Trained at the Actor's Centre Australia, James is now a long-running ensemble member of one of Australia's leading children's theatre companies - Alpha Shows. Working with Alpha since 2011, James has toured their huge stage shows to hundreds of schools and theatres nationwide. Before then he had been involved extensively in the Melbourne fringe theatre scene; performing, writing and directing numerous productions since 2003, and winning multiple awards for his performances with the Hartwell Players in 2010. You may also have heard his voice in the new children's animated series Jar Dwellers SOS (Channel ELEVEN).
Cast is joined by the lovely:
Kristina Benton is a New Zealand-born actor, singer and composer, who trained
with the late Peter Oyston at the Monash Academy of Performing Arts. She has been
performing for close to 30 years, has worked with several Melbourne theatre companies
to critical acclaim, and has been composing music for theatre for four years. Her most
notable performances to date have been Skinhouse, which she co-wrote, composed, and
performed, Acidtongue and Dollface (Theatre On A Horse), and Awake (Quiet Little
Fox). She has appeared in ABC’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, and has recently
performed in her first indie feature film role in How To Time Travel. Kristina is currently
the composer-in-residence and member of the creative team for Melbourne-based theatre
company Quiet Little Fox, and is also an associate member of the newly formed theatre
company, Before Shot. Her favourite fuck saying is “fuck me dead and bury me pregnant.”
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Siobhan Connors graduated from the full time course at Howard Fine Acting Studio, Australia in 2012, after moving from her New Zealand home with a pair of "jandals" (it's a thing).
Siobhan's recent works includes Adoption (Ben Shackleford), Nevyr Love A Vampyr (Geoffrey Wright) and M-City (Tim Dolan) and has a number of projects hiding up her sleeve to be revealed throughout the coming year. Siobhan also loves playing the piano, tennis, flowers, the versatility of coconuts, miniature Christmas trees, many a form of physical exercise, 'slightly salty, slightly sweet' popcorn and the willingness and wit of her closest people.
My favourite way to use the word 'fuck' is cathartically especially when the passion is so great I can't conjure words. Other times I like to use the big bad F word over-zealously in polite conversation, as an adjective for people who grind my bones, or when I've too keenly over pour my red wine (I'm a lightweight). But I like to use it most of all when my family isn't looking/listening as I can't even use the word 'fart' at home.
Lisa Divissi is a young actress & writer raised in Melbourne, Canberra and then Melbourne again. In late 2009 she formed the independent theatre company Theatre of Rats, which comprised of 6 friends and a cat they found in hard rubbish. During this time she performed in Lullabicycle (2009) and Papyrophobia in Yellow (2010) which she also wrote and toured as part of the Brisbane Festival. After some soul searching, barista-ing and enjoying life in Brunswick, Lisa graduated from the Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia’s full time course in 2012.
Her recent theatre credits include Sampaguita (Stephen Barker), Scrub and It’s Dark (Ross Mueller). Film credits include Arrivals (Meleesha Bardolia) alongside actress & poet Tariro Mavondo and Sue… Has a Dick (Shane Connor). Lisa is currently in the process of writing a series of vignettes that will form a web series for her blog, which features art and social commentary on feminism, culture, literature, humour and personal essay at www.lisadivissi.com. Whilst she is a fan of the word fuckface, her favourite use of the word is simply to say it with a lot of air, as in ‘fuuhhhhhhhhhhck.
Phoebe Anne Taylor is an independent actor, writer and director. She was a member of the Howard Fine Acting Studio Ensemble 2012 and the Monash Graduate Ensemble 2009. Recent theatre credits include Four Letter Word Theatre’s Titus Andronicus and Speak English or Die and Apples and Shoes’ no blinding light,which she wrote and also toured to Adelaide Fringe in 2011. Film credits include Michael Liparota's Raylene and Charlie, Liam Firmager’s Revelation and Jaklene Vukasinovic’s Firelight. Phoebe is also a regular narrator for the Vision Australia Information Library Service. When Phoebe is not tripping the life dramatic, she can be found making a mean martini.
Phoebe found it difficult to articulate her favourite use of the word fuck as she spent time writing a play about it (you might've heard, the art of fucking), however, enjoys these two the most:
a) half past fuck in the morning
b) the fucking fucker's fucked now.
We have one more cast announcement to come.
But should say we are also being helped by Isabel Hertaeg's invaluable creative experience and are looking forward to working with her soon.
Isabel Hertaeg (Actor/Soprano) is a cabaret artist of international reputation. Isabel’s work has been described as ‘The Rarest of things... Theatre that mattered’ Arts Hub and ‘Radical, transgressive chic’ The Guardian, UK. Isabel has worked in theatre, opera, independent film, community radio and television. She is also a freelance writer, published in New Matilda.
Isabel has developed, and toured several successful solo cabaret works, which have given her hundreds of hours of stage experience and developed her skills as a writer, creator and producer of independent theatre. Isabel’s recent cabaret work, 'La Petite Mort’ has endured two successful Edinburgh Fringe seasons and several seasons across Australia in Melbourne, Adelaide and launched the Tasmanian Theatre Company's Associate Artist Program in Hobart. La Petite Mort has been listed as 'Adelaide Fringe Top 3 Shows' Adelaide Magazine, 'Best Bets of the Melbourne Fringe' The Age, 'A truly original, delightful, accomplished show' The Scotsman and 'Hot Pick' ABC Classic FM's Limelight Magazine.
