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Andrea has appeared onstage in The Australian Shakespeare Company's The Taming of the Shrew, David Mamet's Boston Marriage and Christos Tsiolkas's Without Prejudice at the Street Theatre and Fireface for the VCA Masters Program 2009. She gained critical acclaim in Melbourne for her role in She's Not Performing at La Mama and won the 2010 Best Actress CAT Award for her portrayal of Martha in Free-Rain's Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf. Film and TV credits include Somersault, The Dinner Party, Neighbours, Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking and numerous TVCs.
Andrea trained at Actors Centre Australia and Screenwise and is also a presenter and voice-over artist. She announced a number of the medal winners at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
In 2007 Andrea won the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Excellence in Theatre. She's been a proud member of Equity since 2001. |
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barb is a director, dramaturg, performer and animateur. The artistic director of serious theatre and an MEAA award recipient, barb was formerly the AD for The acting Company, and season and theatre manager for C+ and Theatre on the Edge at the late lamented Currong Theatre. With a keen interest in sustainable and youth arts, barb has worked with diverse Companies including; Aberrant, Shortis and Simpson, Splinters [Theatre of Spectacle], The Street presents, MIEACT, Hidden Corners, TaC, Maenad Productions, Wayfarers, Centrepiece, Muscle & Movement, Canberra Innovative Arts, Jigsaw Theatre, Canberra Repertory, Kim Westwood, BKü, Boho, Women on a Shoestring, Canberra Philharmonic, the Sydney Festival and ERTH [Visual & Physical]. |
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Robin Davidson joined Canberra Youth Theatre at the age of eleven in 1977 and has been making theatre ever since. A graduate of Charles Sturt University in Theatre/Media, he has also studied clown, mask and improvisation in New Zealand, France and Italy. He clowned around at the Sydney Oympic and Paralympic Games, and in Nara, Japan. He is a founding member of Canberra Playback Theatre, spent five years as artistic director of Hidden Corners Theatre, a company for young carers and has directed three shows with the Mental Health Foundation of the ACT. He was co-awarded the 2005 Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance ACT Green Room Award for services to community theatre. He is sometimes seen as an unusually large bogong moth. |
Initially trained in dance, physical theatre and puppetry, Ruth furthered her training as an actor (BA in Acting at Theatre Nepean, Uni Western Sydney), which led her to become a core member of Sydney’s fringe theatre ricochet, performing in many ‘Big Laugh’ comedy festivals. After various Drama teaching positions (BT in Drama UWS), Ruth became a regular tutor at Canberra Youth Theatre (teaching acting, puppetry, circus, Shakespeare and group-devised work since 2006) Since moving to Canberra, Ruth has performed her own stand-up comedy routine supporting Austen Tayshus at The Tuggeranong Arts Centre, tutors and performs regularly with Canberra’s IMPRO ACT, having just performed in Theatresports at The Street Theatre, and this year won the ‘People’s Choice Award’ for her short play Meanwhile, as part of the Wild Cards NIDA Finals Season for the ‘Short & Sweet’ Festival 2010-11 |
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Cathy studied Theatre at the University of New England and a Diploma in Education which she completed in 2004. She has had several years experience as an English/Drama teacher in the ACT public system and has been teaching with Canberra Youth Theatre for four years. Cathy has extensive experience in Improvised Theatre and operates as the Youth/Education Officer with ImproACT. More recently she completed a number of courses with the Actor's Centre, Ira Seidenstein and Caspar Schjelbred. Cathy is one of the event managers for Improvention which is holding it's 2nd year, this year. |
Glen begun acting at 15 studying drama and theatre throughout high school and college. He performed in numerous stage plays and musicals including the Importance of Being Earnest and Oliver. His recent training includes a semester workshop through Griffith University as well as being part of the CYT Senior Ensemble in 2010. |
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