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LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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LIGHT SHINING IN
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

  • 7 Apr – 28 May 22 Upstairs Theatre
  • 2 hours (no interval)
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LIGHT SHINING IN
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
REP SEASON With WAYSIDE BRIDE  

By Caryl Churchill
Co-directed by Hannah Goodwin and Eamon Flack

  • Venue Upstairs Theatre
  • Dates 7 Apr – 28 May 22
  • Duration 2 hours (no interval)
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  • Content warning

    Light Shining in Buckinghamshire includes loud noises, violence and uses strobe lighting.

    Should you wish to speak to a member of staff regarding running times, content warnings or any other show related queries, our box office can be contacted on 02 9699 3444.

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Faith. Resistance. Revolution. And what comes after.

Social upheaval. Dreams, and defeat. And the power of language in the mouths of those that saw the light.

Caryl Churchill’s 1976 classic Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, set during the English Civil War, tells of the ordinary people who went into battle for the soul of the nation. Incendiary, pulsing with ideas and poetically-heightened speech, it speaks of the revolution that never happened, and some ghosts it left behind.

Way back in ancient times (2020) when the theatres were first closed, we brought some actors into the building to simply read plays. This one shone like a searchlight – it’s a brilliant piece of writing, and it’s brilliant in its vision too. If you think our stages could do with more ideas and ambition, come and spend a night with this visionary, illuminating play. And see Wayside Bride too – the experience of seeing them on the same set will make both plays all the more haunting and rich. We couldn’t do them in 2021 – but this pair has been marinating nicely for 2022. – Eamon

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TEAM

  • Caryl Churchill
    Writer
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    Stage plays include: OWNERS(Royal Court Upstairs, London); OBJECTIONS TO SEX AND VIOLENCE(Royal Court); LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE(Joint Stock UK tour, Royal Court Upstairs); VINEGAR TOM(Monstrous Regiment, UK tour); TRAPS(Royal Court Upstairs), CLOUD NINE(Joint Stock UK tour, Royal Court); THREE MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS(Soho Poly and Royal Court Upstairs); TOP GIRLS(Royal Court); FEN(Joint Stock UK tour, Almeida […]

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  • Eamon Flack
    Director
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    Eamon Flack is the Artistic Director of Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney. He is a director, writer, dramaturg and script developer for stage and screen.  Eamon was born in Singapore and grew up in Singapore, Darwin, Cootamundra and Brisbane. He has a BA (English and History) from the University of Queensland, and trained as an actor […]

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  • Hannah Goodwin
    Director
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    Hannah Goodwin (she/her) is a director who lives and works on Gadigal land. She is currently Resident Director at Belvoir Street Theatre. Her work includes Wayside Bride by Alana Valentine (Belvoir), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by Caryl Churchill (Belvoir), The Sorry Mum Project by Pippa Ellams (National Theatre of Parramatta, Bondi Feast), A Girl in […]

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  • Cast

  • Arkia Ashraf
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    Arkia is a 2020 graduate of the Actors Centre Australia. Since graduating, his theatre credits include: You’re Not Special (RogueProjects/KXTBakehouse), Christmas-19 (Loose End Productions), Experiments in Theatre and Cinema (Riverside Theatres), Smoke and Glass (KXT/Montague Basement Development). His credits at the Actors Centre include: Twelfth Night(dir. Adam Cook), The Rover (dir. Claudia Barrie), Our Country’s Good (dir. […]

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  • Marco Chiappi
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    Marco is a very accomplished theatre performer with many credits to his name across Australia. Previous Belvoir Theatre credits include The Rep Season, Bliss (a Belvoir co-production with Malthouse). Other theatre credits include Bernhardt /Hamlet, The Father; His Girl Friday; Grapes of Wrath; Macbeth; The Rover; Dealer’s Choice; A Doll’s House; Closer; Death of a […]

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  • Rashidi Edward
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    Rashidi trained at the Adelaide College of the Arts. Most recently he performed in the State Theatre Company South Australia’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, a season that also included the Sydney Festival and Queensland Theatre. Other productions with the company include Hibernation, A Doll’s House, Macbeth, Sense & Sensibility, In The Club. Additionally, he […]

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  • Emily Goddard
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    Emily Goddard graduated from Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris in 2010, supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and Empire Theatres Bursary. Recent theatre credits include Wayside Bride and Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Belvoir St), Australian Realness (Malthouse), Noises Off, The Boy at The Edge of Everything & Elling (Melbourne Theatre Company), Angels in America & The Lonely Wolf (Dirty Pretty Theatre), Lamb, You Got Older & Glory Dazed (Red Stitch), Hamlet (ASC), Inner Voices (Red Line/Old Fitz), Mess (The […]

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  • Sandy Greenwood
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    Sandy is a First Nations Actor, Writer, Producer and Cultural Consultant from the Dunghutti, Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung tribes of New South Wales. She has a Bachelor of Theatre, (Honours) from the Queensland University of Technology and has trained at The Atlantic Acting School in New York City, and The Groundlings in Los Angeles.   Sandy […]

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  • Rebecca Massey
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    Rebecca Massey is considered one of Australia’s most versatile and accomplished film, television and theatre actresses. She’s been nominated and won numerous awards including a Green Room Award for Best Actress, and two Helpmann nominations. Rebecca has appeared in starring roles for flagship theatre companies all over Australia. Her company Club House Productions produced 44 Sex […]

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  • Brandon McClelland
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    Brandon graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2012. Brandon’s theatre credits include: Wayside Bride, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, and Packer & Sons, with Belvoir; The Deep Blue Sea, A Cheery Soul, Saint Joan, Three Sisters, The Present (Broadway Season), A Midsummers Night’s Dream, The Golden Age, The Present, Suddenly Last Summer, and […]

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  • Angeline Penrith
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    Angeline is a Wiradjuri and Yuin woman who grew up in the Redfern/Waterloo community.  Making her acting debut at 12 years of age by opening for ABC’s BlackOut, Angeline has gone on to perform in countless film and theatre productions from development to performance.  Her theatre credits include Boori Pryors My Girragundji (Canute Productions), The […]

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  • Understudies/Standbys

  • Ákos Armont
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    Since graduating NIDA, Akos Armont has worked extensively in theatre, film and television. Akos’ theatre credits include Triple X (Queensland Theatre Company/Sydney Theatre Company), Neighbourhood Watch (Melbourne Theatre Company); Romeo and Juliet, Spring Awakening, The Lost Echo (Sydney Theatre Company); Strange Interlude, As You Like It (Belvoir); A Midsummer Nights Dream and Tooth Of Crime […]

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  • Merridy Eastman
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    A NIDA graduate, Merridy’s television career began with a five-year stint on Playschool, followed by roles on everything from Blue Heelers to Rake. She was a regular cast member on award winning series Always Greener and Packed to the Rafters for Channel 7, as well as Back to the Rafters for Amazon Prime.On stage Merridy […]

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  • Abbie-lee Lewis
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    Abbie-lee Lewis is a Kalkadoon actress who trained on the Aboriginal Theatre and Acting courses at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth. Her credits include David Finnigan’s Scenes from the Climate Era, for Belvoir St Theatre, Seanna Van Helten’s Fallen, directed by Penny Harpham, for Sport for Jove; Our Town, directed by Clare […]

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  • Matilda Ridgway
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    Matilda is an award-winning actor, director, theatre maker and arts educator. She is a proud memberof MEAA. Matilda’s credits at Belvoir include Master and Margarita (2023), Rep Season (2022), Artists atWork (2020), and Jasper Jones (2016). Her other theatre credits include Notre Dame (BrandenburgOrchestra); Just Romeo and Juliet!, Just Macbeth!, Hamlet, Henry IV, and The […]

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  • Christopher Stollery
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    Christopher Stollery is a graduate of NIDA and of AFTRS. He has played Hamlet opposite John Bell, sung with Tim Minchin in a musical (This Blasted Earth 2004), performed with John Cleese at the Sydney Opera House (Just For Laughs, 2012) and toured theatres of Europe with Cate Blanchett (Gross und Klein for Sydney Theatre […]

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  • Contessa Treffone
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    After graduating NIDA in 2012, Contessa has had an extensive career in theatre. Her theatre credits include; TRIPLE X (STC/QT), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (STC), DEEP BLUE SEA (STC), FULLY COMMITTED (Ensemble Theatre), LORD OF THE FLIES (STC), ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE (Redline Productions), HARP IN THE SOUTH: PART ONE & TWO (STC), TOP GIRLS […]

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  • Charles Wu
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    Charles Wu is one of Australia’s most exciting actors of stage and screen. Charles graduated from NIDA in 2014 and is well known for his work on popular series Doctor Doctor. Charles’ other television credits include Summer Love, The Letdown, Harrow, Here Come the Habibs, and Secret City. He was also seen in feature film […]

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  • Creatives

  • Ella Butler
    Costume Designer
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    Ella is a Sydney-based Production and Costume Designer for theatre, film and live performance. Informed by her beginnings in theatre, Ella’s work has evolved through contrived spaces, searching for the extraordinary found in the everyday.Ella’s work as Costume Designer at Belvoir includes Tell Me I’m Here, The Weekend and Scenes From the Climate Era. Her […]

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  • Michael Hankin
    Set Designer
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    Michael is a NIDA trained Set and Costume Designer for theatre, dance, opera and film. His credits for Belvoir include Hir, Ghosts, Mark Colvin’s Kidney, The Sugar House, Jasper Jones, My Urrwai, The Great Fire, Ivanov and The Glass Menagerie, Twelfth Night, The Dark Room, A Christmas Carol, Angels in America, The Boomkak Panto and Rep Season.  Michael’s other theatre credits include designs for Ireland’s entry to Eurovison; Bourgeois and Maurice’s musical Insane Animals (Manchester’s Home Theatre, UK);  Memorial (Barbican Centre/Adelaide Festival/Brisbane Festival/Brink […]

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  • Nell Ferguson
    Costume Design Associate
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    Nell Ferguson is a Sydney based artist, designer and illustrator working across theatre, film, television and print media. With a BFA from the National Art School and a diploma of screen design from AFTRS, Nell has used her training in both art and film making to cultivate a rich visual language in approach to collaborative […]

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  • Keerthi Subramanyam
    Set Design Associate
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    Keerthi is a Sydney based set and costume designer for live performance and film. Keerthi is a National Institute of Dramatic Art, BFA (Design for Performance, 2019) graduate, and a member of the Australian Production Design Guild. Keerthi has designed set and costumes for Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, Chewing Gum […]

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  • Damien Cooper
    Lighting Designer
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    Damien Cooper is a lighting designer for Dance, Theatre, Opera and Film. Belvoir designs include The Weekend, Into the Woods, Light Shining In Buckinghamshire, Wayside Bride, Things I Know To Be True, Mark Colvin’s Kidney, The Dog/The Cat, Radiance, The Glass Menagerie, Miss Julie, Stories I Want to Tell You in Person, Cat on a […]

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  • Alyx Dennison
    Sound Designer, Composer & Musician
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    Alyx Dennison is a singer, composer and sound designer living and working on Gadigal Land. She is a fierce advocate for equality in education and the arts, with a particular interest in work which illuminates (and works to dissolve) systems of class, power and hierarchy. She cut her teeth on experimental pop duo kyü, who toured […]

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  • Steve Francis
    Sound Design Mentor
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    Steve has worked extensively in theatre, dance and screen. His Belvoir credits include Cursed!, My Brilliant Career, Packer & Sons, Things I Know To Be True, Winyanboga Yurringa, Every Brilliant Thing, The Sugar House, The Book of Everything, The Power of Yes, Ruben Guthrie, Baghdad Wedding, and Capricornia. His other theatre credits include The Children, […]

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  • Marcus Whale
    Musician
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    Marcus Whale lives and works on Gadigal land in Sydney, Australia. His work across music, performance and writing focuses on the blurry, haunted intersection between desire and religion, often with reference to the poetics of memory and ghostliness. As a musical artist under his own name and with groups Collarbones and BV, his recorded output […]

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  • Elle Evangelista
    Choreographer
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    Elle Evangelista loves dancing. Her BELVOIR choreography credits include Holding the Man, The Master and Margarita, The Cherry Orchard, The Boomkak Panto, The Rep Season and A Midnight Summer’s Dream with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Her other theatre choreography credits include Twelfth Night (Bell Shakespeare), A Very Expensive Poison (NIDA) and How To Catch A […]

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  • Nigel Poulton
    Fight Director
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    Nigel is an award-winning movement director, fight and intimacy coordinator, SAG-AFTRA/MEAA stunt performer and actor, with over 25 years of professional experience. Selected theatre credits include: for Belvoir St Theatre, Holding the Man, The Master and Margarita, Miss Peony, Packer and Sons, Things I Know To Be True, Stop Girl, Blessed Union, At What Cost?, […]

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  • Danielle Roffe
    Vocal Coach
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    Danielle is an international voice and dialect coach, working in theatre film and TV as well as with a range of corporate clients.  She is currently based in Sydney where she lives with her husband, two children and a groodle.  She is drawn to voice as the conduit for hearing people’s stories.  Previous work includes: […]

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  • Abbie-lee Lewis
    Andrew Cameron Fellow
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    Abbie-lee Lewis is a Kalkadoon actress who trained on the Aboriginal Theatre and Acting courses at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth. Her credits include David Finnigan’s Scenes from the Climate Era, for Belvoir St Theatre, Seanna Van Helten’s Fallen, directed by Penny Harpham, for Sport for Jove; Our Town, directed by Clare […]

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  • Matilda Ridgway
    Assistant Director
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    Matilda is an award-winning actor, director, theatre maker and arts educator. She is a proud memberof MEAA. Matilda’s credits at Belvoir include Master and Margarita (2023), Rep Season (2022), Artists atWork (2020), and Jasper Jones (2016). Her other theatre credits include Notre Dame (BrandenburgOrchestra); Just Romeo and Juliet!, Just Macbeth!, Hamlet, Henry IV, and The […]

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  • Cecilia Nelson
    Stage Manager
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    Cecilia Nelson graduated from NIDA’s BFA (Technical Theatre and Stage Management) in 2017 after completing a BSc./BA. at The University of Sydney. This year, she was the assistant stage manager Pippin, Australia’s first commercial musical to open after the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, she was half-way through the national tour of Billy Elliot (LWAA) when our […]

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  • Amelia Grindrod
    Assistant Stage Manager
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    A graduate of AFTT, Amelia has previously worked on Secret House’s The Seagull, Troilus & Cressida, Crime & Punishment, Joseph K and Charles & Larry, Redline Production’s King Of Pigs, Dead Fly Production’s The Scarecrow, Bard on the Beach’s 2019 season, New Ghosts’ Iphigenia in Splott and HUSH, Force Majeure’s The Last Season and Magic […]

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  • Alexandra Logiudice
    Assistant Stage Manager
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    Alexandra Logiudice (Assistant Stage Manager) graduated from the Academy of Film, Theatre and Television in 2021 with a Diploma in Screen and Media (Theatre Production). Alex has had a love for theatre since she was young and is passionate about the storytelling and creativity that is evoked through theatrical productions. Previously, she has been the […]

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