City Head is the brain-child of Tom Taylor; he graciously gave us first use of his fantastic short play. Tom Taylor is an emerging playwright, who recently became a winner of the Short and Sweet Melbourne for his play, The Example. The play has now been performed in three different countries, and he currently has four plays and a musical in the shortlist for the next Short & Sweet. For more information, please visit his website at www.tomtaylormade.com. He has recently published his first graphic novel, and is now a writer for the Star Wars comics.
Naomi, the Technical Coordinator for Sticky Apple Legs, designed and made all the puppets by herself, as well as directed the performance. You can find out more about how Naomi made the puppets at www.puppetsinmelbourne.com.au. You can read the reviews of City Head here.
Michelle Burton
Michelle is a Masters student in Theatre at Monash University in Melbourne; she moved to Australia from the US a year ago to pursue postgraduate studies in performance and dramaturgy. She has worked on a number of productions in the US and abroad as director, dramaturg, playwright and actor (favourite roles have included Ashputtel in Grimm Tales, Shelly in Buried Child, and her ensemble work in The Telling), and she is currently adapting a young adult novel for the stage. Michelle loves the theatre scene in Melbourne and is proud to be company dramaturg for Tapped Into Productions. She is also very excited to work with Sticky Apple Legs on City Head at the Melbourne Comedy Festival this year!
Petula Clark
Petula has a Contemporary Arts degree from Deakin University, Rusden, where she studied drama and dance. She has appeared with a diverse range of companies doing anything from classics theatre through to puppetry, clowning and a host of unusual character roles. She debuted doing impro with The Crew in 2006 and currently teaches the Mini Maestros music program to preschool children.
Troy Larkin
Troy Larkin is a renowned character actor, appearing in both the realms of film and theatre. You may have caught glimpses of him most recently in the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival in Baggage, in the 2006 Short & Sweet Play Festival in The Entrepreneur and also in the short film Run Rincewind Run premiering at the Nullas Anxietis Discworld Convention. This is his first appearance in the world of puppetry and is wonderfully delighted to have his hand up the backside of a tiny human effigy.
