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Jopuka Productions 2019 Season
From the Artistic Director
2018 was a big year for Jopuka artists is one of the highlights
Productions, and for me personally. of this job, and we’re thrilled to
We opened 5 shows, relaunched welcome these two incredible
the Whatever Theatre Festival, artists back for another year.
commissioned and created We’re also thrilled to welcome
new work, revived classic and fresh faces to the Jopuka family,
contemporary Australian texts, and including NAISDA graduates Jye
won an award. Uren and Neville Williams Boney,
with whom we’re creating a
2019 looks to be even bigger. truly kaleidoscopic marriage of
theatre forms.
in 2019 we’re launching nine
mainstage shows, as well as an Jopuka is already leaps and
assortment of other goodies. bounds ahead of what Danielle,
We’re launching another festival, Jess and I envisioned when we
touring interstate, presenting new founded the company in 2016
works, musicals, classic texts and - we’re now the leading youth
everything in between. On top of theatre company in this region,
that, we’re committed to finding and in 2019 we’ll be providing
a home venue to strengthen our opportunities for 250 emerging
roots within the Central Coast artists. We’re getting that warm,
theatre community. But most of fuzzy feeling just thinking about
all, we’re excited to be fostering it.
emerging talent and providing
a safe, supporting environment Of course, none of this would
for our youngsters to flourish - as be possible without the tireless
artists and as people. work of our production teams,
actors, writers and board. To
We’re delighted to commission each and every one of them, I
three new works in 2019: one from say, thank you.
the annoyingly talented Jamie
Hornsby, who wrote ‘because there Here’s to a great year!
was fire’ for us last year, and another
from Declan Green, our director Joshua Maxwell
for ‘Wonder Fly’. Building these
artistic relationships with emerging Pictured
CHARLOTTE COOKE
2018 Emerging Aritist
About Jopuka THE JOPUKA TEAM
Creating the future of Australian Theatre. Patron:
LISA CHAPPELL
Jopuka Productions is the Central Coast’s
Artistic Director:
leading youth-arts theatre company. It was JOSHUA MAXWELL
established for independent performing arts
training and development of young people Deputy Artistic Director:
aged 16 – 30 years on the Central Coast. We DANIELLE BRAME WHITING
empower emerging artists from all around the
Central Coast to hone their craft and forge Madam Undersecretary:
their path into the arts industry. Our mission is KELLY MAXWELL
to present unique seasons, chock-full of new
and established Australian plays, cutting- Administator:
CHERYL AMEY
edge musicals and fringe favourites.
General Director:
2018 was a big year for Jopuka, and 2019 JESSICA PASCUZZO
promises to be even bigger. Highlights from ANTHONY WALL
the previous year include: relaunching our
Whatever Theatre Festival, creating a unique Youth Director:
short play event, Short Cuts, commissioning TAYAH BLACKMAN
and touring an award winning play, because
there was fire by Jamie Hornsby, staging 2018 Emerging Artist:
CHARLOTTE COOKE
a brand new production of Dean Bryant’s
Gaybies to rave reviews, saving the world with
Nick Atkins’ Wonder Fly, and we’re currently
creating our first original work, Bogan.
If you are interested in being involved, either
on stage or behind the scenes, in a Jopuka
production, or in sponsoring us, we invite you
to check out our website;
www.jopukaproductions.com.au
2019 Main Stage Season
The Trolleys
by Sara West
Directed by Charlotte Cooke
Presented as part of SummerFest 2019
“No one wants to be a Duster…”
The Trolleys are a gang of six living on the
outskirts of the city. They need their light
jars to survive the dangerous place they live
in but their lights are fading fast and no one
knows why. It’s up to Savage Kim and her
fiery, soulful, smart, skittish (and sometimes
silly) gang to embark on a dangerous
journey to figure it out. All they know is that
they don’t have much time and if they fail
they too will disappear. They will be Dusters.
This captivating new play by Sara West
won the 2014 ATYP Foundation Commission
Award. It’s got a big heart and asks big
questions. What happens if you inherit a
world where you aren’t safe? What do we
need to survive in the dark? Who will save
us if we can’t save ourselves?
January 17th - 20th 2019NEW WORK
Short Cuts
Festival Director - Tayah Blackman
Our annual festival of short plays, neatly
sandwiched between music, comedy and
more. An unmissable collection of new,
important stories, written, directed and
performed by emerging artists from the
Central Coast and wider.
April School Holidays 2019NEW WORK
Bubble
by Declan Green
Commissioned by Jopuka Productions
“There were more this time, weren’t
there?”
To survive an apocalypse, you need strength,
speed, and survival skills. So what happens
to those who don’t have any of these?
Before the drifters took over, Sam was
the acclaimed author of A Balloon Called
Bubble – a popular series of children’s
books, teaching kids to embrace adventure
and fight fear.
Now, confined to a wheelchair and stranded
in a motel basement, Sam depends entirely
on his siblings, Casey and Violet. But with
Casey growing more distant, Sam is losing
his grip on the few things he has left in his
life. Forced to face his past mistakes to
figure out where it all went wrong, Sam
struggles to find his place in a world that
needs action heroes, not writers.
Written by local playwright Declan Green,
Bubble is a survival drama that explores the
strengths and limits of family ties in a world
where art has lost its value.
April 2019Puberty
Blues
Adapted for the stage by
Jopuka Productions
Based on the Novel by
Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey
By Arrangement with the Licensor, Kathy Lette,
c/- Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd
and Gabrielle Carey c/- Kerry Comerford
“It stinks.”
“What?”
“Everything.”
Puberty Blues is Australia’s iconic coming-
of-age story following the lives of two
teenage girls, Debbie and Sue, in the 1970s
surfing scene. Their lives revolve around
male surfers, panel vans, straight-leg Levi’s,
skipping school, getting wasted and fitting
in.
When Debbie and Sue finally are accepted
into the Greenhills Surfer gang their lives
are turned upside down as they are forced
to grow up much sooner than they should.
Puberty Blues is a raw, disturbing and
honest portrayal of adolescence in the
1970’s surfing scene.
From May 10th 2019Heathers The Musical
Book, Music & Lyrics by
Kevin Murphy & Laurence O’Keefe
Based on the filmed written by
Daniel Waters
By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical
on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Directed by Joshua Maxwell
Musical Directed by Quinn Carter
Choreographed by Nicole Seggie
Produced by Anna Carter
“What’s your damage, Heather?”
Based on the classic 1989 film. Westerberg
High is ruled by a shoulder-padded,
scrunchie-wearing junta: Heather, Heather
and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls
in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer
rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend,
the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who plans
to put the Heathers in their place - six feet
under.
From July 12th 2019NEW WORK
Brutal
Created by
Neville Williams Boney and Jye Uren
Based on
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Commissioned by Jopuka Productions
“Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
2020, As the city of Rome reaches ever
skywards, the alleys and streets below grow
darker and more dangerous. Forgotten and
outcast, The Underlings take the rule of law
into their own hands. Dance, music, physical
theatre and poetry combine to form a truly
unique theatrical event.
Based on William Shakespeare’s
Julius Caesar, Brutal is a gripping new
kaleidoscopic marriage of forms created
by and featuring a completely diverse
company of the Central Coast’s most
promising emerging artists led by NAISDA
graduates Jye Uren, and Neville Williams
Boney, under the guidance of Jopuka
Artistic Director, Joshua Maxwell.
From August 29th 2019NEW WORK Under The
Blue Blood
Moon
Written & Directed by
Danielle Brame Whiting
In partnership with Pedestrian Ingredients
‘It is the very error the moon, she comes
more nearer the earth than she was wont,
and makes men mad’
- Othello Act 5, Scene 2.
February 1st, 2018. The day after the night
before. A Super Blue Blood Moon has left her
mark upon the earth. One is missing. One
is lying. One is failing. And then there is her.
Under the Blue Blood Moon follows a group
of friends as they struggle to navigate their
way into their twenties amidst the rising
flood waters of changing gender dynamics.
In collaboration with Central Coast based
performers, Theatre Artist Danielle Brame
Whiting explores the impact of the 2017
#Metoo movement on local youth. Using
a series of workshops and round table
conversations, Danielle will be working with
a core group of performers to develop the
script and share their perspectives.
October 3rd - 6th 2019NEW WORK
Transendence
by Jamie Hornsby
Commissioned by Jopuka Productions
“They say when bad things happen you
have to face them. I don’t believe in that. All I
believe in is... the game.”
Something terrible has happened at Evie’s
school. Rather than deal with it head on, the
students retreat into their fantasy worlds,
clinging to their elaborate game when the
real world proves too much.
There’s a medieval adventure, where brave
knights must push back The Whisperer’s
dark forces once and for all. Or there’s
an underwater epic, where rising sea
levels have turned Australia into a modern
Atlantis. Or a fairy fantasia, with dark elves
infiltrating the annual winter feast.
The game takes many forms, and it
demands to be played. But one by one
these separate worlds collide, and no-one
can really remember what game they’re
playing anymore.
Written by award winning playwright,
Jamie Hornsby, Transcendence is a
sprawling fantasy epic about escapism
and the things won and lost at the end of
childhood.
From October 10th 2019The Peach
Season
by Debra Oswald
Directed by Joshua Maxwell
“You can’t put the blame to anyone for
what happened. Good people. Trying to
avoid the necessary losses.”
After the murder of her husband, Celia has
shut herself and her 16-year-old daughter
Zoë away, toiling on a peach farm in the
middle of nowhere. The arrival of two
young people to help during picking season
heralds the beginning of the end for Celia’s
safe existence.
The Peach Season is a powerful, salutary
tale showing what it’s like to be a young
person desperate for independence, but
also, crucially, what it’s like to be a parent
during the painful process of letting children
fly the nest.
November 2019Season Passes
Season Passes for our 2019 season are now on sale!
We currently have four packages on offer:
Bronze Package
Tickets to four 2019 Main Stage Shows
$90 (You save $10)
Silver Package
Tickets to six 2019 Main Stage Shows
$130 (You save $20)
Golden Package
Tickets to eight 2019 Main Stage Shows
$170 (You save $30)
Platinum Package
Tickets to all 2019 Main Stage Shows
+ A free program & drink at each show
$230 (You save $70)
Season Passes may be purchased as gifts, or you can choose
to “donate” a pass. All donated passes will be distributed
to disadvantaged young people across the Central Coast
throughout the year.
General sales begin 4-12 weeks prior to each production.
To purchase please contact
boxoffice@jopukaproductions.com.au
You’ll be sent an invoice and show selection
form upon confirmationSummer
Fest 2019
Presented in partnership with
XtrAct Drama Academy
and Central Coast Music Factory
SummerFest is 5 weeks of non-stop theatre
during the January School Holidays. We’ll be
presenting a Broadway Jr musical, A youth
focused play, and a Primary School Drama
Camp, with opportunities for over 100 young
artists aged 5 - 21 across the festival. Joining
The Trolleys by Sara West is;
Wonder
by Joshua Maxwell
Facilitated by XtrAct Drama Academy
Alice and her friends must fight to save
Wonderland from invasion as characters
Other
from other fairytales try to make the story
all about them! For Primary aged young
people. Wonder is a 5 day drama program
with a single performance on the final day
for family and friends.
Events
Places are limited to 35 - Apply Now via:
www.jopukaproductions.com.au
January 8th - 12th 2019Jopuka Productions’ Production of
Book by Music and Lyrics by
Heather Hach Laurence O’Keefe
and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown
and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
Original Production by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals, Dori Berinstein,
James L. Nederlander, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman,
Amanda Lipitz, Broadway Asia, Barbara Whitman, FWPM Group, Ruth Hendel, Cheryl
Wiesenfeld, Hal Goldberg, David Binder, James D. Stern, Douglas L. Meyer, Stewart
F. Lane, Bonnie Comley, Robert G. Bartner, Michael A. Jenkins, Albert Nocciolino and
Warren Trepp; Produced in association with MGM Onstage,
Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber
This program is for young people aged high school to 18
Applications are now open and places are limited to 55
This production will be rehearsed over a one week period
at the end of the school holidays before a full theatre run in
early term 1 2019.
Presented as part of SummerFest 2019
February 1 - 9 2019st thbecause there
was fire
by Jamie Hornsby
Directed by Danielle Brame Whiting
With Gabrielle Brooks and Beau Wilson
Presented at The Adelaide Fringe Festival 2019
and returning to The Newcastle Fringe Festival 2019
Snake my way around the fence-line, getting nearer.
Look at Dad. Still cavemanning. Look at Jane. Still
sulking. Look at him. He turns to me and says:
“You ready?”
And I say...
“Yeah.”
On a warm summer night two teens disappear from
a neighbourhood barbecue, vanishing without a
trace.
There’s Clara, seventeen, fed up with her suburb and
everyone in it. Everyone except Andrew, the newly
arrived rich kid from the right side of the tracks.
Sparks fly and they jump in his Monaro and hit the
road, yearning for a life of adventure. But they soon
learn that escape isn’t that easy, and fires can burn
beyond control.
Our inaugural commission from award-winning
playwright, Jamie Hornsby, because there was fire is
a gripping theatrical experience from start to finish.
Our award winning production makes a pit-stop at
the Adelaide Fringe as it continues its national tour.
Keep an eye out for further tour dates - you never
know where a fire might flare up unexpectedly.
March 2019CREDITS
Design
WATERMELON JAM
Photographer
LITTLE RAMBLINGS
Copywriter
JAMIE HORNSBY
Models
LIAM BARBELER
TAYAH BLACKMAN
QUINN CARTER
MARLEE CARTER
CHARLOTTE COOKE
DECLAN GREEN
RYAN KNOWLES
MIRANDA MICHALOWSKI
JESS NADER
RAYELLE PAYNE
RHIANNON POWER
SCOTT RUSSELL
STEPHAINE SEGAFREDO
BONNIE VALLE
Sponsor us: ISABELLA WARD
NEVILLE WILLIAMS BONEY
We’re continually on the lookout for BEAU WILSON
corporate and community sponsorship.
Your contribution provides vital support Printing
and ensures we can continue to provide LAKES PRINTERS
the best possible experience to artits and
audiences alike. With thanks to
DAVID HARRIS
If you think your brand or business would MEMBER FOR WYONG
be a good fit, contact us via
info@jopukaproudctions.com.auWe would like to acknowledge the Darkinjung people who are the traditional custodians of the land we perform on. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders past, present, and emerging. Always was, Always will be Aboriginal land. For more information and audition details, follow Jopuka Productions on Facebook or visit ww.jopukaproductions.com.au #jopuka2019
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