RICHARD CARROLL
Richard Carroll is a director, writer and producer based in Sydney. Since 2022, he has been Co-Artistic Director of Hayes Theatre Co with Victoria Falconer.
Directing work at Hayes Theatre Co includes Murder For Two, Calamity Jane (followed by Belvoir season and national tour), Godspell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monty Python’s Spamalot (followed by Australian tour), Gypsy, Side Show, and Murder For Two: Christmas Edition, as well as numerous concerts, cabaret shows and events. He won a Sydney Theatre Award for Calamity Jane, and was nominated this year for Murder For Two.
His production of Once has played three times at the Eternity Playhouse in Sydney, and had seasons at Merrigong Theatre Co, Black Swan State Theatre Co, HOTA Gold Coast, and The Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.
Other directing work includes a new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! for Black Swan State Theatre Co, and The Boy, George, a one-person show starring comedian Joel Creasey. He has co-directed new Australian play The Boomkak Panto with Virginia Gay for Belvoir, and An Act of God with Mitchell Butel for Darlinghurst Theatre Co.
Richard is co-creator and director of the shows Every Musical Ever (The Art House Wyong & Adelaide Cabaret Festival), and The Show Goes On starring Bernadette Robinson (Sydney Opera House & Arts Centre Melbourne). ForNeglected Musicals, he has directed presentations of Mame and Meet Me in St Louis, as well as the first incarnation of his Calamity Jane.
Other directing work includes Rewired for Sydney Festival & Hayes Theatre Co, A Night at the Speakeasy for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and opening gala concerts for Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Art House Wyong, and The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre. Richard’s cabaret work includes: Everybody Loves Lucy (co-writer); Dahlesque (co-writer); ¡Hispanic Attack! (writer/director, national tour); and Don’t Bother To Knock (co-writer/director, Hayes/Adelaide Cabaret Festival).
Producing and executive producing work includes Sweet Charity and Miracle City for Luckiest Productions, Jekyll & Hyde, Lizzie, Darlinghurst Nights and High Society for Hayes Theatre Co; Calamity Jane, Side Show, and Monty Python’s Spamalot for One-Eyed Man Productions, and Gypsy for Luckiest Productions & One Eyed Man Productions.
VICTORIA FALCONER
Victoria Falconer is a cross-disciplinary performer, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger and musical director of Filipina-English heritage. Victoria was named one of the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians for 2022, awarded for leadership in the Arts & Culture sector.
2022 projects include the debut of her original work And Then You Go (The Vali Myers Project) at Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2022 after receiving the prestigious Frank Ford Commission; co-creating and hosting Smashed: The Brunch Party; performing in The Boy Who Talked To Dogs (Slingsby Theatre & State Theatre South Australia); and musical direction on Lizzie (Hayes Theatre Co./Sydney Festival), LEAP (Riverside Parramatta/touring) and M’ap Boulé (Utp) along with the third return season of Once (Darlinghurst Theatre Company/Black Swan State Theatre).
Victoria is co-creator & performer with acclaimed feminist firebrands Fringe Wives Club, whose debut Glittery Clittery was presented at Southbank Centre, Soho Theatre (London), Griffin Theatre (Sydney), Darwin Festival, Bats Theatre (Wellington) and Edinburgh Fringe, receiving Spirit of the Fringe Award in 2018.
She was nominated for best musical direction at Sydney Theatre Awards (Once) and Green Room Awards (Glittergrass, Malthouse Theatre) in 2019, and has twice won the Best Cabaret Artist Award at Adelaide Fringe (2018 & 2011). Previous musical direction credits include Insane Animals (HOME Manchester), Courtney Act’s Under The Covers (Underbelly, London) Unroyal Variety (Hackney Empire), Sasquatch The Opera (Summerhall, Edinburgh) and a queer reimagining of Oklahoma! (Black Swan State Theatre Company).
Victoria is a founding member of The People of Cabaret, an initiative formed to amplify and advocate for independent performing artists who identify as Indigenous and/or Bla(c)k and/or People of Colour. They have produced shows for Sydney Festival and Melbourne Fringe, winning Spirit of the Fringe 2020 and a Green Room Award for Best Cabaret Ensemble 2021. Victoria leads the Mentorship Program, empowering and encouraging IBPOC artists across the country.