Theatre & Festivals
Singled Out
An inter-generational, multi-playwright project reflecting the rise of one-person households in Sydney. Created for The Reginald Season at The Seymour Centre, offers an insight into the lives of many, Singled Out is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits – colliding and intersecting – revealing flights of fancy, the gentle musings or the robust reflections on what it means to be living alone in a city.
Director/Creative Producer: Augusta Supple Producer: Saskia Vromans
Lighting Designer: Sian James Holland
Music composed by: Jessica Chapnik Kahn Sound Design: Leigh Perrett
Choreographer: Cloe Fournier Graphic Designer: Tom Christopherson
Written by: Vanessa Bates, Wayne Blair, Luke Carson, Sarah Carradine, Emma Magenta, Grace De Morgan, Alli Sebastian Wolf, Tim Spencer.
Cast: Paul Armstrong, Roland Baker, Josipa Draisma, Alex Bryant Smith, Richard Cox, The Dancing Accountant, Eloise Snape, Kate Fitzpatrick, Leof Kingsford Smith, Rosie Lourde, Amber McMahon, Bali Padda, Amanda Stephens Lee.
Mayday Playwrights' Festival
Mayday Playwrights' Festival
Three- weeks of new Australian plays, held at The Tap Gallery Theatre, Sydney. Featuring 15 writers, 10 directors, 19 actors, the Mayday Playwrights Festival co-produced/co-curated by Jeremy Waters and Augusta Supple.
Week 1: No Nudity, Weapons or Naked Flames
In celebration of 7-on's publication of the same name, No Nudity, Weapons or Naked Flames is a suite of self-contained monologues.
Director: Augusta Supple
Writers: 7-On: Hilary Bell, Noelle Janaczewska, Verity Laughton, Vanessa Bates, Donna Abela, Ned Manning
Cast: Kate Skinner, Stephen Wilkinson, Alice Ansara, Megan Drury, Suz Mawer, Jennifer White
Week 2: The Solitudes
A collection of monologues by some of Australia’s most exciting and dynamic writers, exploring love, loss and the universe.
Directors: Ngaire O’Leary, Mackenzie Steele, Fiona Hallenan-Barker, Augusta Supple, Anthony Skuse, Kai Raisbeck, Kate Gaul, Nick Atkins
Writers: Shannon Murdoch, Ava Karuso, Melita Rowston, Jonathan Gavin, Noelle Janaczewska, David Finnigan, Maxine Mellor, Julia-Rose Lewis,
Cast: Lauren Hamilton-Neill, Sonya Kerr, Ainsley McGlynn, Matthew Charleston, Catherine Terracini, Alex Bryant-Smith, Claudia Barrie and Aaron Glenane, Luke Carson, Tom Christopherson
Week 3: Little Gods
A new full-length play by Nicholas Hope. In “Little Gods”, three different men come face to face with their own shattering crisis. Their responses will shape the rest of their lives.
Writer and Director: Nicholas Hope
Cast: Jeremy Waters, Robert Alexander, Dominic McDonald
A View From Moving Windows
Harnessing the creative talents of Sydney’s most dynamic and prestigious playwrights, A View From Moving Windows is inspired by train travel to and from the thriving and vibrant geographical centre of Sydney, Parramatta. Created as a part of the True West season, Riverside theatre's Parramatta.
Director/Producer: Augusta Supple
Composer: Jeremy Silver Additional Music by: Jessica Chapnik & Nadav Kahn
Set Design: Marissa Dale Johnson Lighting Design: Sian James Holland
Written by: Donna Abela, Vanessa Bates, Jessica Bellamy, John AD Fraser, Noelle Janaczewska, Nicholas Parsons, Teik-Kim Pok, Emrys Quin, Alison Rooke
Cast: Valentino Del Toro, Helen O’Leary, Catherine Glavicic, Craig Meneaud, Corinne Marie, Bridgette Sneddon, Ildiko Susany, Shauntelle Benjamin, Peter Maple, Barton Williams, Alex Bryant Smith, Natalia Ladyko, Melinda Dransfield, Damian Sommerlad
I Contain Multitudes
I Contain Multitudes is a collection of seven short monologues from Australian playwright collective 7-on. Included in a playwright-led, curated and produced month of celebration, discussion and production under the title "NovemberISM." NovemberISM is an initiative of ISM - a playwright collective focused on practice and process between peers.
Director: Augusta Supple
Producer/ curators: 7-on & ISM (Tamara Asmar, Kit Brookman, Rebecca Clarke, Tahli Corin, Joanna Erskine & Glace Chase)
Composer Michael Imielski Stage manager: Oliver Rynn
Written by 7-on: Donna Abela, Vanessa Bates, Hilary Bell, Noelle Janaczewska, Verity Laughton, Ned Manning, Catherine Zimdahl.
Cast: Matt Charleston, Melinda Dransfield, Felix Jozeps, Stephen Wilkinson, Jennifer White, Madeleine Jones and Josipa Draisma.
Women, Power & Culture - Then and Now
Women, Power & Culture – Then and Now was a season of new works by women theatre makers - writers, directors, designers and crew - at New Theatre, Sydney.
Curated and commissioned by legendary Artistic Director Louise Fischer, "Women, Power and Culture then and now" was a two-week repertory festival of thought-provoking women-led theatre examining the role of women in contemporary Australia.
I was directed two works for the season: Vanessa Bates' "The Night We Lost Jenny" performed by Jane Phegan and "The Sex Act" written by Alana Valentine, performed by Bridgette Sneddon, Stephen Wilkinson, Luke Carson, Kate Skinner and Odile LeClezio.
Writers: Van Badham, Vanessa Bates, Zoe Hogan, Verity Laughton, Danielle Maas, Maxine Mellor, Suzie Miller, Katie Pollock, Gina Schien, Alana Valentine and Kathryn Yuen
Directors: Alice Livingstone, Carla Moore, Ngaire O’Leary, Annette Rowlison, Augusta Supple, Susannah Thompson
Season Director: Louise Fischer Set Designer: Jess Martin Lighting Designer: Jodi Speight Production Manager: Elly Goodman Stage Manager: Ruth Horsfall
Brand Spanking New
Brand Spanking New at the New Theatre, Sydney was a two-week celebration of new Australian writing by emerging and established playwrights held annually from 2008-2010.
As the Season Artistic Director, I commissioned, coordinated the festival team including open script callouts and actor auditions resulting in a kaleidoscopic showcase of new writing by Australia's leading (and soon to be leading) playwrights.
Brand Spanking New 2008
With work written by: Jessica Bellamy, Alex Broun, Jo-Anne Cahill, Alexandra Cullen, Joanna Erskine, Patrick Lenton, Augusta Supple, Van Badham, Hilary Bell, Suzanne Hauser, Tom Holloway, Noelle Janaczewska, Nick Parsons and Lachlan Philpott
Brand Spanking New 2009
With work written by: Tamara Asmar, Vanessa Bates, Jessica Bellamy, Jonathan Ari Lander, Phil Spencer, Jonathan Gavin, Ross Mueller, Glace Chase, Kit Brookman, Verity Laughton, Sonal Moore, Patrick Lenton, Timothy Daly, Maxine Mellor, Mary Rachel Brown
Brand Spanking New 2010
With work written by: Kate Mulvany, Ned Manning, Tim Spencer, Suzie Miller, Caleb Lewis, Donna Abela, Anna Lise Phillips, Joanna Erskine, Fleur Beaupert, Alison Rooke, Phil Spencer, Rebecca Clarke, Katie Pollock
Stories from the 428
Sixteen playwrights travel on the 428 buses from Sydney's Circular Quay - past a much-loved inner-west theatre on Addison Road - to the end of the line in Canterbury. The result is a multi-playwright project reflecting the beauty and the boredom of bus travel.
Director/Creative Producer: Augusta Supple Producer: Gavin Roach
Lighting Designer: Grant Moxom Music composed by: Rosie Chase
Written by: Vanessa Bates, Kit Brookman, Rebecca Clarke, Sime Knezevic, Ned Manning, Brooke Robinson, Alison Rooke,Phil Spencer, Donna Abela, Tahli Corin, Matt Edgerton, Joanna Erskine, Lexi Freiman, Noelle Janaczewska, Patrick Lenton and Jasper Marlow.
Directed by: Zoe Carides, Glenn Hazeldine, Augusta Supple, Ian Zammit, Louise Fischer, Anne-Maree Magi, Scott Selkirk, Ngaire O’Leary.
Cast: Anna Lise Phillips, Rob Jago, Stephen Peacocke, Emma Jones, Jan Langford-Penny, Brendan Hawke, Leo Domigan, Felix Jozeps, Bridgette Sneddon, Julian Ramundi, Suz Mawer, Amy Kersey, Jovana Miletic, Felix Gentle, Adam Demos, Helena Stamoulis, Mairead Berne, Eamon Bryant, Lib Campbell, Mark Dessaix, Luke Carson, Clare Blumer, Daniel Nemes, Mary Sherman, Felino Dolloso, Bruno Xavier, Nick Curnow, Carla Nirella, Will Snow, Jay Duncan, Lucy Goleby, John Keightley, Patrick Magee, Emma Harris, Sophie Hayden, Cheryl Ward, Matilda Ridgeway, Maggie Blinco, Phillip Hinton, Matthew Charleston, Josipa Draisma, Toby Villis and Alice Kheohavong
Meta.Mor/Phases
A program of new Australian works previously unperformed or in development presented at PACT Theatre, Erskineville, Sydney.
Creative Producer: Augusta Supple
Written by: Anne Maree Magi, Jessie Hoebeck, Adam Gelin, Nerida Woods, Helen Stuart, Augusta Supple, Emily Ayoub, Sally Evans, Penny Hall, Kate Worsely
Directed by: Anne Maree Magi, Skye, Kunstelj, Morgan Healy, Adam Gelin, Marcel Bracks, Felicity Nicol, Augusta Supple, Evin Donohoe, Shondelle Pratt, Irena Haze
Cast: Jessie Hoebeck, Adam Gelin, Helen Stuart, Jemma Zadkovich, Jacob Thomas, Greg Hatton, Edmund Iffland, Jessica Falkholt, Bel Delia, Will Snow, Ro Dempsey, Felicity Burke, Brooke Ryan, David Burdon, Leo Kim, Jonathan Coates, Emily Ayoub, Sally Evans, Penny Hall, Kate Worsely.
Speaking & Convening
Producer and Host: TWC Meets the Artist
Producer and Host: TWC Meets the Artist
Producer and Host: TWC Meets the Artist
TWC Meets the Artist program, produced for The Women's Club, Sydney was created in Sydney's 2021 lockdown as an opportunity for members and the broader community to connect with some of Australia's leading and up-and-coming artists, producers and creators.
The program featured 30-minute live interviews with 40 artists with creative practic
TWC Meets the Artist program, produced for The Women's Club, Sydney was created in Sydney's 2021 lockdown as an opportunity for members and the broader community to connect with some of Australia's leading and up-and-coming artists, producers and creators.
The program featured 30-minute live interviews with 40 artists with creative practices/careers in first nations intellectual cultural property and practice, film, theatre, dance, music, festivals, comedy, memoir and advocacy.
I hosted/produced 38 of the 40 artists over the 4-month program through an "in conversation" format, exploring themes of background, inspiration, adversity and advocacy. Artists included: Stephanie McCallum; Brenda Gifford; Nadje Noordhuis; Emily Parsons-Lord; Dagmar Cyrulla; Louise Allerton; Josipa Draisma; Valerie Berry; Belinda Giblin; Meryl Tankard; Charmene Yap; Katina Olsen; Heather Mitchell; Maggie Blinco; Maria Tran; Danielle O’Keefe; Keyna Wilkins; Chloe Kim; Kerri Glasscock; Ayeesha Ash; Madeleine Stewart; Bibi Barba; Terri Janke; Trish Adjei; Francesca Emerson; Jenevieve Chang; Kate Fitzpatrick; Olivia Ansell; Joanne Kee; Vicki Gordon; Sally Davis; Bernice Tesara; Jana Lombart;
Sara Mansour; Vyvienne Alba; Cloe Fournier; Sheila Pham; Caitlin Sandiford; Sarah Qiu; Karen Cortez;
Panellist: Launching Currency Platform Paper
Producer and Host: TWC Meets the Artist
Producer and Host: TWC Meets the Artist
In March 2022 I was invited to join a panel of alumni from the University of Sydney to launch /provide a response to the second Currency House New Platform Paper: Arts, Culture and Country written by cultural policy luminary Dr Jo Caust.
In March 2022 I was invited to join a panel of alumni from the University of Sydney to launch /provide a response to the second Currency House New Platform Paper: Arts, Culture and Country written by cultural policy luminary Dr Jo Caust.
The panel included Dr Liza Mare Syron, Dominic Mercer and Izabella Nantsou, chaired by Dr Ian Maxwell.
The paper's abstract explains:
"The past two years have been a particularly dark time for the arts in Australia... For years the arts sector has provided evidence of its economic benefits, as well as its intrinsic value to society. Yet politicians remain impervious to these arguments... The pandemic has made people realise the seminal importance of the arts and culture to our national well-being, but politicians do not see them as a central part of policymaking. Arts and culture are intertwined. We need to change how we view the relationship between the two within the political framework. This monograph presents some ideas on how to do it. "
My contribution to the discussion sought to reinforce the need for a universal basic income, affordable housing for artists, and to consider broader tax offsets, tax incentives for individual artists and arts & cultural businesses, and a call for artists to remember their power, impact and influence.
Co-Convener/Co-Producer: Women in Music
Producer and Host: TWC Meets the Artist
Co-Convener/Co-Producer: Women in Music
Conceived, co-produced and co-convened with fellow Womens Club Board member and vice President Prof. Julia Horne, the TWC Women in Music series was a strategic initiative to support local women musicians and composers.
Developed in collaboration with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The Women's Club hosted a series of 6 evening recital
Conceived, co-produced and co-convened with fellow Womens Club Board member and vice President Prof. Julia Horne, the TWC Women in Music series was a strategic initiative to support local women musicians and composers.
Developed in collaboration with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The Women's Club hosted a series of 6 evening recitals from April to June 2021, showcasing and spotlighting local women artists.
At the heart of this project was a focus on employment opportunities for women musicians and composers to perform to live audiences.
Even before COVID restrictions, women had few opportunities for paid performances in the Australian music industry ("Skipping a beat", Report, Sydney, 2017). This series aims to recognise the creative enterprise of women performers by giving them space to perform publicly, foster their performance skills, expand their professional networks, and become leaders in the music industry.