THE LOVER & THE DUMB WAITER

Harold Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was born in London in 1930 and lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death in 2008. He wrote 29 plays including: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE DUMB WAITER, A SLIGHT ACHE, THE HOTHOUSE, THE CARETAKER, THE COLLECTION, THE LOVER, THE HOMECOMING, OLD TIMES, NO MAN’S LAND, BETRAYAL, A KIND OF ALASKA, ONE FOR THE ROAD, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, MOONLIGHT, and ASHES TO ASHES. He directed 27 plays including: EXILES, OLEANNA, CELEBRATION, and THE ROOM. He wrote 21 screenplays including: THE PUMPKIN EATER, THE SERVANT, THE GO-BETWEEN, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN, and SLEUTH. Awards include the Nobel Prize for Literature (2005), the Companion of Honour, the Legion D’Honneur, the European Theatre Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award and the Moliere D’Honneur.

Ensemble Theatre: MCGUFFIN PARK, UNCLE VANYA, THE GREAT DIVIDE, MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, BENEFACTORS, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, BOXING DAY BBQ, A DOLL’S HOUSE, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, OUTDATED, KENNY, CRUNCH TIME, THE ODD COUPLE, THE LAST WIFE, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, THE BIG TIME, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, TAKING STEPS, NEVILLE’S ISLAND, TWO, ODD MAN OUT, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, BETRAYAL, GOOD PEOPLE, MY ZINC BED, EDUCATING RITA, ABSENT FRIENDS, OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE ANZAC PROJECT, RICHARD III, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, FRANKENSTEIN, MANAGING CARMEN, RED, THE SPEAR CARRIER and HAMLET. THE ODD COUPLE; The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Theatre Royal, Sydney for Crossroads Live Australia. Film: Co-writer and co-director of BEING GAVIN. Literature Illustration: CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS.

Ensemble Theatre: THE MEMORY OF WATER. Four One One/25 A Belvoir: WHO’S AFRAID. Malthouse Theatre: BLOOD WEDDING. Melbourne Theatre Company: A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE. Belvoir: QUEEN C. The Hayloft Project: B.C. Darlinghurst Theatre: A LIFE IN THE THEATRE. Film: CARMEN, THE TANGLE, DRAMA. Television: ONE NIGHT, LOVE ME, WENTWORTH, BUMP, DOCTOR DOCTOR, HARROW, RUSH, CARLA CAMETTI PD, DANGEROUS, ALL SAINTS. Awards: ASTRA Award, Most Outstanding Performance – WENTWORTH.

Ensemble Theatre: BENEFACTORS, NEARER THE GODS. Bell Shakespeare: AS YOU LIKE IT. Belvoir Street Theatre: MASTER AND MARGARITA, THE ROVER, PETER PAN, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (with Malthouse Theatre), CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, THE SEAGULL, AND THEY CALLED HIM MR GLAMOUR, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Black Lung: RUBEVILLE, AVAST I & II, DOKU RAI, I FEEL AWFUL. Griffin Theatre Company: THE LITERATI, FEATHER IN THE WEB. The Hayloft Project: THE ONLY CHILD, THE SUICIDE, 3XSISTERS. Melbourne Theatre Company: HAY FEVER, THE CHERRY ORCHARD. Queensland Theatre Company: BERNHARDT/ HAMLET. Windmill Theatre: HANS + GRET, MOSS PIGLET. Sydney Theatre Company: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, LIFESPAN OF A FACT, HOME, I’M DARLING, THE TORRENTS, HOW TO RULE THE WORLD. Film: ELVIS, PETER RABBIT, LITTLE MONSTERS, THE DAUGHTER, I AM WOMAN. Television: THE LAST ANNIVERSARY, WOLF LIKE ME, THE LETDOWN, FRAYED.

Ensemble Theatre: ALONE IT STANDS, A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bell Shakespeare: THE MISANTHROPE, COMEDY OF ERRORS.  Griffin Theatre Company: JAILBABY, THE BROTHERS SIZE. Queensland Theatre: AN OCTOROON. Sydney Theatre Company: THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL, HOME, I’M DARLING, HOW TO RULE THE WORLD, BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE, SAINT JOAN, CLOUD NINE.  Windmill USA Tour: HICCUP.  Film: DOWN UNDER. Television: WOLF LIKE ME, MR INBETWEEN, BUMP, YOUNG ROCK. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, CLYDE’S, HONOUR, KENNY, THE LAST WIFE, LUNA GALE, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, FRANKENSTEIN, CASANOVA. Brisbane Festival: BANANALAND (with Sydney Festival), MACBETH. Queensland Theatre: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (with Belvoir), THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, BERNHARDT/HAMLET, MACBETH, ELIZABETH: ALMOST BY CHANCE A WOMAN, VENUS IN FUR, BOMBSHELLS, KELLY, HEAD FULL OF LOVE, FRACTIONS, THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, AUSTRALIA DAY, THE PITCH, THE CHINA INCIDENT, THE REMOVALISTS, AN OAK TREE, MAN EQUALS MAN, WAITING FOR GODOT, EATING ICE CREAM, BECKETT X 3, RUBY MOON. Sydney Theatre Company: THE CRUCIBLE, SENECA’S THYESTES. Opera Queensland: THE MIKADO, THE MERRY WIDOW, SPACE ENCOUNTERS, THE MAGIC FLUTE. Pinchgut Opera: RINALDO. State Opera South Australia: LA BOHEME, SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL, LOVE BURNS, BOOJUM!. Victorian Opera: EUCALYPTUS.

Ensemble Theatre: ARIA, UNCLE VANYA, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BOXING DAY BBQ, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, NEARER THE GODS, DIPLOMACY, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, ALONE IT STANDS, BENEFACTORS, SUMMER OF HAROLD. Bangarra Dance Theatre: WARU JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE, DUBBOO, ONE’S COUNTRY, OUR LAND PEOPLE STORIES, BLAK, BELONG. Duet Group: DIVAS. Hayes Theatre Company: SHE LOVES ME. Louise Withers and Associates: THE MOUSETRAP, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED. Soft Tread: WHARF REVUE 2023: PRIDE IN PREJUDICE, WHARF REVUE 2022: LOOKING FOR ALBANESE, WHARF REVUE 2021: CAN OF WORMS. Sydney Chamber Opera: HIS MUSIC BURNS. Sydney Theatre Company: WHARF REVUE 2020; WHARF REVUE 2019; WHARF REVUE 2018; RUBY MOON.
Tinderbox Productions: DAVID SUCHET, POIROT and more.

Ensemble Theatre: THE GREAT DIVIDE, MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, MR BAILEY’S MINDER, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, RICHARD III, FRANKENSTEIN and many more. Belvoir St Theatre: THE MAN FROM MUCKINUPIN. Circa: AURA, RECLAIMED PIANOS, ONE BEAUTIFUL THING, LANDSCAPE WITH MONSTERS. Hayes Theatre Co: HIGH SOCIETY. Merrigong Theatre Company: SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED, STRANGEWAYS CABARET, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, THE SIRENS’ RETURN, THE OUTSIDE MAN, THE AUROBINDO PROJECT. Milk Crate Theatre: FEARLESS. Monkey Baa Theatre Company: THE PEASANT PRINCE, FOX. Sydney Theatre Company: WOMEN OF TROY. Cabaret: ELIANE MOREL, JACQUI DARK, THE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, MITCHELL BUTEL, JENNY VULETIC, RUSS VICKERY. Ali & The Thieves: LEONARD COHEN KOANS, THE ROYAL SEED, LOU REED IN THE BARDO. Awards: Sydney Theatre Award Best Score and Sound Design (FRANKENSTEIN), Green Room Award Best Musical Direction (STRANGE BEDFELLOWS).

Theatre: Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR, COLDER THAN HERE, MASTERCLASS, ULSTER AMERICAN, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, SUMMER OF HAROLD, BENEFACTORS, CLYDE’S, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, BOXING DAY BBQ, THE CARETAKER, PHOTOGRAPH 51, BLACK COCKATOO, BABY DOLL. Belvoir Street Theatre: COUNTING AND CRACKING. Crossroads Live: CINDERELLA, 9 TO 5. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, ONCE, A CHORUS LINE. DreamWorks: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Gordon Frost: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SHREK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, THE BODYGUARD, DIRTY DANCING. Griffin Theatre: PONY. GWB Entertainment HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Hayes Theatre: RIDE THE CYCLONE, MURDER FOR TWO. Opera Australia: GUYS AND DOLLS, MISS SAIGON National Theatre of Paramatta: YOGA PLAY, FADE. Paul Dainty: TINA. Television: SHANTARAM, WELLMANIA, YEAR OF, MARY: THE MAKING OF A  PRINCESS. Film: JUNGLE.

Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, UNCLE VANYA, COLDER THAN HERE, ALONE IT STANDS. Belvoir Street Theatre: THE MASTER & MARGARITA, AT WHAT COST?, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, MISS PEONY Crossroads Live: ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SIX, CHICAGO, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Hayes Theatre Company: JEKYLL AND HYDE, RIDE THE CYCLONE, ZOMBIE! Opera Australia: MISS SAIGON, SS25, SW24 Sydney Theatre Company: DEAR EVAN HANSEN, A FOOL IN LOVE, THE SEAGULL, THE TEMPEST, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Film: THE KNOT, THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, TRANSFUSION Television: HEARTBREAK HIGH, BUMP, COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS, LAST KING OF THE CROSS, THOU SHALT NOT STEAL, THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART, LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE, THE TWELVE, PIECES OF HER, HOME & AWAY. Training: LONDON STUDIO CENTRE, IDC, INTIMACY ON SET Awards: Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical (2005).

Lauren is Ensemble Theatre’s Resident Stage Manager. Ensemble Theatre: ARIA, MCGUFFIN PARK, UNCLE VANYA, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, MR BAILEY’S
MINDER, CLYDE’S, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, THE ONE, A LETTER FOR MOLLY, KILLING KATIE: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKCLUB, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, THE APPLETON LADIES’
POTATO RACE (2021 regional tour), OUTDATED, THE LAST WIFE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MARJORIE PRIME, THE PLANT, BETRAYAL. Hayes Theatre Company: REWIRED: MUSICALS
REIMAGINED, AMERICAN PSYCHO, HIGH FIDELITY, ASSASSINS, CALAMITY JANE, THE FANTASTICKS, VIOLET. National Theatre of
Parramatta: QUEEN FATIMA, THE THINGS I COULD NEVER TELL STEVEN, JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM (Belvoir season). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art: Production.

Ensemble Theatre: Debut THE LOVER AND THE DUMB WAITER. John Frost for Crossroads Live: SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL. Marrugeku: CUT THE SKY. Sydney Festival x Alabaster DePlume: IN CHAMBER. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts: Technical Theatre and Stage Management.

Ensemble theatre: MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, STILL UNQUALIFIED, LETTER FOR MOLLY, BLACK COCKATOO.  Auckland Theatre Company: THE POHUTAKAWA TREE, OLIVER. Bell Shakespeare: HENRY V, KING LEAR, ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, TWELFTH NIGHT,  THE LOVERS, MACBETH, COMEDY OF ERRORS. Costume Buyer for Belvoir: TELL ME I’M HERE, BOOMKAK PANTO. Opera Australia: WHITELY, MEISTERSINGERS, EL VIAGGIO A REIMS, DIE MEISTERSINGER, and THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES (amongst many others). Film work costume coordinator: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. Television work costume buyer: HEARTBREAK HIGH. Assistant: IM A CELEBRITY…..GET ME OUT OF HERE. Designer: BE YOUR OWN BOSS. Training: Auckland Institute Of Technology.