Alice Springs. 2039. A fish falls from the sky – it still smells of the sea. It’s been raining for days and Gabriel York knows something is wrong. When the Rain Stops Falling unfolds like a puzzle to be solved. Told through the interconnected stories of two families over four generations; between a prediction in London 1959 and its outcome in Australia eighty years later.
This show was originally programmed for 2020, and our 2021 season has recently been cancelled due to ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns. It will be remounted in 2022.
Writer: ANDREW BOVELL
Director: BRIONY DUNN
Costume Design: BETTY AUHL
Lighting Design: CLARE SPRINGETT
Lighting Realisation: HARRIE HOGAN
Sound Design: DARRIN VERHAGEN
Production Manager: JULIA LANDBERG
Stage Manager: NATASHA MARICH
Set Design: GREG CLARKE
Movement Director: CORY DERRICK
Associate Artists: KIMBERLEY HEBERLEY AND STEPHANIE GHAJAR
Performers: HEATHER BOLTON, LUCIE CHAIX, ESTHER VAN DOORNUM, FRANCIS GREENSLADE, DARCY KENT, MARGARET MILLS, ALEX PINDER
Producers: ESTHER VAN DOORNUM, HUGH OWENS, PAUL PANDELIS, KATHRYN HOUSE, LIZ DUNN AND LINDA HERD
Publicity: ELEANOR HOWLETT | SASSY RED PR
Photography: LACHLAN WOODS
As we emerged from the longest year of our lives, a group of Jewish young people collaborated with a team of Jewish artists to turn the mishigas of 2020 into a moving immersive theatrical performance. Devised directly from these young people’s own ideas and imaginations, join us to experience an outdoor performance of movement, song and language that reflects our shared Yiddishkeit and all the Covid craziness of the past year… come rain or shine. Directed by Romi Kupfer, definitely not the worst thing in the world is bursting with the strength, grit and humour of these young people and the year they will never forget.
Definitely not the worst thing in the world was a 2021 immersive theatre experience directed by Romi Kupfer. A group of young Jewish people created an outdoor performance, based on their experiences coming in and out of lockdowns and the way this affected their young lives.
Director: Romi Kupfer
Lead Writer: Justin Olstein
Costume Designer: Betty Auhl
Support Artist / Associate Writer: Dominic Weintraub
Support Artist / Sound Designer: Sam Osborn
Language Consultant: Esther Singer
Creature Maker: Daniele Poidomani
Production Coordinator: Noah Chrapot
Produced by: RK Collaborations
Performers/Devisers:
Lucia Bekinschtein, Freya Burstyner, Amaya Davidoff, Flora Feldman, Mira Feldman, Gigi Goldman, Catherine Halpern, Ezra Kaplan-Dascalu, Dan Meren, Zaiden Moszkowicz, Teghan Rado, Ezra Sholl
Photography: Pia Johnson
After postponement during 2020 due to the Corona Virus pandemic, Take The Mic’s High School Musical Jnr. played in Jan 2021. Following the Disney 2006 hit film, Gabriella and Troy bridge their differences through the power of song.
Book: David Simpatico
Songs: Matthew Gerrard
Direction: James Terry
Produced by: Take The Mic
Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Musical Direction: Anthony Barnhill
Choreography: Lachlan Purcell
Principal Cast: Orlando Kallen, Sofia Cofano, Hayley Keating, Nicholas Saunders, Sunny Wang, Peter Liptai, Inessa Maria Tan, Anastasia Bearsley, Ashlyn Norman, Claudia Dugo & Oscar Mulcahy
Photography: James Terry
DreamSong is a hilarious new Australian musical by Hugo Chiarella and Robert Tripolino. It tells of The DreamSong Mega-Church facing financial ruin, and their plan to resurrect a money-making Messiah.
Writing: Hugo Chiarella & Robert Tripolino
Direction: Lauren McKenna
Produced by: Ebb Flow Theatre Company
Musical Direction: Maverick Newman
Choreography: Madison Lee
Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Set & Visual Design: Karl McKinnon
Lighting Design: Adelaide Harney
Stage Management: Olivia Clark
CAST: Annie Aitken, Nicola Bowman, Olivia Charalambous, Bailey Dunnage, Nelson Gardner, Jarrod Griffiths, Gareth Isaac, Tayla Muir, Kate Schmidli, Maxwell Simon, Samuel Skuthorp & Luisa Scrofani.
Photography: Jack Dixon-Gunn
REBEL: A New Musical is a gig style musical, written and produced by Drew Downing. Set in 1969 New York, Davey tells through song his story of growing up in Texas and finding stardom in Los Angeles.
Writing & Production: Drew Downing
Direction: Clary Riven
Set & Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Stage Management: Janel Gibson
Musical Direction: Tyson Legg
Graphic Design: Nadia Rose
Photography: Darrell Pearce
Frank Kerr as Davey (Guitar and lead vocals)
Tyson Legg (Bass Guitar & Back-up vocals)
Peter Pham (Keyboard & Back-up vocals)
Aaron Syrjanen (Guitar)
Conrad Tracey (Drums)
UgLeigh, by Crowded Together Productions was part of the 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival, and played at the Alex Theatre in St Kilda.
Writing, production, direction: Charlotte Rose Watson & Shamita Siva
Set Design: Bianca Milani
Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Stage Management: Emma Jevons
Photography: Valentin Zhmodikov
Cast: Maia Absburg, Andrew Burns, Ben Lindsay & Nicolette Nespeca.
Goddess (working title) is a short dance film currently in production. The project is a collaboration between director Cara Dinley, dancer Anna Burgess, and Director of Photography Alastair MacKenzie. It draws upon the mythology of woman as a duplicitous and innately contradictory figure.
Direction: Cara Dinley
Dancer: Anna Burgess
DOP: Alastair MacKenzie
Costume and Behind the Scene photography: Betty Auhl
Polygraph by OpticNerve
Director: Tanya Gerstle
Producer: Loraine Little
Performers: Grant Cartwright, Emily Thomas & Lachlan Woods
Set Design: Betty Auhl and Jelle Jager
Costume and Prop Design: Betty Auhl
Lighting Design: Jason Crick
Sound Design and Composition: Matt Furlani and Julian Dibley-Hall
Assistant Director: Romi Kupfer
Production Manager: Olivia Clark
Voice & Dialect Coach: Geraldine Cook
Marketing: Madisyn Fairchild
Photography: Pier Carthew
The Crucible by the Victorian College of the Arts, 2018
Devised & Adapted from Arthur Miller’s text
Director: Adena Jacobs
Set Design: Bethany J. Fellows
Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Lighting Design: Mungo Trumble
Sound Design: Jedd Schaeche
Assistant Director: Cara Dinley
Stage Manager: Jordan Carter
Performers: Lucy Ansell, Oliver Bailey, Hayler Browne, Bronte Carmichael, Ian Ferrington, Sarah Fitzgerald, Joanna Halliday, Cheryl Ho, Sarah Jackson, Callum Mackay, Annabelle Mitchell, Louisa Reid & Samuel Rowe
Photography: Mungo Trumble & Drew Echberg
Alexis
Independent film, 2017
Writing and direction: Brodie Rowlands
Producers: Brodie Rowlands and Theodore Savvidis
DOP: Jordan Medic
Editing: Josh Sylvan
Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Production Design: Brodie Rowlands & Georgia Crowley
Performers: Olivia Ramsey and Marcus Molyneux
Stills from film.
Part of the Victorian College of the Arts’ End of Year Dance works, 2018.
Choreographer: Rebecca Jensen
Designer: Betty Auhl
Lighting Designer: Gabriel Bethune
Sound System Designer: Nathan Santamaria
Stage Manager: Rachel Nagy
Production Manager: David Harrod
Costume Assistant: Harry Riede
Set Assistant: Alex Flux
Cast: Madeleine Bowman, Matilda Butler-Webb, Sarah Bourne, Cassandra Hortle, Isabella Gilbert, Rosanna Laird, Emily Laursen, Nancy Martin, Jaslyn Setiadji, Sarah Saxon, Alison Tong, Amelia Vanzwoi, Piroska Vojley, Amelia Whiting & Eloise Wright.
Photography: Jeff Busby
Part of the Victorian College of the Arts’ End of Year Dance works, 2018.
Stingray Story is a contemporary Indigenous dance piece, choreographed by Rheannan Port. It explores the movement and cultural significance of the stingray.
Choreographer: Rheannan Port
Designer: Betty Auhl
Lighting Designer: Gabriel Bethune
Composer: Jordan Gilmour
Sound System Designer: Nathan Santamaria
Stage Manager: Chloe Newell
Production Manager: David Harrod
Cast: Rebecca Berry, Tamara Bouman, Molly Davies, Alexandra Dobson, Sophie Gray-Gaillard, Sam Hammat, Hendrik Lesmana, Rachel Mackie, Garn Rodasawad, Hayley Roe & Sophia Walker.
Photography: Jeff Busby
Welcome to Nowhere for Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2015.
Director: Emma Valente
Written by: Fleur Kilpatrick, Zoey Dawson, Daniel Keene, Morgan Rose & Angus Cerini
Assistant Director: Brodie Rowlands
Set Design: Leticia Brennan Steers
Costume Design: Betty Auhl
Sound Design: Justin Gardam
Lighting Design: Adrian Black
Performers: Olivia Bishop, Jordan Broadway, Chris Edwards, Claire MacAllister, Emily O'Connor, Mark Paguio, Max Paton, Eliza Quinn & Sophia Riozzi
PROTEIN by Darby James for Midsumma Festival 2023
Set & Costume Design // Betty Auhl
Photography by Norrington Media