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COMPOSER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR

An award-winning composer, sound designer, pianist and musical director. Her sound palette has developed from her classical piano background with contemporary influences of voice, processive ensemble work and timbral electronic synthesis. She is thrilled to have had her work premiered both internationally and nationally as well as enjoying frequenting the local parks with her canine companion, Henry. Upcoming work can be found at www.rachellewindon.com

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WRITER (IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CAST)

An emerging queer creative and actor. They are a  multi-Green Room Award nominee including;  ‘Best Year’s Work’ encompassing their work in 2019; playing Paulette in Legally Blonde (James Terry Collective), Pearl White in Ghost Quartet (Antipodes Theatre Co). Their cabaret, Death of a Demi Diva, was also nominated for Best Original Music and Best Music Direction. Most recently, Willow performed at the 2022 Brisbane Festival in a month-long residency focussed on community activation and empowerment with Finucane and Smith’s Travelling Dance Hall and starred as Medea in Steven Mitchell-Wright’s Medea: Out of the Mouths of Babes at TheatreWorks.

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CO-DIRECTOR

Margot is an actor, intimacy professional, director, devisor and educator, originally trained as an actor at the VCA. She has performed with MTC, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne, La Mama, and fortyfive downstairs, amongst others, as well as in various tv series. Margot trained as an intimacy professional with IDC (USA) through an MEAA-Equity Foundation scholarship, and works as such in stage, screen and educational contexts. Margot has had an extensive teaching career, both in Melbourne and the USA. She is represented by Ian White Management and has been a member of Actor’s Equity. https://margotfenley.com

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CO-DIRECTOR

Maude trained as an actor at VCA and has worked as an actor, director and writer for more than twenty-five years, with her primary focus being the creation of new work. Her latest work as Director/Producer has been Gender Euphoria: Mighty Real, for Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney World Pride. Recent acting credits: Blessed Union (Belvoir), The Heartbreak Choir (MTC), Melancholia (Green Room Award, Malthouse). In 2019 she appeared in Anthem for Arts Centre Melbourne at the Melbourne, Sydney and Perth Festivals.

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MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

A theatre maker, director and performer who has devised and performed new work with companies across Australia including Queensland Theatre, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, Rawcus and was a 2022 Associate Artist at Theatre Works. She is a graduate of VCA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) and the co-founder and artistic director of Frenzy Theatre Co. She is passionate about creating space for early career artists to explore their discipline and championing the new voices of the future. She has performed at many notable programs including at Malthouse Theatre, Rising Festival, La Mama Courthouse, Martyn Myer Arena, Platform Arts, The Engine Room and has had her work seen Internationally.

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SET & COSTUME DESIGNER

Bethany is a Melbourne based artist and theatre designer. Holding a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Newcastle and a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours from Monash University in live art and participatory practices. They studied at the VCA under the Masters of Design for Performance program. Bethany is a frequent collaborator with Kitan Petkovski: In The Club, Burgerz, No Ball Games Allowed (Green Room Nomination), The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven (Green Room winner – Best Production). Other credits include Cut, Hercules, Archimedes War.

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LIGHTING DESIGNER

A Green Room Award-winning lighting designer who works across theatre, circus, and dance. Recent credits: A Dodgeball Named Desire, Animal Farm, and Paradise Lost (Bloomshed, Green Room Award for Best Lighting Design – Independent Theatre); In Common, Sensory Decadence, and Kilter (One Fell Swoop Circus), The Grief Trilogy (VIMH), object-shun/SERMON (Dancehouse, Erin O’Rourke/Rhys Ryan), Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl (15 Minutes From Anywhere).

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MUSICIAN

Imogen is a contemporary songwriter, composer, and performer. This year she released her debut album ‘Sometimes Strangers’, a collaborative EP with R. P. Downie, ‘Yoga’ and EP ‘Night Lamp’, from a project with Theo Carbo, ‘My Liege’, recorded with Kyrre Laastad at Sundlaugin Studio in Iceland. Cygler has worked with artists including Way Dynamic, Sunfruits, Juice Webster, Jade Alice, Happy Axe and Lack the Low as well as on a number of films and theatre shows for the Melbourne Fringe Festival, MIFF, Melbourne Cabaret Festival and more. Cygler’s production credits include Isobel Caldwell’s 2022 album ‘Duty of Care’.

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Sound Engineer

Evan trained at the Victorian College of the Arts and began a career in sound design with the VCA Music Theatre school’s first tour, Tribe. He spent many years touring with musicals including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, Barnum, The Boy From Oz, King Kong, Legally Blonde and Kinky Boots. Evan’s sound design credits include Dreamsong (Theatreworks), Madiba (AU/NZ tour), Ghost Quartet, Passing Strange, Guys and Dolls (Antipodes), Heathers (Aus tour). Most recently, Evan has been the Associate Sound Designer for Midnight! The Cinderella Musical and Rocky Horror 50th Anniversary Tour.

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ARTIST DIRECTOR & PRODUCER

Brandon directed the Australian Premiere of 'Ghost Quartet' (two 2020 Green Room Award Nominations, return season in 2021) and co-directed with Trudy Dunn their immersive reimagining of ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Chapel Off Chapel in August 2023. Other Antipodes credits include Sam Martin's 'Sam I Am' (sold out season at La Mama, Victorian Premiere), 'And She Would Stand Like This' (Australian Premiere), 'Passing Strange' (Australian Premiere, five 2023 Green Room Award Nominations), and the Winter Lab - Antipodes' annual development program for new work and bold ideas.

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NEW WORK MANAGER & PRODUCER

A Naarm/Melbourne based multidisciplinary theatre maker, WAAPA music theatre graduate and all-round creative.

Cameron is known for their keen interest in new work, has run multiple creative and networking programs - supporting artists in all stages of their careers, and has established themself as an excellent programmer having leased theatres for Gasworks Arts Park. In 2023, they were appointed as the first New Work Manager for Antipodes Theatre Company.

Credits include: This Is Living and If We Got Some More Cocaine… (Gavin Roach presents), Winter Labs 2020 -2023 (Antipodes Theatre Company), Pear-Shaped (Rogue Projects), Protein (Autonomous Inventions), MIMMA (dir. Adam Mitchell), JTC’s RENT (dir. Mark Taylor) & BSSTC’s Assassins (dir. Roger Hodgman). www.cameronsteens.com

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RESIDENT STAGE MANAGER

A stage, Production, and Company Manager, originally from the UK. She grew up and found her love for theatre in Malaysia before graduating from VCA. Credits include ASM for Mr Burns, a post-electric play (Lighting Jar Theatre), Special Events Stage Manager for MICF, Senior Stage Manager/Back of House Caller for Victorian State Schools Spectacular (Dir. Neill Gladwin), and Stage Manager for Punk Rock (Patalog Theatre), Bright Star (Pursued By Bear), LAND, ANALOG (Three Fates Theatre Company), Ghost Quartet, Guys and Dolls (Antipodes Theatre Company), The View From Up Here, The Grief Trilogy (VIMH) and The Mentor (Bravo Arts).