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1-23 NOVEMBER 2024THE OLD FITZ THEATREPRODUCTION TEAMWrien by Joanna Murray-Smith Director & Sound Design - Erica Lovell Producers - Talia Meyerowitz-Katz, Robbi James & Erica Lovell Assistant Director - Olivia Hall-Smith Producon Design - Paris Burrows Lighng Design - James Wallis Stage Manager - Caity Cowan Poster & Promoon Images by Phil ErbacherProducon Images by Noni CarrollCASTMargot Mason - Lucy Miller Molly Rivers - Jade Fuda Tess Thornton - Lib Campbell Bryan Thornton - Doron Chester Frank - Joe Kalou Theo Hanover - Mark Lee ROGUE PROJECTS PRESENTTHE FEMALE OF THE SPECIESBY JOANNA MURRAYSMITHDIRECTED BY ERICA LOVELL
CONTENT NOTESThe show includes coarse language and sudden loud noises. A prop gun is used throughout. The play contains references to sexual assault and suicide.RUN TIMEApprox 100 minutes, no interval.THE STORYAlone in her country coage, Margot Mason, rockstar feminist, writer and fearless academic is trying to write her next life-altering bestseller, something that can match her seminal work, The Cerebral Vagina. But rather than producing diamonds, the pressure has only produced crumpled pages and a serious case of writers’ block. Enter Molly, a commied fan with an axe to grind. And a gun.Faced with the true impact of her life’s work, Margot must defend her choices to not only Molly and her gun, but her daughter, her publisher, an errant taxi driver, and ulmately, us. As we navigate the turbulent new terrain of the online bale of the sexes, Joanna Murray-Smith’s fast-paced and hilarious commentary on feminism emerges as an Australian classic with piercing relevance almost twenty years since its premiere.Rogue Projects and director Erica Lovell present this fresh new take on a play that dely walks the ghtrope between sare and farce - a take-no-prisoners comedy that proves the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.
ABOUT ROGUE PROJECTSINVISIBLE ARTISTS. UNTOLD STORIES.Producing in Sydney and Melbourne, mul-award-winning Rogue Projects is one of Australia’s busiest independent producon and development companies. With a commitment to championing invisible arsts and seeking out stories that are not on our stages, the Rogues support outstanding new work and classic pieces staged with a twist.Some of our recent work includes the crically-acclaimed cabaret, Not Today, directed by Miranda Middleton, which was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Wring and four Sydney Fringe Fesval Awards before winning Best in Musical Theatre and Cabaret. The company also produced Sam O’Sullivan’s You’re Not Special, directed by Samantha Young, which enjoyed a sell-out season at Kings Cross Theatre. The laer was the rst ever producon at KXT to be captured for on-demand streaming by Australian Theatre Live.Other notable work includes Pear-Shaped by Ziggy Resnick and Mirand Middleton, Kae Pollock’s Rough Trade (2023 tour), Blacklisted at Hayes Theatre (directed by Bernadee Fam, nominated Best Musical and Best Director 2023 BWW Awards), Madeleine Withington’s Wil and Grace, nominated for a 2021 Sydney Theatre Award, Sophia Simmons’ Gravity Guts (Winner Best Emerging Arst, Nominated Best in Theatre Sydney Fringe 2017), and the short lm Refused Classicaon by Bradford Elmore, which took out the Best Comedy and Best LGBT Film awards at the Cannes Short Film Fesval. The Rogues seek out great talent, we nurture it, and we hold the door open for arsts without opportunity. We create pathways for both emerging and established arsts, with a commitment to audion at least 50% of roles in our work, and to acvely nd arsts who have demonstrated talent and skill but for reasons beyond their control have not been aorded the opportunies that others take for granted. We foster long-term relaonships with writers and theatre makers, and seek out opportunies to help them develop their work and careers.www.rogueprojects.com.au“THIS IS INDEED POWERFUL THEATRE. SMALL, INTIMATE, INDEPENDENT, AND BRAVE. AND YES, ALL THE MORE POWERFUL FOR IT.” SYDNEY SCOOP
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGEERICA LOVELL“Most sexism these days is subverted by irony… It just doesn’t seem urgent,” says Molly, in 2006, as Margot stands abbergasted. It’s 2024 and you’ve come to see a comedy. You’ve come to laugh, maybe at the characters, maybe with an openness to laughing at yourself, maybe secretly keen to laugh a bit at Feminism. You’ll probably do all of this, or so I hope. It would be wonderful if you did, because we need to laugh in order to evolve, and our evoluon, our perpetual moon towards a nuanced, compassionate, and empowered expression of womanhood in whatever form chosen by the woman, whoever she is, is what this play advocates for. But to evolve, we need not only laugh, but reect… In 2006, Molly wasn’t enrely wrong. I felt the same way about overt sexism at the me - largely jokes, oen tasteless, somemes thoughtless, but mostly harmless. Besides, there were bigger sh to fry than some bad jokes about learning to make your man a sandwich. Domesc violence. Sexual assault. Genital mulaon. Did it really maer if someone made a passing comment about how I’d be preer if I smiled more? In 2016 a “nasty woman” was robbed of a presidency she deserved by a much naser man, and we all got the rude shock of realising how much work sll has to be done. Women around the world sighed, nodded heads, disappointed but unsurprised. We all know the rules of this game, and it’s rigged. We learned that yes, it does maer if someone tells us to smile, because if not smiling enough is juscaon to deny a profoundly capable, eminently experienced woman of a leadership role she undeniably deserves, and hand it to a man with an encyclopaedia of accusaons of assault and fraud (the laer now a CONVICTION) then we have a deep DEEP problem. If that man uses his power to overturn access to women’s healthcare, if he uses his money to silence his accusers, if he weaponises his posion to sr up such hatred that his followers aempt to spark a civil war when he loses the next elecon… yeah, the old “smile more” comment maers. Now, in 2024, The Female of the Species is more relevant than it was in 2006, because in 2024 we seem to have gone backwards. As a teacher I’ve witnessed young men say things to young women my male peers would never have DARED say to me in 2002 when I nished high school. They are emboldened by a dal wave of misogynisc online content that is enrely unironic, fostering an atude to women based on the presumpon of inferiority and feebleness, and that anyone who doesn’t willingly accept their inferiority is uppity and needs to be put in her place. Somemes, by any means necessary…
So how does laughter come into this? Those of us with the privilege to laugh, must. We must laugh with gratude for the work done, we must laugh with humility at the mistakes made, and in doing so invite others to laugh at their mistakes, too, so we can all do beer. Together. We must laugh because those who cannot, those who have died, those who cannot escape, those living with trauma, need us to get on with it and x it. Those of us with the privilege of levity must take advantage of the relave lightness of our burdens to relieve the burdens of those suering under crushing weights. As Joanna Murray Smith says in her notes on the play, “Feminism is a big girl, now. She can laugh at herself.” And she must, in order to keep ghng the good ght.Erica
PRODUCER’S MESSAGETALIA MEYEROWITZ-KATZ The Female of the Species is the rst ever ‘cannon’ work that I and Rogue Projects have produced (our usual stomping ground is new wring). Joanna Murray-Smith’s fantasc, wiy and smart-as-hell wring has been a challenge and a pleasure to bring to life, and I am incredibly proud of the producon you will watch on the Fitz’s stage. Rogue Projects is an independent theatre company, and indie theatre is geng harder and harder to produce. Risings costs of living and the ongoing impact of Covid on the arts makes pung a show like this together a tremendous achievement. That’s why I want to take this opportunity to highlight the incredible work of our team. It is actually not possible to do something like this unless you have a team that really gives a shit. The passion, dedicaon and talent of this cast and producon team is unparalleled. I am in awe. So to our cast; Lucy, Jade, Lib, Doron, Joe and Mark, and our producon team; Caity, James, Paris and Liv, thank you. It is people like you who are the lifeblood of Sydney’s cultural landscape. I am so honoured to be able to work alongside you. And to my fellow producer Robbi James, who’s ongoing support, friendship and mentorship kept me aoat in the last few months. I just adore you! And of course, this producon is the vision of director and my dear friend Erica Lovell, who has been dreaming of pung on this play for 10 years. It came to us at exactly the right me. I am astounded by your thoughulness and intelligence, and the fantasc way you worked with the script and the cast to pull this show into being. You are a fucking fabulous director Erica. Indie theatre is a challenge, but we can overcome the challenge with generous support. So thank you to Poetry in Acon and The City of Sydney for helping us bring this show to life. And a massive thank you to our generous Australian Cultural Fund doners, who are helping us pay our team and keep the lights on. And lastly, thank you to Lucy, Emma, Izzy, and the team at the Old Fitz, champions of indie theatre and good art. We are so grateful that you let us onto your stage! And to you, our dear audience, thank you for supporng independent theatre. If you would like to support Rogue Projects and the team behind this show even more, you can donate to our Australian Cultural Fund Campaign – QR code is on your yer and in this program. Every dollar helps us compensate the cast and producon team a lile bit more for their incredible work. And if you can’t donate, you can support us by telling your friends to come along and see the show. Thank you so much for coming, and enjoy The Female of the Species!Talia
LUCY MILLERPERFORMER as MARGOT MASON (she/her)Lucy Miller trained in London aer receiving a full BA Acng scholarship to Italia Con Academy of Theatre Arts. She has also with trained with Larry Moss at his Sydney intensive. She has a BA in Theatre & Film UNSW & a Dip Ed in Drama/English Sydney University. Producon Credits: Bonnie & Clyde (Hayes Theatre); Amelie (NIDA); Van de Maar Papers (Old 505); Between the Streetlight and the Moon (KXT); Dot Dot Dot (Old 505); Sweeney Todd & Wolf Lullaby (New Theatre); Scenes From An Execuon (Old Fitz Theatre); The Sugar Syndrome (Kings Collecve; Sweet Nothings (ATYP); The Westlands (Parramaa Riverside); Fireface (ATYP); The Ham Funeral (New Theatre); My Private Parts (Seymour Centre); Lyrebird (Old Fitzroy Theatre), Crushed (New Theatre) Shakespeare’s Will (Old 505 Theatre); Bill W and Dr Bob (Carriageworks); Suddenly Last Summer (Cell Block Theatre); Dirtyland (New Theatre); As Bee’s In Honey Drown (Darlinghurst Theatre); Redempon (The Old Fitz Theatre); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Glen Street Theatre) and Through Theses Lines (Defence tunnels, Middle Head). Unit 46, Snatch Paradise (Edinburgh Fringe Fesval). Twelh Night, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Centennial Park/ Coogee); Shakespeare On Trial to over 200,000 students around Australia; Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and The Bamboo Flute (Young Australia Workshop). Film/TV: All Saints, The Macdonagh Sisters, Flirt.CAST
JADE FUDA PERFORMER as MOLLY RIVERS (she/her)Jade Fuda is a Sydney based actor, producer and director with a Bachelor of Performance from the Australian Academy of Dramac Arts. She has performed in, directed and collaborated on a number of new plays, lms and Theatre in Educaon related work. In 2018 Jade was accepted into the Stella Adler Art of Acng Studio in Los Angeles where she completed the Film and Television Acng intensive program.Jade has had the privilege of touring naonally with CDP Theatre Producers producons of Magic Beach, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Ratburger , and internaonally with The 13-Storey Treehouse (dir. Liesel Badorrek). Jade’s recent theatre credits include: Celia/Phebe - As You Like It (Sport for Jove), Benvolio - Romeo and Juliet (Sport for Jove), Sheila the Emu - The Tale of the Great Emu War (Fingerless Theatre), Eve - Paradise Lost (Poetry in Acon/Legs on the Wall), Hermia/Starveling - A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sport for Jove) and Stacey in the Australian premiere of Girl Band (New Ghosts Theatre Company) by Katy Warner. LIB CAMPBELLPERFORMER as TESS THORNTON (she/her)Having recently returned from the US, Lib was last seen starring in Peppa Pig’s Big Surprise on Broadway and the subsequent internaonal sellout tour. Recent lm credits include Los Angeles Overnight & cult classic thrillogy, The FP. She has been a regular host on the Disney Channel and was a presenter for The Shak on the Nine Network. Libs recent theatre credits include I Hate People or Timon of Athens (Sport for Jove), Misery Loves Company (Legit Theatre Co.) Not Now Not Ever: A Parliament of Women (Belvoir 25a), The Government Inspector (Fingerless Theatre), Much Ado (Aracve, Not Model Aracve) & UBU: A Cauonary Tale of Catastrophe (Tooth & Sinew).
DORON CHESTERPERFORMER as BRYAN THORNTON (he/him)A graduate of the Bachelor of Music at AIM, Doron recently played Gladhand in Opera Australia’s producon of West Side Story. Previously, Doron played The Duke of Weselton in Disney’s Frozen! The Musical, touring Australia and Singapore. Scking with the villain tag, Doron played Iago in Disney’s producon of Aladdin, which toured Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.Doron’s other stage credits include o-stage in (covering the roles of Barry Mann, Neil Sedaka, the Righteous Brothers, and Lou Adler) in Beauful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group). Doron played The Lobster in Christmas Actually (Lile Red Co.) and Tenor & Others in JRP’s producon of City of Angels at the Hayes Theatre Co. Doron also played the roles of Bob Hawke & John Howard in Keang! The Musical, directed by Jordy Shea and the role of Nathan in The Laden Table at KXT. For Squabbalogic Theatre Co, Doron played Miller in the Original Grease and performed a number of roles in 3 Mystery Musicals. Doron can be heard on the ABC Kids Album Animal Songs and Sounds and the upcoming debut album from klezmer band CHUTNEY. Doron is a proud member of the Australian Jewish community and lives on Gadigal and Bidjigal land.
JOE KALOU PERFORMER as FRANK (he/him)Born and raised in Sydney Australia, Joe Kalou has, since studying under Les Chantery, at The Les Chantery Studio and with private coaching from Sandra Lee Paerson, been working as a professional actor for Film/Television/Theatre naonally and internaonally. Joe is well known to audiences as a member of the most recent cast of Hi-5, having toured with them internaonally for two years. With Hi-5 he performed at Channel 9’s Carols By Candlelight for two years and lmed 25 episodes for Season 17 of the Hi-5 TV Series featuring his solo segment “Making Music”. The series premiered on Channel 9, STAN and Nelix Asia. Other screen roles include a part in Wolf Like Me Season 2 on STAN and a supporng role in The Edge.He also played the lead role in Sione’s Story, which was nominated for an Australian Directors Guild Award for Gavin Banks. Songwring has always been a passion of his. He’s played a string of solo shows in LA, London and Manchester. And over the years supported the likes of Ian Moss, Glenn Shorrock and Toni Childs. Previously he toured for many years as a vocalist, guitarist and aust in The Rock Show with Jon English, Rock Show More and Rock Revoluon. Joe played the role of Benny in Blue Saint Producons’ sold out producon of In The Heights at The Sydney Opera House. The role of Jesus in Packemin Producons Jesus Christ Superstar. As well as performing as a Tribe member in HAIR The Musical, the 50th Anniversary Australian Tour and in the Australian/NZ tour of The Book Of Mormon; and the role of Sky in Packemin Producons Mamma Mia. He also performed on the Australian tour of Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s producon of Pete The Sheep playing the tular character; Marty The Zebra in the Australian Tour of Madagascar the Musical; and the role of Seb in the new Australian musical, BANANALAND.
MARK LEEPERFORMER as THEO HANOVER (he/him)Mark Lee is both an actor and director who has worked extensively in Australian lm, television and theatre for over thirty years. Theatre credits include A Conversaon, Happiness, Lile Nell, Men Of Honour (Ensemble Theatre); Frail Man (Darlinghurst Theatre Company); The Cobra (Sydney Theatre Company); Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (Sydney Shakespeare Company); Malvolio in Twelh Night (Sport for Jove Theatre Co); Breaker Morant (Seymour Centre); Scenes from an Execuon (with Lucy Miller and Jeremy Waters, Old Fitz Theatre); The Shadow Box (with Jeanee Cronin and Anthony Gooley, Old Fitz Theatre); and The Time Machine (Old 505 Theatre, NIDA Studio Theatre). Film credits include Gallipoli, Shadows of the Past, The Wallet, Cicada, Sahara, The Everlasng Secret Family, and Blackwater Trail. Television credits include La Brea (series 1 &2), A Place to Call Home (Series 3-5), Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Redfern Now, Packed to the Raers, Crownies, Out There and Out There 2, Natalie Wood, The Juncon Boys, Water Rats, Seachange, A Country Pracce, and The Flying Doctors. Mark was nominated for two Australian Film Instute Awards for Best Actor for his performances in Gallipoli and The Everlasng Secret Family.
CREATIVESERICA LOVELLDIRECTOR & SOUND DESIGNER (she/her)Erica is the Head of Educaon and Associate Director of theatre in educaon organisaon Poetry in Acon. For Poetry in Acon, Erica has directed six educaonal works for schools touring, as well as assistant and vocal direcng Paradise Lost (in development). With Lizzie Schebesta, Erica wrote the company’s rst educaonal work dedicated to celebrang women’s wring, Herstory 101. As an actor, Erica’s career highlights include playing Amy March in Lile Women (Kookaburra Naonal Musical Theatre Company), Fredrieka Armeld in A Lile Night Music (Opera Australia) Martha in Spring Awakening (Sydney Theatre Company), Deb in Ordinary Days (Squabbalogic/Darlinghurst Theatre company), Bitch in Great Falls, Zelda in Happiness, Gail in A Conversaon (Ensemble Theatre Company), Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice (Sport for Jove).In 2018 Erica joined The Rogues to direct Boy Out of the Country by Felix Nobis, which premiered at the inaugural Pioneer Play Fesval. Since then Erica became one of the company’s leaders, including direcng the company’s Sydney Fringe work Gravity Guts, and the remount of Boy Out of the Country at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre. Erica directed the premiere producon of Wil and Grace by Madeleine Withington at FringeHQ Newtown (Old 505). Erica produced Blacklisted by Almitra Mavalvala at The Hayes Theatre, and You’re Not Special by Samuel O’Sullivan at KXT.
OLIVIA HALL-SMITHASSISTANT DIRECTOR (she/her)Olivia is an actor, director and writer from Brisbane with a Bachelor of Performance (Stage & Screen) from the Actors Centre Australia. Whilst living in Brisbane, she worked in various capacies in theatre and lm, with acng credits including Sunnytown (dir. Heather Fairbairn - La Boîte Theatre Company & Shot in the Dark Producons), and the web-series Two Weeks (dir. Rachel Anderson). In 2013 she was the Queensland winner and top 5 naonal nalist of the Australian Poetry Slam. Whilst training at the Actors Centre Australia, Olivia performed roles such as Viola (Twelh Night dir. Adam Cook) and Electra (The Oresteia dir. Gale Edwards), as well as direcng an abridged version of Caryl Churchill’s Love and Informaon. She also wrote poetry to accompany her year’s performances in the form of prologues and companion pieces, with her me at ACA culminang in wring a performance poetry piece that was staged by her cohort as the opener for their graduang showcase. In 2021 she played the role of Jenny in The Shape of Things (dir. Les Solomon - Flight Path Theatre), and in 2022 she toured Australia and New Zealand with Poetry in Acon. That year she also co-founded the independent theatre group The Company, which debuted with their sold-out season of John Ford’s 17th century play Tis Pity She’s a Whore. In 2023 she performed the role of Fiona in a producon of The Removalists (dir. Harry Reid), and shortly aer directed a producon of Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Female of the Species for ACA Company. She connues to be passionate about creang and supporng independent theatre and is thrilled to be working on this riveng play once again, this me with the wonderful Rogue Projects team.
PARIS BURROWSPRODUCTION DESIGNER (she/her)Paris Burrows is a muldisciplinary designer working across fashion, screen and live performance. Her fearless atude and belief in making purposeful work drives her to challenge the tradions of art making in me based mediums and the convenons of dress and tailoring in fashion. Paris’ work stands out as experimental, futurisc and dramac, with avant-garde tastes and a rened gothic sensibility. Paris graduated from NIDA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design for Performance in 2023. Her study credits include: Costume Designer for Sandaime Richard directed by Ong Keng Sen as a part of NIDA’s October Season, Set Designer for The Writer directed by Zoe Hollyoak, Producon and Costume Designer for the Triple J Unearthed compeon winner Oshua in a music video for his winning song Veins, directed by Rebecca MacNamee, and Costume Designer on Gorge (a Short Film). Paris recently worked as the Producon and Costume designer for The Children directed by Maddy Whington, Producon and Costume designer for The Front Page, directed by Nicholas Papademetriou , and Venus in Furs directed by Ryan Whitworth-Jones (Sydney Fringe: nominated for “Best in Theatre”). As well as her theatre credits, Paris has recently worked as the producon and design assistant for the SPEED Limited fashion show at Australian Fashion Week and as a producon and design intern at Romance Was Born. Along side these projects, Paris is preparing to launch her eponymous fashion label Paris Jade Burrows in 2025.
JAMES WALLISLIGHTING DESIGNER (he/him)Originally from the UK, James is a freelance lighng designer based in Sydney. James’ recent design work includes Love & Faith at Qtopia for Acousc Theatre Company; MARVELous: The Show for Acon Reacon Entertainment, The Dismissal and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever for Squabbalogic; Nice Work if you Can Get it for Michele Guthrie, City of Angels, and Bonnie & Clyde for Josh Robson Projecons, all at The Hayes Theatre.James designed Kae Pollock’s play Rough Trade for the Sydney Fringe Fesval and its subsequent naonal tour with Rogue Projects. Other notable producons include the NSW tour of Alphabecal Sydney: All Aboard!, and The City at The Sydney Opera House. James was the Associate Designer on the award-winning producon of American Psycho at the Hayes Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Further selected credits include, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and NINE for Lile Triangle; the opera Love Burns presented by The Other Theatre Company; and Nancey Hayes’ cabaret Hayes at The Hayes. James was the Associate Designer for Red Lines’ A View From The Bridge at the Ensemble Theatre. For World Pride James was the designer on the queer adaptaon of Cinderella, Sunderella at the Darling Harbour Theatre.CAITY COWANSTAGE MANAGER & OPERATOR (she/her)Caity Cowan is a Stage Manager who has bounced around the independent theatre scene of Sydney for the past few years. Currently a Venue Technician at Bondi Pavillion, she has been a Technical Supervisor of Sydney Fringe’s Queer Hub at QTOPIA, a Backstage Manager for Carnival Cruise Entertainment, and has stage managed shows including The Turn of the Screw and UBU: A Cauonary Tale of Catastrophe (Tooth and Sinew); Breathing Corpses (Eye Contact Theatre); Destroy She Said (FERVOUR); 3 Winters Green and The Shape of Things for Lambert House Enterprises.
PRODUCERSTALIA MEYEROWITZ-KATZPRODUCER (she/her)Talia is a creave producer with a parcular interest in the role producers can play in empowering arsts and developing audiences. She has a Bachelors of Media and Communicaons from Sydney University and a Masters in Creave Producing from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.Talia joined Rogue Projects in 2019 as Associate Creave Producer. Her producing credits with the Rogues include Pear-Shaped at Theatreworks (2023), Blacklisted at Hayes Theatre Co (2022), Wil and Grace at 505 (2021), You’re Not Special at Kings Cross Theatre (2021), Rogues on the Rocks (2021), Gravity (development, 2020), and Gravity Guts at Sydney Fringe (2019).Talia also recently went to Edinburgh Fringe as part of the programming team at House of Oz, the Australian showcase venue. Her other producing credits include The Museum of this Morning (2022), The Ugly Show (2019), Social Media Suicide in London and Edinburgh Fringe (2018), and Art Heist for Jetpack Theatre Collecve (2017).When not producing theatre, Talia works as the events producer at a medical magazine group, and performs on her aerial circus hoop.
ROBBI JAMESPRODUCER (he/him)Robbi has been a producer with The Rogues since 2017 when he joined the company to take Gina Schien’s Morgan Stern to the 70th Edinburgh Fringe Fesval and Brisbane’s Undercover Arst Fesval. He has since gone on to produce all of the Rogues’ projects including Sophia Simmons’ Gravity Guts (Sydney Fringe, Fringe HQ), Sam O’Sullivan’s You’re Not Special (KXT), Kae Pollock’s Rough Trade, Not Today and Pear-Shaped (Theatre Works), and Bradford Elmore’s short lm Refused Classicaon (Cannes Award Winner). He is also producing the autobiographical story Hillsong Boy by Sco Parker and Felicity Nicol, which recently headlined the Made in Sydney Hub for Sydney Fringe and was nominated for the Best in Theatre award. He began his theatre life with a decade of performance as an actor and singer, compleng theatre studies while studying for a law degree at Western Sydney University. He completed his Masters in Arts Management at the Sydney Opera House in 2018 with the Australian Instute of Music. Unl recently Robbi was the CEO and Arsc Director of Crical Stages Touring where he worked with the country’s leading independent theatre makers to realise naonal tours of works for companies including Red Stch Actors’ Theatre, Redline Producons, Siren Theatre Co, The Lile Red Company, The Lises, and The Good Room to name a few. He is currently the producer of the NSW Arts Market - Salon - for Arts on Tour, and is an execuve on the leadership team of social enterprise Creave Plus Business where he leads markeng and engagement for the naon’s leading provider of entrepreneurial professional development of creave praconers and arts organisaons.
The Rogues extend our hearelt thanks to our supporters, sponsors, and followers, all of whom keep us inspired and able to make telling untold stories possible...To Bryce Youngman and Poetry in Acon, who supported us with nancial assistance that enabled our team to rehearse in beauful spaces.To The City of Sydney and the Lord Mayor’s Oce, who awarded us an arts and culture grant to enable the staging of the producon. And to Mustard Seed Ulmo Uning Church, who allowed us to take over their wonderful church and hall every week to rehearse our show. We’d also like to thank the team at The Old Fitz Theatre for believing in our team, and for giving us a home in which to bring to life our theatrical dreams. Finally, we’d like to thank the friends, family, and partners who support the arsts and arts professionals on our team. You are our heart, and we love you.THANK YOU