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ANNI FINSTERER
Nationality: Australian
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Literary Agent: RGM Artist Group
Anni Finsterer is an Actor in Theatre, Film and Television, Writer, Director and a teacher of English, Drama and Acting. Her career has spAnned film, television and Theatre. Anni received an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for her performance in 3 Acts of Murder. Her other television credits include Underbelly 5: Badness, City Homicide, All Saints, Love My Way. Anni has appeared in numerous feature films including Sleeping Beauty, the Clinic, the Boys Are Back, Prime Mover. Short films of 2012: Touch, Grace, Haystacks, Devine is Dead. She has an extensive list of stage credits including Poor Superman, the Threepenny Opera, antony & Cleopatra and the Women of Troy for the STC; Ray's Tempest, Jesus Hopped the A Train and the Threepenny Opera for Belvoir Street; Othello for Bell; the World's Wife and Macbeth for MTC; Rabbit for Griffin, and Kimberly Akimbo for ensemble Theatre. She has contributed to many script development workshops and performed in independent Theatre productions including a tour of Asia and Europe with American Drama Group Europe. Anni directed David Wenham in Dario Fo's 'Tale of a Tiger', which toured Europe and co directed the critically acclaimed east' by Steven Berkoff. As a writer Anni was commissioned by the Sydney Theatre Co. to write a new play for Australian Peoples Theatre. She wrote, performed and produced her one woman show Gravegnomes.' for La Mama in 2000 and wrote the Sitcom Alive and Kicking', funded by STC with CBS, America.
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Bloodwood Gravegnomes School Of LifeBloodwood
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Much like an Australian pilgrim's progress dream play, Bloodwood focuses on a young woman's search for her father. She leaves her overprotective mother and travels across a harsh Australian city where she becomes embroiled in bigotry, racism, sexism, corruption and sexual violence, until finally she is reunited with her father. This is a classic quest, a journey which also serves as a metaphor for growing into tolerance.
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90 mins Non-naturalistic Poetic drama/Dance/Music
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'Happiness is A Place called School' was the quote used to elicit the experiences of chosen adults as they traversed the journey from teen to adult. the stories recorded described how school experiences affect identity and shape the future and include such themes as surviving bullying, family dysfunction, forging friendships, falling in love, confronting sexuality and how the school of life' affects the choices you make long after the school days are over. A list of themes emerged which became the Scenes of the play: Who We Are, Love/Hate School, Surviving, Bullying and Rebellion, Family, Love, epilogue In Conclusion; themes which highlight the similarities and distinctions between individuals as they recall how friendships, resilience, mischief and humour helped them find their way; a plethora of truths disclosed over a night in the theatre. the cast totals 7 characters, 2 being pre recorded. Both Lucy & Keegan appear via skype (pre recorded video footage) on screens above the stage. the characters we meet are: Lucy, representing the innocence and gaiety of youth. As the sole Primary school student, Lucy highlights where the school experience begins and where it might lead. Ben: a Drama teacher who struggled to belong as a gay man in a regional town. Keegan: A student who speaks candidly about her yearning for intimacy and her struggle with body image; Kirby, a young, strong willed artist who was bullied for a speech impediment and targeted by a street gang. Buck, a middle aged Musician who was once a school bully, having learnt bullying from his Mother; Chez, a middle aged Interior organizer who was left alone as a child to care for herself and her three brothers and lastly; Sonya, whose artistic personality has seen her through her troubled youth marred by depression.
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Verbatim Script 90 min
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Male: 2 Female: 5 Other: 5 live and 2 pre-recorded
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