Daddy :: Womans Circus 2005
Director
I returned after many years to Women's Circus to direct a show with the company. The show entitled DADDY, was a site specific theatre show is a warehouse in Yarraville in Melbourne. It featured 60 women in drag playing roles of their fathers and males they had observed. It featured shadow puppetry, rock n roll, swing dance and acrobatics and aerial performance.
| Director and dramaturg |
Donna Jackson |
| Music Director |
Kim Baston |
| Band |
Amanda Owen, Bec Matthews, Jane Coker, Jules De Cinque, Kim Baston, Michelle Brisbane, Tanya Nolan |
| Performers |
Alexis Colgan, Ange Kerry, Ange Mackie, Anne Winters, Annemarie Ferguson, Annie Fayzdaughter, Antonella Stadler, Barbara Hubl,
Belinda Jane, Bridget Roberts, Carol Keating, Carrie Butler, Catherine McMutrie, Claire Warren, Deb Ball, Eliza Poole,
Emily Ross, Erin Dolan, Francesca Sculli, Genevieve Smith, Jenny Pitts, Jessica Tuckerman, KL Mayotte, Jodie Prentice,
Jody Meredith, Jolan Tobias, Karina Quinn, Kasani Clarke, Kiri Bear, Kirsten Black, Krystyna Kynst, Leharna Black,
Libby Wertheim, Lisa Frankland, Lucy Angwin, Lynne Reagan, Madeline Ford, Mollie Melba McCallum, Noel Rogers, Rachel Sumich Antonik,
Rhett Castagnon, Rivkah Nissim, Ruth Baird, Sal Frances, Sheryl Bryce, Staja Hobsbawn, Susan Borg, Vig Geddes |
| Technical Crews |
Angela Casella, Anna Voigt, Annie Faysdaughter, Antonella Stadler, Barbara Hubl, Belinda Jane, Christina Branton, Deb Ball,
Franca Stadler, Hill Logan, JK Mayotte, Jo Ward, Jolan Tobias, Louise Radcliffe-Smith, Lynne Pearson, Maralann Damiano,
Melissa Somerville, Monika Kurkiewicz, Penny Fotiades, Rhiannon Cahill, Sal Frances, Sharon Plummer, Ursula Dutkiewicz |
| Puppet builders |
Aleshanee Faery, Belinda Jane, Deb Ball, Jo Ward, Libby Wertheim, Lynne Pearson, Rachel Joy, Ursula Dutkiewicz |
| First aiders |
Claire Thompson, Elvyn Dear, Hilary Dobson, Jean Ferguson, Jo Smart, Kay Morrison, Margie Van Roo, Pip Todd, Rachel Sumick Antonik, Sarah Yeomans, Stephanie Dowdan, Trish White |
| Front of House |
Amber May, Angela Casella, Ardy Tibby, Camilita Davies, Chrys Gardener, Dana Kubale, Denielle Gorman, Dorota Scally, Eliza Oakley, Felicity Collins, Gali Weiss, Gemma Staude, Jean Taylor, Jen Hargrave, Jenny McLeod, Judith Arnott, Julia Symmons, Kate Casson, Lian Beveridge, Lynette Mackenzie, Maggie Kidd, Margaret Young, Margot Storm, Melinda Osborne, Michelle Payne, Naomi Myerthall, Robyn Smith, Sara Pheasant, Sophie Gillies, Su Robertson, Susie Hayes, Vivienne Halat, Yessica Kidd |
| Production assistant |
Aleshanee Faery (Swinburne Performing Arts) |
| Trainers |
Amos, Andrea Ousley, Annemarie Ferguson, Annie Fayzdaughter, Azaria Universe, Cat Harrison, Clare Bartholomew, Donna Jackson, Dorota Scally, Franca Stadler, Francesca Sculli, Jenny McLeod.
Jolan Tobias, Kate Sulan, Krystyna Kynst, Kymberlyn Olsen, Lynette MacKenzie, Malea Walsh, Mandy Pickett, Sal Frances, Sally Forth, Sally MacAdams (Swing Patrol), Sara Pheasant, Teresa Blake. |
| Choreography Finale |
Sally MacAdams, Donna Jackson, Teresa Blake |
| Costume design |
Donna Jackson & Krystyna Kynst |
| Set design |
Donna Jackson, Jenny Hector, Faye Stevens |
| Shadow puppetry |
Lynne Kent |
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Swing |
Sally MacAdams |
| Risk assessment advisor |
Teresa Blake |
Movement consultant |
Teresa Blake |
| New women's scene director |
Kate Sulan |
Choreography |
Regular Joe, Sally MacAdams |
| Production manager |
Jo Leishman |
Assistant production manager |
Ursula Dutkiewicz |
| Stage manager |
Arry Valastro |
Lighting design |
Jenny Hector |
| Sound |
Dawn Holland |
Rigger |
Franca Stadler |
| Auslan interpreter |
Kim Belvedere |
| Womens Circus Team |
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| Artistic director |
Donna Jackson |
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General manager |
Lucy Evans |
| Training & community program director |
Faye Stevens |
Outreach program director |
Gorkem Acaroglu |
| Administration assistant |
Francesca Sculli |
Bookkeeper |
Maralann Damiano |
| Video/edit/DVD production |
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| Womens Circus respectfully acknowledges it's supporters |
| Vic Health - Arts for Health, Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Big West Arts Festival 2005, The Myer Foundation |
| Womens Circus respectfully acknowledges their meeting on the traditional land of the Kulin nation & the Wurundjeri people. |
Photographs: Viv Mehés and photo stills from video
Postcard design: Lin Tobias - La Bella design
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