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Wicked

Bendigo Theatre Company
Producer & Production Manager · 2019
Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo

An ambitious production.
A city invited to be part of it.

Bendigo Theatre Company’s production of Wicked
Wicked, 2019 · All production photography by David Field

The ambition

Eighteen months.
One extraordinary undertaking.

The most ambitious production Bendigo Theatre Company had undertaken.

As Producer & Production Manager, I was part of eighteen months of intensive work to bring a technically complex production of Wicked to Ulumbarra Theatre.

The ambition extended beyond the stage. Partnerships, publicity and local activations gave the wider community a way to take part.

A production with wider reach

Painting Bendigo green.

Local businesses joined the campaign with green cocktails, green burgers—even a green beer. Connected through a shared hashtag, these collaborations encouraged people to discover participating businesses and the production, bringing Wicked into the everyday life of the city.

Green cocktails. Green burgers.
Even a green beer.

A shared invitation: discover a local business, discover the show. The campaign gave businesses a playful way to participate and audiences a connection to the production before they entered the theatre.

MTGV Awards

Recognised across Victoria.

Recognition of the production and its creative, technical and performing team.

15nominations

13awards

IncludingProduction of the Year

The production in print

A world to take home.

Portraits, characters and the people behind the production, brought together in the original show programme.

Wicked programme cover
Abe Watson’s welcome messageElphaba portrait opposite the welcome message
Elphaba performer profileGlinda performer profile
Company portrait, left pageCompany portrait, right page

Selected spreads from the original 2019 programme

Performers in Bendigo Theatre Company’s WickedA moment from the Wicked production

Select creative & production credits

Producer & Production ManagerAbe Watson
DirectorPaul Watson
Musical DirectorMatthew Dudfield
Vocal DirectorKristie Woodward
ChoreographerLisa Kearin
Technical DirectorKen Wells
Set DesignersKen Wells, Samantha Lempio-Franklin, Vern Wall
Lighting DesignerIan Scott
Sound DesignerGreg Ginger
AV DesignerBAAC Light
Marketing CoordinatorBryley Savage · Friendly Savage
PhotographyDavid Field

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