PRODUCER
Wendy has been involved in the arts industry for many years. Spanning three states and more than two decades, she has worked in book and magazine publishing, music, fine arts, photography and theatre.
She was involved in publishing for more than a decade, working as an editor, journalist and freelance features writer in Adelaide and Sydney before re-locating to Melbourne, Australia, in late 2003.
Wendy has studied Visual Arts at Melbourne’s La Trobe College of Art & Design and is currently undertaking post-graduate studies in Social Theory at the University of Melbourne.
Wendy is Producer, Set Designer and Marketing and Publicity Coordinator for An Elephant in the Room.
WRITER and DIRECTOR
In 1986 Robert began working backstage for the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand, and crewing for the occasional documentary. Since that time he has worked intermittently in film and television as a producer, writer and director.
Since his teenage years Robert has been awestruck by the works of playwrights such as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Wilde, Shaw, Pinter, Stoppard, and Mamet to name a few. However, many of the influences and inspirations for An Elephant in the Room come from everyday experiences with ordinary and extraordinary people he’s met or just heard about.
The script for An Elephant in the Room was completed in 2009, and after extensive notes, comments and readings, Robert has decided the play is ready for the stage. He describes the play as “containing just about everything good, bad, disastrous and wondrous that I’ve ever observed in human behaviour”.
Robert regards the medium of theatre as having its own peculiar charm, and he enjoys the people and collaborative nature of stage production.
Shinobu Ito
STAGE MANAGER / LIGHTING and SOUND OPERATOR
Shino discovered her passion for theatre when she saw her first musical in Melbourne.
She studied Stage Management at Holmesglen TAFE, Melbourne, in 2009, and has spent the last few years attending all manner of theatre productions, opera, ballet and musicals.
Shino has been fortunate enough to have worked on: CHICAGO the Musical (Radio Mic Tech), Barnum (Assistant Production Manager) and Witches of Eastwick (ASM).
In 2010, she has Stage Managed FATBOY at Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre, and was recently appointed the role of SM for Eagle Nest’s Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet.
Ben Watts
LIGHTING and SOUND OPERATOR
Watts graduated from The Victorian College of the Arts in 2004. Since that time he has worked extensively in Singapore and Australia as a lighting/sound technician. He has also travelled to Edinburgh and Adelaide to work as a venue technician for the Edinburgh Fringe Fesitval and Adelaide Festival respectively.
Recently, Ben has been the Sound and Lighting designer for Strangers in Between performed at the Storeroom, and he was also the sound designer for All My Sleep and Waking at La Mama.
Ben currently works as a technician at a number of venues across Melbourne.
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