNER Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (QLD JASON GLENWRIGHT performed in Dracula, Wuthering Heights CAST & CHARACTERS (2014, 2016 national tour), 1984 (2012, Youth Shakespeare Festival). shake & stir’s SOUND DESIGNER 2014 national tour), Tequila Mockingbird, in-school productions including: Romeo & GUY WEBSTER ROSS BALBUZIENTE HEATHCLIFF Animal Farm (2011, 2013 national Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Shake Up!, Smile & PROJECTION DESIGNERS tour), Statespeare (2009, 2011 national Be a Villain, Tragic Magic, Chop Logic, Bard OPTIKAL BLOC TIM DASHWOOD EDGAR LINTON tour). Other Theatre: Romeo & Juliet to the Bone, I Crave My Space, Say it to My FIGHT DIRECTOR (Queensland Theatre Company), Julius Face Book, Try Hard, Oversharer, Vacant and NIGEL POULTON NELLE LEE Popular. Positions: Ross is the Co-Artistic FRANCES EARNSHAW, ISABELLA LINTON, Caesar (La Boite Theatre Company), PRODUCTION MANAGER LINTON HEATHCLIFF Citizen Jane (JUTE Theatre Company), A Director of shake & stir and has created CLARK CORBY over 100 productions (2006 - present). NICK SKUBIJ Midsummer Night’s Dream, Two Weeks STAGE MANAGER HINDLEY EARNSHAW, HARETON with the Queen, The Taming of the Shrew, Awards: Gold Matilda Award for creating YANNI DUBLER EARNSHAW Little Shop of Horrors (Harvest Rain Theatre Tequila Mockingbird (2014), Matilda Award ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER LINDEN WILKINSON Company), Assassins (Warehaus Theatre/ for Best Mainstage Production (2014), Best TENNEALE ROGERS NELLY DEAN Queenland Performing Arts Centre), As Independent Production (2012), Helpmann HEAD LX GEMMA WILLING You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Award nomination for Best Children’s NATHAN DA CUNHA CATHERINE EARNSHAW, CATHY LINTON Andronicus and Monkey and His Magic Production (2012). NELLE LEE TIM Frances Earnshaw, DASHWOOD Isabella Linton and Edgar Linton Linton Heathcliff For shake & stir: Roald Dahl’s George’s For shake & stir: Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dracula, Animal Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Farm (2013 national tour) Other Theatre: Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (2014, 2015 Tim plays Benjamin alongside Jerry Hall in national tour), Wuthering Heights (2014, The Graduate (2014, 2016 national tour), 2016 national tour), Animal Farm (2011, Fame - The Musical (2010 national tour), 2013 national tour), Dracula, 1984 (2012, Managing Carmen (Queensland Theatre 2014 national tour), Tequila Mockingbird, Company/Black Swan State Theatre Statespeare (2009, 2011 national tour), Company), The Odd Couple, Macbeth, Out Damn Snot (shake & stir/La Boite). Romeo & Juliet, The Importance of Being Other Theatre: The Crucible, Maxine Earnest, Rabbit Hole and The Exception & Mellor’s Mystery Project, Property of the The Rule (Queensland Theatre Company), Clan (Queensland Theatre Company). Deathtrap (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), Complete Works of William Shakespeare The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay by Chicks (Brisbane Festival) and Alice (La Boite Theatre Company), The Last 5 (Harvest Rain Theatre Company). Film & (JUTE Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Years (Ignatians/ Queenland Performing Television: 2, Sea Patrol Putnam County Spelling Bee (Oscar Theatre Arts Centre), Dead Cargo (co-presented Seasons 2 & 3, Mortified and the feature NICK Co), The Fiveways (Brisbane Festival), A by Metro Arts Independents), The Awfully filmJUCY . As Adaptor/Writer: Roald Dahl’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (Harvest Rain Big Adventures of Peter Pan (Harvest George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dracula, SKUBIJ Director, Adaptor, Theatre Company), Macbeth, Franz Kafka’s Rain Theatre Company), Much Ado About Tequila Mockingbird, 1984, Out Damn Snot, Hindley Earnshaw and The Trial, As You Like it, Titus Andronicus Nothing (4mbs), The Reunion, Love Song Statespeare. Positions: Nelle is a Co-Artistic Hareton Earnshaw (Grin & Tonic) Film & Television: Toybox Dedications and Donna’s Party (Metro Director of shake & sir and has written Season 2 (Channel 7). As Adaptor/Writer: For shake & stir: Roald Dahl’s George’s Arts), Mandragora (Short & Sweet Festival and performed in productions that have Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, Marvellous Medicine (2016), Dracula (2015), - awarded Best Actor & Best Drama), toured across the country (2006 - present). Dracula, Wuthering Heights, 1984, Animal Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Zooillogical, idotluvdotu and Hermes and Training: Bachelor Theatre Arts (Acting) Farm, Out Damn Snot. As Director: Wuthering Beasts (2014, 2015 national tour), Tequila the Naked Flame (Artslink Queensland). from the University of Southern Queensland. Heights (2014, 2016), Statespeare (2009) and Mockingbird (2013, 2016 Queensland Film & Television: Dartworth. Short Awards: 2011 University of Southern various shake & stir in-school performances tour), 1984 (2012, 2014 national tour), Films: Cowboys, Stars & Angels, Cravings, Queensland Alumnus Award, 2011 University (2006 – 2016). Positions: Nick is a founding Animal Farm (2011, 2013 national tour), Stolen Honour and Tunnel Vision (QPIX of Southern Queensland Arts Faculty Award, member and Co-Artistic Director of shake Statespeare (2009, 2011 national tour), Out - Awarded Queensland nuclear Free Gold Matilda Award for creating Tequila & stir theatre co (2006 - present). Awards: Damn Snot (shake & stir/La Boite). Other Aliance Best Actor), Myles West (48 Hour Mockingbird (2014,) Matilda Award for Matilda Award nomination for Best Lead Theatre: Romeo & Juliet (Queensland Short Film Festival – Awarded Best Actor) Best Mainstage Production (2014), Best Actor (2015), Gold Matilda Award for creating Theatre Company), Eurobeat (Queensland and Tightrope (Royal Automobile Club of Independent Production (2012), Helpmann Tequila Mockingbird (2014), Matilda Award Performing Arts Centre), Citizen Jane Queensland/Queensland Police). Award nomination for Best Children’s for Best Mainstage Production (2014), Best (JUTE Theatre Company), Crackle, Snap, Production (2012). Independent Production (2012), Helpmann Pop (JUTE Theatre Company/Queensland Award nomination for Best Children’s Theatre Company), Surviving Jonah Salt Production (2012). (KEDT/JUTE Theatre Company), Flutter Watch (Illuminate Educate), Glad Bags and What the Butler Saw (Q Theatre), Cloud 9 and Foreskin’s Lament (Mercury Theatre, Auckland). Film: The Monkey’s Mask, Looking LINDEN for Alibrandi, Thank God He Met Lizzie and WILKINSON With Mother. Television: Dearest Enemy, Nelly Dean Packed to the Rafters, Dance Academy, Backberner, Home & Away, Water Rats, Linden has worked extensively on the Murder Call, GP, Police Rescue, A Country Australian stage and in major film and Practice, Rafferty’s Rules, Prisoner, Cop Shop, television productions. The Sullivans. Mini-Series: The Leaving For shake & stir: Debut. Other Theatre: of Liverpool, Come in Spinner, Naked – The Rivers of China, A Cheery Soul ( Fisherman’s Wake and Seven Deadly Sins Theatre Company), Three Sisters, Virginia, The – Pride. Other: Linden recently completed a Hothouse, The Man Who Came to Dinner and doctoral degree through Sydney University’s The Maids (Melbourne Theatre Company), Education and Social Work Faculty; her thesis, Beyond Therapy and Extremities (Playbox), Today We’re Alive, explored the creation of Breaking the Silence and Pack of Lies (Marian a cross-cultural play using the Myall Creek St Theatre), Wicked Sisters, Girl in Tan Boots, Aboriginal massacre of 1838. The play, which The Moonwalkers, All Souls, Vocations evolved from the research, also entitled (Griffin Theatre Company), Money & Friends Today We’re Alive, enjoyed a regional tour of (Queensland Theatre Company), Losing Louis, northwest NSW in 2013 and was published by Life Support, Daylight Saving (Ensemble Playlab in 2014. Her thesis is to be published Theatre Company), Lally Katz’s Neighbourhood by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this year.

GEMMA WILLING Catherine Earnshaw and Cathy Linton For shake & stir: Debut. Other Theatre: Dust (Black Swan State Theatre Company), Blood Will Have Blood, The Laramie Project, Anna Karenina, Nana and Summer of the Aliens (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts). Film & Television: Sue Brooks’ 2016 feature film,Looking for Grace. Training: Gemma graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project has been assisted by Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Tour supported by arTour an initiative of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

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