'EIGHT'
A$2,117
of $1,700 targetyrs ago
Successful on 24th Aug 2015 at 6:58AM.
“An underground hit propagated by sensational word-of-mouth..”
“I’m trying to tackle the negative reputation that my generation has earned itself. We need to prove we’re not all apathetic, drug-munching, no-brainers. We do have something intelligent to offer and we’re not afraid of having political punch. It’s about time we believed in something.”
- Ella Hickson
In a time where the rates of unemployment have skyrocketed, welfare claims are under fire, and job prospects quantify worth --there's more fight in Gen Y than anyone had ever thought.
After rave reviews at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, ‘Eight’ by Ella Hickson went on to win the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award, the NSDF Emerging Artists Award and the Carol Tambor ‘Best of Edinburgh’ Award.
Ella scoured the country in search of good stories, asking Gen Y'ers from a range of vastly different backgrounds “What defines your generation?” ‘Eight’ is comprised of fifteen minute monologues showing a state-of-the-British-nation portrait not far removed from our own.
(Photo by Jeffrey Feng Photography)
NOW WE ARE BRINGING THE SHOW TO SYDNEY, TO YOU!
‘Eight’ gives often neglected, unspoken-for characters a chance to take centre-stage:
1. an ex-soldier who makes friends in the morgue
2. a Scottish ‘lass’ single mother facing poverty
3. a matriarchal high class hooker with a patriotic chip on her shoulder
4. a private school boy learning sex in the south of France
5. an art dealer who finds an unlikely visitor hanging from the rafters of his gallery
6. a drunk young woman at a crossroads
7. a mystic pregnant youth with a fierce secret
8. an American businessman who has lost everything except his memories of the 7/7 London bombings
What happens to a named-and-shamed Generation? You’re invited to meet them; to witness their electric triumphs, their crushing failures, their bittersweet redemption, their confronting truths and the unexpected glimmers of faith amongst a landscape of wholesale cynicism and drastic financial recession.
It’s a bloody good show. Just saying.
HOWEVER, there is a very significant CATCH.
We live in an age of hyper choice.
Every night the audience will have a LIVE VOTE over who they want to see.
You can only choose 5.
This means that the show is DIFFERENT every night.
As different and as opinionated as it’s audience...
COME SEE US. SUPPORT US. MAKE YOUR VOTE HEARD.
Anna Houston- Director
Anna has a BA in Communication and Cultural Studies from Curtin University, and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2004. She is the recipient of the 2009 Mike Walsh Fellowship, the 2010 Ian Potter Fellowship and the 2010 Gloria Dawn and Gloria Payten Fellowship. Her writing credits include In The Garden (Deckchair Theatre) and Vanessa Darling, selected for the 2015 Play Writing Australia National Script Workshop. As an actor, she has most recently performed in Of Mice and Men for Sport for Jove, Venus in Fur for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Hedda Gabler for Belvoir Theatre, Jump for Jordan for Griffin Theatre Company, and a national tour of War Horse for The National Theatre of London. She has performed for the Bell Shakespeare Company in The Servant of Two Masters, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew and Actors At Work. Other theatre credits include All My Sons for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Blackbird and Tender Napalm for Perth Theatre Company, and the Australian/Hong Kong tour of The Woman In Black for newtheatricals.
For television she has appeared in Dripping In Chocolate, Blue Heelers and All Saints.
Alastair Osment- Danny (22)
A graduate of the Acting course at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Since graduation Alastair has worked with internationally renowned acting coach Larry Moss in both the 2013 and 2014 Sydney Masterclasses. Other theatre credits include Shell Shock (Riverside Parramatta), Symphony In A Flat (eMERGE Project), Voyage To Prester John (Metro Arts Creative Development Festival), Like Dead (Brisbane Writers Fringe Festival / Switchboard Arts) and Tripping (Switchboard Arts). Alastair served as a Board member for the Brisbane based Co-Op Theatre Company, eMERGE. Television credits include Home and Away and Deadline Gallipoli.
Andre de Vanny- Miles (27)
Andre won Best Male Actor in a Main Stage Play at the 2015 Green Room Awards for his performance as ‘Ray’ in Glory Dazed for Red Stitch Theatre Company in Melbourne. Recent theatre credits include the role of ‘Ken’ playing opposite Colin Friels in the two hander Red for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Private David Taylor in the Australian tour of ‘War Horse’ for The National Theatre of London. Andre is a graduate of Melbourne based 16th St Acting Studio and has studied with esteemed acting coach Ivana Chubbuck at her LA studio. Andre has also worked extensively in Film, Television and Animation.
Danielle Stamoulos- Mona (18)
In 2013, Danielle graduated from Actors Centre Australia (ACA) where she received an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts (Acting). Danielle has only just finished the wild ride of performing in a production at the New Theatre of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, a theatrical new work and adaptation directed by the dynamic trio of Constantine Costi, Michael Costi and James Vaughan. She was also recently the lead in the dark comedy short film Daisies Kill, directed by Kate Cornish (SUFF), which also won a FILMINK Audience Award at the 21st Sydney Film School Festival last year. Danielle is a proud member of WIFT (Women in Film & Television) and a part of the producing team for this year’s WOW (World of Women’s Cinema) Film Festival. She recently was an assistant producer for this year’s Bondi Feast Festival hosted by Rock Surfers Theatre Company. Danielle is a part of the founding core collective: Edgeware Forum; a production company of theatre makers which gives emerging artists a voice, the opportunity to collaborate and inspire each other.
David Bruce- Jude (18)
David is a founding member of The Edgeware Forum. Originally from Western Australia, David graduated from the Actors Centre Australia Full Time Course in 2013. Before drama school David was a stalwart for many WA theatre companies during his time in Perth. He performed in critically acclaimed productions such as Cloudstreet and Blue Remembered Hills (WAYTCO), The Boys and The Shape of Things (Old Mill) and The Importance of Being Earnest (GRADS) to name a few. While he has featured in numerous commercials and tv series such as Love Child, Eight by Ella Hickson marks His return to the stage in nearly a year. David has been a proud equity member since 2013.
Bobbie-Jean Henning: Bobby (22)
Bobbie-Jean Henning is a recent graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Since graduating from the Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre course, she has been involved in development workshops for new Australian productions, Happy Ending and Between Two Worlds. She has also written and produced her critically acclaimed cabaret, Tales of a Time Travelling Songstress, which she’s toured to Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. Bobbie-Jean is a proud founding member of independent theatre group, Edgeware Forum.
Jane Watt- Astrid (24)
Jane moved to Sydney in 2010 to study a double degree of Arts/Science at the University of Sydney, where she became heavily involved in the Drama, sketch, improvisation and musical societies. In 2012 she began studying acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performring Arts. Jane starred in the ABC TV miniseries The War that Changed Us as army nurse Kit McNaughton [dir. James Bogle and Don Featherstone]. Jane also recently performed as Lara/Samira in the ATYP production of War Crimes [dir. Alex Evans].
Nicholas Starte- André (28)
Nicholas Starte, University of Sydney Bachelor of Arts and WAAPA Acting graduate, winner of the Sally burton award for performance in Shakespeare. He has also appeared in a number of WASA short films, including Dam Babies, Juliet and SLAA. Nicholas made his professional debut as Masoud in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2014 production of “Dust” by Suzie Miller and has since performed in Beside Ourselves collective’s 2015 production of “Great Island” and will be appearing as a recurring character on the ABC’s “The Ex PM”.
Maryann Wright- Millie (30)
Maryann's list of credits include: Good Omens (workshop – New Musicals Australia, Hayes Theatre), Hyde the Movie (short film), The Little Mermaid (Midnight Theatre), The Aurobindo Project (Merrigong Theatre Company), Broadway Bound (Edgewise Productions), Heart of a Dog (workshop - Australia Council) and Carrie the Musical (Squabbalogic). She holds a Diploma of Musical Theatre from Brent Street, a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) from The University of Sydney and is a founding member of The Edgeware Forum. Maryann’s upcoming projects include writing a cabaret on the life of 1920's Hollywood gossip queen Hedda Hopper, and playing Karly in the new Australian pilot television series Subject To Change.
Producer: Jess-Belle Keogh/Bobbie-Jean Henning
Marketing/Publicity: Maryann Wright
Lighting/Sound: Julia Dray
“I’m trying to tackle the negative reputation that my generation has earned itself. We need to prove we’re not all apathetic, drug-munching, no-brainers. We do have something intelligent to offer and we’re not afraid of having political punch. It’s about time we believed in something.”
- Ella Hickson
In a time where the rates of unemployment have skyrocketed, welfare claims are under fire, and job prospects quantify worth --there's more fight in Gen Y than anyone had ever thought.
After rave reviews at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, ‘Eight’ by Ella Hickson went on to win the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award, the NSDF Emerging Artists Award and the Carol Tambor ‘Best of Edinburgh’ Award.
Ella scoured the country in search of good stories, asking Gen Y'ers from a range of vastly different backgrounds “What defines your generation?” ‘Eight’ is comprised of fifteen minute monologues showing a state-of-the-British-nation portrait not far removed from our own.
(Photo by Jeffrey Feng Photography)
NOW WE ARE BRINGING THE SHOW TO SYDNEY, TO YOU!
‘Eight’ gives often neglected, unspoken-for characters a chance to take centre-stage:
1. an ex-soldier who makes friends in the morgue
2. a Scottish ‘lass’ single mother facing poverty
3. a matriarchal high class hooker with a patriotic chip on her shoulder
4. a private school boy learning sex in the south of France
5. an art dealer who finds an unlikely visitor hanging from the rafters of his gallery
6. a drunk young woman at a crossroads
7. a mystic pregnant youth with a fierce secret
8. an American businessman who has lost everything except his memories of the 7/7 London bombings
What happens to a named-and-shamed Generation? You’re invited to meet them; to witness their electric triumphs, their crushing failures, their bittersweet redemption, their confronting truths and the unexpected glimmers of faith amongst a landscape of wholesale cynicism and drastic financial recession.
It’s a bloody good show. Just saying.
HOWEVER, there is a very significant CATCH.
We live in an age of hyper choice.
Every night the audience will have a LIVE VOTE over who they want to see.
You can only choose 5.
This means that the show is DIFFERENT every night.
As different and as opinionated as it’s audience...
COME SEE US. SUPPORT US. MAKE YOUR VOTE HEARD.
The 'Eight' Team
Anna Houston- DirectorAnna has a BA in Communication and Cultural Studies from Curtin University, and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2004. She is the recipient of the 2009 Mike Walsh Fellowship, the 2010 Ian Potter Fellowship and the 2010 Gloria Dawn and Gloria Payten Fellowship. Her writing credits include In The Garden (Deckchair Theatre) and Vanessa Darling, selected for the 2015 Play Writing Australia National Script Workshop. As an actor, she has most recently performed in Of Mice and Men for Sport for Jove, Venus in Fur for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Hedda Gabler for Belvoir Theatre, Jump for Jordan for Griffin Theatre Company, and a national tour of War Horse for The National Theatre of London. She has performed for the Bell Shakespeare Company in The Servant of Two Masters, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew and Actors At Work. Other theatre credits include All My Sons for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Blackbird and Tender Napalm for Perth Theatre Company, and the Australian/Hong Kong tour of The Woman In Black for newtheatricals.
For television she has appeared in Dripping In Chocolate, Blue Heelers and All Saints.
Alastair Osment- Danny (22)
A graduate of the Acting course at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Since graduation Alastair has worked with internationally renowned acting coach Larry Moss in both the 2013 and 2014 Sydney Masterclasses. Other theatre credits include Shell Shock (Riverside Parramatta), Symphony In A Flat (eMERGE Project), Voyage To Prester John (Metro Arts Creative Development Festival), Like Dead (Brisbane Writers Fringe Festival / Switchboard Arts) and Tripping (Switchboard Arts). Alastair served as a Board member for the Brisbane based Co-Op Theatre Company, eMERGE. Television credits include Home and Away and Deadline Gallipoli.
Andre de Vanny- Miles (27)
Andre won Best Male Actor in a Main Stage Play at the 2015 Green Room Awards for his performance as ‘Ray’ in Glory Dazed for Red Stitch Theatre Company in Melbourne. Recent theatre credits include the role of ‘Ken’ playing opposite Colin Friels in the two hander Red for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Private David Taylor in the Australian tour of ‘War Horse’ for The National Theatre of London. Andre is a graduate of Melbourne based 16th St Acting Studio and has studied with esteemed acting coach Ivana Chubbuck at her LA studio. Andre has also worked extensively in Film, Television and Animation.
Danielle Stamoulos- Mona (18)
In 2013, Danielle graduated from Actors Centre Australia (ACA) where she received an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts (Acting). Danielle has only just finished the wild ride of performing in a production at the New Theatre of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, a theatrical new work and adaptation directed by the dynamic trio of Constantine Costi, Michael Costi and James Vaughan. She was also recently the lead in the dark comedy short film Daisies Kill, directed by Kate Cornish (SUFF), which also won a FILMINK Audience Award at the 21st Sydney Film School Festival last year. Danielle is a proud member of WIFT (Women in Film & Television) and a part of the producing team for this year’s WOW (World of Women’s Cinema) Film Festival. She recently was an assistant producer for this year’s Bondi Feast Festival hosted by Rock Surfers Theatre Company. Danielle is a part of the founding core collective: Edgeware Forum; a production company of theatre makers which gives emerging artists a voice, the opportunity to collaborate and inspire each other.
David Bruce- Jude (18)
David is a founding member of The Edgeware Forum. Originally from Western Australia, David graduated from the Actors Centre Australia Full Time Course in 2013. Before drama school David was a stalwart for many WA theatre companies during his time in Perth. He performed in critically acclaimed productions such as Cloudstreet and Blue Remembered Hills (WAYTCO), The Boys and The Shape of Things (Old Mill) and The Importance of Being Earnest (GRADS) to name a few. While he has featured in numerous commercials and tv series such as Love Child, Eight by Ella Hickson marks His return to the stage in nearly a year. David has been a proud equity member since 2013.
Bobbie-Jean Henning: Bobby (22)
Bobbie-Jean Henning is a recent graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Since graduating from the Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre course, she has been involved in development workshops for new Australian productions, Happy Ending and Between Two Worlds. She has also written and produced her critically acclaimed cabaret, Tales of a Time Travelling Songstress, which she’s toured to Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. Bobbie-Jean is a proud founding member of independent theatre group, Edgeware Forum.
Jane Watt- Astrid (24)Jane moved to Sydney in 2010 to study a double degree of Arts/Science at the University of Sydney, where she became heavily involved in the Drama, sketch, improvisation and musical societies. In 2012 she began studying acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performring Arts. Jane starred in the ABC TV miniseries The War that Changed Us as army nurse Kit McNaughton [dir. James Bogle and Don Featherstone]. Jane also recently performed as Lara/Samira in the ATYP production of War Crimes [dir. Alex Evans].
Nicholas Starte- André (28)
Nicholas Starte, University of Sydney Bachelor of Arts and WAAPA Acting graduate, winner of the Sally burton award for performance in Shakespeare. He has also appeared in a number of WASA short films, including Dam Babies, Juliet and SLAA. Nicholas made his professional debut as Masoud in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2014 production of “Dust” by Suzie Miller and has since performed in Beside Ourselves collective’s 2015 production of “Great Island” and will be appearing as a recurring character on the ABC’s “The Ex PM”.
Maryann Wright- Millie (30)Maryann's list of credits include: Good Omens (workshop – New Musicals Australia, Hayes Theatre), Hyde the Movie (short film), The Little Mermaid (Midnight Theatre), The Aurobindo Project (Merrigong Theatre Company), Broadway Bound (Edgewise Productions), Heart of a Dog (workshop - Australia Council) and Carrie the Musical (Squabbalogic). She holds a Diploma of Musical Theatre from Brent Street, a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) from The University of Sydney and is a founding member of The Edgeware Forum. Maryann’s upcoming projects include writing a cabaret on the life of 1920's Hollywood gossip queen Hedda Hopper, and playing Karly in the new Australian pilot television series Subject To Change.
Producer: Jess-Belle Keogh/Bobbie-Jean Henning
Marketing/Publicity: Maryann Wright
Lighting/Sound: Julia Dray
How can we book tickets to see the show?
VENUE
Erskineville Town Hall, 104 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville NSW 2043
DATES
Wed 16th to Sat 19th Sept (8.30pm)
Sun 20th (7.30pm)
TICKETS
F $25 C $21
PURCHASE ONLINE HERE: https://www.sydneyfringe.com/whats_on/event/4c5e87...
SOCIAL LINKS:
facebook.com/edgeware
http://edgewareforum.com
instagram: edgewareforum
BIG LOVE,
Edgeware Forum x
Erskineville Town Hall, 104 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville NSW 2043
DATES
Wed 16th to Sat 19th Sept (8.30pm)
Sun 20th (7.30pm)
TICKETS
F $25 C $21
PURCHASE ONLINE HERE: https://www.sydneyfringe.com/whats_on/event/4c5e87...
SOCIAL LINKS:
facebook.com/edgeware
http://edgewareforum.com
instagram: edgewareforum
BIG LOVE,
Edgeware Forum x
How The Funds Will Be Used
EIGHT is a passion project for all involved. It grew out of six people wanting to produce top quality theatre, but unfortunately a production of this level does require a significant investment to cover costs. All creatives involved are giving up their time and skills to make this show a reality, and while the largest chunk of funds goes straight into the production.
The funds that you pledge for our project will first and foremost be put towards covering major upfront costs. Here's our budget for the detail:
While these costs may seem rather mundane, they are essential to the production moving forward, as these must be paid well before the show even goes up. To date company members have put their hard earned funds into the project and your help will lift a significant financial burden from the team so we can focus on producing the best possible show.
In the event that we do make a profit on this show, we have two main goals. To firstly use the money that we earn to give some monetary remuneration to the creatives involved. And secondly use that money towards touring Eight throughout other parts of Australia, along with other future creative projects.
The funds that you pledge for our project will first and foremost be put towards covering major upfront costs. Here's our budget for the detail:
While these costs may seem rather mundane, they are essential to the production moving forward, as these must be paid well before the show even goes up. To date company members have put their hard earned funds into the project and your help will lift a significant financial burden from the team so we can focus on producing the best possible show.
In the event that we do make a profit on this show, we have two main goals. To firstly use the money that we earn to give some monetary remuneration to the creatives involved. And secondly use that money towards touring Eight throughout other parts of Australia, along with other future creative projects.
The Challenges
We have a marvellous team. They have generously given us their time and efforts on a voluntary basis. We as the core Edgeware members are also working on a voluntary basis. However, without these funds we won't be able to get this show up and running. We are launching Pozible to fund in-house production costs only. With the funds contributed we will be keenly resourceful, honouring your help the best ways we can.
To cement the authenticity of the show, dialect coaching to perfect the myriad of regional sounds is incredibly important - this requires the guidance of an experienced voice coach.
We also need to pay Ella Hickson for the rights to perform 'Eight', and the Sydney Fringe for the rent of our theatre space. To protect our actors and the company we require Insurance. To make sure that the play and it's relevance reaches it's audience we'd like to get some advertising materials made up as we have the fantastic photographer Jeffrey Feng on board, and a terrific graphic designer working together to shape the advertising scope of the show- their work is terrific and deserves to be seen. And, there are a range of prop, costuming, lighting and set items we'll require to make the show work.
To cement the authenticity of the show, dialect coaching to perfect the myriad of regional sounds is incredibly important - this requires the guidance of an experienced voice coach.
We also need to pay Ella Hickson for the rights to perform 'Eight', and the Sydney Fringe for the rent of our theatre space. To protect our actors and the company we require Insurance. To make sure that the play and it's relevance reaches it's audience we'd like to get some advertising materials made up as we have the fantastic photographer Jeffrey Feng on board, and a terrific graphic designer working together to shape the advertising scope of the show- their work is terrific and deserves to be seen. And, there are a range of prop, costuming, lighting and set items we'll require to make the show work.
Aw, Thanks!
Thanks for your help! For your kindness, we'll give you a mighty shoutout on the Edgeware Forum Facebook page! You're fantastic.
1 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Program thank you!
Thank you very much! We appreciate this a great deal! To show you how much this means to us you'll get a Facebook shoutout and we'll print your name in the program!
7 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Banner, babes!
Me oh my! Wow! Thank you, you beauty. Not only will you get a shout out (publicly making your generosity known throughout all the lands) and your name in the program BUT you will also get your name emblazoned on our 'Support Banner' by an artist. This banner will appear at all our shows and events from here on out. You're awesome.
4 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Poster child!
Far out, thank you so much! You, my friend, will get everything included in the 50+ pack and a signed poster! You'll also get a personal video thanking you from a member of the 'Eight' team and a handwritten card thanking you for your support! You're a dream and we're so grateful.
0 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
1 x rehearsal 2x tickets!
BOOM BABY! You're magnificent, this is a massive help. To repay you, you'll get EVERYTHING included thus far AND you are invited to come a rehearsal and sit in, that way we can thank you in person! AND, you've scored two tickets to the show! HUZZAH!
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Est. delivery is Sep 15
Let's spoil you!
You're bloody brilliant. THANK YOU! What a tremendous person. Let's spoil you rotten. We'll be giving you lovely, lovely people: a shoutout, your name in the program, a signed poster, a copy of the play, your name on the support banner, 1 rehearsal sit in and 2 tickets, a handwritten card, a personalised video and you're invited to a home cooked meal in your honour! It's our pleasure!
4 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15