Ensemble | madness

Anatoly is a Russian born, Brisbane based director and acting teacher of over 25 years experience. A NIDA graduate in Directing, he has worked for Belvoir Street Theatre, Opera Australia, as well as for independent productions. He staged Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at The Kennedy Centre in Washington DC. His collaborations with Kropka Theatre have been seen at festivals all over Europe and the Middle East, and have been widely awarded. He currently teaches a Bachelor Degree in Creative Arts (Acting) through Canberra University. Recently he has directed for the Brisbane Baroque Festival, Wallace Shawn’s The Fever @anywherefest, and has worked on Dennis Kelly’s DNA for the NIDA Actor’s Studio, Mother Courage and her Children, and Henry V for the 2nd Year Bachelor Degree students at Southbank TAFE. In 2016 Anatoly formed the creative Mad Women on the Shore with Re'anne Duffy and presented the company's debut production One Woman Woyzeck at the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of the 2016 Melt: Queer Arts Festival.

Reanne received an Advanced Diploma in acting from Southbank Institute of Technology, graduating in 2014. Since graduating she has had works included in Festival of Australian Student Theatre and 2high, and was granted the Metro Arts Short Fuse residency to develop solo work Jar’d, 2015. She has also worked closely with Metro Arts, operating and rigging for Motherland, Red Door, and Jar’d, and worked.In 2016 Re’anne formed the creative Mad Women on the Shore with Anatoly Frusin and performed the companies debut piece One Women Woyzeck. Re'anne recently at Melt Queer Arts Festival in 2016. In 2017 she played Solonge in Mad Women on the Shore’s The Maids, as part of the Anywhere Theatre festival and created and performed Switchboard Collective’s Heaven Help You Now at Short + Sweet.

Amy Hauser is an emerging Actor and Performance maker who has recently graduated the Bachelor of Acting and Performance at Tafe Brisbane. She has a particular interest in creating, developing and performing works that are intelligent and are relevant to serious topics in today’s society. Amy has done the majority of her creative work for stage theatre. Some of her work includes The Frogs (Xanthias), Mother Courage and Her Children (Kattrin) and The Skriker (Josie). She is currently involved in the ongoing performance art project House of Milk. Amy has worked with multiple Directors and mentors including Brian Lucas, Norman Price, Lisa O’Neill, and Anatoly Frusin.

Caitlin graduated from Brisbane TAFE studying Acting in 2014. She has played Justine in Sven Swenson's Tiptoe, Willow in Girl Cried Wolf's The Wives of Wolfgang for The Anywhere Theatre Festival , Ensemble for Belloo Creative's Hanako, and Juliet for Share House Theatre Company's Romeo and Juliet. Caitlin created Boys Taste Better With Nutella with Peter Wood for Short+Sweet Theatre Festival, winning Best Script, Best Actress, and Best Overall Production which led to a development at the Brisbane Powerhouse.