Riverside Theatres Presents
A shake & stir theatre co
and Queensland Performing Arts Centre Production
Wuthering Heights
By Emily Brontë
Adapted by shake & stir theatre co
22 – 23 March
About shake & stir theatre co

Established in 2006, shake & stir is one of Australia’s leading contemporary theatre companies specialising in the creation of new work.

shake & stir produces an annual season of Mainstage and in-school productions. Mainstage productions have included: Statespeare (2012 Helpmann Award nomination – Best Children’s Work), Animal Farm (2012 Matilda Awards – Best Independent Production, Best Direction), 1984, Out Damn Snot, Tequila Mockingbird (2014 Matilda Awards – Best Mainstage Production, Gold Matilda Award), Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts, Wuthering Heights and Dracula. The company has a formidable national touring reputation, annually visiting metropolitan and regional venues throughout Australia. They have thrice been nominated for APACA’S Drover Award for Tour of the Year, winning the Award consecutively in 2014 & 2015. National Tours have included: Statespeare, Animal Farm, 1984, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts and Wuthering Heights.

In 2016, shake & stir celebrates a decade of taking live theatre across the country, the 10-year anniversary season includes: Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, Wuthering Heights (National Tour), ENDGAME and Tequila Mockingbird (QLD Tour).

CREATIVES

Adaptor & Director
Nick Skubij
Costume Designer
Leigh Buchanan
Set Designer
Josh McIntosh

Lighting Designer
Jason Glenwright
Sound Designer
Guy Webster
Projection Designers
optikal bloc
Fight Director
Nigel Poulton
Production Manager
Clark Corby
Stage Manager
Yanni Dubler
Assistant Stage Manager
Tenneale Rogers
Head LX
Nathan Da Cunha

CAST

Ross Balbuziente

Tim Dashwood

Nelle Lee

Nick Skubij

Linden Wilkinson

Gemma Willing

CAST & Characters

Ross Balbuziente
Heathcliff

Tim Dashwood
Edgar Linton

Nelle Lee
Frances Earnshaw, Isabella Linton, Linton Heathcliff

Nick Skubij
Hindley Earnshaw, Hareton Earnshaw

Linden Wilkinson
Nelly Dean

GEMMA WILLING
CATHERINE EARNSHAW, CATHY LINTON


BIOGRAPHIES

Ross Balbuziente

Heathcliff

For shake & stir: He co-created and performed in Dracula, Wuthering Heights (2014, 2016 national tour), 1984 (2012, 2014 national tour), Tequila Mockingbird, Animal Farm (2011, 2013 national tour), Statespeare (2009, 2011 national tour). Other Theatre: Romeo & Juliet (Queensland Theatre Company), Julius Caesar (La Boite Theatre Company), Citizen Jane (JUTE Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Two Weeks with the Queen, The Taming of the Shrew, Little Shop of Horrors (Harvest Rain Theatre Company), Assassins (Warehaus Theatre/Queenland Performing Arts Centre), As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus and Monkey and His Magic Journey to the West (Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe), Shakspeare’s Strangers (Globe Stage London). As Director: Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine (shake & stir/ Queenland Performing Arts Centre), Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (2014, 2015 national tour), Out Damn Snot (shake & stir/La Boite), Statespeare (shake & stir), FiZZ! (Opera Queensland), Thus I Die! Bard-Wired and Love is an Ass (University of Southern Queensland), The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (QLD Youth Shakespeare Festival). shake & stir’s in-school productions including: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Shake Up!, Smile & Be a Villain, Tragic Magic, Chop Logic, Bard to the Bone, I Crave My Space, Say it to My Face Book, Try Hard, Oversharer, Vacant and Popular. Positions: Ross is the Co-Artistic Director of shake & stir and has created over 100 productions (2006 - present). Awards: Gold Matilda Award for creating Tequila Mockingbird (2014), Matilda Award for Best Mainstage Production (2014), Best Independent Production (2012), Helpmann Award nomination for Best Children’s Production (2012).


Tim Dashwood

Edgar Linton

For shake & stir: Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dracula, Animal Farm (2013 national tour) Other Theatre: Tim plays Benjamin alongside Jerry Hall in The Graduate (2014, 2016 national tour), Fame - The Musical (2010 national tour), Managing Carmen (Queensland Theatre Company/Black Swan State Theatre Company), The Odd Couple, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, Rabbit Hole and The Exception & The Rule (Queensland Theatre Company), Deathtrap (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay (La Boite Theatre Company), The Last 5 Years (Ignatians/ Queenland Performing Arts Centre), Dead Cargo (co-presented by Metro Arts Independents), The Awfully Big Adventures of Peter Pan (Harvest Rain Theatre Company), Much Ado About Nothing (4mbs), The Reunion, Love Song Dedications and Donna’s Party (Metro Arts), Mandragora (Short & Sweet Festival - awarded Best Actor & Best Drama), Zooillogical, idotluvdotu and Hermes and the Naked Flame (Artslink Queensland). Film & Television: Dartworth. Short Films: Cowboys, Stars & Angels, Cravings, Stolen Honour and Tunnel Vision (QPIX - Awarded Queensland nuclear Free Aliance Best Actor), Myles West (48 Hour Short Film Festival – Awarded Best Actor) and Tightrope (Royal Automobile Club of Queensland/Queensland Police).


Nelle Lee

Frances Earnshaw, Isabella Linton and Linton Heathcliff

For shake & stir: Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine (2016), Dracula (2015), Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (2014, 2015 national tour), Tequila Mockingbird (2013, 2016 Queensland tour), 1984 (2012, 2014 national tour), Animal Farm (2011, 2013 national tour), Statespeare (2009, 2011 national tour), Out Damn Snot (shake & stir/La Boite). Other Theatre: Romeo & Juliet (Queensland Theatre Company), Eurobeat (Queensland Performing Arts Centre), Citizen Jane (JUTE Theatre Company), Crackle, Snap, Pop (JUTE Theatre Company/Queensland Theatre Company), Surviving Jonah Salt (KEDT/JUTE Theatre Company), Flutter (JUTE Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Oscar Theatre Co), The Fiveways (Brisbane Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Harvest Rain Theatre Company), Macbeth, Franz Kafka’s The Trial, As You Like it, Titus Andronicus (Grin & Tonic) Film & Television: Toybox Season 2 (Channel 7). As Adaptor/Writer: Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dracula, Wuthering Heights, 1984, Animal Farm, Out Damn Snot. As Director: Wuthering Heights (2014, 2016), Statespeare (2009) and various shake & stir in-school performances (2006 – 2016). Positions: Nick is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of shake & stir theatre co (2006 - present). Awards: Matilda Award nomination for Best Lead Actor (2015), Gold Matilda Award for creating Tequila Mockingbird (2014), Matilda Award for Best Mainstage Production (2014), Best Independent Production (2012), Helpmann Award nomination for Best Children’s Production (2012).


Linden Wilkinson

Nelly Dean

Linden has worked extensively on the Australian stage and in major film and television productions.

For shake & stir: Debut. Other Theatre: The Rivers of China, A Cheery Soul (Sydney Theatre Company), Three Sisters, Virginia, The Hothouse, The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Maids (Melbourne Theatre Company), Beyond Therapy and Extremities (Playbox), Breaking the Silence and Pack of Lies (Marian St Theatre), Wicked Sisters, Girl in Tan Boots, The Moonwalkers, All Souls, Vocations (Griffin Theatre Company), Money & Friends (Queensland Theatre Company), Losing Louis, Life Support, Daylight Saving (Ensemble Theatre Company), Lally Katz’s Neighbourhood Watch (Illuminate Educate), Glad Bags and What the Butler Saw (Q Theatre), Cloud 9 and Foreskin’s Lament (Mercury Theatre, Auckland). Film: The Monkey’s Mask, Looking for Alibrandi, Thank God He Met Lizzie and With Mother. Television: Dearest Enemy, Packed to the Rafters, Dance Academy, Backberner, Home & Away, Water Rats, Murder Call, GP, Police Rescue, A Country Practice, Rafferty’s Rules, Prisoner, Cop Shop, The Sullivans. Mini-Series: The Leaving of Liverpool, Come in Spinner, Naked – Fisherman’s Wake and Seven Deadly Sins – Pride. Other: Linden recently completed a doctoral degree through Sydney University’s Education and Social Work Faculty; her thesis, Today We’re Alive, explored the creation of a cross-cultural play using the Myall Creek Aboriginal massacre of 1838. The play, which evolved from the research, also entitled Today We’re Alive, enjoyed a regional tour of northwest NSW in 2013 and was published by Playlab in 2014. Her thesis is to be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this year.

Gemma Willing

Catherine Earnshaw and Cathy Linton

For shake & stir: Debut. Other Theatre: Dust (Black Swan State Theatre Company), Blood Will Have Blood, The Laramie Project, Anna Karenina, Nana and Summer of the Aliens (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts). Film & Television: Sue Brooks’ 2016 feature film, Looking for Grace. Training: Gemma graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Tour supported by arTour an initiative of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

RIVERSIDE THEATRES

Director
Robert Love

Business Manager
Pamela Thornton

Marketing & Communications Manager
Jonathan Llewellyn

Operations Manager
Linda Taylor

Program Manager
Michelle Kotevski

Executive Producer, National Theatre of Parramatta
Joanne Kee

OUR PARTNERS

Parramatta City Council
Principal Partner (Government)
Arts NSW
Partner (Government)
Crown Resorts and Packer Family Foundation
Major Partner

Novotel Sydney Parramatta
Partner (Hotel)