WONDERBABES
The Wonderbabes are a group of independent theatre artists who have come together to create The Adventures of Wonderbabe the Terrible by Kate McDowell
Elsie Edgerton-Till
Kate McDowell
Charles Davis
Writer/Performer Kate McDowell, originally from Lismore, holds NIDA Postgraduate Diploma in Writing for Performance. Kate is Associate Artist at NORPA and chooses to live in the Northern Rivers to generate art out of her regional specificity. She is Co-Artistic Director of Crack Theatre Festival, part of This Is Not Art Festival and is Dramaturgy Mentor to Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre for their new work Share House, to be presented at ArtState 2017. Her collective Wonderbabes were NIDA Independent Resident Artists in 2014 and with NORPA and La Boite HWY Festival in 2016. Kate was Literary Intern at Belvoir (2012).
Director Elsie-Edgerton-Till’s extensive theatre experience includes professional directing engagements for Sydney Conservatorium of Music, New Zealand Playhouse, National Institute of Dramatic Arts, The Court Theatre, World Busker’s Festival and The Forge. In 2017 she has directed for The Ensemble Theatre, The Sydney Conservatorium and The King’s Collective as well as work as assistant director for Melbourne Theatre Company. She is a current recipient of the Glorias Fellowship, which will see her travel to the United States later this year. As assistant director she has worked for Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Auckland Theatre Company and Sydney Chamber Opera.
Designer Charles Davis’ was Set and Costume Designer for Sydney Chamber Opera’s Biographica, Sydney Festival 2017 and Costume Designer for Oh Mensch!, Sydney Chamber Opera and Sydney Festival collaboration (2016) directed by Sarah Giles. Charles was Associate Designer with Michael Scott Mitchell on John Bell's new production of Carmen for Opera Australia and on Graeme Murphy’s new The Merry Widow for Opera Conference 2017. Charles designed set and costumes for Michael Gow’s new opera Hansel and Gretel in 2015 and has worked on set designs for numerous productions at Sydney Theatre Company under both Nick Schlieper and Michael Scott-Mitchell.
Composer James Brown is Sydney based-composer/sound designer who produces soundtracks for performance, film, animation and games locally and internationally. He was nominated twice for Best Score or Sound Design of a Mainstage Production in the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards, and his work was featured in three Sydney Festival shows in 2017. James has extensive experience working in multi-artform processes with artists and companies including Bethesda, Victoria Hunt, Jane Campion, The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, William Yang, George Khut, Matthew Day, Hans Van Den Broeck (SOIT), and POST. He is currently producing scores for two feature length documentary films.