Orlando
by Virginia Woolf
adapted by Sarah Ruhl
Presented by SUDS
in association with Sydney Mardi Gras
26 February - 7 March, 2020
The Cellar Theatre (Sydney, Australia)
“I would like, Your Highness, at the present moment, to feel as though I am only one thing.”
“Poppycock! Don’t be a bore Orlando.”
Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel-length love letter to Vita Sackville-West, Orlando follows its protagonist on a romp through five centuries, a gender transition, several great loves, angst™, and one very average poem about a very large tree. Join us on a journey where time is Orlando’s play-thing, and queerness, melodrama, and identity are celebrated in all their undefinable intricacies.
“The cast and crew has been guided expertly by director Sean Landis to create a show so much more than its initial source material.”
— Margot Beavon-Collin, Honi Soit
Promotional Trailer
Cinematographer / Editor Matthew Miceli
Art Director Sean Landis
Featuring Isabelle Laxamana, Isla Mowbray, Madeleine Gandhi, Max Cattana, Rachel Seeto, Robbie Wardhaugh, Robin Eames and Sam Martin
Creative Team
Director Sean Landis
Producer Emily Henderson
Designer Rosie Wylie
Assistant Producer Ezara Norton
Stage Manager Alex Bryant
Circus Choreographer Elliott Little
Assistant Set Designers Iris Higginbotham and Paris Paris
Costume Designer Dan Rogers
Assistant Costume Designer Hugo Fraser
Band Director / Composer Sam Cheng
Sound Designer Milly Kynaston
Hair & Makeup Artist Tess Williams
Assistant Hair & Makeup Artists / Stagehands Davina Oh and Shania O'Brien
Lighting Designer Tom Hicks
Assistant Lighting Designer Victoria Vu Tang
Graphic Designer Aston J Ashley
Assistant Graphic Designer Phoebe Russell
Interdisciplinary Artists Christina Kim, Fergus Berney-Gibson, Kaylee Rankin and Zoe Clarke
AV Directors / Photographers Eoin O’Sullivan and Matthew Miceli
Violin 1 Verity Skala
Violin 2 Victoria Vu Tang
Viola Jessica Snelleman
Cello Claudia Stone-Stacy
With Isabelle Laxamana, Isla Mowbray, Madeleine Gandhi, Max Cattana, Rachel Seeto, Robbie Wardhaugh, Robin Eames and Sam Martin