Racheal - Production Date: 17 – 31 October, 2003
- Production Company: Brisbane Arts Theatre
- Director: Sally Daly
- My Role: Magrat Garlick
My first ever show with the Brisbane Arts Theatre was performing in this Terry Pratchett classic, Carpe Jugulum. I wasn’t familiar with his books at all, but it turned out that he has quite the following. I was cast in the role of Queen Magrat Garlick – one of the witches in this comic fantasy.
Directed by Sally Daly, this show was a fun, crazy, long story from Terry’s Discworld series about the small kingdom of Lancre which is thrown into chaos when King Verence II, in a moment of diplomatic naivety, invites a family of vampires from nearby Uberwald to the naming ceremony of his newborn daughter.
There are many names I recognise in the program that I either worked with again, or still keep in contact with. I didn’t realise that this was probably the show where I first met the lovely Sandra Harman, whom worked behind the scenes in publicity & marketing for this show. I also had the chance to work with a few of the cast and crew again on the next Terry Pratchett show I did in 2005, The Fifth Elephant.
I am sure there were photos of this production somewhere but I cannot find any so they must not be digital. If I do come across any I will come back and update this post. I did check the Art Theatre’s archive and Facebook page, but it seems that Facebook wasn’t quite around just yet. I only found one photo of myself with an audience member (Renata) after the show. At least I can share the program with you though!
CAST: Simm Snell, Rob O’Brien, Shawn King, Loretta Keegan, Pitisi Hatcher, Steven Beeston, Bianca Peltola, Paul Brown, Natalie Bochenski, Timothy Wotherspoon, Genevieve Langbien, Gregory Rowbotham, Katherine Kiorgaard, Lauren Dillon, Sean Dennis, Louise Marshall, Marselan Wignall, Marcus Costello, Trevor Holland, Erin Walton, Jeni Godwin, Ray Tiernan, Ian Rennie.
CREW: Sally Daly (Director), Francesca Gasteen (Assistant Director), Casey Moon-Waton (Stage Manager), Simm Snell (Deputy Stage Manager), Robyn Edwards (Costume Design), Marie-Louise Nolan (Lighting Design), Bianca Peltola, Chris Hunt, David Delloso, Jackie Fraser, Graham McKenzie, Narnie Bowden, Loretta Keegan, Paul Brown, Pitisi Hatcher, Alan Roberts, Shane Daly, Sandra Harman, Laura Marshall.
