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Over the years, countless artists have been involved with Free Theatre: painters, sculptors, kapa haka performers, poets, musicians, actors, directors, and more. Below is a list of current and affiliated members of the Free Theatre and just a few collaborators of note from past productions.

If you are an artist that would like to get involved with Free Theatre send us your details and a CV to the contact details bottom left and we will keep you informed of workshops, auditions and opportunities as they arise.

Peter Falkenberg

Doctor Faustus, director (2010) - Distraction Camp, director (2009) - Faust Chroma, director (2008/2009) - Emmy & Nico, director (2008) - Faust Feast, director (2007) - Diana Down Under, director (2007) - Remake, director (2007) - Fantasia, director (2005 & 2006) - Ella - Susn - My Epitaph, director (2004) - Samson Airline, director (2002) - Footprints/Tapuwae, director (2001) - Last Days of Mankind, director (2000) - Bakkhai/Diotekk, director (1999) - Krapp's Last Tape, director (1999) - The Philosopher's Stone & Murderer Hope of Women, director (1998) - Crusoe: A Lapsarian Mass in Twelve Movements, director - Medea Material, director (1995 & 1996) - Salome, director - Sphinx and Strawman, director - The Girl Who Sings Waterfalls, director - A Respectable Wedding, director - The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, director - Double-Act, director - Lulu: Earth Spirit, director - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, director - Letter from L, director - 1984 - The Future is Now, director - The Rapist over Susannah, director - King Lear, director - Joffongract, director - Leonce and Lena, director - Gas Heart, director - Ox on the Roof, director - The Mirror Wardrobe One Fine Evening, director - King Ubu, director - Rounddance, director - Woyzeck, director - more.

Greta Bond

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Diana Down Under (2007) - Remake (2007) - Fantasia (2005 and 2006) - Philoctetes (2006) - Grimms' Sleeping Beauty (2004) - Caucasian Chalk Circle (2003) - Footprints/Tapuwae (2001) - Last Days of Mankind (2000) - MedeaMaterial (1995 and 1996) - Crusoe: A Lapsarian Mass in Twelve Movements - Power! (1996) - Elektra, more.

Emma Johnston

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Diana Down Under (2007) - Remake (2007) - Fantasia (2005 and 2006) - Grimms' Sleeping Beauty (2004) - Xmas Shopping (2004) - Footprints/Tapuwae (2001) - Last Days of Mankind (2000).

Marian McCurdy

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Emmy & Nico (2008) - Diana Down Under (2007) - Remake (2007) - Fantasia (2005 and 2006) - Philoctetes (2006) - Grimms' Sleeping Beauty (2004) - Xmas Shopping (2004) - Susn (2004) - Ella (2004) - Samson Airline (2002) - Kabarett Kabul (2002).

George Parker

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Emmy & Nico (2008) - Faust Feast (2007) - Remake (2007) - Fantasia (2005 and 2006) - Xmas Shopping (2004) - Grimms' Sleeping Beauty (2004) - Susn (2004) - My Epitaph (2004) - Ella (2004) - Caucasian Chalk Circle (2003) - Samson Airline (2002) - Antigone (2002) - Kabarett Kabul (2002) - Footprints/Tapuwae (2001) - Last Days of Mankind (2000) - Bakkhai/Diotekk (1999) - What Where, Dir. Haydn Kerr (1999) - The Philosopher's Stone and Murderer Hope of Women (1998) - Love on a Bicycle, Dir. Alan Brunton (1998) - Oedipus at Colonus (1997) - States of Shock, Dir. Jenny Alexander (1997)

Ryan Reynolds

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Emmy & Nico, musician / sound design (2008) - Diana Down Under (2007) - Remake (2007) - Fantasia (2005 and 2006) - Philoctetes (2006) - Grimms' Sleeping Beauty (2004) - Xmas Shopping (2004) - Caucasian Chalk Circle (2003) - Samson Airline (2002) - Kabarett Kabul (2002) - Last Days of Mankind (2000).

Simon Troon

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Diana Down Under (2007) - Philoctetes (2006).

Coralie Winn

Doctor Faustus (2010) - Distraction Camp (2009) - Faust Chroma (2008) - Diana Down Under (2007) - Philoctetes (2006).

Sophie Lee

Faust Chroma (2008) - Faust Feast (2007)

Sharon Mazer

Caucasian Chalk Circle, director (2003) - Power!, director (1996).

Nick Frost

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1985) - A Letter from L (1985) - The Ride Across Lake Constance (1984) - The Hunting of the Snark (1984) - Sophocles' Electra (1984) - The Shadow Show (1984) - The Rapist Over Suzannah (1984) - 1984, The Future is Now (1984) - Leonce and Lena (1983) - Make-up Ground Down (1983) - Texts for Decomposition (1983) - In Three Minds (1983) - The Joffongract (1983) - My Foot, My Tutor (1983) - King Lear (1983) - King Ubu (1982) - Black Cat Cabaret (1981) - The Ox on the Roof (1981) - The Mirror Wardrobe (1981) - The Gas Heart (1981) - Round Dance (1981) - Wozzeck (1980)

Robin Bond

Euripides' Cyclops, director (2008) - Remake (2007) - Philoctetes (2006) - Aristophanes' Frogs, director (2005) - Last Days of Mankind (2000) - Power! (1996) - Bakkhai/Diotekk (1999) - Sophocles' Electra, director - Women of Trachis, director - Oedipus the King, director - Oedipus at Colonus, director - Antigone, director - Oresteia, director - Euripides' Electra, director - Seneca's Medea, director


DESIGNERS

One of Free Theatre's strengths over the years has been its interdisciplinary method. Numerous artists from a range of media have been involved with productions over the years. Many were, or went on to become, well-established artists in their own right in various fields.

Christopher Reddington

Doctor Faustus, set design and music (2010) - Distraction Camp, set design and music (2009) - Faust Chroma, set design and music (2008)

Rudolf Boelee

Last Days of Mankind (2000) - Women of Trachis (2000) - The Well-Intentioned Wife - Seneca's Medea (1998) - Resolution Island (1997) - The Dry Dock (1997) - The Mortal Pleasure of Wanda Lust - Letters Home - Lulu - Plughole Plunge (1986) - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1985) - The Ride Across Lake Constance - Electra - 1984, The Future is Now (1984)

Richard Till

Krapp's Last Tape, designer (1999) - Bakkhai/Diotekk, designer (1999) - Last Days of Mankind, designer (2000) - Footprints/Tapuwae, designer (2001) - Kabarett Kabul (2002) - Samson Airline, designer (2002) - Caucasian Chalk Circle, designer (2003) - Ella, (2004) - My Epitaph, (2004) - Susn, designer (2004) - Grimms' Sleeping Beauty, designer (2004) - Fantasia, designer (2005 and 2006) - Philoctetes, designer (2006) - Diana Down Under, designer (2007)

Peter Robinson

Mark McEntyre

Lawrence Wallen

Graham Bennett