Staff
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Chris Bendall
Artistic Director
Chris is currently Artistic Director of Deckchair Theatre in Fremantle. Previously he was Artistic Director and co-founder of Theatre @ Risk (2001-2007), an Affiliate Director of Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) (2003-2004). His most recent productions were The Lonely Hearts Club and Checklist for an Armed Robber (Deckchair, March 09) for which he won a WA Equity Award for Best Director.
Career Highlights with Theatre @ Risk include director/dramaturg of the world premieres of: Requiem for the 20th Century by Tee O’Neill (nominated for an AWGIE award for Best New Play); 7 Days 10 Years by Louis Milutinovic (winner of Green Room Award Best New Play); Mrs Petrov’s Shoe (winner of QLD Premier’s Literary Award Best New Play). Other Theatre @ Risk directing highlights include: Homebody / Kabul by Tony Kushner; Arabian Night and The Woman Before by Roland Schimmelpfennig; and Polygraph by Robert Lepage (nominated for Green Room Award for outstanding direction). With Melbourne Theatre Company: Two Brothers (Associate/Regional Tour Director); ‘ART’ (Associate/Regional Tour Director). Further credits include: Inheritance by Hannie Rayson (Full Dress Productions); Victory, Dolly West’s Kitchen (Victorian College of the Arts); Lysistrata(WAAPA).
He has been awarded the Queen’s Trust Australia & Foundation for Young Australians Centenary Grant (2001) and the George Fairfax Memorial Award for Theatre (2003). He was the Australian delegate to the International Forum of Theatre Practitioners in Berlin (2004), and he most recently received both an Ian Potter Fellowship and a Playwriting Australia/Goethe Institut dramaturgy fellowship to research new writing theatres in Europe (2008).
He has also taught acting to young people and adults at drama schools and high schools in Sydney and Melbourne for over ten years including at the Victorian Arts Centre, Victorian College of the Arts, National Theatre Drama School, St Martins Youth Arts Centre and Centrestage School of the Performing Arts. Chris holds a Graduate Diploma in Theatre Directing (VCA), and a Bachelor of Theatre & Film Studies (UNSW).
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Gayle Cargill
General Manager
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Rebecca Jelen
Arts Administrator
Rebecca Jelen is our Arts Administrator; she comes from a strong Arts Management background working in Sydney as an agent for the past 5 years with some of Australia’s most respected media personalities and comedians.
Rebecca has a strong knowledge of festival and tours, having organised many artists for festival shows such as Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Adelaide Festival and Roadshow.
Rebecca has also worked in casting for Film and Television and has assisted on art and history documentaries. She is very passionate about Theatre and The Arts and is excited to be apart of Deckchair Theatre. -
Monique Douglas
Marketing and Development Manager
A former dancer Monique Douglas has studied arts management at WAAPA. She comes from a strong marketing and event management background having worked for companies such as The Australian Dance Theatre, Quantum leap, and Youth Ballet WA.
Monique has worked within the arts in Germany and Russian and is passionate about bringing her broad experience in the arts to Deckchair Theatre.
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Kerrie Lewington
Finance Officer
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Eric Sankey
Financial Advisor
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Joe Mercurio
Technical Supervisor
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Catherine Austin
Front of House Manager
