Our History
Johnno
14 – 21 Jul 2006
Sean Mee as Dante
Venue
Brisbane Powerhouse
Producer
International collaboration with Derby Playhouse, UK; Brisbane Festival; La Boite Theatre Company
Director
Stephen Edwards
Playwright
Adapted from David Malouf's novel by Stephen Edwards
Cast
Paul Denny
Sean Mee
Rebecca Dale
Eugene Gilfedder
Lisa Moule
Jay Reynolds
Christopher Rickerby
Bethany Sheldon
Ewan Wardrop
Neridah Waters
Costume Designer
Dan Potra
Set Designer
Dan Potra
Lighting Designer
John Rayment
Video Designer Kit Lang
Visual Designer Craig Walsh
Johnno
An ambitious strategy that Artistic Director Sean Mee and the Company pursued was international and national partnerships leading to the exchange of artistic product. In 2006 La Boite, in partnership with Brisbane Festival and England’s Derby Playhouse, produced the critically acclaimed Johnno at The Powerhouse Theatre in Brisbane. The following year this production was reprised at the Derby Playhouse, again to critical acclaim, the reviewer for the British Theatre Guide describing it as “… superb. Any superlative you can use to describe it is probably justified.”[i]
Writer: Dr Christine Comans
[i] http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/johnno-rev.htm, cited 24 June,2009.
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Paul Denny & Sean Mee
Paul Denny
JOHNNO cast members with Paul Denny.
Johnno cast with Premier Peter Beattie, 2006.
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