Roulette (Borneo +3) by Raimondo Cortese
Directed by Tony Nikolakopoulos, this May 2023 production was a VCA 3rd Year actors and designers show.
Exploring near-cinematic naturalism on an abstracted set, the production centred on chance meetings between strangers and the lies and revelations that precipitate from near-anonymity. The plays (Borneo, Petroleum, Legacy, Night) were pulled from Raimondo Cortese's short play series Roulette.
A full directors note and more details on the production can be found at https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/showcase/borneo-plus-3
Images by Drew Echberg, courtesy of
https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/showcase/borneo-plus-3
Team
Director: Tony Nikolakopoulos
Assistant Director: Lincoln Gidney
Intimacy Director: Isabella Vadiveloo
Voice Coach: Matt Furlani
Set & Vision Designer: Brooke Painter
Costume Designer: Olivia Peters
Lighting Designer: Chiara Wenban
Sound Designer: Rachel 'Stoz' Stone
Associate Set & Vision Designer & Operator: Alice Huxtable
Assistant Set Designer: Viv Hargreaves
Stage Manager: Sophie Walter
Assistant Stage Manager: Phi Phi Ngyuen
Workshop Head of Department (Props): Sara Bayley
Workshop Head of Department (Scenic): Ranko Hong
Workshop Head of Department (Staging): Taylor Amakia Tiauli
Workshop Assistants: Nigel Chua, Dee Lee, Nellie Summerfield, Lokan Woerz
Senior Costumier: Kiara Brown, Taishah Simcox,
Costume Manager: Georgia Shackleton
Costume Assistant: Sarah Browne
Head Electrician: Declan Acton
Lighting Operator/Deputy Head Electrician: Ellie Roth
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CAST
BORNEO
Angelica: Mel Tsimbas
Sally: Isabelle Duggan
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PETROLEUM
Steve: Rory O'Brien
Gordon: Alfie Baker
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LEGACY
Sonia: Luna Vasquez Rojas
Theo: Sam Eade
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NIGHT
Rachel: Anna Fujihara
Natasha: Shanu Sobti
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Grant Street Theatre, Southbank, May 2023