Company

Synopsis

What’s the difference between being single and being alone? Company.

On the night of his 35th birthday, Robert struggles to think of a wish to make as he blows out his birthday candles. The lone bachelor, surrounded by “those good and crazy people” — his married friends — Robert is uncertain whether he should simply be happy with his lot or whether he should wish for his own romantic partner. Over a series of dinner parties, first dates, and thoughtful conversations, Robert attempts to understand the pros and cons of marriage from his diverse and frequently hilarious friends, and begins to make sense of his own persistent bachelorhood. Company, Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking modern musical, is a mature, intelligent, and wildly funny look at relationships, vulnerability, and “being alive.”

Credits

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by George Furth

PERFORMANCE SEASON

August 2 – 23, 2024

MEET OUR

creative team

Tammy Sarah Linde

Director

Credits: As Director: Lockyer Regional Performing Arts: Anne of Green Gables, Little Women the Musical, Honk! the Musical; Savoyards Musical Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Phoenix Ensemble: Company, Big Fish; Left of Right Theatre Company: Hedonism’s Second Album; Ipswich Musical Theatre Company: Ladies in Black, Sunday in the Park with George. As Stage Manager: That Production Company: When the Rain Stops Falling. As Intimacy Coordinator: Phoenix Ensemble: Footloose, Carrie. As Performer: Virag Productions: The Proposal & The Bear; Footlights Theatrical: Love’s Labours Lost; Savoyards: Into the Woods; Brisbane Immersive Ensemble: Cluedo! The Interactive Game; TSL Productions: I Dated Batman – a comedy cabaret; That Production Company: Two Weeks with the Queen; Short & Sweet Festival: Threatened Panda Fights Back, Magical Penis Pills, Bus Stop; Anywhere Theatre Festival: Arrivederci, Adamo Mortem; Ipswich Musical Theatre Company: Vicar of Dibley; Ignatians Musical Society: Company; USQ Artsworx: The Winter’s Tale, Ivy Shambitt & The Sound Machine; Paradise Entertainment: Godspell; Bloom Productions: The Butterfly Tree; Independent Productions: Incisor, Karen’s Kraft Korner; University of Southern Qld: Connected Series 2; Griffith Film School: Yenrouj. Training: Mental Health First Aid Aust.: Accredited MHFAider June 2024; University of Southern QLD: Bachelor of Creative Arts (Theatre). Tammy has been a proud member of Equity since 2013.

Luke O’Hagan

Assistant Director

Credits: As Director: Lockyer Regional Performing Arts: Honk!, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, The Odd Couple – Female Version; Left of Right Theatre Company: Hedonism’s Second Album (Assistant); Savoyards Musical Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Assistant). As Actor: 24 Hour Musical Project: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Witches of Eastwick, Kiss Me Kate; Savoyards Musical Theatre: Into The Woods; Toowoomba Philharmonic Society: Shrek; Phoenix Ensemble: Big Fish, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Pine Rivers Musical Association: Spamalot; TSL Productions: I Dated Batman – a comedy cabaret; Ipswich Musical Theatre Company: Sunday in the Park with George, Phantom of the Opera; Lockyer Regional Performing Arts: Bye Bye Birdie, My Fair Lady.

Jacqueline Atherton

Musical Director

Credits: As Musical Director: Brisbane Junior Theatre: Pirates of Penzance; Brisbane Musical Theatre: Fiddler on the Roof, Les Misérables, Tuck Everlasting; Laidley Performing Arts: Annie Get Your Gun, Bye Bye Birdie; Puddlejumpers: Toad of Toad Hall; Savoyards: Les Misérables (Assistant), Oliver!, Oklahoma!, Paris (Assistant). As Director: Mercury Theatre: Dust is the Heart; Redcliffe SHS: X-Stacy; Westside Christian College: A Property of the Clan, The Woman in the Window. As Actor: Brisbane Chorale: Chess (Australian Concert Premiere); Dianne Gough Productions: Macbeth The Contemporary Rock Opera; Phoenix Ensemble: Chess; Laidley Performing Arts: Brigadoon, Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Nunsense, The Odd Couple, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, The Sound of Music; Mercury Theatre: The Matchmaker, Nine Girls, Secret Bridesmaid’s Business, The Un-Cucumber Man; Savoyards: A Chorus Line, Die Fledermaus, Hello Dolly!, Mamma Mia!, The Mikado, Oklahoma!, Oliver!; Stage Door Dinner Theatre: Funny Money. Awards: 47th Intervarsity Choral Festival Composition Competition, Australian Voices Young Composer Award (Highly Commended: 1997, 1998). Training: Bachelor of Arts Music (Honours) and Bachelor of Music Education, QCM, GU. Diploma (Speech and Drama), TCL.

Bec Swain

Choreographer

Credits: As Choreographer: Queensland Musical Theatre-My Fair Lady, Phoenix Ensemble-Anything Goes, Queensland Musical Theatre-Mamma Mia, Beenleigh Theatre Group-Gypsy, Savoyards-Annie (Assistant), Savoyards-The Mikado (Assistant). As Performer: Savoyards: The Music Man- Ethel Toffelmeir, 24hr Musical Project- The Sound of Music- Liesl Von Trapp, Savoyards: Thoroughly Modern Millie- Millie Dillmount, Savoyards: The Phantom of the Opera- Meg Giry, Savoyards: Carousel- Louise, Tokyo Disney Resort- Actor/Dancer. Training: Broadway Dance Center International Student Visa Program, RAD Ballet, CSTD Jazz & Tap, Bachelor of Psychology, Masters of Counselling.

MEET OUR

cast & crew

Robert Cameron Rollo (he/him)
April Sarah Engelsmann (she/her)
Kathy
Ruby Thompson (she/her)
Marta
Samantha Paterson (she/her)
Sarah
Genevieve Tree (she/her)
Harry
Dugald Lowis (they/them)
Susan
Clare Thomson (she/her)
Peter
Andrew Cockroft-Penman (he/they) 
Jenny
Constanza Acevedo-Burckhardt (she/her)
David
Christopher Batkin (he/him)
Amy
Stephanie Collins (she/her)
Paul
Timothy Nielson (he/him)
Joanne
Meg Kiddle (she/her)
Larry
Andrew Dark (he/him)

Stage Manager Angelina Mustafay

Lighting Design Tammy Sarah Linde

Lighting Operator Anya Otley

Follow Spot Operators Valerie Mustafay, Alex Angus, Emma Erdis, Grace Clarke, Tammy Sarah Linde

Sound Design and Operator Luke O’Hagan

Set Design Tammy Sarah Linde, Luke O’Hagan

Set Construction Luke O’Hagan

Costume Design Tammy Sarah Linde

Props Master Valerie Mustafay

Promotional & Performance Photography Creative Street Photography

Marketing Team Isabelle Quayle, Luke O’Hagan, Emma Erdis, Hayley Gervais, Rosie Odsey