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STUDENT PRODUCTIONS OCTOBER 2020 nida.edu.au/october-2020
WELCOME STUDENT PRODUCTIONS OCTOBER 2020
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal and Gadigal people, and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging. Welcome to the October Season of Student Productions at NIDA. It is fantastic to see the culmination of all the hard work that has happened here over the past few months, and it is wonderful to be able to experience the magic of face-to-face theatre again. I am excited to celebrate our amazingly talented graduating students, to witness the inherent creativity of their work and to be in the audience with you. After the outstanding success of our Digital Theatre Festival last August, we now present five fully staged and two workshop productions with award-winning directors, all working under COVID-19 restrictions – seven stories about how we cope with crisis and change and come out the other side. This season gives all our students the opportunity to push boundaries and to engage with industry representatives, agents, theatre and event companies, film, and television producers. The state-of-the-art performance spaces they work in, as well as the experts they have access to at every step of the creative process, are what makes NIDA one of the world’s top performing arts educators. We couldn’t present any of these high-calibre productions without support from the Australian Government, our Principal Partner for property services ARA, our Major Partners Technical Direction Company and Canon Australia, our Corporate Partner YouTube, our Supporters Tempus Two, Young Henrys and Media Super, and our legal services Supporter Kay and Hughes, the trusts and foundations and the generous individuals who make up our donors and supporters. So, thank you all. We hope you enjoy these live productions. We know the future is a bright one for all our brave graduates.
– Liz Hughes, CEO
Master and Written by Mikhail Bulgarkov Adapted by Edward Kemp Directed by Clara Voda 27–30 Oct, 6pm 28, 31 Oct,1pm NIDA Theatres, Atrium The Master and Margarita will be performed in two acts and include a 15-minute interval.
‘If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being, and who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?’ – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century and a masterpiece of magical realism. It is a reminder that, ultimately everything is better if you can inject a note of silliness and of the absurd. ‘You’ve got to laugh. Otherwise you’d cry.’
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Life is, in Bulgakov’s eyes, a great cosmic joke. Of course, there’s a political message here, too. But Bulgakov delivers it with such playfulness that you never feel preached at.
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I might have kidded myself that you need to be a bit Eastern-European to understand Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. But with Bulgakov, all you need to understand him is a sense of humour. His story, his comedy is universal. It’s been a fabulous experience working with the second-year actors and the NIDA creative and technical team to recreate the world of Bulgakov’s dreams.
– Clara Voda, Director
Presented by NIDA BFA Technical Theatre and Stage Management, MFA Voice and second year BFA Acting students.
Company
Trepan (Act 1)/Margarita (Act 2) Hannah Anderson Rimsky (Act 1)/Natasha Julie Bettens Pilate/Stravinsky Shaw Cameron Behemoth Amy Joyce Master Alfred Kouris Berlioz (Act 1)/Hella Ebony Tucker Margarita (Act 1) Alyona Popova Ivan Ariel Maza Long Fagotto Connor Reilly Azazello Flynn Barnard Woland (Act 1) Philip Lynch Varukha (Act 1)/Woland (Act 2) Adolphus Waylee Director Clara Voda* Vocal Coach Gavin Leah* MFA Vocal Coach Jack Starkey-Gill Movement Coach/Choreographer Shane Anthony* Costume/Props Supervisor Robin Monkhouse** Stage Manager Eve Norris *Guest artist **NIDA staff
Special thanks to: Philippa Morey, Christy Chan, Christine Seo and Bulgakov.
Graduating students 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
Reb e cc a At t ana sio
Ayla B eaufils
A nna Clark
Leinad C oulthur s t
Philip D’A mbrosio
T hom a s Daws on
Mic aela Ellis
Charlot te G rimmer
Ja s on Jef ferie s
L achlan Kent
N athaniel L angwor thy
A lana Louis e
T hom a s Loveluck
Patrick M andziy
Brodie Ma sini
A lb er t Mwangi
R yan Paniz za
Zo e Re snick
B randon S c ane
Je s sic a S p ie s
A lexandra St amell
L uke V is entin
A lan Zhu
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Costume)
Av ril B radbur yG e orgia Hoath At tewell-Mo ore
A llo quois C allaway
Te s s Healy
S arah Murdo ch
Emily Pire s
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design for Performance)
Meret te B ou tros
Te s s B urg
O liv ia Hu tley
Jordan Leah
Iz S p erling
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Properties and Objects)
A lexandra A llans on
Daniel D ruer y
L uc a s G uillemin
A m anda Torrisi
S idney Tulau
Ruru Zhu
Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Technical Theatre and Stage Management)
T hom a s B ensley
Fiona Lloyd Harding
A mellia B ruderlin
K hyam C ox
Morgan Moroney
A na s t a sia Mowen
Je s s e G reig
L ucia Haddad
Daniel Her ten
Tom Houghton
Ros e Mulc are
C ameron S mith
L achlan Ste el
Mali Tauro Cesca
Mellit a Ver tigan
Master of Fine Arts (Design for Performance)
Adrienne A ndrews
S om a G arner
A ngus Kons ti
Claudia K r ys zk iew ic z
Monique L angford
Rit a N aidu
Zo e Hollyoak
M at thew L atham
L iam McIlwain
Ruby Re e s
G areth Is a ac
Adam Lyon
Eleanor St ank iew ic z
Jack St arkey- G ill
Master of Fine Arts (Directing)
S ophie B ena s si
Mark B olotin
A melia B urke
Master of Fine Arts ( Voice)
Lea B aker
Rae chyl French
Rudolf Hendrik x
Jennifer Jackson
Ella Van Dam
STUDENT PRODUCTIONS OCTOBER 2020
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