MALTHOUSE THEATRE PRESENTS A WiNdMiLL THEATRE ANd STATE THEATRE COMPANy Of SOUTH AUSTRALiA PROdUCTiON Of

dURATiON 2 HOURS 10 MiNS (20 MiN iNTERvAL)

CAST AND CHARACTERSDanielle Catanzariti .......................................................................... Blue GirlJude Henshall .............................................................................................. CatDerik Lynch ................................................................................................ foxNathan O’Keefe ............................................................................... PinocchioGeoff Revell....................................................................................... StromboliSam Routledge ..................................................................................... CricketAlirio Zavarce ................................................................................... GeppettoShireen Khemlani ............................................................................ MusicianPaul White ........................................................................................ Musician

CREATIVE TEAMRosemary Myers ............................................................. director & CreatorJulianne O’Brien ................................................................................... WriterJonathon Oxlade ................................................................................designerChris More ............................................................................. video designerGeoff Cobham ................................................................... Lighting designerJethro Woodward ............................................. Composer/Musical directorAndrew Howard....................................................... Sound System designerPete Brundle .................................................................. Av System designer Carol Wellman Kelly ..................................................................... Movement

Carlo Collodi wrote the original Pinocchio story in italy in 1883 and there have been hundreds of adaptations since. The book is quite dark and very episodic. There is one theory that its genesis was actually as a newspaper series, so our first challenges were to

choose the most exciting events and well-loved characters to include, and to work out how to structure these elements into a three-act play. The next fun part was to develop the characters to make them fresh and identifiable to a modern audience by giving our Pinocchio

and his friends Cat, fox and Blue Girl their own contemporary twists.

Before you can tell a story you must find your own connection to it and we were immediately excited by some of the central images in this classic tale like a nose that grows when you tell lies, the desire to be real and a conscience embodied as a cricket. Pinocchio is the ultimate naughty

boy and we knew that playing out the consequences of his actions would give us plenty of scope for fun and games.

Our way of making theatre is very collaborative and starts with our key creative team and talented actors getting together to explore and develop our ideas. We find this creative process soon uncovers the story that is burning to be told. in the early stages of the development, the next

thread we found was the strength of a father’s love for his child and so, in amongst Pinocchio’s hilarious adventures, fibs and escapades, ultimately this story is about love.

The show has come together over the past eighteen months with loads of passion from the entire team. it has been a journey of imagination with one or two sleepless nights to make a Pinocchio that rocks. We are thrilled to be working in collaboration with our good friends at State Theatre Company of

South Australia and in particular to have the benefit of the incredibly talented craftsmen and women in State Theatre’s in-house wardrobe and workshop departments. Thank you.

We hope you enjoy the show.Rose Myers and Julianne O’Brien

A WORd fROM THE diRECTOR ANd WRiTER TEAM

ROSEMARY MYERS – DIRECTOR AND CREATOR

Rosemary is the Artistic director of Windmill Theatre. She was the Artistic director of the 2010 Out of the Box festival for QPAC and, prior to this, she was the Artistic director of Arena Theatre Company and the Artistic director of the Union Theatre at Melbourne University. Her productions have toured extensively both nationally and internationally and her independent work includes: ABC Television, Back to Back Theatre Company, victorian College of the Arts, Sydney Theatre Company and Creative director for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. for Windmill, Rosemary has directed Boom Bah!, The Wizard of Oz, Fugitive, Girl Who Cried Wolf and School Dance.

JULIANNE O’BRIEN – WRITER

Julianne is a playwright with many stage and screen credits including Blue Heelers (Southern Star) and Backberner (ABC Tv Sydney). She consults as a dramaturge for theatre companies throughout Australia, lectures in story design at victoria University, teaches comedy writing for Swinburne University and writes features for The Age. Julianne was dramaturge on the Arena Theatre multimedia trilogy – Autopsy, Mass and Panacea which won the 1999 ASSiTEJ President’s award for ‘Best in the World’, presented in Norway. Both Autopsy and her highly acclaimed first play, The Women There, have toured Canada as invitees of major theatre festivals. Julianne wrote Arena Theatre’s Eat Your Young that toured to Taiwan and Australian capital cities.

JETHRO WOODWARD – COMPOSER/MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Jethro is a Melbourne-based composer, musician and sound designer recognised for his expansive and highly layered film, theatre and dance scores. A multi Green Room Award winner and nominee, he has worked with some of Australia’s leading major and independent companies including Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Company B Belvoir, Arena, Windmill Theatre, MSO, Rawcus, Stuck Pigs Squealing, fragment 31, Lucy Guerin, Australian dance Theatre, KAGE and more. Jethro won Green Room Awards for Moth (Malthouse Theatre/Arena), Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Malthouse Theatre/Arena) and Irony Is Not Enough (fragment 31). He was the Musical director and Sound designer for six-times Helpmann-nominated musical The Wizard of Oz (Windmill Theatre).

CHRIS MORE – VIDEO DESIGNER Chris studied electronic design and interactive media at Swinburne and his work with the moving image has led to several creative collaborations for live performance and theatre, including Starchaser for Arena Theatre Company, Half Real for The Border Project, The Wizard of Oz and School Dance for Windmill Theatre, Girl Who Cried Wolf for Arena Theatre Company and Windmill Theatre, Criminology for Malthouse Theatre (co-production with Arena Theatre Company), and Skid 180 with Arena Theatre Company (co-production with Contact). Chris runs the creative design practice Studio Organic, an interdisciplinary studio working in visual design.

GEOFF COBHAM – LIGHTING DESIGNER Geoff has worked as a Production Manager, Lighting designer, Set designer, Event Producer and venue designer. Most recently he was the Producer of Special Events/designer for the Adelaide festival 2012. Other recent theatre lighting designs include: Speaking in Tongues, Romeo & Juliet, Attempts on

JONATHON OXLADE – DESIGNER Jonathon studied illustration and Sculpture at the Queensland College of Art, and trained with Kid Praha in the Czech Republic focusing on puppet design and aesthetics. Jonathon has designed set and costumes for Queensland Theatre Company, Circa, Kooemba Jdarra, Zen Zen Zo, Arena Theatre Company, Polyglot, Bell Shakespeare, Malthouse Theatre, Polytoxic, Men Of Steel, Real Tv Project, The Escapists, The Border Project, LaBoite Theatre, venues and festivals including the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne festival, Adelaide fring, and the Queensland Art Gallery. Jonathon has also illustrated picture books and was the festival designer for the 2010 Out of the Box festival. for Windmill Theatre, Jonathon designed Boom Bah!, Grug, The Wizard of Oz, Fugitive, Escape from Peligro Island and School Dance.

CAROL WELLMAN KELLY – MOVEMENT Made and trained in Australia, Carol has created a long and eventful performing, teaching and facilitating career in Australia, UK, Europe, Asia and America. After eight years as Assistant director for Garry Stewart and Australian dance Theatre she is currently working as a freelance dance artist in a variety of capacities such as a: performer in Pomona Rd (Katrina Lazaroff) and A Delicate Situation (Lina Limosani), rehearsal director with Tasdance (Larissa McGowan), Project Manager and Artistic Advisor with Restless dance Theatre, taught movement studies at flinders University drama Centre and recently collaborated with Adelaide photographer Sam Oster for The Human Locomotion Project. Carol has assisted with rehearsals for two previous Windmill Theatre productions, The Wizard of Oz and Girl Who Cried Wolf.

DANIELLE CATANZARITI – PERFORMERdanielle won her first feature film role in 2007 when she was cast as Esther Blueburger in the feature film, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, starring opposite Toni Collette, Essie davis and Keisha Castle-Hughes. danielle also appeared in Sydney Theatre Company’s Blackbird directed by Cate Blanchett, starred opposite Natalie imbruglia in the Australian feature film Closed for Winter and has appeared on All Saints. in 2009, danielle won the L’Oreal Paris Afi young Actor Award and was awarded 2010 young South Australian of the year Award. danielle performed in Fugitive and Girl Who Cried Wolf for Windmill Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream for downstairs Belvoir and Brink Production's Land & Sea.

JUDE HENSHALL – PERFORMER Jude is a graduate from flinders University, drama Centre. Theatre credits include Escape from Peligro Island, The Wizard of Oz and Grug (Windmill Theatre), The Misanthrope, Metro Street, Attempts on her Life and The Real Thing (State Theatre Company), Disappearance, Highway Rock ‘n’ Roll Disaster, Trouble On Planet Earth and I am Not An Animal (The Border Project), Best We Forget and Nathalie Ribout (isthisyours?). film and television credits include Oranges and Sunshine, The Swimming Lesson, Yuri Shima, Wire Through the Heart and Rainshadow. Other awards include the 2007 SA Short Screen Best Performance Award, 2008 Adelaide Critics Circle Emerging Artist Award and a 2010 Helpmann Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. Jude is an associate member of The Border Project and a founding member of isthisyours?

Her Life, Metro Street, The Goat, Night Letters (State Theatre Company of South Australia). G, Vocabulary, Nothing (Australian dance Theatre). Incognita, Burning Daylight (Stalker), Beetle Graduation, Skip Miller’s Hit Songs, The Hypochondriac, Drums in the Night, This Uncharted Hour, The Duckshooter (Brink Productions), Impulse, Stayagraha, Einstein on the Beach Pt 1&2, Quick Brown Fox, Ahknaten (Leigh Warren & dancers), Landmark, Rebel Rebel, Starry Eyed, In The Blood (Restless dance Theatre), The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, Wolf (Slingsby), Plop!, The Wizard of Oz (Windmill Theatre).

DERIK LYNCH – PERFORMERderik is a proud yankunytjatjara and Central Aranda from Alice Springs. He has performed for a recording of The Spirit of Australia Cd for Qantas, studied at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (University of Adelaide), completed a traineeship at Carclew youth Arts and performed for their show Blak Nite '07. in 2009 and 2010, he performed in the premier season of Nyuntu Ngali for Windmill Theatre and Big hART. derik performed in the award-winning Namatjira for Belvoir and Big hART and won the 2010 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Newcomer. derik performed in the second season of Namatjira at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne and also toured NSW, victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

NATHAN O’KEEFE – PERFORMERNathan recently returned from New york where he performed in Windmill Theatre’s successful Plop! on 42nd Street. Recent theatre highlights include co-creating and performing in the Helpmann Award-winning Me and My Shadow for Patch Theatre Company; Ruby Award-Winning (Best Show) Man Covets Bird (Slingsby) and the Helpmann-nominated Grug (Windmill). Other career highlights include Harbinger, This Uncharted Hour and The Hypochondriac (Brink Productions), Three Sisters, Ghosts and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (State Theatre Company of South Australia). Nathan’s film and Tv credits include Alexandra’s Project, Broken Hill, All Saints and various commercials, short films and radio plays. Nathan won the Adelaide Critics Circle Award for his body of work throughout 2010.

GEOFF REVELL – PERFORMERGeoff has performed in Windmill Theatre’s highly successful productions The Wizard of Oz (receiving a 2010 Helpmann Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical) and Fugitive. for State Theatre Company of South Australia he has performed in over 20 productions, including: The Ham Funeral, Holding the Man, Three Sisters, Maestro, Life X 3, Noises Off, The Government Inspector, The Crucible, Scenes from an Execution, The Merchant of Venice, The Dying Gaul, House Among the Stars, The Department, A Hard God, The Taming of the Shrew, Arabian Nights, and Don's Party. He has also worked for Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox, Company B Belvoir, Church Theatre, Theatre Praxis, Junction, Red Shed, Troupe, Magpie, Patch Theatre, vitalstatistix, Urban Myth, The Bakehouse, Shifting Point, 4 Bux Productions, Torque Show, and flying Penguin. His film and radio work include Oranges and Sunshine, Wolf Creek, Cut, Kiss or Kill, and ABC's Poetica.

ALIRIO ZAVARCE – PERFORMEROriginally from venezuela, Alirio graduated from the flinders University drama Centre in 2000. Over the last 12 years Alirio has numerous performance credits with Windmill Theatre, Brink Productions, The yashchin Ensemble, Parallelo, State Opera/Leigh Warren & dancers, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company. Alirio is a founding member of The Border Project and has performed in and co-created all of its productions including: I am Not An Animal in the 2012 Adelaide festival. for No Strings Attached Theatre of disability Alirio has directed, written and performed the award-winning Trapped and Sons & Mothers – awarded 2012 Adelaide fringe Best Theatre Production, Adelaide festival Centre inSPACE:development Award and The Adelaide Critics Circle Best in fringe Award.

SHIREEN KHEMLANI – MUSICIANShireen Khemlani is one of Adelaide’s most in-demand bass players. Career highlights include WOMAd in 2012, Avenue Q, working with Todd McKenney and touring nationally with Eric Johnson, and Will Ray and Jerry donahue from The Hellecasters. Shireen also works for Musica viva in Schools and has toured throughout Australia and Singapore with latin jazz quartet Marmalade Jam. Shireen has worked with Jessica Mauboy, Marina Prior, Ray vega (USA), Ben Lee, James Morrison, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Paulini (Australian idol), doug Parkinson, The fabulous Singlettes, don Burrows, Sandy Evans, James Muller, Metallica, Julio iglesias, Jose feliciano and Angelique Kidjo and Michael Crawford.

PAUL WHITE – MUSICIANPaul White is one of Australia’s finest keyboard players who is always in demand on the national and international stage. He has played on countless albums as a session keyboardist and composed music for film, television, and radio. Paul is also a talented producer, engineer, and an educator of commercial music at TAfESA. Paul performed in Windmill’ Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz.

SAM ROUTLEDGE – PERFORMERSam is a performer, puppeteer and director of contemporary puppetry. He has a B.A. in Communication (Theatre and Media) from Charles Sturt University and a Post Graduate diploma in Puppetry from the vCA. Sam has been a leader in contemporary puppetry for the past 10 years, initiating many original works of puppet theatre, including the object theatre extravaganza Men Of Steel and My darling Patricia’s Africa. He has performed with Terrapin Puppet Theatre, LATT Children's Theatre, Seoul and Arena Theatre Company and has directed Peoples Puppetry Projects for the Snuff Puppets in Taiwan and denmark. He has worked with Gruppe 38 (denmark) and with Chiara Guidi of Socieatas Raffaello Sanzio.

PRODUCTIONJason Warner (Production Manager), Gabby Hornhardt (Stage Manager), Ben Snodgrass (Staging Manager), Chris Petridis (Audio visual Operator), Maggie Oster (Production Assistant), Alex Hayley (Secondment ASM – AC Arts), Tamara Rewse (Cricket Construction), Rob Matson (Nose Construction) and Jana deBiasi (Wigs/dresser).

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SET, PROPS AND WORKSHOPJohn Meyer, Areste Nicola, Patrick duggin, Lee Shiers, Michael Ambler, Michael young, Sandra Anderson, Stephanie fisher, Bethany Goodchild, Lily Chester and Robert forrest.

WARDROBE WORKSHOP Robyn Jones, Kellie Jones, Martine Micklem, Paula Jago, Artemis Sidiropoulou and Sian Stafford-Bush.

MALTHOUSE THEATRE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES

Malthouse Theatre is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

BOARD OF DIRECTORSSimon Westcott (Chair), frankie Airey, John daley, Michele Levine, ian McRae, Thea Snow, Sigrid Thornton, Kerri Turner, Leonard vary.

Artistic director Marion PottsExecutive Producer Jo Porter

Associate Artist (design) Paul JacksonAssociate Artist (direction) Matthew LuttonAssociate Artist (Writing) van Badhamdirector in Residence Adena Jacobs

Company Managers Lucy Birkinshaw Nina Bonacci Associate Producer Josh WrightAdministrator Narda Shanleyfinance Manager Mario Agostinonifinance Administrator Liz White finance Assistant Connie StellaMarketing & Communications Manager Lisa Sciclunadigital Strategy & Marketing Coordinator Carl Nilsson-Poliasdevelopment Manager Jaclyn BirtchnellPhilanthropy Manager Nicole Puntedevelopment & Marketing Assistant Hiroki KobayashiMedia Manager Maria O’dwyerTicketing Manager Emma HowardTicketing Assistant Lauren Whiteyouth and Education Program Clare WatsonExecutive Assistant Emily fioriAudience development Consultant Jason TamiruBuilding Manager Peter ManderslootBar Manager Cherry Rivers

front of House Managers Tristan Watson & Sean LadhamsProduction Manager david MillerTechnical Manager Baird McKennaOperations Manager dexter varleyHead Electrician Stewart Birkinshaw CampbellHead Mechanist Andy MooreTheatre Technician Nathan Evers Head of Wardrobe Amanda CarrWardrobe Assistant Chloe GreavesWorkshop Supervisor david CraigSteel fabricator Goffredo MameliScenic Artist Patrick JonesProps Master Ross Murray

(lifetime recognition)

FRONT OF HOUSE/BAR STAFFLeeor Adar, Matt Adair, Michelle Baginski, Claire Beynon, Jacqui Brown, Ben Carollo, Kathryn delaney, Tom dent, Carla di Stefano, Alice dixon, Graham downey, Tanja George, Josh Green, Kate Gregory, Simon Jeanes, Bridie McCarthy, ian Michael, Anna Nalpantidis, daniel Newell, Ruby Nolan, Syrie Payne, Kliment Poposki, Beck Rafferty, Claire Richardson, Sanne Rodenstein, Kathryn Joy, Phoebe Taylor, Jade Thomson, Lee Threadgold

BOX OFFICE STAFFJack Angwin, Liz Bastian, Paul Buckley, Mark Byrne, dan Giovannoni, Kate Gregory, Michelle Hines, ian Michael, fiona Wiseman, Liz White

Malthouse Theatre would like to acknowledge the people of the Kulin nation on whose land this work is being presented.

vale Marc Psaila, our Company Manager, much loved and greatly missed.

URANIA—Muse of The StarsAnnamila Pty Ltd, The dara foundation, The danielle and daniel Besen foundation

CLIO—Muse of HistoryJohn & Lorraine Bates, Craig Reeves, Anonymous (1)

THALIA—Muse of Comedyfrankie Airey & Stephen Solly, Betty Amsden OAM, Eva Besen AO & Marc Besen AO, debbie dadon, Roger donazzan & Margaret Jackson AC, Neilma Gantner, Peter & Anne Laver, Richard Leonard, Michele Levine, Peter McLennan, Judith Maitland-Parr, Elisabeth & John Schiller, Carol & Alan Schwartz AM, Anonymous (1)

MELPOMENE—Muse of TragedyChryssa Anagnostou & Jim Tsaltas, ian Hocking & Rosemary forbes, val Johnstone, Jon Webster

EUTERPE—Muse of Musicingrid Ashford, John Bourne, Beth Brown & Tom Bruce AM, diana Burleigh, ingrid & Per Carlsen, dominic & Natalie dirupo, Rev fr Michael Elligate, Carolyn floyd, William J. forrest AM,d.L & G.S Gjergja, Marco Gjergja, Colin Golvan SC, Michael Kingston, Sue Kirkham, Pamela McLure, Naomi Milgrom AO, dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC dBE, Sue Nattrass AO, Rae Rothfield, Jenny Schwarz, Tim & Lynne Sherwood, Neil & Barbara Smart, Mr & Mrs Smith Pty Ltd, Leonard vary & Matt Collins, Jason Waple, Simon Westcott & dr Ben Keith, Phil & Heather Wilson, Anonymous (1)

TERPSICHORE—Muse of danceSally Browne, Sieglind d’Arcy, Taleen Gaidzkar, Charles Gillies & Penelope Allen, Brian Goddard, Brad Hooper, Susan Humphries, Graeme & Joan Johnson, Ann Kemeny & Graham Johnson, K & J Lindsay, Sir Gustav AC CBE & Lady Nossal, Robert Peters, Ernie Schwartz, Gina Stuart, fiona Sweet & Paul Newcombe, Joanne & dr Niv Tadmore, John Thomas, Richard P. Watson, Anonymous (1)

ERATO—Muse of LoveSimon Abrahams, Graham & Anita Anderson, Sandra Beanham, John & Alexandra Busselmaier, Robyn Campbell, John Carruthers, Ros Casey, Tim & Rachel Cecil, Min Li Chong, diane Clarke, Patricia Coutts, Tania de Jong AM, Peggy Hayton, Roberta Holmes, irene irvine, vas Katos, irene Kearsey, Patricia Keith, Ruth Krawat, Liquorice Studio, Brad Martin, Gael & ian McRae, Robyn & John Morris, dr Kersti Nogeste, Linda Notley, Tony Oliver, James Penlidis & fiona McGauchie, irene Purcell, John & Margot Rogers, Katherine Sampson, Morry & Anna Schwartz, Lisl Singer, Thea & Hayden Snow, Maria Sola, Ann Tonks, Rosemary Walls, Jan Watson, Joanne Whyte, Barbara yuncken, Angelika & Pete Zangmeister, Anonymous (7)

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