2:20AM is important theatre…a beautifully powerful new work ★★★★ THEATREPEOPLE

Writer: Rebecca Lister

Director: Hallie Shellam

Cast: Joanne Davis, Zoe Ellerton Ashley, Michael Treloar, & Izabella Yena.

Sound Design: Darius Kedros. Lighting Design: Megz Evans Stage Manager: Genevieve Davidson Dramaturg: Mari Lourey

Publicity: Eleanor Howlett (Sassy Red PR) Design: Sam Gowing Design Consultant: Kat Chan

Produced by Anvil Productions in partnership with Jesuit Social Services & Support after Suicide.

The 2018 Melbourne season at Richmond Theatrette was proudly supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and the City of Yarra.

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Presented by Anvil Studio:

Carved & Painted wooden sculptures of men and women from small to tall.

'... they wear the detritus of being human with a formidable presence. Grotesque, ridiculous, vain, dignified; we find ourselves exposed in these sculptures.'

Influenced by indigenous Aboriginal wood carvers, primitive African sculptures, Picasso and Paul Klee ... with a lot of Bonney humour thrown in.

Geoff Bonney has spent 50 years working as a visual artist in Australia, United Kingdom, USA, Spain and Morocco. HIs work is represented in public collections in Australia & Internationally, and in private collections throughout the world.

‘The unequivocal artistry, dexterity and inventiveness of these sculptures denote certain core values of the artist and candid themes which suggest that fads don’t dictate his work’ Columbia Winterton, North West Melbourne News

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In Jan/Feb 2017 Anvil Productions collaborated with Short Black Films and young people from Mount Isa to develop the IDentity Short Film Project and Festival.

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Yuki Man

Deckers Trail

Man About Town

This is my life

Adventure Bound

Actors Play

You can change yourself

An evening salon of film, art & performance.

Cinema expanded as art and performance, reflected in the glow of the screen.

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Concept by Joanne Davis

Artists: Joanne Davis, Sarah Lloyd, Erin McCuskey, Mark Pedersen, Justin Batchelor & Brigid Burke

Presented by Anvil Productions in collaboration with: Yum Studios, Batchedit, seensound & Chailight Productions

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A forbidding town, an unforgiving climate…a glimpse into the lives of three rurally isolated women all wrestling with the HERE of heart, mind and place.

Written by Rebecca Lister

Director and Dramaturge Terence Jaensch

Performed by Joanne Davis, Annie Lumsden and Donna Steven

Sound design – Michael Roper, Lighting design – Jessica Cornish, Set design – Robert Kelty

I really loved HERE…it seems rarer and rarer that you see work with aesthetic and conceptual integrity. The simplicity and humanity of the content and telling of the stories was really satisfying…I don't know anyone who wouldn't enjoy it…a beautiful show. Megan - audience member

HERE - bloody magnificent pieces, fabulous writing, and of course I love it because there were actual real live women being represented on the stage, too rare. Marianna - audience member

Really really enjoyed HERE, love the silences and the delicate connections across them, very subtle, but so effective. Penny, writer and audience member

Many thanks for a lovely piece of theatre last night. We were immersed in the world of those 3 women and their community right, from the start. Such an eloquent stripped back script…moving performances – each one of them with a different but compelling energy. This is what a night of theatre is meant to feel like. Jill & Robin - audience members

This project was supported by the City of Melbourne 2015 Arts Grants Program.

PHOTO: Pier Carthew

‘always entertaining, never didactic’ Shane Grant, Metanoia Theatre.

Do you suffer from resting bitch face? Do you know someone who does? Have you ever judged a woman as ‘stuck up, cold, or angry’ because of her resting features? Why are unsmiling women thought to be bitches? Why is there such societal obligation to conform and please others?

Concept by Rebecca Lister

A collaborative live art performance at Metanoia Theatre, featuring Joanne Davis, Cathy Hunt, Rebecca Lister & Cait Spiker.

'So arresting; the language, the form - in the round, where we, the audience, were so implicated in the work, because of course the concept of 'resting bitch face' is all about the viewer. I'd love to see where this could go' Hallie Shellam – actor, director, theatre maker.

Metanoia Theatre 2015

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by Bernard Clancy

Frank is a war veteran. He's an angry, disturbed man dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His long suffering wife, Trish has had a gutful. It's crunch time. Get help or get out!

‘A production of power and eloquence ... the most potent anti-war play I have seen. Ever.’ Colin Mockett, Entertainment Geelong

Directed by Wolf Heideker. Produced by Larrikin Theatre.

Cast: Joanne Davis, Peter Finlay, Victor Gralak, Maureen Hartley, David Lih & Adrian Mulraney.

Image: courtesy of Graham Hartley