CAST
CREATIVE TEAM
PRODUCTION TEAM
Bird
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
Composer
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
Librettist
LALLY KATZ
Adaptor & Director
JOHN SHEEDY
Musical Supervisor,
Musical Arrangements
& Additional Music
IAIN GRANDAGE
Designer
GABRIELA TYLESOVA
Musical Director
ISAAC HAYWARD
Lighting Designer
TRENT SUIDGEEST
Sound Designer
MICHAEL WATERS
Indigenous Consultant
RACHAEL MAZA
Assistant to the Designer
MICHAEL HILI
Executive Producer
SANDRA WILLIS
Production Manager
DI MISIRDJIEFF
Stage Manager
GARRY ALCORN
Company Manager
KATE MCMILLAN
Administrators
TAMSIN MARTIN,
GABBY WALTERS
Associate Sound Designer
& Sound Operator
NEIL MCLEAN
Touring Head Electrician
KYLE BOCKMANN
Touring Head Mechanist
JEREMY MCCOMISH
Wig and Wardrobe Supervisor
NICOLE ARTSETOS
Assistant Stage Manager
ALEXANDER DICK
Assistant to the Musical
Supervisor—Internship
(Supported by the
Archie Roach Foundation)
JESSIE LLOYD
Scenery and Properties
OPERA AUSTRALIA
WORKSHOP
Costumes, Millinery and Wigs
OPERA AUSTRALIA
WORKSHOP
MARSUPIALS
Coda
HOLLIE ANDREW
Flinch
JESSICA HITCHCOCK
Roxie
LISA MAZA
2 Stripe
MARCUS COROWA
3 Stripe
DAVID LEHA
RABBITS
A Scientist
KANEN BREEN
A Society Rabbit
NICHOLAS JONES
A Convict
CHRISTOPHER HILLIER
A Lieutenant
SIMON MEADOWS
The Captain
ROBERT MITCHELL
BAND
Piano, Cello & Piano Accordion
ISAAC HAYWARD
Trumpet
CARL HARVOE
Guitar & Electronics
KEIR NUTTALL
Violin
VERONIQUE SERRET
Bass & Tuba
DAN WITTON
The Rabbits, written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan, was first
published in Australia by Lothian Books. The opera is produced by arrangement
with Hachette Australia Pty Ltd.
This project is assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative,
managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in
association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals—
Melbourne Festival and Perth International Arts Festival, and the Western
Australian Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts.