BONNIE & CLYDE

A NOTE FROM THE PRODUCER

Producing theatre is a risky business.
I invest years and years into building the perfect production, trusting the team I assemble of cast, creatives and crew to collaborate and create something special from the ground up. I invest time and money into securing rights, interviewing and auditioning personnel, and building a marketing plan that I believe will attract an audience. I do all this in the hope that an audience member purchases their ticket, to come, escape and enjoy a production that I built. Producing was already a risky business and it is risk on top of risk when COVID invites itself in.

Bonnie & Clyde conversations started in early 2019 and was set to open in 2020. I pushed it back a year to 2021 and then another year to 2022. Since 2019, I have completely changed creative teams, re-negotiated with designers, continually auditioned the rotating door of performers up until one month before we started rehearsals and upended marketing strategies for completely new ones. The independent producing scene is difficult as budgets are incredibly restricted and these changes cost big money, but I kept postponing because I trusted that this production was going to be extraordinary and I believe that what you are about to watch is exactly that.

It is so exciting that Bonnie & Clyde is finally being seen by Sydney audiences here at Hayes Theatre Co. I am so proud that our industry continued to support each other in a collective resilience through the pandemic which has allowed us to reach a point where the live performance scene is booming once again.

Barack Obama said this in 2015 when asked about the Arts at an education seminar…

”The Arts are what makes life worth living. You’ve got food, you’ve got shelter, yeah. But the things that make you laugh, make you cry, make you connect – make you love are communicated through the Arts. They aren’t extras.”

With love...

Joshua Robson

THE COMPANY

CAST

Teagan Wouters Bonnie Parker

Blake Appelqvist Clyde Barrow

Carlo Boumouglbay Ensemble

Jonathan Chan Sheriff Schmid &others

Darcy Fisher Young Bonnie & others

Lewis Francis Ted Hinton

Deborah Galanos Emma Parker

Milo Hartill Blanche Barrow

Kieran McGrath Marvin 'Buck' Barrow

Lucy Miller Cumie Barrow & others

William Motunuu Preacher & others

Sarah Murr Governor Miriam Ferguson & others

Caity Plummer On Stage Swing

Samuel Richardson On Stage Swing

Luisa Scrofani Young Clyde & others

Jim Williams Henry Barrow/Captain Hamer & others

Additional Cast Members (during COVID cancellations)

Catty Hamilton

Bronte Florian

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer: Joshua Robson

Director/Choreographer: Sam Hooper

Music Director: Zara Stanton

Assistant Director: Julia Robertson

Assistant Music Director: Ned Wright-Smith

Production Manager: Anna Sinclair

Stage Manager: Liz Jameson

Assistant Stage Manager: Alexandra Logiudice & Vanessa Purnama

Set Designer: Simon Greer

Lighting Design: James Wallis

Costume Designer: Claudia Kryszkiewicz

Sound Designer: David Grigg

Sound Design/Operator: Joshua Giuliano

Casting Consultant: Rhys Velasquez, Evolution Casting

Casting Director: Lynne Ruthven

BAND

Guitar: Anson MacDonald & Harry O’Brien

Drums/Percussion: Nick Cranch

Reeds: Rachel Anderson & Camilla Bellstedt

Violin: Ellen Choung & Dominic Lui

Bass: Chris Bouhabib