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LONE THE RABBLE &
St Martins
6.30pm, Fri 8, Sat 9, This work is created
Thu 14, Fri 15 & Sat 16 Jun for adults
2.30pm, Sun 10 &
Sun 17 Jun
Allow 30 mins
artshouse.com.auCreative Artist Team Statement Creators Sound & Composition LONE is a one-on-one experience for enormous contributions to the text that Emma Valente & Kate Davis Secondment adults. We have asked young performers you hear tonight. Set & Costume Designer Grace Ferguson to collaborate with us and design rooms Kate Davis LX Programmer that are in some way are an expression LONE is a very real collaboration with Lighting & Sound Designer Kate Kelly of, or an answer for loneliness. We have THE RABBLE and 11 young artists. These Emma Valente asked the performers to think about artists have conceived, designed and Artistic Associate St Martins Team loneliness from their own point of view and written their own performances and we’re Katrina Cornwell from an adult’s point of view. Their rooms very grateful to have the chance to work Performers, Creators Artistic Director then express these ideas and states in with them. & Designers Nadja Kostich multiple forms. Clea Carney, Abigail Fisher, Executive Director Kate and Emma Ashanti Joy, Remy Lawlor, Narda Shanley Loneliness is a particularly taboo subject Co Artistic Directors Ave Maui, Lola Morgan, Artistic Associate for adults. We associate it with pity, shame THE RABBLE Griffin Murray-Johnston, Luke Kerridge and worthlessness. The work asks an Raven Okello, Jackson Reid, Workshops Coordinator audience to enter a child’s imagined world, Thomas Taylor & Frankie Andrea Barragán to sit both with the child and alone in this Wilcox Marketing Coordinator world and to reflect on their own Producer Jason Cheetham relationship to solitude. We imagine some Tahni Froudist Inclusion Coordinator adults won’t have sat in contemplation in Production Manager Jo Dunbar this way for a long time, perhaps since Rebecca Etchell & Facilities & Venue Services childhood. This is the state where magical Gwen Gilchrist Coordinator thoughts can happen. Big, new, reflective Stage Manager Shane Grant ideas about existence and mortality Cassandra Fumi The Board prompted by a child’s imagination and Assistant Stage Manager Elise Margow, Robynne thoughtfulness. Niamh Hassett, Kelly Berg, Steve Bradby, Wilson, Ashleigh Gray Meaghan Bare, Daniel LONE has had a long process. Clare THE RABBLE Intern Clarke & Anna Pidgeon Watson (previous St Martins Artistic Emma McManus Director) invited us to ponder a work with THE RABBLE Intern & Set children back in 2015. We are so grateful Construction for this invitation and acknowledge her Anastassia Poppenberg contribution to the original conception Set Construction of the project. Luke Kerridge’s work on the Mischa Long development of LONE was invaluable Set Design Secondment & and has certainly informed our ongoing Set Construction methodology. Katrina Cornwell has Juliette Whitney shepherded rehearsals and has made
About Biographies
THE RABBLE St Martins Emma Valente Kate Davis
Co-Creator, Lighting & Sound Designer Co-Creator, Set & Costume Designer
THE RABBLE (Kate Davis and Emma St Martins is one of Australia’s leading
Valente) was formed in 2006 from a desire companies working with children, Emma is the Co-Artistic Director and Kate is the Co-Artistic director and Co CEO
to make work that wasn’t being produced producing bold and disruptive theatre Co-CEO of feminist theatre company THE of THE RABBLE. She is also a multi-
in Australia: visually ambitious, political, made with children and teenagers for RABBLE. She is also a director, lighting disciplinary artist who has worked in many
feminist and formally experimental. adult audiences. designer, dramaturg, video designer and forms – Set and Costume design, Art
THE RABBLE exists as a reaction to a occasional trouble maker. Direction, Visual Art, Curation and Direction.
conservatism that dominates our stages. St Martins’ performances and workshops
THE RABBLE aims to radically re-imagine ensure that children are equal owners of Emma has directed works for THE RABBLE Kate has created and designed works
theatrical experiences and to repopulate the creative process and are recognised as that have been performed for Wuzhen for THE RABBLE that have been performed
familiar stories with female voices and artists in their own right. Festival, Melbourne Festival, Dark MOFO, for Wuzhen Festival, Melbourne Festival,
aesthetics. THE RABBLE points at Brisbane Festival, Malthouse Theatre, Dark MOFO, Brisbane Festival, Malthouse
subterranean feminist concepts in iconic Over the past four years, St Martins has Belvoir, MTC, The Substation, Theatre Theatre, Belvoir, MTC, The Substation,
stories from folklore and literature. implemented an ambitious artistic Works, CarriageWorks and La Mama. Theatre Works, CarriageWorks and
production strategy featuring nine new THE RABBLE are currently in residence at La Mama. THE RABBLE are currently in
THE RABBLE boasts an impressive works, which have achieved public and The Substation and are recipients of the residence at The Substation and are
performance history, having been critical acclaim. These works have been Creators Fund from Creative Victoria. recipients of the Creators Fund from
commissioned by Melbourne Festival, Arts presented in collaboration with Malthouse They are currently collaborating with The Creative Victoria. They are currently
House, Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir Theatre, Theatre, Melbourne Festival, Melbourne Substation, Maeve Stone, Dublin Fringe, collaborating with The Substation, Maeve
MTC, Theatre Works, The Substation, Fringe, The Substation, Dark MoFo, Darwin Arts House, St Martins and Vitalstatistix Stone, Dublin Fringe and Vitalstatistix on
Vitalstatistix, Dublin Fringe Festival and Festival, Dance Massive, Junction Arts on several new works. several new works.
Castlemaine State Festival. They have also Festival, BIFEM, TheatreWorks, and
toured to Wuzhen Festival (China), Castlemaine State Festival. As a lighting designer Emma has worked As a set and costume designer she has
Brisbane Festival, Dark MOFO and for Malthouse Theatre, Fraught Outfit, worked with numerous companies such
Carriageworks. St Martins’ For The Ones Who Walk Away Sisters Grimm, STC, MTC, Belvoir, QTC, as Malthouse Theatre, Fraught Outfit,
was the winner of the 2017 Melbourne Griffin, La Mama and many more. She is Belvoir St Theatre, Melbourne Theatre
THE RABBLE’s works include: Corvus Fringe Best Live Art Award and a Green currently an advocating for gender parity Company, Sydney Theatre Company,
(2007); Salome (2008); Cageling (2010); Room Award for Design. The company has for lighting and sound designers across Dancehouse, Carriageworks, Griffin Theatre
The Bedroom Project (2010); Special previously been nominated for six Green the sector. and many more.
(2011); Orlando (2012, 2014, 2015); Story Room Awards.
of O (2013); Room of Regret (2013); Emma teaches Dramaturgy and Kate has also mentored many emerging
Frankenstein (2014); Deathly/Death/Dead Performance Making at Monash University, artists through numerous programs such as
(2014); In the Bleak Midwinter (2016); Cain is currently mentoring for VCA, Melbourne Jump Mentorship program, Hatch Program
and Abel (2014 & 2016); Joan (2017); LONE University, the Pinnacle Foundation and and THE RABBLE internship program.
(2018) and upcoming projects include Midsumma Futures. She has also facilitated workshops for the
Unwoman (2018/19), Ulysses (2019/20) Directors Lab, Dublin Fringe, MTC Neon
and Divine Trilogy (2019/21/23). and Frankston Hatch.Biographies
Ashanti Joy Remy Lawlor Ave Maui Lola Morgan
Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer
Room: 9 Room: 1 Room: 5 Room: 9
Age: 10 Age: 10 Age: 11 I am Lola. Me. 5ft 1 of Turquoise and
Shows I’ve Done: Lovely Mess (2018), Shows I’ve Done: The only shows I’ve Show’s I’ve Done: Banjos, Boots & black. I am 11 years old and I am in Year 6.
Wakkakirl (2017), Banjos, Boots & Beyonce been in are my school musicals – Friends Beyonce, and For The Ones Who Walk I have been in 3 shows before this,
(2017). Other Interests: Drawing anime/ or Fame and Imagine. I also do voiceovers. Away. Other Interests: Singing, dancing (LONE is my 4th). Banjos, Boots & Beyonce,
manga, dancing, computer games, playing Other Interests: I’m interested in video and drawing. Interesting Fact: I have then For The Ones Who Walk Away,
with animal and reading anime comics. games, dragons and Skiing. 49 cousins. next Here We Are, now LONE. I love anime,
Interesting fact: I’m me and no one else Interesting fact: I have lots of friends. ART(!!!), Hamilton; an American musical,
knows how to act like me. K-Pop (B.T.S etc) and Japan. An interesting
fact about me (and a shameful one at that)
is that I used to be a complete princess.
I loved pink and unicorns and fairies.
(Don’t get me wrong unicorns and fairies
are great) and now I have a mostly
black wardrobe.
Clea Carney Abby Fisher Griffin Murray-Johnston
Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer
Room: 4 Room: 10 Room: 11
Age: 10 Age: 11 years, 7 months. Age: 9 Years Old
Shows I’ve Done: Genius, Self Portrait Shows I’ve done: For The Ones Who Walk Shows I’ve Done: Candy House
Party, Banjos, Boots & Beyonce, Here Away and school plays. Other Interests: Development, Here We Are, Self Portrait
We Are (hatched). Other Interests: Music, Swimming, sailing, netball, tennis, music, Party. Other performance: The Pool at NGV
Writing, Reading, Art, Dancing, Trombone, reading, writing, art and dancing. Australia, Pastello – Draw Act at NGV
Swimming, Martial Arts. Interesting Interesting Fact: I am interested in space International. Other Interests: Art, Maths,
Fact: My Ancestor was Napoleon’s (Cosmology and Astrophysics.) costume, role play, writing, and more.
personal servant. Interesting Fact: My great grandpa won a
gold medal in the Olympics.Biographies
Raven Okello Thomas Taylor Jackson Reid Frankie Wilcox
Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer Performer/Creator/Designer
Room: 6 Room: 7 Room: 2 Room: 3
Age: 11 Age: 11 Age: 10 Age: I am 10 years old.
Show’s I’ve done before: Banjo’s, Boots Shows I’ve done before: Looking Glass, Show’s I’ve Done: For The Ones Who Shows I’ve Done: I love drama, the shows
& Beyonce and The ones who walked away. Genius, Here We Are, Candy House Walk Away at Melbourne Fringe Festival. I’ve been in are Genius, Self Portrait Party,
Other Interests: Drawing, Singing and development and Fun Run. Interests: Interests: Videos and Video Editing, Candy House Development, and Here we
Dance. Interesting Fact: I’m Christian and aircraft, riding, drawing, reading, Sport and Gaming. Interesting Fact: are. Interests: I like playing football and I
I go to church every Sunday. athletics, making stuff with boxes, trains, I’m cool. love Harry Potter because it allows you to
research. Interesting fact: I like to make escape into another world wear magic is
up silly songs and make parodies of real. Interesting fact: My great grandfather
ads and songs. was a pearl diver in Broome from Japan,
and my grandmother is a proud Yawuru
woman from Broome.Biographies Katrina Cornwell Tahni Froudist Rebecca Etchell Gwen Gilchrist Associate Artist Producer Production Manager Production Manager Katrina is a director, performance maker Tahni is an independent producer, Rebecca is a freelance Production Gwen is a Melbourne based lighting and arts facilitator. She has a Bachelor having founded Froudist in 2017. Manager, Stage Manager, Lighting and designer and production manager. of Creative Industries from QUT and a Her recent projects include Fraught Outft’s Set Designer based in Melbourne. She has collaborated closely with Nicola Graduate Diploma in Arts and Community Book of Exodus Parts I & II, THE RABBLE’s She spent 7 years touring the globe with Gunn since 2007 and has founded Practice from the VCA. She has performed LONE, Daniel Schlusser Ensemble’s British comedian, Ross Noble as his Tour company Sans Hotel in 2009. Sans Hotel extensively in physical / visual theatre, They Divided the Sky, Cubbyhouse Co’s Manager and Set Designer and her large credits include At the Sans Hotel (2010), collaborating with companies such as Ruby’s Wish and Marram-nganjinu Biik- format inflatable backdrops can still be HELLO My Name Is (2012), In Spite Of Zen Zen Zo, The Danger Ensemble and gurrin for YIRRAMBOI First Nations Arts seen on many of his television Myself (Melbourne Festival 2013), Green Red Moon Rising. She has worked Festival and British Council Australia. appearances and DVD releases. Screen (NEON 2014) and A Social throughout Australia (Brisbane, regional Proceeding this, Tahni was the Following this, Rebecca spent 6 years at Service (2015). Most recently Gwen has Queensland, Melbourne and Adelaide) General Manager at HotHouse Theatre La Mama Theatre, in Carlton as the Venue been touring with Nicola Gunn and her and has toured internationally (Europe, 2014–2016 and Associate Producer at and Technical Manager. She now spends work Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster. America, Korea and Hong Kong.) In 2018, Belvoir 2011–2014. most of her time as the Production Upcoming tours include Boston USA, Katrina directed Lovely Mess for FOLA Manager for THE RABBLE as well as for Bologna Italy and Prague, Czech Republic. and the Melbourne Fringe, The Bachelor companies and organisations including Gwen has also held the position of S17E05 for La Mama, and will perform Polyglot, Clearlight Shows, The Arts Venue Manager in various theatres in in The Hamlet Apocalypse at Centre Melbourne, Dancehouse and Melbourne including Dancehouse, Forty Theatre Works. Theatre Works. Five Downstairs and Theatre Works.
Biographies Cassandra Fumi Niamh Hassett Ashleigh Gray Kelly Wilson Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Cassandra Fumi is a theatre director and stage manager. Stage management Niamh is an actor, singer and theatre Ashleigh has recently completed her Kelly Wilson is an aspiring stage manager credits include Strangers In Between maker currently residing in the Melbourne Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre and performer currently studying a (Cameron Lukey), Book of Exodus Part 2 Victoria. While continuing to build her at Monash University. She has been Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Arts (Fraught Outfit), Angels in America Part 1 & portfolio in both creative and performance involved extensively with the Monash (Theatre) at Monash University. Recent Part 2 (Cameron Lukey & Dirty Pretty roles Niamh is also completing her Masters Uni Student Theatre, acting in productions credits include: PRONTO (Co-curator/ Theatre - fortyfivedownstairs), Thérèse in Arts Management at RMIT University. such as Vinegar Tom (2018) and Noises director, Monash Uni Student Theatre), Raquin (Critical Stages Australian Tour), This is Niamh’s first production role outside Off (2016) and Assistant Stage Managing Angels in America (ASM, Cameron Lukey Thebes Land (Arcola Theatre, London), of the realm of student theatre and the the Melbourne Fringe Best Live Art Award Productions and Dirty Pretty Theatre) and Sleepless (Analogue Theatre, Shoreditch experience has utterly humbled and Winner The Ministry (2015). Last year she The Late Night Late Show: Live! (ASM/ Town Hall & European Tour), Kieran inspired her. Niamh feels so grateful to Assistant Stage Managed Angels in Camera Op, Monash Uni Student Theatre). Hodgson’s Lance (UK Tour, Soho Theatre, have met and worked with so many America at 45 Downstairs with Dirty Pretty Edinburgh Fringe Festival), The Marriage wonderful human beings on this show and Theatre and is incredibly excited to be part Of Figaro (UK Tour, Opera Up Close), she can’t wait for the audience to of the LONE Stage Management team to Hysterical (Hoax Theatre, Brighton Fringe) experience the worlds the children and put all the skills she learnt to work. and Crude Prospects (VAULT Festival). THE RABBLE have created. As a director credits include: Dog Show (La Mama), The Places You’ll Go (Adelaide Fringe - Winner Best Theatre - Week 3), Nadja after André Breton (The Cockpit Theatre & Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre, London), An Act Of Self-Destruction (VAULT Festival & Ply Gallery) & Poker Face (Kings Head, London & Trieste & Milan International Arts Festival). Cassandra is currently Assistant Director for The House Of Bernarda Alba with Leticia Cáceres for Melbourne Theatre Company.
Biographies
Emma McManus Anastassia Poppenberg Juliette Whitney Grace Ferguson
THE RABBLE Intern THE RABBLE Intern & Set Construction Set Design Secondment & Sound & Composition Secondment
Set Construction
Emma McManus is one eighth of Anastassia Poppenberg is a designer, Grace Ferguson studied at the
performance collective Applespiel, and maker and drafts-person for live Juliette is a designer and maker inspired Melbourne Conservatorium specialising
with them has created work for Next Wave, performance and film. In 2011 by experimental art forms, independent in classical piano performance but in
Performance Space, Malthouse and she completed a Bachelor of Creative and community based theatre and recent years has enjoyed collaborating
Sydney Festival. She directed Nathan Industries (Drama) at Queensland sustainable art practices. She oscillates with interdisciplinary artists for a variety
Harrison’s How I Saved the Western Black University of Technology graduating between set and costume to explore of projects across theatre, film and live
Rhino (The Joan), Carly and Troy do A Doll’s with Distinctions and the Deans Award the visceral, sensory and tactile nature performance. Recent projects include
House which toured the country and won for Academic Excellence. In 2015 she of theatre and design. Newly graduated We All Know What is Happening by Samara
the Bank SA award for emerging artists also completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the VCA she has designed the set Hersch and Lara Thoms (2017) (Best
(Adelaide Fringe), and was the Assistant (Production) at Victorian College of for Speak of the Devil by The Deep End Contemporary/Experimental Performance
Director on Sisters Grimm’s La Traviata the Arts graduating with first class Theatre Company performed in Melbourne 2018 Green Room Awards), Love Song by
(Belvoir). She created Never Trust A honours and an intense enthusiasm for and Adelaide Fringe Festival and designed John Kolvenbach at the Melbourne Fringe
Creative City with Maria White which scenography. Stage design is now where the costumes for DOUGHNUTS, (un) Festival (2017), the Six Piano Project (2017),
premiered at FOLA (Arts House) and has most of her artistic practice exists. REALITIES & GROUPNESS by Natalie The Readers as part of Belvoir Theatre’s
created and facilitated programs for young Abbott. She is excited to continue 25a program (2018), contributing artist
people at the Museum of Australian exploring the various connections to exhibition A Thousand Times the
Democracy, The National Portrait Gallery between art, society and our environment Rolling Sun (2018) at the Old HM Prison
and Girls Rock! Canberra. through innovative and contemporary in Beechworth and solo piano album
mediums. Amator (2017).With thanks to
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