Kirsty Mcguire

Lady Hamlet:

Being a woman who loves Shakespeare means playing Juliet and then waiting in the wings until you’re old enough for Lady Macbeth, right? We at hell Shakespeare disagree. We argue that the dilemmas, trials and emotions experienced by Hamlet are not a uniquely male experience. We propose to perform a version of Hamlet with the text slightly altered to make the prince of Denmark a princess. It is set in a modern world not dissimilar to our own except princesses can inherit the throne, and walking around wearing a sword is still a thing.

Cast:

Pollyanna Nowicki – Hamlet

Experience Includes:

Pollyanna Nowicki is a international award winning actor of the stage and screen. With skills in physical theatre, singing, accents, directing, writing, videography and photography. Since graduating with an Advanced Diploma of Classical Acting and a Diploma in Theatre Performance from Sydney Theatre School in 2008 I have been consistently working freelance in the industry. Over the past 5 years I have worked with directors; Sarah Goodes(STC), Keith Agius(Belvoir), Michael Pigott(Belvoir), and more as well as performed on stages at; Seymour Centre, NIDA, ATYP, Sydney Fringe Festival, Newtown Theatre, Figtree Theatre, Shakespeare By The Sea and many more. For my performance in the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival I received an acting award from the Sunday Times. I have acted in over 14 short films with directors Adrian Powers(Scarlet Fire Films) and Brendan Cain(AFTRS) in addition to many others. In 2012 I was the lead in a internal Olympic commercial for Channel 9.

Margaux Harris – Gertrude

Experience includes:

Year Acting in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA, The Celebrity Mentor Project :Acting classes with Mentor Director Dan Ireland, Los Angeles, USA, Howard Fine Actors Studio :Acting, Los Angeles, USA, The Supreme Court of New South Wales :Admitted as a Lawyer, Sydney, Aus, The College of Law, NSW :Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Sydney, Aus, Oxford University :Master of Studies in Film Aesthetics, Oxford, UK, RADA :Acting (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)(Alex Clifton), London, UK, NIDA :The Screen Actor Year 2, Sydney, Aus, University of Sydney :Bachelor of Laws, Sydney, Aus, NIDA :The Screen Actor Year 1(Nicholas Bishop), Sydney, Aus, Sciences Po Paris :Law and Political Science, Paris, France, University of Sydney :Bachelor of Arts (French Hons I), Sydney, Aus, Sorbonne :Littérature, Théâtre, Cinéma, Paris, France

Sonya Kerr – Laertes

Experience includes:

2012 Happenstance - Vanessa
dir: Edward Plowright, NSW
2012 Kapow! Comics, Cartoons and Collectables - Host
dir: Ben Shackleford, Crystal Screen Productions, NSW
2012 Jack & Layla - Claire
dir: Kim Ramsey, IFSS, NSW
2011 Red Sky in the Morning-Maggie
dir: Corey Felton, IFSS, NSW
2011 Halo - Josephine
dir: Paul Tozer & Lucy Vecchio, IFSS, NSW
2010 A Little Change - Kate


THEATRE
2012 Lucy Black - Anne
dir: Paul Gilchrist, subtlenuance, NSW
2011 Red Hiding Hood - Julianne
dir: Carla Moore, Women, Power & Culture, NSW
2011 A Quiet Night in Rangoon - The Net
dir: Paul Gilchrist, subtlenuance theatre company, NSW
2010 FLAT - Nicole
dir: Jason Cavanaugh, Short and Sweet, Vic
2010 My Tunguska Event - Raj
dir: Renee Palmer, Short and Sweet Festival, Vic
2010 Shorter and Sweeter
Short and Sweet National Tour.

SKILLS

Singing (alto) folk, contemporary, broadway legit, jazz, blues, pop.
Dancing – Highland dancing, basic ballet, basic jazz, intermediate ballroom, basic period.
Basic stage fighting techniques – fencing, hand to hand.
Basic horse riding skills.
Electronic Organ – trained 10 years.
Accent work inc. general American, Scottish, Irish, English – various.

Kimberly Kelly - Polonius

Experience includes:

Singing Lessons :Singing Teacher - Clare Heuston, New South Wales, Aus, American Accent Masterclass :Accent Coach - Troy MacKinder, New South Wales, Aus, Actors College of Theatre and Television :Advanced Diploma in Stage & Screen Performance, Sydney, Aus, Actors College of Theatre and Television :Certificate III in Stage and Screen Performance, Sydney, Aus, Mad Cow Theatre Company :5 Years of Impro, Movement and Playbuilding, Wyoming, Aus, Brisbane Water Secondary College :Drama HSC(Roger Macey), Woy Woy, Aus

Roberto Zenca – Horatio

Experience includes:

Film
2011 THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann. Worner Bros. (NSW)
2011 THE GROOMLESS BRIDE B. Diebert. Cameron Miller Prod. (VIC)
2011 TEARS OF LOVE P. Hatemi. Lead (NSW)
2011 EIGHT MONTHS LATER. B.Basheer. IfsSydney. Lead (NSW)
2011 BIANCA. Adam Carter. Indipendent. (South Australia)
2011 HENCHMAN FOR HIRE. Mik Goijic. Indipendent. (South Australia)
2010 THERE'S A KILLER ON THE ROAD G.Neri. The Hichhiker JimmorrisonArt Production. Italy
2010 THE QUESTION L.Luminelli. Coprotagonist AxaRoma Prouctiond. Italy
2010 BUUFIS S.Fraioli. The Buufis ArtStarFilm. Italy
2010 SORE WO TOTTEMIRO V.Rogante. Protagonist StubbolProd. Italy

Theatre
2012 OVERTURE. The Arch Theatre. (SA)
2012 I LOOKED INTO THE DARKNESS AROUND ME. Holden Street Theatres (SA)
2012 TWO COUNTRY - TWO HEARTS. Clocktower Theatre Melbourne. (VIC)
2011THE SPECSAVER. (Australia)
2011 DIALECTS Theatre tour. (Australia)
2011 BEYOND THE CALISE's BRIDGE OneManShow Saint George Theatre. (SA)
2011 ONCE UPON A TIME OneManShow Higher Ground Main Theatre Adelaide (SA)
2011 ITALY UNDERNEATH THE HAT OneManShow The Fringe Festival Adelaide (SA)
2011 HALFWAY THE WORLD OneManShow March Club Adelaide (SA)
2010 HAMLET W. Shakespeare. Director F.Tatulli. Cinecitta’ Theatre. Eutheca Product. Rome (Italy)
2010 LAST OF THE MOHICANS Jones\Edelman. Director R.Graziani. Quirino Theatre. Rome (Italy)
2010 NAPOLETANGO RealityTVLabTheatre. Director G.Sepe. Eliseo Theatre. Rome (Italy)
2010 BEATO LUI Spinozzi\Calanna. PoveroPieroFilmAndStage prod. Tour (Italy)

Clare Cholerton – Ophelia

Experience includes:

Bachelor of arts in Creative Writing at UTS, Acting for Camera Weekly ‘Choices’ masterclass.

Peter Hoekstra-Bass - Claudius

Experience includes:

MUSE, The Sydney University Musical Theatre Ensemble, The Sydney University Science review

Crew:

Kirsty McGuire – Director/Producer

Experience includes:

Resident Producer of Wellington’s Quite Sensible Theatre 2009 – 2011, Director of FEAR for Sydney Fringe, BA Theatre &English lit.

Dominica Nicholls– Director

Experience includes:

Writer and performer who has worked with Caravan Slam, ATYP and the Academy of Emergency Art.

Simon Unwin – Sound Design

Experience includes:

Working under the pseudonym Hence Therefore Simon has been recording electronic ambientelectro lo-fi pop since 2009

James Shepherd – Projections Design

Experience includes:

James Shepherd is a man of many talents; directing, cinematography and acting. He starred in ‘Scruples’ a short film by Adrian Powers, which was a finalist in the ‘Your Film Festival‘ in 2012. The second collaboration between Shepherd and Powers ‘Forbidden Ground’ is currently in post-production.

Sam Stewart – Stage Manager

Experience includes:

Bachelor of communication at Charles Sturt University. Playwrite and experience Stage Manager.