Ensemble Theatre

Francesca holds two degrees in Theatre and Acting from QUT Brisbane, and furthered training at RADA London (Shakespeare), and Shakespeare & Company in the US. In 2015 she received a Globe International Actors Fellowship to train at Shakespeare’s Globe, London. Frankie has pursued directing alongside her acting career since graduating. Experience includes directing SUCH SWEET SORROW for Bell Shakespeare’s Actors at Work; assistant directing ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, OTHELLO (Sport For Jove); CYMBELINE (Queensland University of Technology) and co-writing and directing Sport For Jove’s youth theatre program THE SECOND AGE PROJECT (2013, 2014 & 2016) as part of their summer outdoor season. A 2010 Churchill Fellow, Frankie travelled to Grahamstown, South Africa to co-direct ROMEO AND JULIET for Ubom Theatre Company, and toured the production nationally to Schools Festivals. As an actor, Francesca has worked with Sport for Jove, Bell Shakespeare, Queensland Theatre Company, Griffin, Parramatta Riverside and  the Old Fitz. Frankie is a member of Equity and the proud recipient of a Sandra Bates Director’s Award for 2017.

Jane is a freelance Sydney dramaturg. Recent work includes THE BIG DRY by Mark Kilmurry (co-production Ensemble and ATYP) and M.ROCK (coproduction ATYP and Sydney Theatre Company). She is one of Ensemble Theatre’s Literary Co-ordinators (shared position). For ATYP she has been a Mentor/Dramaturg for the Fresh Ink writers’ program and at the National Studio, and she has worked on National Script Workshops for Playwriting Australia. For Sydney Theatre Company she has worked as Literary Manager, Artistic Associate and Administrator of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award as well as Dramaturg on mainstage productions including THE HERBAL BED, VOLPONE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. She was also a dramaturg on STC’s Blueprints new writers’ program and has worked as a script reader for the Royal Court London, ANPC, Playworks and STC Young Playwrights’ Award. She also works as a Mentor with Year 12 students on HSC creative writing projects.

Set and Costume Designer Tobhiyah is a design graduate from NIDA and previously attended the College of Fine Arts UNSW where she studied sculpture, installation and art history.

Set & Costume Design credits include: e-baby, GOOD PEOPLE, MY ZINC BED, BLOOD BANK, BLUE/ORANGE, CLYBOURNE PARK (Ensemble); REPLAY, LIGHTEN UP (Griffin); PARRAMATTA GIRLS (Riverside Productions); ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, DAISY BATES AT OOLDEA (Sydney Conservatorium of Music); VARIANT (Performing Lines); HUMAN RESOURCES (Siren Theatre Co.); MY NAME IS SUD (Blacktown Arts Centre); ANNA ROBI AND THE HOUSE OF DOGS (Tamarama Rock Surfers); PLAYHOUSE CREATURES, BLOOD WEDDING (AADA); CAMARILLA (Merrigong); A VIEW OF CONCRETE (B Sharp). Her multi-purpose set design for Ensemble’s repertory productions MY ZINC BED and BLOOD BANK won the Installation category of the Australian Interior Design Awards 2016.

Tobhiyah is a co-founder of Architecture and Design studio, Stukel Stone and a proud member of the Australian Production Design Guild. For further information visit: www.stukelstone.com

Graduating from the Technical Theatre and Stage Management course at NIDA in 2016, Erin has previously worked in the industry as a dresser on GIRL ASLEEP (Belvoir, 2016); stage manager on LITTLE BORDERS (The 505, 2017), MOTH (ATYP, 2017), and LOVE, ME (The 505, 2018); and assistant stage manager on DIPLOMACY (Ensemble Theatre, 2018) and BLISS (Belvoir, 2018).

Erin feels privileged to have worked with such an incredible team on this production and looks forward to the season.