KATE WYVILL
Kate is a stage & screen writer, actor, director and producer.
Her first short film, The Wardrobe, directed and co-produced by Kate, premiered at the Darwin International Film Festival in 2022 and was selected for Flickerfest Best of Australian Shorts 2023 and finalist Red Movie Awards Summer Edition 2023.
Kate is currently developing a TV series , BENT AS, funded by Screen Australia and Screen Territory.
Kate began her creative career as an actor in the mid- eighties in Sydney and trained at the Q Theatre, Penrith.
She began writing and producing theatre in early 2000 and performed her first play, a black comedy, Going Potty at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004 winning 4 star reviews. Going Potty toured with Arts Council England funding in 2005, culminating in a London Hampstead season in 2007. Kate directed and produced The Wardrobe, a re-worked version of Going Potty at the Darwin Entertainment Centre in 2010 where it broke box office records. Her next play Marbles which Kate also directed and produced opened at Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin in November 2012 where it also broke box office records.
And I'm the Queen of Sheba premiered at Brown’s Mart Theatre in November 2016 with Grace Barnes directing and starring Melissa Jaffer and Russell Kiefel with Leroy Parsons and David James. The production closed on the second night due to the tragic death of Russell Kiefel.
A new production of, And I'm the Queen of Sheba opened at Brown’s Mart Theatre in June 2019 directed by Gail Evans with Nicola Bartlett ,George Shevtsov, Fred Copperwaite and Andrew Tighe. The production broke box office records at Brown’s Mart Theatre for a script written by a Northern Territory playwright.
As an actor Kate has performed in numerous theatre productions in Sydney, Darwin and the UK.
Darwin theatre credits include:
Away - Michael Gow, director Kyle Walmsley Brown’s Mart Productions (2020)
The Crucible - Arthur Miller, director Merrillee Mills Brown’s Mart Productions (2018)
Mr Takahashi & Other Falling Secrets - Sandra Thibodeaux, director Suellen Maunder Brown’s Mart Productions & JUTE (2017)
Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams, director Alex Galeazzi Brown’s Mart Productions at Darwin Entertainment Centre (2015)
God of Carnage - Yasmina Reza , director Alex Galeazzi Darwin Entertainment Centre (2013)
Recent screen credits include :
FRACKETTY FRACK (Kelly/Tarl Denson)
THE LOCATION SCOUTS (Van Vuuren Brothers).
Kate has also worked as an arts manager with Darwin Theatre Company (now Brown’s Mart) and General Manager for the Darwin Entertainment Centre.
KATHERINE THOMSON
Katherine is a multi-award winning playwright, television and screenwriter.
Katherine has worked with Kate over several years as dramaturg on her stage scripts, Marbles, And I’m the Queen of Sheba and is currently creative consult on Kate’s TV series, BENT AS.
Katherine wrote and script-produced seasons 4, 5 and 6 of the acclaimed TV series A PLACE TO CALL HOME and was associate producer and writer on the 2020 series BACK TO THE RAFTERS for Amazon Prime. Other screenwriting credits include mini-series HOUSE OF HANCOCK and the Canadian-Australian co-production ANSWERED BY FIRE; telemovies SCHAPELLE, BLACKJACK, HALIFAX FP and multiple episodes of KILLING TIME, EAST WEST 101, SATISFACTION, WILDSIDE, GRASS ROOTS, FALLEN ANGELS, SOMETHING IN THE AIR, SNOWY and GP.
Documentaries include DARWIN’S BRAVE NEW WORLD; and feature documentaries UNFOLDING FLORENCE and WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED, both directed by Gillian Armstrong.
Katherine is currently in development on the feature film HELENA! for StudioCanal; the TV series MISFIT with Robert Connolly and Gillian Armstrong for Fremantle TV; THE WAY BACK for producer/director Kate Riedl and a feature based on the TUSCAN COOKBOOK by Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer for Arcadia.
Theatre credits include: A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER, TONIGHT WE ANCHOR IN TWOFOLD BAY, A SPORTING CHANCE, DARLINGHURST NIGHTS, DIVING FOR PEARLS, BARMAIDS, FRAGMENTS OF HONG KONG, KING TIDE, NAVIGATING, THIS HOSPITAL IS MY COUNTRY, KAYAK, MAVIS GOES TO TIMOR, and HARBOUR.
Katherine’s productions continue to enjoy successful seasons in Australia’s major theatres.