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writer: stephen vagg |
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Nerd Formal is Stephen�s fourth play and first to have a Sydney world premiere. In 2002, Friday Night Drinks had seasons at the Cement Box Theatre, TAP Gallery and the SBW Stables Theatre. It will open at the Cannal Cafe in London produced by Borderline Defamation Productions in August and is to be his first international production.
Dirty Caff and All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane have had successful Brisbane productions at the Cement Box Theatre.
A graduate of the AFTRS, Stephen�s screen credits include several short films. His television writing credits include Good News Week and The Variety Show at the End of the World. He has also worked in the writing departments of McLeod�s Daughters, Young Lions and he currently works at channel Seven�s The Great Outdoors.
Stephen is a regular contributor to Film Ink, The Blurb and The Chaser. |
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director: morgan smallbone |
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Morgan graduated from NIDA (Directing) in 2000, and WAAPA (Acting) in 1993. He directed Edward Albee�s Finding the Sun, (1999, Old Fitzroy), and Marsha Norman�s �night, Mother, (2001, Darlinghurst Theatre) for Swell Productions. He has also directed Volpone for Flagrant Theatre, at the Pilgrim Theatre, Accelerando for the 2002 Sydney Fringe Festival, and Errol Bray�s Rhino for the Hotbed Series, as part of the 2001 SGAL Mardi Gras Festival. At NIDA, he directed Beth Henley�s Am I Blue, and Mark Ravenhill�s Faust (Faust is Dead). |
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producer: louise alston |
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Louise's credits include creating and producing a four part entertainment series, The Variety Show at the End of the World for Arena Channel and a forty part documentary series, Brilliant Lives for FX channel. She has also produced short films including Tree (Sundance film fest) and Happy Mother�s Day (Palm Springs film fest). In 2002, she produced sell out seasons of Friday Night Drinks by Stephen Vagg at the TAP gallery and the SBW Stables theatre. Her theatre background includes being involved in over 20 NUTS productions in various roles at the University of New South Wales. In 2002 she established Bunker Productions with Stephen Vagg and in February this year she produced Women of Troy at the Belvoir st Downstairs Theatre. |
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co-producer: laura grace |
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Laura is currently studying Communications and International studies at UTS. Earlier this year she was associate producer of Women of Troy at the Belvoir st Downstairs Theatre. In 1997, she produced the Sydney Uni Arts Revue. Laura has worked for the International Milano Film Festival, The Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival and has worked in various production capacities for several short films. |
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set design: kate e wills |
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Set Designer: Kate E Wills
Kate has many production design credits across film, television and theatre. In 2002, she designed a feature film Temporarily Yours and a 1hr period docu-drama for SBS Chinese Takeaway. Kate also designed the set, costumes and lighting for Stephen Vagg�s play Friday Night Drinks in the Tap Gallery, which was taken across to the Stables Theatre production in 2002.
She has designed numerous short films, recieving the award for best production design for Rubberman by the critics circle when she graduated from AFTRS in 2001. She is currently designing a half hour film in association with the Physical TV Company ans UWS while moonlighting on Nerd Formal. |
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costume: pip runciman |
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Since completing her Bachelor of Design at NIDA, Pip Runciman has worked on various short films and plays including designing the set and costumes for the B# production of Disco Pigs, directed by Geordie Brookman, production designer for short film The Libertine by Morgan Stockley and art director on the short film Fears of Desire by Robert Lorrigan. Whilst at NIDA Pip was the production designer of Saved Directed by Benjamin Winspear, costume designer for Counsellor at Law directed by Jennifer Hagan and costume designer for Jarrabin directed by John Clark. |
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zoe jenkins |
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Zoe is a graduate of the Charles Sturt Univeristy�s Bachelor of Design for Theatre and Television. Her main theatrical passion lies in production management. She has professionally production managed art instalations, theatre and musical performances including The House of Many Worlds (installation) with The Empty Frame, Divas (musical performance) with Gumly Productions and The Story Tree (play) with Nuff Star productions. She has worked as design supervisor on short films for CSU and assistant production managed productions with the Riverina Theatre Company. |
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lighting department: glenn dulihanty and alex hardie
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costume assistant: cathy hunt |
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graphic design: clare cooper |
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photographer: jason capobianco |
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stills photographer: madeline heatherton |
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art department: click here for names |
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back to school |
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