Presented by One Eyed Man Productions in association with Neglected Musicals & Hayes Theatre Co
RICHARD CARROLL
DIRECTOR
Richard Carroll won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production of an Independent Musical, and was nominated for Best Director of a Musical for CALAMITY JANE. In 2019 Richard directed Monty Python’s SPAMALOT at Hayes Theatre Co, and ONCE at Darlinghurst Theatre Co. In 2020, his production of SPAMALOT will tour Australia, including a season at Arts Centre Melbourne. He will also direct a new production of OKLAHOMA! at Black Swan State Theatre Company in Perth.
He is co-creator and director of THE SHOW GOES ON starring Bernadette Robinson, at Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne. He has also directed GYPSY at Hayes Theatre Co, starring Blazey Best; and co-directed AN ACT OF GOD for Darlinghurst Theatre Co starring Mitchell Butel. His 2016 production of SIDE SHOW was nominated for multiple awards, including three Sydney Theatre Awards.
Richard’s cabaret work includes: EVERYBODY LOVES LUCY (co-writer); DAHLESQUE (co-writer); ¡HISPANIC ATTACK! (writer/director, national tour); DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK (co-writer/director, Hayes/Adelaide Cabaret Festival); JULIE MADLY DEEPLY (co-creator; Australian, Canadian, UK national tours and West End season); and opening night variety gala concerts (director/writer) for Adelaide Cabaret Festival and The Art House.
Richard’s producing work includes: DARLINGHURST NIGHTS and HIGH SOCIETY (Hayes Theatre Co); SIDE SHOW and CALAMITY JANE (One-Eyed Man Productions); MIRACLE CITY and SWEET CHARITY (Luckiest Productions). Richard co-wrote and was associate producer of the documentary DAVID CAMPBELL ON BROADWAY.
He is a board member of In The Pipeline (Arts) Ltd, which runs Hayes Theatre Co. He is also a member of the artistic assessment panel for New Musicals Australia, and the cabaret panel for the Helpmann Awards.
VIRGINIA GAY
Calamity Jane
Virginia Gay won the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Calamity Jane. She graduated WAAPA in 2005 then spent the next five years pretending to be a nurse on Channel 7's All Saints. She then pretended to be Julia Gillard in The Wharf Revue, and a prize bitch in Eddie Perfect's The Beast for MTC. She has just finished 5 seasons of Winners & Losers where she pretends to know a lot about high finance. This last one, particularly, is a stretch.
Musical Director Nigel Ubrihien
Choreographer Cameron Mitchell
Production Designer Lauren Peters
Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest
Wig Designer Ben Moir
Assistant Director Dash Kruck
Lyrics by
PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER
Music by SAMMY FAIN
Adapted by RONALD HANMER and PHIL PARK From the stage play by CHARLES K. FREEMAN After The WARNER BROS. FILM Written by JAMES O’HANLON
This production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International Australasia Pty Ltd on behalf of MTI Europe
Producer Richard Carroll
Associate Producer Michelle Guthrie
Production Manager Jack Daniel Woods
Stage Manager Lauren Tulloh
Assistant Producer Virginia Gay
National Publicist Michelle Guthrie
Promotional Photography Marnya Rothe
Production Photography John McRae
Artwork Design Mils Achi