Ferknerkle

Ferknerkle also committed itself to an ongoing mentorship scheme, through which Malcolm introduced promising young actors from his Keane Kids teen classes to the group, initially operating lighting and/or sound. Ellie Saffron, Katrina Harrison, Olivia Solomons, Kim Blumenthal and Jade Muratore all enjoyed their first experiences in professional the... atre through Ferknerkle at age 15. Eventually, Ellie, Katrina, Olivia and Kim were awarded the invaluable opportunity of performing in plays with seasoned professionals. Jade later composed the musical score for our short film See Of Love. In early 2002 the Greek Street premises were sold and both Keane Kids and Ferknerkle Productions were forced to vacate. At this point the regular (new shows, and usually new plays, every six weeks!) performances came to a grinding halt. Only one production was staged that year, a revival of Famous Last Words (written and directed by Malcolm) coupled with a series of structured improvisations entitled Ferking About at Studio 1 in Uni of NSW. But we were now an established co-operative theatre company. And will now begin speaking in the first person. In 2003 two more revivals were successfully staged at the Cat And Fiddle Hotel - King Of The Castle and Speaking Of Nothing(both written and directed by Brett). In 2004 we entered Newtown Theatre's Short & Sweet Festival with the specially-written (by Malcolm) Previously On. 2005 saw two new pieces at Short & Sweet - It's Not You (by Brett and company associate Iain Triffitt) and Single Selfish Act (by Mal). Remember Thisby Iain and Brett was our 2006 Short & Sweet entry. They had a second play - Faithless - also in competition. In August 2006 we staged our first ever fund raiser, a fabulously successful trivia Night held at Gladesville R.S.L. Club. We attracted 120 supporters and raised nearly $2,500 during a great night's entertainment. Consequently, in December 2006, we staged our triumphant return to the professional theatre with Brett directing Malcolm's play A Delicate Egg. Zoe ...Read More