QUEENSLAND THEATRE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISBANE FESTIVAL PRESENTS
QUEENSLAND THEATRE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISBANE FESTIVAL PRESENTS
BY DAVID BURTON
27 AUG - 25 SEP
CAST
Bille Brown Studio, QTC
Chenoa Deemal
Beth
Joss McWilliam
Archbishop John Bathersby / Richard / Grant
Peter Marshall
Father Peter Kennedy
Bryan Probets
Joseph
Luisa Prosser
Ruth / Eloise
Kevin Spink
Father Terry Fitzpatrick / Tony Jones
Ben Warren
Man
78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane St Mary's in Exile will run for approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including a 20-minute interval. Warning: Contains low-level coarse language, strobe lighting, lowlevel sexual references and adult concepts. The use of photographic or recording equipment is not permitted inside the theatre. Cover photo: David Kelly
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CREATIVES David Burton
Writer
Jason Klarwein
Director
Anthony Spinaze
Designer
Daniel Anderson
Lighting Designer
Justin Harrison
Composer / Sound Designer
Helen Cassidy
Assistant Director
Dan Sinclair
Stage Manager
Yanni Dubler
Assistant Stage Manager
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Queensland Theatre Company would like to acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders both past and present, and all Aboriginal peoples whichever Aboriginal nation they may come from.
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WELCO M E NOTE Artistic Director
SAM STRONG Dear Friends, On occasion, real events collide to create a story that we usually associate with the most talented dramatists. The life of Father Peter Kennedy and his congregation at St Mary’s Catholic Church is one such series of events. I probably don’t need to remind anyone that the church in question is located just 300 metres from this very theatre, and was once host to one of the most diverse inner-city church communities in the country. The conflict between Father Peter Kennedy and the institution of the Catholic Church is as epic and complex as any historical religious upheaval, and it happened here, making it the perfect choice for QTC’s contribution to Brisbane Festival. It’s also the perfect choice for a company committed to telling urgent, new and local stories that unapologetically reflect our society back to itself. David Burton’s play establishes its own genre of the spiritual thriller, exploring themes of faith, diversity, leadership and identity. Who are we without the institutions and labels we use to define us? What happens when the community that once embraced us fragments? In these moments of loss and solitude, where can faith or hope or even God be found? These are large and important questions, and I’m glad David Burton’s text doesn’t shy away from them. He and the team have taken on the daunting task of creating a work inspired by true events. This is difficult enough when the events are long past. It becomes an even greater challenge when the story’s characters are still with us. But this also presents an opportunity. Peter Kennedy and other members of his congregation have been generous with their time and, more importantly, their personal lives in helping us craft this piece. It is by no means a factual blow-by-blow of the true events, but I believe David, Director Jason Klarwein and the cast have remained equally faithful to the spirit of the events and the demands of a memorable night in the theatre.
Peter Marshall
This work serves as a reminder that there are extraordinary things happening around us every day, and remarkable people attempting to meet struggles quietly behind closed doors. It is part of QTC’s mission to bring these stories to the stage and give audiences a chance to reflect on their meaning. In a time when divisions of race, religion and politics are too often exploited, the unity, tolerance and openness reflected in this story are a rare tonic for a heavy heart. See you in the stalls (or pews). Sam L-R: Kevin Spink, Peter Marshall.
M ESSAGE FRO M O UR SPO NSO R Director, Philip Bacon Galleries
PHILIP BACON Philip Bacon Galleries is excited to be able to sponsor the Queensland Theatre Company’s production of St Mary’s in Exile. It is wonderful to be involved with the production of a play written by a local writer dealing with a fascinating local story. The gallery has had a stimulating year so far with exhibitions by such luminaries of the art world as Robert Dickerson, Jeffrey Smart and Margaret Olley. However we are equally thrilled to be showing major contemporary painters such
as Brisbane’s own Ralph Wilson this month and Michael Zavros in November. Just like Queensland Theatre Company, Philip Bacon Galleries hopes in our own way to bring interesting, relevant and thought provoking artistic experiences to the people of Brisbane and the rest of our state. I wish you a great night at the theatre.
Ben Warren
L-R: Joss McWilliam, Peter Marshall.
L-R: Kevin Spink, Jason Klarwein, Joss McWilliam.
WR ITER 'S NOTE Playwright
DAVID BURTON
I came to St Mary’s as many others did: a stickybeaking lapsed Catholic. I visited the church just once, at the height of its controversy, in 2009. What I encountered was a refreshing, relevant and resonant interpretation of a Catholic mass. It addressed, very directly, so many aspects of Catholicism that had alienated me, my peers, and Christians around the world. Any traces of theological coldness had melted into homilies and prayers that were intimate and heartfelt. There was an atmosphere of gentle protest, and incredible vulnerability. So when I began a lengthy research process to transfer the story to theatre, I was expecting to write a story of rough and tumble spiritual underdogs against an inflexible empire. A modern day David and Goliath fable. I encountered something far more complex. I sat for many hours with the real Terry and Peter, their congregation (past and present), the current Archbishop of the Brisbane diocese, and others. Each person told the story of St Mary’s In Exile differently. But each were united
in their very human search for meaning. Behind the hierarchical titles of ‘priest’, ‘bishop’, or ‘congregant’ were people looking for validation, solace, intellectual stimulation, unity and hope. The story of St Mary’s poses big questions for the institutions of the 21st century, religious or otherwise. How are we able to maintain traditions, acknowledging the past, but also maintain relevance to the present? Is any institution capable of truly comprehensive inclusivity? Is a belief meaningful if it doesn’t have practical application? And of course, what happens to a young person when you take away their capacity to feel romantic love, and tell them they have powers beyond an ordinary human? It’s been a privilege to write this show, and to work so closely with the St Mary’s In Exile community. They live on, still gathering every weekend at the TLC Building on Peel Street. MICAH Projects continues to do amazing work for social justice (www.micahprojects.org.au). My heartfelt thanks to the community for their trust and generosity.
L-R: Bryan Probets, Kevin Spink, Chenoa Deemal, Peter Marshall.
L-R: Bryan Probets, Kevin Spink, Luisa Prosser, Peter Marshall, Chenoa Deemal.
L-R: Kevin Spink, Peter Marshall.
L-R: Joss McWilliam, Peter Marshall.
L-R: Bryan Probets, Chenoa Deemal, Luisa Prosser, Kevin Spink.
Jason Klarwein
DI R ECTO R’S NOTE Director
JASON KLARWEIN
The page on which you read this is not large enough to cover the depth and breadth of the play you are about to watch. However, I can assure you, this means you are about to witness a thrilling piece of theatre. David Burton’s rigorous and enlightening work is not only about one of the largest schisms in the modern history of the Catholic Church, it also happened just one block from the seat in which you are sitting. In 2009, almost 1,000 people exited the building called St Mary’s and crossed a road called Hope Street to take up a new spiritual and physical life in the Trades and Labour Council Building on Peel Street. This brave group of people hungered not only for an expansion of their own spiritual needs, they also hungered for a more inclusive definition of what it means to be human. This is what separates this play from being just a local story told by local people. Yes, some of the events you see before you are truthful. And yes, some is fiction. But what you are looking at is an example of the amazing strength and belief that manifests when people collectively unite. Our society is increasingly focused on the individual, no matter what ‘social’ media tells you. Congregationalism, the leadership of the many as opposed to the leadership of the few, is really the issue at the heart of this story. It doesn't
matter whether the institution in question is the Catholic Church, the government of a country, or a corporation. The collective nature of the people with a will for change, is an unstoppable force. It cannot be contained by rules or denial. The need for groups of people to unite and strengthen their identity though their own vulnerability towards empowerment is and can be liberating and euphoric. On one hand, you may think this story is David and Goliath, but if you look closer it's more like 1 Corinthians 13:13 Faith, Hope and Love. Acceptance and compassion - no matter what your religion, faith, belief, sexuality, country, gender, ethnicity - is what separates the human in us from the animal, the beast. This is also a story of the individual and mortality. The ebb and flow of our changing and shifting identity as we move closer to death. What is important? What is family? What is love? What is now? The etymology of the word ‘catholic’ is from the Greek ‘Kata-Holos’ which means: ‘in respect of-the whole’. And in turn, the Greek word ‘Katholikos’ means ‘universal’. What you are about to see is ‘universal’. Which is why it makes good theatre.
Clockwise from centre front: Jason Klarwein. Dan Sinclair, Chenoa Deemal, Ben Warren, Kevin Spink, Bryan Probets, Joss McWilliam, Luisa Prosser, Peter Marshall.
DESI GN I N G ST MARY'S I N EXI LE Designer
ANTHONY SPINAZE St Mary’s in Exile is based on real people, real events and real places. When initially discussing the play, the biggest decision Jason and I had to make was – should the set design draw on the real church, which is such a central part of the story? Although the church is iconic, in the end we decided to move away from the architecture of the actual building. This is a story about people, about faith and about religion – universal themes with a powerful personal impact - so we didn't want anything too grand in the set that would detract from the story. And because the parish of St Mary’s was more about the community and less about the building itself, we wanted that to carry through with the design. To create a spiritual space that could convey the universality of the story I researched many beautiful modern churches. One recurring feature was concrete textures contrasted with natural wood - we fell in love with this idea. The work of Tadao Ando, a Japanese architect was a big inspiration. There was a cleanness and
Costume design sketches
a simplicity to his designs which is the perfect backdrop to this piece. Because people were the heart of the St Mary’s community it was important that the vibrant and diverse community of parishioners be the centre of this design. I used the costume designs to bring this community to life – although the garments are simple everyday items, the bright colours of the costumes stand out against the set and make clear that this congregation is the most important part of the church. I’m proud to work on a local production that has such a universal theme. The story is set in South Brisbane, the playwright David Burton - who has created this evocative script with such believable human characters - is originally from Toowoomba. The entire creative team are local, as are most of the cast and crew. It’s wonderful that our production showcases Queensland talent, showing that new local work can make an important contribution to big national debates about issues that matter to so many people.
Anthony Spinaze
Set design model
B IOG RA P HI ES
DAVID BURTON WRITER
David Burton is a writer originally from Queensland. In 2014, David won the Text Prize for Children and Young Adult’s Writing for his young adult memoir, How to Be Happy, tackling youth mental health and sexuality. It was published in 2015, and was an instant hit with teenagers, parents and teachers, going on to be published around the world. David’s also known for his popular theatre work. He was the writer and assistant director on the original epic musicals Boomtown and Under This Sky for Queensland Music Festival. He’s also worked closely with the Queensland Theatre Company Youth Ensemble, collaborating with Claire Christian for The Land Mine is Me and Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe for Orbit. These works, along with five others he has penned for Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe, have been performed in schools across the country. In 2012, his verbatim work April’s Fool toured Australia. David is a frequent public speaker, and co-produces a range of popular podcasts.
JASON KLARWEIN
DIRECTOR
Queensland Theatre Company: As Director: Much Ado About Nothing, Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The 7 Stages of Grieving (with The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe), A Dream within A Dream, Orbit, This Hollow Crown. As Actor: The Odd Couple, The Seagull, Macbeth, Design For Living, Elizabeth - Almost By Chance a Woman, Fractions (with HotHouse Theatre), Faustus (with Bell Shakespeare Company), An Oak Tree, Macbeth, Thom Pain (based on nothing), A Streetcar Named Desire, God is a DJ, Phèdre, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Bash, Mad Hercules, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Shopping and F$$$ing, The Skin of Our Teeth. Other Credits: Bell Shakespeare: Henry IV; Sydney Theatre Company: A Streetcar Named Desire; Belvoir St Theatre: Paul, Capricornia, Maralinga; La Boite Theatre Company: The Glass Menagerie, Half and Half, Così; Adelaide Festival Centre: A Thing Called Snake; The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: The Trial, Monkey, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Richard the Third, The Winter’s Tale, Henry the Sixth, Romeo and Juliet, Seasons. As Director: The Arts Centre Gold Coast: Oh the Humanity and Other Exclamations. Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: LIVID, The 7 Stages of Grieving, I Am Macbeth, Sunburn, Island Home, Revolt, Inferno, VS, Super/Natural, Romeo and Juliet, The Zoo Story, The Trial, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Television: The Devil’s Playground, Illusion 5, Slide, Sea Patrol, Australia Remembers, Cybergirl. Positions: Resident Director: Queensland Theatre Company 2014-2015; Artistic Director: The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe 2010 – current; MEAA Queensland Branch Council 2011 - current, MEAA National Performers Committee 2013 – current, MEAA Federal Council Board Member. Awards: Logie Award – Most Outstanding Miniseries The Devil’s Playground.
ANTHONY SPINAZE DESIGNER Queensland Theatre Company: As Designer: Love and Information, Switzerland. As Design Assistant: Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet: Other Credits: As Designer: NIDA: Spring Awakening, Capricornia, The Portrait of Dorian Gray. As Costume Designer: NIDA: Not Who I Was; Brevity Theatre: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Space Cats; AFTAS: An Easy Death. As Design Assistant: Opera Australia: Aida. Film: As Designer: TRIPLE J: Loose Change’s Grown Up. Awards: William Fletcher Foundation Award for Emerging Artists (2015). Positions: Resident Designer: Queensland Theatre Company 2016 – present. Training: Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Design), NIDA; Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT.
DANIEL ANDERSON LIGHTING DESIGNER Queensland Theatre Company: As Lighting Designer: Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The 7 Stages of Grieving (with The Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe), Bombshells, Love and Information, I Am Here, Face It, Seeding Bed 2012, Treasure Island, This Hollow Crown, Saison de L’amour. As Assistant Lighting Designer: The Odd Couple, Head Full of Love, Boston Marriage. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: Tender Napalm; Red Stitch Actors Theatre: The Honey Bees, Trevor; Black Honey Company: Hot Brown Honey Burlesque, Twelve, Australian Booty, Who’s That Chik; JUTE Theatre Company: Like A Fishbone, Propelled, Sentinel Chickens; Elbow Room: Prehistoric; Thomas Quirk: The Theory of Everything, Myth and the Real World; Motherboard Productions: Or Forever Hold Your Peace (with La Boite Indie), 지하 Underground; Next Wave Festival: Tukre' (with Raghav Handa), White Face (with Carly Sheppard); Brisbane Powerhouse: A Tender Thing (with Full Circle Theatre); Metro Arts: He’s Seeing Other People Now. As Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer: Victorian Opera: Banquet of Secrets; Belvoir St Theatre: Jasper Jones; Opera Australia: The Pearlfishers; Opera Queensland: Cinderella or Goodness Triumphant; Brisbane Festival: Freeze Frame, Santos GLNG City of Lights (2012-2013), Santos City of Lights (2011); Legs on the Wall/Raw Dance Company: Beautiful Noise; Expressions Dance Company: Launch Pad. Positions: Artistic Associate – Black Honey Company. Awards: Development Grant (2015) and an ArtStart Grant (2013) from the Australia Council for the Arts; Matilda Award Nomination - Bille Brown Award for Best Emerging Artist (2012). Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT; Bite the Big Apple Arts & Culture Management Tour, Kape Communications; Broadway Lighting Master Class, Live Design. Daniel is a professional member of the Association of Lighting Designers.
Queensland Theatre Company: As Projection Designer: The Wider Earth (with Dead Puppet Society). As Sound Designer: Country Song, Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The 7 Stages of Grieving (with The Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe), Orbit (Youth Ensemble Showcase (2014, 2015). Other Credits: Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe: Revolt, Inferno, Romeo and Juliet, I Am Macbeth, Livid, Super/Natural, Heartfail, Island Home, Romeo and Juliet versus The World, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth versus The World; State Library of Queensland: Garage Gamer. Film: Tailgate, The Little Things, Conscience for Cambodia, Don’t Show Mother. Television: Aussie Helpers Drought Campaign, Handball Heroes, Crimestoppers, Lotteries NSW Opera House, ACT for Kids, Starlight Children’s Foundation, Gold Coast Suns AFLC, Royal Children’s Hospital, Regent Cinema. Awards: Crime Stoppers International (Capetown), Brisbane Advertising and Design Club, Queensland New Filmmakers. Training: Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production, Griffith University.
HELEN CASSIDY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Queensland Theatre Company: As Actor: The Seagull, Boston Marriage, Orphans, Man Equals Man, An Oak Tree, The Glass Menagerie, Absurd Person Singular, A Christmas Carol, Scapin, Mrs Warren’s Profession, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Back Seat Drivers. Other Credits: As Director: Mario, Queen of the Circus: God Save the Queen; Katie Noonan: Sing a Rainbow; Strut n Fret Production House: Newton's Law, Romeo and Juliet, Verse Stunts; La La Parlour: Tarnished (remount); QAC/deBASE: The Look. As Assistant Director: La Boite/Zen Zen Zo: Wicked Bodies; La Soirée (New York season). As Actor: deBase Productions: The Furze Family Variety Hour; La Boite Theatre Company: As You Like It, Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris, The Wishing Well, The Drowning Bride (with Matrix); Dogs in the Roof: Post Office Rose; Zen Zen Zo: Steel Flesh, The Cult of Dionysus, Unleashed; Metro Arts: The Waiting Room; La La Parlour: Tarnished; Pretend Productions: Glitter and Dust, Statuesque (European Tour); MTC/Bell Shakespeare: Long Day's Journey into Night; Unlimited Theatre: The Moon The Moon (London and UK tour); Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: Schools touring; Strut and Fret Production House: Verse Stunts, Wordpainting, Schools touring. Film: The Contents. Television: Sisters of War, Through My Eyes, Wanted. Awards: Matilda Awards – Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role The Drowning Bride and Post Office Rose, Best Actress The Glass Menagerie; Lord Mayor's Performing Arts Fellowship.
CHENOA DEEMAL BETH Queensland Theatre Company: The 7 Stages of Grieving (with Grin and Tonic Theatre Company), Mother Courage and Her Children. Other Credits: Darlinghurst Theatre: A Man with Five Children; Imaginary Theatre: The Voice in the Walls; Riverside Theatre Company: Rainbow’s End; Centre Stage: The Works of William Shakespeare by Chicks; Metro Arts: Red Sanctuary. Short Film: Transit. Television: Splatalot. Training: Advanced Diploma of Acting, ACPA; Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), QUT.
JOSS MCWILLIAM ARCHBISHOP JOHN BATHERSBY / RICHARD / GRANT Queensland Theatre Company: I Looked Up and There You Were (QPDA finalist), Treasure Island, The School of Arts, Hamlet (with STSCA), Away, A Christmas Carol, Hitchcock Blonde, Mano Nera, The Real Inspector Hound/Black Comedy, We Were Dancing, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (with Playbox), The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Fred, Buried Child, A Cheery Soul, Moby Dick, The Glass Menagerie. Other Credits: Arts Centre Gold Coast: Hotel Beche de Mer; Matrix/Performing Lines: A Beautiful Life; Sydney Theatre Company: King Lear, The Floating World; La Boite Theatre Company: Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Idiot, Burn This; Crossroads Theatre: The Idiot; QPAT: The Ring; Exhibition – The Rocks: The Story of Sydney; Underground Theatre: Kidstakes. Film: The Suicide Theory, Dancing on Glass, Coolangatta Gold, Jailbirds Run, How Wonderful, The Top Kid. Television: The Strip, H20 Just Add Water, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Wildside, Pacific Drive, Coral Island, Time Trax, Something Wicked, The Adventures of Skippy, Fields of Fire, GP, The Flying Doctors.
B IOG RA P HI ES
JUSTIN HARRISON COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER
B IOG RA P HI ES
PETER MARSHALL FATHER PETER KENNEDY Queensland Theatre Company: Pygmalion, Macbeth, The School of Arts, Absurd Person Singular, The Memory of Water, The Venetian Twins, Road to The She-Devil’s Salon, Bag O’ Marbles, Dirt, Top Dogs, Skin of Our Teeth, Australian Sit-com Festival, The Works, XPO - The Human Factor, Summer Rain, Hope of the World, The Cavalcaders, Peter Pan, The Shaughraun, Romeo & Juliet, Beaux Stratagem, The Crucible, The Recruiting Officer, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Roadwork. Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: Opportunity, The Summer of the 17th Doll, Red Cap, Last Drinks, Bob Cats Dancing, Mirandolina; JUTE: Macbeth, The Shining Path; Backbone: Paradise Dreams; Crossbow: Anne of a Thousand Days; Kooemba Djarra: Purple Dreams, Luck of the Draw; Footloose Theatre Company: Third World Blues; Co-Rush Productions: Star Buck; Darwin Theatre Company: As You Like It, Lysistrata; Polymedia: Aligator Jones; TN!: Vulture Culture and Measure for Measure. Film: Don’t Tell, The Contents, Tailgate, Talking Back At Thunder, Rarer Monsters, The Horseman. Television: Secrets & Lies, The Strange Calls, Gods of Wheat Street, East of Everything, Sea Patrol, Mortified, Through My Eyes, Misery Guts, Day of the Roses, Medivac, Fire, Pacific Drive, Time Trax, Paradise Beach, Mission Impossible, Worst Animal Nightmares, Andrews Guide, The Team, Love Weights, Bush Beat, Wombat. Awards: Fantaspoa Film Festival, Brazil – Best Actor The Horseman, Night of Horrors Film Festival, Sydney – Best Actor The Horseman.
BRYAN PROBETS JOSEPH Queensland Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, The Odd Couple, Australia Day, Design For Living, Pygmalion, Waiting for Godot, The Alchemist (with Bell Shakespeare Company), The Importance of Being Earnest, Private Fears in Public Places, A Christmas Carol, The Venetian Twins, Scapin, The Lonesome West, Mano Nera, The Cherry Orchard, Road to She-Devil’s Salon. Other Credits: shake & stir theatre company: George’s Marvellous Medicine, Tequila Mockingbird, 1984, Animal Farm; La Boite Theatre Company: Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness (with Sydney Theatre Company), As You Like It, The Wishing Well, The Danger Age, The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Operator, Creche and Burn, Way Out West, Milo’s Wake, Hermes and the Naked Flame (with Queensland Arts Council); Opera Queensland: Candide; Zen Zen Zo: Vikram and the Vampire; Queensland Music Festival: Credo the Innocence of God; Queensland Ballet: The Amazing Magician Goes Troppo; Harvest Rain Theatre Company: The Woman in Black; Hot House Theatre Company: Australia: The Show. Film: Don’t Tell, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Railway Man, Tracks, The Great Gatsby, Singularity, Punishment, Daybreakers, Subdivision, Triangle, Hildegarde, The Proposition, Nim’s Island, A Heartbeat Away, The Horseman. Television: Monarch Cove, Starter Wife, Fat Cow
Motel, Pyjama Girl, Love Weights. Positions: Queensland Theatre Company: Emerging Artist (2003), Artistic Associate (2004-2006). Training: Acting, USQ. Awards: Matilda commendation - The Lonesome West, Road to the She-Devil’s Salon, Matilda Award - Best Supporting Actor As You Like It (2012), and Gold Award for Body of Work (2012).
LUISA PROSSER RUTH / ELOISE Queensland Theatre Company: Debut. Other Credits: 4MBS Brisbane Shakespeare Festival: The Comedy of Errors, Henry V; Room To Play: The Virtuous Burglar; La Boite Indie: Machina; Zen Zen Zo: Therese Raquin; QPAC/QSO: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; National Theatre Studio (UK): L’hereux Strategeme, Showtime; Pitlochry Festival Theatre: Habeas Corpus, Wild Honey, She Stoops to Conquer; Glasgow Repertory Theatre: The Winter’s Tale, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night; Salisbury Playhouse: Playing for Time; Tron Theatre, Glasgow: Standing Wave; Dundee Repertory Theatre: Such is Nature; Globe Theatre/William Poel Festival: As You Like It; The Byre Theatre, St Andrews: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film: Don’t Tell, Burns Point. Television: Terra Nova, Doctors. Awards: Matilda Award - Best Supporting Actress Therese Raquin; Leon Sinden Award – Best Supporting Actress Habeas Corpus. Training: Bachelor of Arts (Acting), Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
KEVIN SPINK FATHER TERRY FITZPATRICK / TONY JONES Queensland Theatre Company: Kelly (national tour), Gloria, Macbeth. Other Credits: Queensland Symphony Orchestra/4MBS: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Good Room: Rabbit; 23rd Productions: The Ugly One, My Night with Harold; La Boite Theatre Company: Colder; DeBase Theatre: Ithaca Road, Daydream. Harvest Rain Theatre Company: The Awfully Big Adventures of Peter Pan; Imaginary Theatre: Tashi; The Forward Movement: Magda’s Fascination with Wax Cats; Three Sister Productions: Bronte; The Restaged Histories Project: The Last Days of the New Theatricals; and moor Theatre: Beautiful; Springboard Theatre: The Laramie Project; Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre: Dracula, Romeo & Juliet. Short Film: A Bus Knight, Doing Time, The Alpha, Cigarettes, Devasdating, A Better Man, Die Violin, A New You, Photo Booth, Backpackers. Television: Mako Mermaids, Parer’s War, Heartbeat. Positions: MEAA member.
YANNI DUBLER
MAN
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Queensland Theatre Company: Debut. Other Credits: As Performer: Shock Therapy Productions: The Pillowman; Motherboard Productions: Shimchong: Daughter Overboard, Or Forever Hold Your Peace; Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe: Absurd, Epic, Warning: Small Parts, The Dream Project, The Zoo Story; Arts Centre Gold Coast: Oh the Humanity and other exclamations; Room To Play: One Was Nude and One Wore Tails; La Boite Scratch: Sleep, Rest & Repose; Poor Paw: Propagation; Vena Cava Productions: Jerusalem, Iphigenia 2.0. As Co-writer: QUT: As We Come Undone, The Runaways; Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe: Warning: Small Parts; Digi Youth Arts: The Children’s Monologues. As Assistant Director: Vena Cava Productions: Value In Use. As Director’s Assistant: Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe/Queensland Theatre Company: Orbit. Film: The Railway Man, Run, Liquid Courage, Nothing Much. Positions: Co-founder, Brisbane Readers 2016. Awards: SOLO Monologue Competition: WINNER Unpublished category.
Queensland Theatre Company: As Stage Manager: The Button Event. As Assistant Stage Manager: Brisbane. As Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager: Black Diggers (National Tour), Boston Marriage, Gloria. Other Credits: As Production Stage Manager: shake & stir theatre co: George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dracula. As Company Stage Manager: shake & stir theatre co: Wuthering Heights (National Tour), Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (National Tour). As Stage Manager: QPAC, Brisbane Powerhouse, Woodford Folk Festival, Collusion Music: Transient Beauty (QLD Tour). As Assistant Stage Manager: Queensland Ballet: Coppelia. As Production Assistant: Queensland Theatre Company; Expressions Dance Company: APAM (R&J, Carmen Sweet). Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT.
DANIEL SINCLAIR STAGE MANAGER Queensland Theatre Company: As Stage Manager: Ladies In Black, The Seagull, Brisbane, Stradbroke Dreamtime, FRACTIONS, Macbeth, Fat Pig, A Property Of The Clan; As Assistant Stage Manager: Managing Carmen, I Feel Awful, Betrayal, Anatomy Titus – Fall Of Rome (with Bell Shakespeare). Other Credits: La Boite Theatre Company: As Stage Manager: The Tragedy of King Richard The Third, A Hoax, Hamlet, Walking By Apple Tree Creek national and regional tour, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, plus many more since 2003; Shake & Stir Theatre Company: As Production Stage Manager/Tour Manager: 1984 national tour, Animal Farm national and regional tours. As Production Stage Manager: Wuthering Heights, 1984, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (with La Boite Theatre Company), TEMPEST, Tequila Mockingbird, Animal Farm, Out Damn Snot; Show Caller Creative Generation: State Schools Onstage 2010, 2012-2016. As Production Stage Manager/Tour Manager: Breast Wishes – An Uplifting Musical. Positions: Touring Production Coordinator QTC; Tour Manager, La Boite Theatre Company; Various roles for QPAC, Brisbane Festival, JB World Events & Great Big Events for the Doha Asian Games. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production) QUT. Awards: Drover Award Tour of the Year Animal Farm 2013, 1984 2014 with Shake & Stir Theatre Company. Both Ladies In Black & Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts were together nominated for 7 Helpmann Awards in 2016.
“act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly” (Micah 6:8)
B IOG RA P HI ES
BEN WARREN
TI M ELI N E O F KEY EVENTS THE TRUE STORY BEHIND ST MARY'S IN EXILE By David Burton
1980
22nd August, 2008
22nd October, 2008
Fr Peter Kennedy is appointed Administrator of St Mary’s. In the years following Fr Terry Fitzpatrick becomes a regular associate at the church.
Archbishop John Bathersby writes a letter to Peter and the community outlining his main concerns with their practice, warning they are currently operating outside of communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
The community receives another letter of concern from the Archbishop, who threatens the beginning of a ‘formal process’ if the issues aren’t resolved to the Church’s satisfaction.
30th August, 2008
6th February, 2009
St Mary’s liturgies are modified in an attempt to appease the Archbishop.
Archbishop Bathersby issues a letter saying he will terminate Peter Kennedy’s role at St Mary’s unless he resigns beforehand.
6th July, 2008 Fr Terry Fitzpatrick receives a complaint about a statue inside the church, which some interpret as Buddhist. The following day, without explanation, the statue is gone.
19th February, 2009
26th March, 2009
5th June, 2009
Archbishop Bathersby issues a decree for removal of Fr Peter Kennedy from St Mary’s. Peter Kennedy and the community refuse to move.
The community enters into legal mediation with the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane.
Archbishop Bathersby formally revokes Fr Peter Kennedy’s faculties to preach, hear confessions and assist with marriages.
19th March, 2009
Fr Peter Kennedy and Fr Terry Fitzpatrick give their final service at St Mary’s South Brisbane, and walk down the road to the Trades and Labour Council building, taking their congregation of several hundred with them.
Fr Peter Kennedy appears on Q&A. The community is profiled in national and international press.
19th April, 2009
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ABOUT ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH St Mary’s Catholic Church, located 20 Merivale Street, South Brisbane, is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is under the care of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars. The church was blessed and opened by the second Archbishop of Brisbane, Archbishop Dunne, on the 2 July 1893. The building we see today replaces the original St Mary’s, which was a modest, wooden chapel first constructed circa 1864 on the current site of the car park. South Brisbane’s population experienced a rapid increase in the 1880s, which prompted a meeting in August 1889 to discuss the construction of a larger church to meet the needs of the expanding population. Fundraising for a new church with the capacity to seat 800 people commenced the next year. The Italianate and Romanesque revival structure was designed by George Simkim and John Ibler, who most notably designed the Breakfast
Creek Hotel as well as many Catholic church commissions. The foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Moran on 25 September 1892 and by the building’s completion the following year, it had cost £2150 in total to construct. A significant portion of funds were raised by the community, despite the devastating floods of 1893. The most notable addition to the church was the completion of the sanctuary, vestry and sacristy in December 1929, which was ornately designed by Cavanaugh Architects and officially opened by the third Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig. St Mary’s was State Heritage listed in 2004 and efforts continue today to preserve and restore this architectural gem and treasured gathering place for the local Catholic community. The current Parish Priest is Father Lam Vu.
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