The Landlord

Grace Chapple

Grace Chapple is a playwright and screenwriter based on Gadigal land in Sydney, Australia.

Grace completed her MFA in Writing for Performance at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2020. Her major work, NEVER CLOSER, was produced as part of Belvoir St Theatre’s 25A program in 2022, for which it received an AWGIE nomination for Best Stage Play (Original). The production will be remounted for Belvoir’s mainstage season in May 2024. NEVER CLOSER has also been shortlisted for the Griffin Award, the Rodney Seaborn Award, the Shane & Catherine Brennan Playwriting Award, and longlisted for Theatre503’s International Playwriting Award.

In 2023 Grace was selected to participate in Sydney Theatre Company’s Watershed: Writers group, a professional development program for emerging playwrights. In 2022, she was a participant in the AWG’s First Break program for emerging screenwriters. Grace is currently represented by HLA Management.

Hannah Goodwin

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 School Uniform (Walks into a Bar) by Lulu Raczka (Kings Cross Theatre), and The Carousel by Pippa Ellams (Shopfront Arts Co-op, Downstairs Belvoir, Merrigong X, Kings Cross Theatre). As assistant director: Black Brass by Mararo Wangai (Belvoir), Stop Girl by Sally Sara (Belvoir), My Brilliant Career by Kendall Feaver (Belvoir), Packer and Sons by Tommy Murphy (Belvoir), and Love by Patricia Cornelius (Darlinghurst Theatre Company).

Hannah was the 2020-2022 Andrew Cameron Fellow at Belvoir and the 2019 recipient of the ATYP Rose Byrne Leadership Scholarship.

Ariadne Sgouros

Ariadne Sgouros graduated from NIDA in 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.

Ariadne has been onstage at Belvoir for production of Scenes from the Climate Era, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Never Closer (Belvoir 25a) and in Shitty (Belvoir 25a) and Life is a Dream (Belvoir 25a).

During her time at NIDA, Ariadne performed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Eurydike and Orpheus, and The Show That Smells. Ariadne has been involved in a series of KXTeethCutting readings at the Kings Cross Theatre. Other theatre credits include Midnight Murder At Hamlington Hall (Ensemble Theatre), The Divorce Party and Love, Me (The Old 505), Before the Meeting and The Shifting Heart (White Box Theatre) and What The Butler Saw and This Bitter Earth (New Theatre). Most recently Ariadne has been on stage in 4000 Miles (Sydney Theatre Company).

On screen, Ariadne has been involved in a number of AFTRS short films, including The Retreat, Reunion, and Gorgon, in which she speaks Greek. Ariadne also appeared on Swipe Right, Home and Away and Binge original series Strife.

Phoebe Pilcher

Phoebe is a Sydney based lighting designer predominantly working in new Australian work and devised processes, with her credits spanning across theatre, musical theatre, dance and events.

Phoebe enjoys vibrant, ambitious projects where chaos sparks creativity. She is committed to developing fresh, innovative projects with Australia’s young creatives.

Most recently, Phoebe designed the lighting for THE EDIT, from writer/director Gabrielle Scawthorn at Belvoir 25A; WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, directed by Alexander Berlage for Hayes Theatre and Pinwheel Productions; and worked with lighting designer Paul Jackson as Associate Lighting Designer on Belvoir’s THE SPARE ROOM starring Judy Davis.

Other recent designs include; A MODEL MURDER (Sydney Festival), NEVER CLOSER, HOLDING THE MAN (Belvoir), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, HAND TO GOD (Redline Productions), HOT TUB, THE ITALIANS (Belvoir 25A) and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (ACM).

Previous designs include THIS BITTER EARTH (Theatreworks), UNVEILING: GAY SEX FOR ENDTIMES, HIRO (The Blue Room Theatre) and MINUS ONE SISTER (The Blue Room and State Theatre Centre of WA)

Phoebe is one half of independent queer theatre company, Bub, and a graduate from both the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Production & Design) and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (M.F.A Design for Performance).

www.phoebepilcher.com

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Clemence Williams

Clemence is an award-winning director, composer and sound designer for theatre and opera. Belvoir credits include: The Wolves. Other credits include: for Sydney Theatre Company, Dracula, Into the Shimmering World, Oil, The Tenant of Windfell Hall, Death of a Salesman, Grand Horizons, Blithe Spirit, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; for Melbourne Theatre Company, Torch the Place, Heisenberg, Arbus and West; for Bell Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet; for Ensemble Theatre, A View from the Bridge; for Griffin Theatre Company, Flat Earthers the Musical (musical dramaturg), Blaque Showgirls. Awards: Clemence has won the APRA AMCOS Art Music Award for Best Live Performance Commute which she directed for Sydney Chamber Opera.