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
