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Picnic at Hanging Rock

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From the book by
Joan Lindsay

Adapted by
Tom Wright

Picnic at Hanging Rock

About the show

St Valentine’s Day, 1900. A picnic to Hanging Rock on a hot summer afternoon. Four school girls from Appleyard College and their teacher mysteriously vanish whilst climbing the rock. Only little Edith, who comes screaming down the rock, is recovered. A hallmark of the Australian Gothic, Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock has remained a beguiling nightmare within Australia’s collective cultural imagination since it was first published in 1967. In Tom Wright’s 2016 adaptation, five contemporary schoolgirls retell, re-enact, and are eventually consumed by their attempts to evoke the moments surrounding the fateful day at the rock. Directed by NIDA alumna Claudia Osborne (Destroy, She Said), Picnic at Hanging Rock is a chilling excavation of a dark Australian myth that will send shivers down the spine.

Cast

In order of appearance

Michael
Clare Hughes

Irma, Policeman
Iolanthe

Sara, Edith
Hattie Clegg-Robinson

Mrs Appleyard
Janet Anderson

Albert, Mademoiselle
Jessica Bentley

Understudies
Elodie Westhoff***
Swanika Ramkumar***

*** Diploma of Stage & Screen Performance

Gallery

Creative Team

Director
Claudia Osborne

Set/Props Designer
Hailley Hunt

Costume Designer
Kathleen Kershaw

Lighting & Video Designer
Jodi Rabinowitz

Sound Designer
Madeleine Picard

Assistant Directors
Ryan Whitworth (MFA)
Pratha Nagpal (MFA)

Production Stage Mgr
Jessica Pizzinga

Deputy Stage Mgr
Amy Norton

Assistant Stage Mgr
Julianna Stankiewicz

Production Team

Construction Mgr
Joshua Abbott

Costume Supervisor
Lucy Francis

Properties Supervisor
Tallulah Baran

Head Electrician & Video Systems
Chris Milburn

Scenic Construction Asst
Gareth Sole

Specialty Costume Maker
Ally Vyner

Costume Assistant
Danielle Schache

Costume Buyer
Oliver Hall

Properties Assistant
Grace Maccan

Asst Set/Props Designer
Paris Koppens

Asst Costume Designer
Andrea Knezevic

Mic Technician
Claire Edmonds-Wilson

Floor LX/Video Systems
Samuel Scott
Kirsten Drake

Technical Assistants
Adetokunbo (TK) Abioye Jemima Owen
Yasmin Breeze
Sithu Jason Aung
Topaz Marlay-Cole

Meet the Cast


Schubert’s Impromptus, Op 90, D.899: No.3 in G Flat Major (Andante) played by Sally Whitwell

Thank you to ABC Classic and Sally Whitwell, Andrews’ Shoe & Bag Repair, Andy Murray, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Canberra Girls Grammar, TDC (Technical Direction Company), Theatre Star Pty Ltd and The Uniform Exchange.

* = Guest
** = Staff
***=Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance

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