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merelyplayers
merelyplayers was launched in November 2003, and has
been established to facilitate and create opportunities
for all Creative practitioners, audiences and other
supporters.
merelyplayers
is dedicated to bringing all artistic forms together.
While our primary focus is theatre production, it
is a goal to include multiple creative disciplines
in each event. In time, our projects will expand to
include film and video, music, writing, and many other
artistic mediums. Cross-pollination of skills, talents
and ideas are critical ingredients in the continued
enrichment of Australia’s creative community,
within itself, and as part of the global arts world.
The
Team
Artistic
Director and Creative Producer: Bryan Cutts
Bryan
began his stage career at the age of 4, performing
in a concert with the Royal Academy of Ballet, in
Melbourne. His Classical Ballet Career ended at the
age of 16, by which time he had established himself
as an Actor his first role, at the age of 13,
on Channel 7 TV’s ‘Go Health’.
Bryan’s
Career has included work on screen, including roles
in the telemovie ‘Tracy’, the ABC’s
‘Living with the Law’ and various films,
most recently in the title role for the film ‘Monsieur
Clown’. On stage, Bryan has worked on many productions
[27 in all], including Shakespeare’s ‘The
Tempest’, Terry Johnson’s ‘Insignificance’,
‘The Collection’ by Harold Pinter and the
outrageous restoration comedy ‘The Relapse’
by John Vanbraugh.
His
live work has also included appearances with Theatresports
™ at the Belvoir Theatre, Children’s Theatre
and Corporate Entertainment.
Bryan’s
foray into producing and directing began in 1987,
when he and a handful of other emerging artists founded
Bobbin Youth Theatre. In the 1992, Bryan established
Dress Circle Productions, presenting various shows,
including the Alex Broun classic ‘Just Once’
and Alan Mackay’s ‘Boy on the Roof’.
He also directed the Sideswipe Productions’ rock
musical, ‘The Oracle’.
Production
and Casting Manager: Alexia McIlroy-Kelly
Alexia
McIlroy-Kelly started her performing career at 3 years
old, demanding she be let into her 4 yrs plus Ballet
class. It’s that passion for performing, and
determination that led her to act in over 20 plays
from the age of 7 to 21; train in all forms of Dance
for 10 years; tour throughout the UK as the lead singer
in a band and appear in several short films, and some
features. She has also graced ours and New Zealand’s
television screens periodically.
Most
recently she has been working with Sold Out Productions
on their live sketch comedy show “Dolphin Juice”
at The Laugh Garage; as well as being a regular on
their Channel 31 TV Show by the same name. In 2003
she performed in the sell out season of “SOS”,
physical theatre show at The Edge Theatre.
Some
other highlights of her career so far have included
singing to a packed out Fetish club in Soho, London;
performing as Jane Banks at the Theatre Royal, Christchurch
NZ in the only ever stage production of “Mary
Poppins”; and playing Helena in “A Midsummer
Nights Dream”.
As
well as dabbling in Directing, she has worked unofficially
as a Producer and Publicist many times, including
work for Dress Circle Productions, and Glampyre Productions;
and in many theatrical productions. It was after complaining
about the lack of organisation in theatre for the
umpteenth time, that it was gently suggested to her
that she get off her backside and do something about
it.
Along
with a passion for mixing creative disciplines and
supporting local talent, when Bryan Cutts presented
the concept of merelyplayers to her, she was sold.
She brings her administrative, organisational and
motivational skills as well as artistic and performance
knowledge and experience into the creative whirlpool
that is merelyplayers.
Links:
merelyplayers
official website
Media
Man Australia: Entertainment
Media
Man Australia: What's On!
merelyplayers
Yahoo! Group
Creatives
appearing under the merelyplayers umbrella include:
Didjitalis
Contact
PO
Box 502
Newtown, NSW 2042
Australia
61
(0) 2 9557 0437
61 (0) 418 241 218
e-mail:
merelyplayers@merelyplayers.com.au
Press
Releases
Merelyplayers
Creative Arts Industry Night on 4th Feb 2004
Merelyplayers
- Bringing All Creatives Together 'Birth, Death and
Everything Between' -18th March 2004
Credits - merelyplayers official website for photos
and background information
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