SUPER DISCOUNT
13 NOVEMBER – 1 DECEMBER
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Back to Back Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre present
SUPER DISCOUNT Directed & Devised by Bruce Gladwin Devised & Performed by Mark Deans, Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price, Brian Tilley & David Woods Choreography Antony Hamilton Lighting Design Andrew Livingston (Bluebottle) Sound Design Marco Cher-Gibard Sound System Design Marco Cher-Gibard & Hugh Covill Costume Design Shio Otani Set Construction Mark Cuthbertson Dramaturg Kate Sulan Air Engineers Mark Cuthberston, Alison Harvey, Rhian Hinkley, Bruce Gladwin, Andrew Livingston, Van Locker, Shio Otani Script Consultant Melissa Reeves Stage Manager Alice Fleming Assistant Stage Manager Caitlin Byrne MERLYN THEATRE 13 NOVEMBER – 1 DECEMBER 2013 Super Discount is proudly supported by
DIRECTOR’S NOTE Never work with superheroes. Theatre is not their medium. They struggle remembering large slabs of text. I’m not sure if I like them. Sure, they are big business, utopian role models conjuring up geek fandom, they keep afloat Hollywood and give children the power to overcome their fears. But I suspect they are too self-absorbed to make decent dinner party guests, and conversation is important to me. Ensemble member and actor in Super Discount, Brian Tilley, has an encyclopaedic knowledge on all things with cape and X-ray vision. I like Brian, so for the moment I’m prepared to work with the super folk. In fact Brian’s immersive-like obsession was our first departure point for the making of this work. The way Brian sees it, superheroes are outsiders shunned by society and he can relate to that. They are also cracked vessels. Brian: Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, he has a very nasty heart condition right? Bruce: Yep. Brian: And in Thor, Thor’s alter ego Dr Donald Blake he was lame, he was cripple at the leg. Bruce: Aha. Brian: Yeah, that’s the original Thor in the books. Bruce: Yes. Brian: Rogue in X-Men can’t touch anyone without harming them. Bruce: I see. Brian: All superheroes have a hurdle to overcome. Bruce: Right you are, Brian.
Our second creative departure point was a conversation in 2011 between our ensemble and guest actor David Woods regarding the moral and aesthetic dilemma of able-bodied actors playing disabled characters. Luckily I had the video camera running at the time, despite Scott Price telling me I should turn it off due to privacy issues. The transcribed conversation appears as the fifth scene in the performance. Sorry Scott. Our recent work has been conceived around elaborate scenography and luscious soundtrack, creating an otherworldly environment for the stage. As one of the actors commented on the design of Super Discount, “there is nothing to hide behind. Where can we hide?� It should be no surprise that theatre, like us, is fragile. In this work, the actors, alongside the audience, hold the narrative complexity within their hands. A deliberate paring back, an economy fills the space, our senses are asked to focus solely on the actors and their words. To be on stage without spectacle is a heroic artistic expedition. My thanks to the actors who have no trouble remembering their large slabs of text. Their fearless exploration to expose our individual and collective sense of inability permeates this performance. I would also like to thank all at Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, in particular Marion Potts, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton for their part in bring this work into being. Bruce Gladwin
CAITLIN BYRNE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Caitlin graduated from Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Theatre Media. Her recent theatre credits include The Dragon, Pompeii, L.A. and Happy Days (Malthouse Theatre); Tame and Happiness (Malthouse Prompt); Half-Real (Malthouse Theatre/The Border Project); and Thyestes (Malthouse Theatre/The Hayloft Project). Other credits include The Nest, A Garden of Money (The Hayloft Project); Life’s A Circus (Magnormos Productions); and Melburnalia 2 (White Whale Theatre); List of Invisible Things (Scratch Theatre); Yummy (Susan-Ann Walker and Sally Bourne Cabaret); As You Like It (Winterfall Theatre); The Pyramid (3 to a Room Productions/Midsumma Festival); and Once We Lived Here (Bryant & Frank Productions).
MARCO CHER-GIBARD Sound Designer and Sound System Designer Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, small metal objects. Other Theatre: As Sound Designer: Polyglot Theatre: The Australian Dream. Snuff Puppets: Everybody. Samara Hersch: NOA. Ben Speth: Affinity. As Sound Engineer: Chunky Move: An Act of Now, Mortal Engine, It Sounds Silly…, Mix Tape. Polyglot Theatre: How High The Sky. My Darling Patricia: Africa, Night Garden. Force Majeure: Not in a Million Years. As Performer: Lucy Guerin Inc: Untrained. Snuff Puppets: Everybody.
HUGH COVILL SOUND SYSTEM DESIGNER Back to Back Theatre: As Sound System Designer: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, Food Court, small metal objects. As Sound Designer & Composer: small metal objects, Soft, Cow. Other theatre: As Composer & Sound Designer: Arena Theatre: Skid180. Chunky Move: Crumpled & Corrupted.
As Sound Engineer: Jerome Bel: The show must go on. Ryoji Ikeda: formula [ver.2.3]. As the designer of listening experiences: Melbourne Laneway commission. Nth Coal Bunker, Science Works. Acoustic Modelling: Future Music, State Tennis Centre, QLD, Sheraton Walkhill, Seoul, The Great Escape, Groovin’ the Moo, Dockland Convention Centre.
MARK CUTHBERTSON SET CONSTRUCTION As Co-Set Designer: Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, Hell House, Food Court, Soft. Other Theatre: As Set Designer: Encyclopaedia of Animals: Urchin. Commissions: Macau, China: Seeding for a Greener City. Wyndham City Council: Shoeless. Public Commission Footscray: Shortlisted Artist.
MARK DEANS PERFORMER AND DEVISOR Mark joined Back to Back Theatre in 1989. He is a comic performer of rare talent and exquisite timing. Mark has created some of the most memorable characters in Back to Back’s repertoire including the legendary Mr September, the intellectually declining Tom in Mental, the infernally frustrated magician in Cow, the flatty inventor in Mind’s Eye and the enigmatic man from the future in Soft. Mark has toured both nationally and internationally with Cow, The Democratic Set, Food Court and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.
ALICE FLEMING STAGE MANAGER Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich (Europe, America, Canada), Food Court (Philadelphia). Other Theatre: Malthouse: Wild Surmise, The Misconception of Oedipus, The Histrionic, Look Right Through Me and Meow Meow's Little Match Girl. Token Events: Spicks & Speck-tacular – The Finale Tour. Melbourne Theatre Company: The Gift, Rockabye. Peepshow Inc: A Bird, A Tree, The Moon. KAGE: Sundowner, Flesh and Bone. Event experience: All Tomorrow's Parties, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australian Dance Awards, Womadelaide Festival and Falls Festival. Training: VCA.
BRUCE GLADWIN DIRECTOR Bruce specialises in the development of adventurous theatrical work, working as director, designer and writer. For Back to Back Theatre he has created Mental, Dog Farm, Soft, small metal objects, Food Court and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.
ANTONY HAMILTON CHOREOGRAPHY Commissions: Chunky Move: Keep Everything. Melbourne Festival: Blood and Bone. Independent: Black Project 1, Black Project 2, Drift, Blazeblue Online. Chunky Move: I Like This. Australian Dance Theatre: RGB. LINK: Points in Time. Lyon Opera Ballet: Black Project 3. Rogue: The Counting. Dancenorth: The Sleeping End. As Performer: Chunky Move: Mortal Engine, Two Faced Bastard, I Want To Dance Better At Parties, Crowds, Wanted: Ballet for a Contemporary
Democracy, Clear Pale Skin, Infinite Temporal Series, Crumpled and Corrupted. Lucy Guerin Inc: Aether, Structure and Sadness, Corridor, Untrained. KAGE: Nowhere Man. Australian Dance Theatre: Birdbrain, The Age of Unbeauty, Monstrosity, Misfit, HELD, Plastic Space. Training: WAAPA.
SIMON LAHERTY PERFORMER AND DEVISOR In addition to his incredible performances with Back to Back Theatre, Simon is recognised for his work in film and television including the 2007 film Noise. Simon began working with Theatre of Speed in 1999 and since joining the ensemble in 2003 he has made an enormous contribution to its back catalogue, particularly in the role of Steve in small metal objects, which has now travelled to 30 cities around the world. Simon is a co-devisor of and has performed and travelled internationally with Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.
ANDREW LIVINGSTON (BLUEBOTTLE) LIGHTING DESIGN Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, Hell House, Food Court, The Democratic Set, small metal objects, Mental, POD #8. As Director of Bluebottle: Art Gallery of Ballarat, The Australian Ballet, Chunky Move, Design Craft, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Lucy Guerin Inc, Museum Victoria, National Library of Australia, Malthouse Theatre, Zoos Victoria.
SARAH MAINWARING PERFORMER AND DEVISOR Sarah joined the Back to Back Theatre ensemble in 2007. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts) from Victoria University and has a particular interest in avantgarde and physical theatre. She has developed a number of original solo performances including Foreign Body (directed by John Bolton), I’m Me And I’m Ok and Out On A Limb (directed by Lloyd Jones). Sarah plays the lead role of Lesley in Back to Back Theatre’s Food Court and has toured both nationally and internationally with The Democratic Set. Sarah played a collaborative role in the creative development of Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.
SHIO OTANI COSTUME DESIGN Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, Food Court, small metal objects, Soft. Other: Chunky Move: 247 Days. Lucy Guerin Inc: Weather. Antony Hamilton: Forces x Antony Hamilton. Jo Lloyd: Public Unpublic, High Maintenance, Hospitals and Airports, Frank. David Rosetzky: Untouchable, Hothouse, Living Together is Easy, Custom Made, Summer Blend. Rhian Hinkley: Boz’n’Hok vs Theatre of Speed, Porn Star, Face of the West. Enclyclopaedia of Animals: Urchin. Theatre of Speed: Mermaid. Training: VCA Bachelor of Dance. Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE: Advanced Diploma in Jewellery Design. Box Hill Institute of TAFE: Fashion Studies.
SCOTT PRICE PERFORMER AND DEVISOR Scott began working with Theatre Of Speed in 2005 and joined the Back to Back Theatre ensemble in 2007. Scott’s forte is in devised performance, improvising text and characters such as his role as the young man in Food Court. Scott co-devised and performed in Tour Guide, which premiered in Linz, Austria in 2009. Scott co-devised, and performed the role of Scott and an SS Guard in Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, which has toured to 16 cities internationally since its premiere in late 2011.
MELISSA REEVES SCRIPT CONSULTANT Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, small metal objects, Soft. Other Theatre: As Writer: Road Movie. Belvoir: The Spook. Melbourne Theatre Company: Happy Ending. Melbourne Workers Theatre: Great Day, Magpie, Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?, Fever. Malthouse Theatre: Furious Mattress. Red Shed: In Cahoots, Sweetown, Storming Heaven.
KATE SULAN DRAMATURG As Devisor and Show Director: Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich. As Show Director: small metal objects. As Director: Theatre of Speed: Minotaur. Positions: Ensemble Development Coordinator: 2002-2006. Other Theatre: As Director: Rawcus: Small Odysseys, Another Lament, Heart of Another is a Dark Forest, Hunger, Collisions, Not Dead Yet, Sideshow, Designer Child. Malthouse Theatre: Tame, Happiness. Asialink residency, India 2009.
BRIAN TILLEY PERFORMER AND DEVISOR Brian began working with Back to Back Theatre in 2003 as a Theatre of Speed collaborator. In addition to his work as an extra in both film and television, Brian has co-devised and toured internationally with The Democratic Set, performed in Back to Back Theatre’s community project Hell House, and co-devised and toured internationally with Ganesh Versus the Third Reich playing the seminal role of Ganesh.
DAVID WOODS PERFORMER AND DEVISOR Actor David Woods is from Perth, Scotland. He has been a joint Artistic Director of the “not so much funny as unsettling” performance group Ridiculusmus since its inception in 1992. David has also appeared in Sydney Theatre Company’s Pygmalion and Optimism (with Malthouse Theatre), the Malthouse Theatre/Belvoir co-production Exit The King, the Malthouse Theatre production Elizabeth and Back to Back Theatre’s Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.
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WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO STEP INTO THE COLD, DARK SIDE. AT FIRST WE’RE SCARED, BUT AFTERWARDS WE FEEL GOOD. WE ARE WITTY, EMOTIONAL, WE GO DEEP INTO THE WORK, WE GO PLACES
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- Back to Back Theatre Ensemble
Based in Geelong, Back to Back Theatre is a regional theatre company of national and international significance. Back to Back creates new forms of contemporary theatre imagined from the minds of a unique ensemble of actors with disabilities, giving voice to social and political issues that speak to all people. During its 26-year history, Back to Back Theatre has presented its work in 67 cities. The company has been the recipient of 15 national and international awards, including a 2012 Helpmann for Best Play for Ganesh Versus the Third Reich and the 2012 Australian Disability Service Award of Excellence for exemplary employment for people with disabilities. In addition to mainstage productions, Back to Back Theatre works in community contexts in Geelong and around the world, with a focus on artistic experimentation. Ganesh Versus the Third Reich will by presented at Carriageworks, Sydney 12-15 March 2014.
ENSEMBLE - Mark Deans, Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price, Brian Tilley STAFF Artistic Associate - Tamara Searle Artistic Director and Co-CEO - Bruce Gladwin Associate Producer - Alison Harvey Executive Assistant - Darylin Ramondo Executive Producer and Co-CEO - Alice Nash Finance Manager - Melinda Clarke
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BOARD - Ian Bracegirdle, Peter Bridges, Shaun Cannon, Bobbie Hodge (Secretary), Jean Jansen (Treasurer), Jann Kinsela, Simon Laherty (Ensemble Representative), Patrick Over, Jo Porter (Chair), Yoni Prior (Vice Chair) SUPPORTERS
Back to Back Theatre is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria, and ANZ Trustees via the Truby and Florence Williams Charitable Trust. The provision of employment assistance services to people with disability is funded by the Australian Government under the Services and Support for People with Disability Program.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS Australia-Japan Foundation (DFAT) / Crowe Horwath / Committee for Geelong / Geelong Performing Arts Centre / Give Where You Live / Harwood Andrews / Herbert Geer / Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation / R.E. Ross Trust / St. Laurence Community Services
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