Media Release Archives – Belvoir St Theatre

July 12th, 2017

Hir Media Release

Writer Taylor Mac
Director Anthea Williams
Set & Costume Designer Michael Hankin
Composer & Sound Designer Steve Toulmin
Lighting Designer Sian James-Holland
Casting Director & Associate Artist Lucky Price
Voice Coach Paige Walker
Design Assistant Jeremy Allen

With
Greg Stone…

May 31st, 2017

The Balnaves Award winner

Gamilaroi woman Megan Wilding will be announced as the winner of The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award 2017 at an event at Belvoir St Theatre on Wednesday 31 May, during National Reconciliation Week. She will win a commission to write …

May 22nd, 2017

The Rover media release

Writer Aphra Behn
Director Eamon Flack
Set & Costume Designer Mel Page
Lighting Designer Matt Scott
Composer & Sound Designer Steve Toulmin
Dramaturg Charlotte Bradley
Movement Director Scott Witt
Associate Designer Chloe Greaves

With
Gareth Davies
Andre de Vanny
Taylor …

April 12th, 2017

Guru of Chai media release

Writers Jacob Rajan & Justin Lewis
Director Justin Lewis
Set & Costume Design Concept John Verryt
Lighting Designer Cathy Knowsley
Composer & Sound Designer David Ward
Dramaturg Murray Edmond
Musician Adam Ogle

With
Jacob Rajan

16 May – 4 June …

March 31st, 2017

Brenna Hobson departure media release

Executive Director of Belvoir, Brenna Hobson, has been appointed Executive Producer of the world-renowned National Theatre of Scotland.

Hobson has been Executive Director at Belvoir since 2008, but she had her first experience of Belvoir as a 15 year-old …

March 14th, 2017

Mr Burns, a post-electric play media release

Writer Anne Washburn
Score by Michael Friedman
Lyrics by Anne Washburn
Director Imara Savage
Musical Director Carol Young
Set and Costume Designer Jonathon Oxlade
Lighting Designer Chris Petridis
Sound Designer Jeremy Silver
Choreographer Lucas Jervies

With
Paula Arundell
Mitchell Butel…

March 8th, 2017

The Dog / The Cat media release

The Dog by Brendan Cowell
The Cat by Lally Katz
Director Ralph Myers
Redirected by Anthea Williams
Set Design Ralph Myers
Costume Designer Mel Page
Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
Composer & Sound Designer Stefan Gregory
Associate Composer & Sound Designer …

March 2nd, 2017

Open for entries

Belvoir is now accepting entries for The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award. The award is open to all writers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

Now in its sixth year, The Balnaves Award has become one of the most …

January 17th, 2017

Mark Colvin’s Kidney media release

Writer Tommy Murphy
Director David Berthold
Set Designer Michael Hankin
Costume Designer Julie Lynch
Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
Composer & Sound Designer Nate Edmondson
Projection Design Vexran Productions

With
Peter Carroll
Kit Esuruoso
John Howard
Sarah Peirse
Chris Stollery
Helen …

December 20th, 2016

Jasper Jones media release

Based on the novel by Craig Silvey
Adapted by Kate Mulvany
Director Anne-Louise Sarks
Set Designer Michael Hankin
Costume Designer Mel Page
Lighting Designer Matt Scott
Composer & Sound Designer Steve Toulmin
Fight Choreographer Scott Witt
Choreographer Sara Black
Indigenous …

December 14th, 2016

Philip Parsons Fellow media release

Belvoir is pleased to announce that the theatre-making team behind Ruby’s Wish, Holly Austin, Adriano Cappelletta and Jo Turner, have received the NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights.

The team will receive a commission to create …

December 9th, 2016

Which Way Home media release

Writer Katie Beckett
Director Rachael Maza
Set & Costume Designer Emily Barrie
Sound Designer Mark Coles Smith
Lighting Designer Niklas Pajanti
Dramaturg Jane Bodie

With
Katie Beckett & Tony Briggs

11 – 29 January 2017
Downstairs Theatre

Katie Beckett is …

December 7th, 2016

Tom Ballard Boundless Plains to Share media release

By Tom Ballard
Director Scott Edgar

With
Tom Ballard

13-15 January 2017
Latenight Upstairs

In 2015 comedian and broadcaster Tom Ballard set out to examine Australia’s asylum seeker and immigration policies. He interviewed refugees, explored the history of the White …

November 23rd, 2016

Prize Fighter media release

Writer Future D. Fidel
Director Todd MacDonald
Dramaturg Chris Kohn
Designer Bill Haycock
Lighting Designer David Walters
Composer & Sound Designer Felix Cross
Video Designer optikal bloc
Movement & Fight Director Nigel Poulton

With
Margi Brown-Ash, Thuso Lekwape, Gideon Mzembe, …

November 18th, 2016

Bumper Bar media release

A retro pinball arcade is popping-up in Belvoir’s Downstairs Theatre for the month of December, during the run of our final show of the year, the 1970s-inspired whimsical delight Girl Asleep.

Belvoir’s Downstairs Theatre will become the basement of …

November 2nd, 2016

The Artist Workshop media release

Belvoir is pleased to announce the 14 artists who will be part of The Artist Workshop, a 12 month pilot program to support emerging arts leaders with rehearsal and workshop spaces and a community of artists.

Artistic director, Eamon Flack…

October 31st, 2016

Girl Asleep media release

By Matthew Whittet
Director Rosemary Myers
Set & Costume Designer Jonathon Oxlade
Lighting Designer Richard Vabre
Original Soundtrack Luke Smiles – motion laboratories
Movement Consultant Gabrielle Nankivell

With
Sheridan Harbridge
Amber McMahon
Ellen Steele
Matthew Whittet
Dylan Young

Caught in …

September 26th, 2016

Title and Deed media release

By Will Eno
Director Jada Alberts
Set & Costume Designer Anna Gardiner
Lighting Designer Ross Graham
Composer and Sound Designer Kelly Ryall

With
Jimi Bani

We all come from blood and saltwater and a screaming mother begging us to leave.…

September 21st, 2016

Faith Healer media release

By Brian Friel
Director Judy Davis
Set Designer Brian Thomson
Costume Designer Tess Schofield
Lighting Designer Verity Hampson
Composer & Sound Designer Paul Charlier

With
Colin Friels
Pip Miller
Alison Whyte

Last century. The lovelorn, the malformed and the sick …

August 17th, 2016

Ruby’s Wish media release

By Holly Austin, Adriano Cappelletta & Jo Turner
Concept Holly Austin
Director Jo Turner
Set & Costume Designer Pip Runciman
Lighting Designer Verity Hampson
Puppetry Director Alice Osborne
Composer & Sound Designer Steve Francis
Animation Tim Watts
Puppets Erth …

August 8th, 2016

The Drover’s Wife media release

By Leah Purcell
Director Leticia Cáceres
Set Designer Stephen Curtis
Costume Designer Tess Schofield
Lighting Designer Verity Hampson
Composer/Sound Designer THE SWEATS

With
Tony Cogin
Mark Coles Smith
Benedict Hardie
Will McDonald
Leah Purcell

Produced in association with Oombarra Productions…

June 14th, 2016

The Balnaves Award annouced

Actor, singer and writer Ursula Yovich (A Christmas Carol, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie) will be announced as the winner of The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award 2016 at an event at the Belvoir St Theatre on Tuesday 14 June. …

June 14th, 2016

Twelfth Night or What You Will media release

By William Shakespeare
Director Eamon Flack
Set Designer Michael Hankin
Costume Designer Stephen Curtis
Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper
Composer Alan John

With
Peter Carroll
Anita Hegh
John Howard
Lucia Mastrantone
Amber McMahon
Anthony Phelan
Keith Robinson
Damien Ryan
Nikki Shiels…

May 20th, 2016

Back at the Dojo media release

From the utterly marvellous writer of Neighbourhood Watch and The Cat comes a modern romance about wanderlust, love and karate. Lally Katz has spent the past decade turning her life into a series of hilarious and theatrically gorgeous plays. This …

May 13th, 2016

Arts funding media release

The Confederation of Australian State Theatre Companies (CAST) calls on the Federal government to formally review its budget cuts to the Australia Council after today’s announcement that 62 arts organisations will be defunded after failing to secure key organisation core …

May 5th, 2016

Play Well Your Part

Playwright and actor Kate Mulvany is worried about the future for playwrights. ‘In recent years’, she says, ‘the playwright seems to have been swept under the carpet in favour of auteur directors, “star vehicles” and endless adaptations.’

‘At a time …

April 29th, 2016

Hannah Gadsby-Dogmatic media release

Hello.

I would like to invite you to attend my show, Dogmatic. I have worked very hard on it and I am a very charming performer. But these things alone do not maketh a show. I need you. I need …

April 14th, 2016

The Events media release

A mesmerising piece of playwriting – generous, compassionate and subtle – The Events was the sleeper hit of the 2013 Edinburgh Festival. For this Australian premiere production, the brilliant Catherine McClements finally returns to the Belvoir Street stage, joined by …

April 1st, 2016

Belvoir appoints new resident artists

Belvoir is pleased to announce two recent additions to our Artistic and Programming department. Tom Wright has been appointed Associate Artist and Nell Ranney has been appointed Artistic Associate. They join Artistic Director Eamon Flack, Associate Director – Literary …

February 29th, 2016

The Balnaves Award media release

Belvoir is now accepting entries for the Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award. The award is open to all writers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

Now in its fifth year The Balnaves Award has become one of the most …

Media Release Posts