April Aardvark
EZ and his gang of bullies have created a fake social media account to inflict torment and misery on their fellow students. The account’s name, “April Aardvark”, echoes through the halls with fear and confusion. The gang is smugly satisfied with the results, until the day a student shows up to class claiming to be April Aardvark. She is the living, breathing manifestation of the account – a mean, obscene insult machine. She spreads chaos through the school, turning student against student and bully against bully. But is she really who she claims to be? And if so, how can she be stopped?
Only one thing is certain – she is the greatest bully that ever lived.
The ATYP Foundation Commissions invest in work for young people to perform. Developed by ATYP and published by Playlab, we are creating a canon of work for young actors aged between 10 and 13. This is your chance to see this exciting new Australian work before it goes on to be performed by schools and youth theatres around the country.
Previews: 16—18 Oct
Season: 18—26 Oct
Wed—Sat 7pm
Sun 5pm
Matinee Wed and Fri 11.30am
Live Stream 23 Oct 1pm
SBW Stables Theatre
10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross
60 mins
Recommended 8+
02 9361 3817
To everyone’s horror, she is the greatest bully that ever lived!—
Charlotte Eriksson
Cast & Creative Team
Writer
Nathaniel Moncrieff
Director
Amy Hardingham
Dramaturg
Jane FitzGerald
Design
Stephanie Howe
Lighting Design
Kelsey Lee
Sound Design Mentor
Steve Francis
Sound Design (Artology Secondment)
Daniel Duque
Production Manager
Sorie Bangura
Stage Manager
Jana Vass
Assistant Director
Heather Campbell
Assistant Production Manager
Jodi Rabinowitz
Assistant Stage Manager
Jamie Bebb
CAST:
Olivia Everingham
Marley Kirkbank-Ellis
Harper Lynch
Miles Pike
Tobias Purcell
Jasper Reucassel
Carmen Rolfe
Lily Sauran
Lucinda Slattery
Eva Sutherland
Jasper Whittet
Alani Winn
Image Credit
Art Director
Justin Stambouliah
Photographer
Luke Stambouliah
Make Up
Sophia Lee
Image subject
Tobias Purcell
ATYP is proud to partner with Artology on this production.
Each year one of Artology‘s Fanfare winners is selected to create the sound design for the ATYP Foundation Commission production under the mentorship of award-winning composer Steve Francis. The 2019 recipient is Daniel Duque and he will help create the score for ATYP’s production April Aardvark. Working alongside industry experts, his music will be professionally recorded and used for each performance of the season.
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