UNEND
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Successful on 20th Aug 2015 at 10:20AM.
"There’ll no doubt be another opportunity in the future."
"There won’t be another. This is the last."
Never Never Theatre Company (NNTC) is proud to present UNEND, a new Australian work by emerging playwright Harry Black, whose debut play, The Midwife, was performed last year to sell out audiences as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival.
In 2020, the Sydney Botanic Gardens are on fire. A wall of flame advances on the Harbour, destined to leave nothing in its wake. Steam rises over the boiling ocean. Against this unfortunate background, two women meet at a park bench. Ostensibly, they are strangers, thrown together before a hellish landscape, compelled to discover more about their respective histories and use each other to survive. It soon becomes clear, however, that their reality it predicated on artifice and performance; a series of games and deceptions; an utterly unique melodrama.
UNEND explores how and why we construct our lives the way we do, and the consequences of deviating from the narratives we author and the comfort they provide.
The play's unconventional structure and unrelenting shifts in tone guarantee a provocative, outrageous and always hysterical theatrical experience. UNEND is directed by Jessica Arthur, whose recent work assistant-directing at both the Sydney and Melbourne Theatre Companies, as well as Sydney's The Kings Collective, has been met with critical acclaim.
To hear more about the project, take a look at the featurette below.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER
Jessica Arthur | Director
Jessica Arthur is a theatre director who works in both Melbourne and Sydney and is a co-founder of the theatre company The Anchor along with Katie Cawthorne and Laura Lethlean. Their vision is to present the human first and the gender second. Jess co-directed It’s Alright, Sid It’s Alright (La Mama Theatre 2013) and directed Rausch by Falk Richter (NIDA 2014) with the guidance of Falk Richter as her mentor. Recently Jess assistant directed Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company 2015, directed by Andrew Upton) and directed The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble for The Kings Collective (District01 June 2015) as well as completing a directing secondment on The Weir by Conor McPherson (Melbourne Theatre Company 2015, directed by Sam Strong).
Jeremy Allen | Designer
Jeremy Allen is a Sydney-based production designer currently studying Design at NIDA. Prior to applying to NIDA, he completed a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UniSA in Adelaide and has worked in community theatre since a young age. His work includes the set and costume design for Antigone and the film clip for Zack Buchanan's Home, directed by Katie Cawthorne. Most recently Jeremy worked on creating the set and costumes for Jim Sharman's The Tempest. He is currently working on the design for Lewis Treston's Reagan Kelly, directed by Benjamin Schostakowski and premiering in October at the NIDA theatres.
CAST of UNEND
Eliza Scott | Woman 1
Eliza graduated from Actors Centre Australia in July of 2014. After graduating, she travelled to New York to inhale as much theatre and live performance as possible. She performed spoken-word poetry and attended acting and writing workshops. Upon her return to Australia, she began devising with director Samantha Young create Hunger for the NIDA 2014 directors program. In March, she was apart of the movement ensemble for Orfeo ed Euridice directed by Shannon Murphey and Sam Chester. Soon after she performed in another devised work called Zeroville directed by Michael Dean and performed for the Anywhere Festival in Parramatta. In July Eliza worked with international performance artist Marina Abromovic in the Kaldor Public Art Project #30: Marina Abromovic in Residence. The experience altered her perception of art, performance and the role that the audience plays in creating it.
Emma Harvie | Woman 2
Emma is a 2014 graduate from Actors Centre Australia. During her time at ACA she collaborated with directors Samantha Chester, Adam Cook, George Ogilvie, Jennifer West, Dean Carey and Anthony Skuse. Since graduating she has featured in Jessica Arthur's Rausch (NIDA) by Falk Richter and played several roles as part of the quick response project Asylum (Apocalypse Theatre Company). Earlier this year she performed in Shannon Murphy's site-specific opera Orfeo ed Euridice in the Art Gallery of NSW for Spectrum Now. Her most recent run on stage was in Sheridan's The School for Scandal at the New Theatre, directed by David Burrowes. Emma can be seen in the second season of the soon to be released comedy web-series Fragments of Friday (Endemol Australia) written and directed by Kacie Anning, and on stage again this Sydney Fringe in The Wonderful World of Dissocia (The Kings Collective) by Anthony Neilson. Emma first worked with Jessica and Eliza together in East by Steven Berkoff as part of the 2014 ACA actors/NIDA directors project. It was awesome. Emma is a proud member of Equity.
Jessica Arthur is a theatre director who works in both Melbourne and Sydney and is a co-founder of the theatre company The Anchor along with Katie Cawthorne and Laura Lethlean. Their vision is to present the human first and the gender second. Jess co-directed It’s Alright, Sid It’s Alright (La Mama Theatre 2013) and directed Rausch by Falk Richter (NIDA 2014) with the guidance of Falk Richter as her mentor. Recently Jess assistant directed Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company 2015, directed by Andrew Upton) and directed The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble for The Kings Collective (District01 June 2015) as well as completing a directing secondment on The Weir by Conor McPherson (Melbourne Theatre Company 2015, directed by Sam Strong).
Jeremy Allen | Designer
Jeremy Allen is a Sydney-based production designer currently studying Design at NIDA. Prior to applying to NIDA, he completed a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at UniSA in Adelaide and has worked in community theatre since a young age. His work includes the set and costume design for Antigone and the film clip for Zack Buchanan's Home, directed by Katie Cawthorne. Most recently Jeremy worked on creating the set and costumes for Jim Sharman's The Tempest. He is currently working on the design for Lewis Treston's Reagan Kelly, directed by Benjamin Schostakowski and premiering in October at the NIDA theatres.
CAST of UNEND
Eliza Scott | Woman 1
Eliza graduated from Actors Centre Australia in July of 2014. After graduating, she travelled to New York to inhale as much theatre and live performance as possible. She performed spoken-word poetry and attended acting and writing workshops. Upon her return to Australia, she began devising with director Samantha Young create Hunger for the NIDA 2014 directors program. In March, she was apart of the movement ensemble for Orfeo ed Euridice directed by Shannon Murphey and Sam Chester. Soon after she performed in another devised work called Zeroville directed by Michael Dean and performed for the Anywhere Festival in Parramatta. In July Eliza worked with international performance artist Marina Abromovic in the Kaldor Public Art Project #30: Marina Abromovic in Residence. The experience altered her perception of art, performance and the role that the audience plays in creating it. Emma Harvie | Woman 2
Emma is a 2014 graduate from Actors Centre Australia. During her time at ACA she collaborated with directors Samantha Chester, Adam Cook, George Ogilvie, Jennifer West, Dean Carey and Anthony Skuse. Since graduating she has featured in Jessica Arthur's Rausch (NIDA) by Falk Richter and played several roles as part of the quick response project Asylum (Apocalypse Theatre Company). Earlier this year she performed in Shannon Murphy's site-specific opera Orfeo ed Euridice in the Art Gallery of NSW for Spectrum Now. Her most recent run on stage was in Sheridan's The School for Scandal at the New Theatre, directed by David Burrowes. Emma can be seen in the second season of the soon to be released comedy web-series Fragments of Friday (Endemol Australia) written and directed by Kacie Anning, and on stage again this Sydney Fringe in The Wonderful World of Dissocia (The Kings Collective) by Anthony Neilson. Emma first worked with Jessica and Eliza together in East by Steven Berkoff as part of the 2014 ACA actors/NIDA directors project. It was awesome. Emma is a proud member of Equity.DETAILS OF THE SHOW
THE TEAM:
Harry Black : Writer
Jessica Arthur : Director
Alexandra Nell : Producer
Jeremy Allen : Designer
Liam Barwick: Production Manager
Gayda de Mesa : Lighting and Sound Desginer
Lily Black: Publicist
Laura Lethlean : Dramaturge
With: Emma Harvie and Eliza Scott
PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
Date: 10-12th of September 2015
Time: 9.15-10.15pm (THURS ONLY) & 8.00-9.00PM (FRI&SAT)
Venue: 107 Railway Pde, Erskineville. PACT Theatre, NSW.
Duration: 50 minutes (no intermission)
Tickets: $15.00
Bookings & information:https://www.sydneyfringe.com/whats…/search/event_name/UNEND/
SOCIAL:
Keep up to date with the cast and crew:
INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/nevernevertc
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/nevernevertc
Thanks for your support - we couldn't do this without you.
Love,
the team of UNEND.
Harry Black : Writer
Jessica Arthur : Director
Alexandra Nell : Producer
Jeremy Allen : Designer
Liam Barwick: Production Manager
Gayda de Mesa : Lighting and Sound Desginer
Lily Black: Publicist
Laura Lethlean : Dramaturge
With: Emma Harvie and Eliza Scott
PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
Date: 10-12th of September 2015
Time: 9.15-10.15pm (THURS ONLY) & 8.00-9.00PM (FRI&SAT)
Venue: 107 Railway Pde, Erskineville. PACT Theatre, NSW.
Duration: 50 minutes (no intermission)
Tickets: $15.00
Bookings & information:https://www.sydneyfringe.com/whats…/search/event_name/UNEND/
SOCIAL:
Keep up to date with the cast and crew:
INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/nevernevertc
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/nevernevertc
Thanks for your support - we couldn't do this without you.
Love,
the team of UNEND.
ABOUT US | NNTC
NNTC fosters new Australian works and never underestimates theimagination of young Australian artists in the Performing Arts…
“I’ve secretly been writing plays at work when my boss isn’t watching”,
confessed emerging playwright and lawyer Harry Black to his sister Lily.
“Good heavens”, she thought, “he’s lost his marbles”. Lily read his play
and reckoned it was half a chance. She showed it her fellow collaborator and friend, Alexandra Nell who replied “He’s alright at this caper!” Lily and
Alex then sought the expertise of production wiz, Liam Barwick. And thus, a Theatre Company was born.
At NNTC we believe you should never deny the creative truths you hold
deep inside even if your boss, your parents or that investment
banker from Tinder think you’re a whisk short of a kitchen drawer. Apart from creating human rolling pins and wailing on the ground like a baby, the most important thing we’ve learned about independent theatre is to collaborate.
We want to collaborate with the lost boys, the experienced Captains, the Tinkerbells, the production beaus, the hip designers, the passionate directors, the Bourkes and the Wills heading off into the Australian artistic Never Never.
How The Funds Will Be Used
NNTC is a brave new theatre company which adopts George Bernard Shaw’s observation of youth: “It’s all the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date”. NNTC is a living, lovely and enviable entity. It promotes art forms which call upon a sense of personal fantasy. We aim to shock audiences, but above all, transport them to a place of wonder by the crisis of performance.The company is run on a volunteer basis and it is committed to producing original contemporary Australian theatre of the highest quality. Our incredibly talented creative team has a bold, modern vision for UNEND. We have secured a rehearsal space and a performance venue (PACT Theatre) and we seek to finance in-house production costs only. The funds raised via our pozible campaign will go directly towards the production budget of UNEND. The money we crowd fund will be spent on set construction, props, costumes, as well as sound and lighting design.
Your support will have a direct impact on the quality of the production.
WHERE'S MY MONEY GOING?$350 - Fringe venue - PACT Theatre, 107 Railway PDE, Erskineville NSW.
$400 - Promotional material - flyers, posters, postcards, images etc.
$200 - Lights
$100 - Costume
$200 - Various set materials
$50 - Contingency
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TOTAL: $1300.00
The Challenges
Fortunately, we have a wonderful team willing to donate their time and effort to this project on the abysmal salary of a can of baked beans we're paying them each week. Considering their stellar contribution, our biggest challenge is fundraising. Without your help we simply cannot put this show on.
Independent theatre presents artists with the challenge of doing things to the best of your ability despite minimal funding. The centre-point of this conceptual play is an inescapable fire and this aspect poses an exciting challenge for us to tackle. We aim to overcome and conquer the challenge with a bold concept in order to provoke the audience into actively considering the future of our environment.
So the bold concept for this fire? With your funds, combined with the creative mind of our designer, Jeremy Allen, we hope to bring the heat of this fire to life. However, we might not be able to if we can't reach our target. If this happened, our poor old Stage Manager Liam is prepared to stand on prompt side with a wax candle continuously whispering 'suspend your disbelief' to the audience. For his sake and yours, we really hope it doesn't come to this.
There are fantastic rewards available for each donation and we sincerely hope we can generate enough support to tell this beautiful, absurd story. We aim to be as resourceful as possible and your donation will stretch far.
Independent theatre presents artists with the challenge of doing things to the best of your ability despite minimal funding. The centre-point of this conceptual play is an inescapable fire and this aspect poses an exciting challenge for us to tackle. We aim to overcome and conquer the challenge with a bold concept in order to provoke the audience into actively considering the future of our environment.
So the bold concept for this fire? With your funds, combined with the creative mind of our designer, Jeremy Allen, we hope to bring the heat of this fire to life. However, we might not be able to if we can't reach our target. If this happened, our poor old Stage Manager Liam is prepared to stand on prompt side with a wax candle continuously whispering 'suspend your disbelief' to the audience. For his sake and yours, we really hope it doesn't come to this.
There are fantastic rewards available for each donation and we sincerely hope we can generate enough support to tell this beautiful, absurd story. We aim to be as resourceful as possible and your donation will stretch far.
Thank you!
A big shout out on our Never Never Facebook page publicly declaring our love for your support.
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Printed thank you
A public thank you on Facebook + we will show our gratitude by printing your name in our program! And to sweeten the deal, you'll receive 10% off your next visit to the wonderful Civilian Bar and Kitchen (Darlinghurst, Sydney).
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A poem, by Laura
Not only will you be receiving everything from the $25 pack (and the discount at Civilian Bar and Kitchen is now a whopping 20% off) You'll receive a customized poem/sonnet/stanza about a topic of your choice written specifically for you by our wonderful dramaturge Laura Lethlean!
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Be serenaded by Eliza
Phoawr! Thank you so much for your kindness. For this, you'll receive everything from the $50 pack PLUS Eliza Scott, our multi-talented performer will do a cover* of a song of your choice! You will also be receiving a poem/sonnet/stanza by Laura, a 30% discount at Civilian Bar and Kitchen (did I mention that the Daily Telegraph has listed them in the Top 10 places to go for breakfast in Sydney?) (*2-5 minute cover of any song).
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2 tickets for the show
Well aren't you a sweet, generous honey? We're going to give you two tickets to see UNEND at the Sydney Fringe, as well as a personalized thank you card from our friend Mel King at slugkingcreations - sent directly to you! Additionally, you will also receive everything listed in the $75 reward pack, and more! Civilian Bar and Kitchen have kindly offered a 40% discount off your next visit. Check out their menu - http://civilian.net.au/
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The mama of all rewards
You are a wonderful human being. You deserve to be treated. For your generosity, you will receive a facebook shout out, a printed thank you in our program, a personalised poem/sonnet/stanza by Laura, your favourite song covered by Eliza, a printed and signed poster, a bound copy of the script, a 1 minute short film featuring our producer and publicist directed by Liam Barwick, a card by slugkingcreations, 2 tickets for UNEND, 50% off at Civilian Bar and Kitchen, and finally..our undying love.
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