Playwright

• Frank Barry
• Jody Richardson Writer/Composer

Director

• Frank Barry

Cast

• Frank Barry The Voice of Frank the Tortured Ant
• Jody Richardson The Grasshopper
• Lois Brown Secreto/Quang Matricida
• Elizabeth Pickard Jerpin/Quang Biteo
• Torquil Colbo Prince Romebug
• Sherry White Princess Jubilant
• Tina Steele-Nash Cant the Ant/The Bumblebee
• Louise Moyes Spider/Mainsqueezing
• Maggie Panting Maggie Bug
• Melissa Noseworthy Ant/Caterpillar
• Catherine Steiner Ant/Caterpillar
• Courtney Steiner Ant/Caterpillar
• Ashley Whelan Ant/Caterpillar
• Danielle Barron Ant/Caterpillar
• Melanie Walsh Ant/Caterpillar

Crew

• Barry Newhook Stage Manager
• Shelley Cornick Set Designer & Painter
• Paul Wade Set Builder
• Kelly Bruton Costume Designer
• Jacquey Ryan Assistant Costume Designer
• Deborah Hartery Costume Builder
• Fionnuala McMahon Seamstress
• Louise Moyes Choreographer
• Geoff Panting Soundscape
• Flip Janes Lighting Designer & Operator
• Colin Stoker Sound Operator
• Grant Boland Original Artwork
• Ragged Hr. Design Group Poster Designer
• Michael Chiasson Production Manager
• Ann Brophy Assistant Production Manager
• Justin Hall Photographer
• Sara Tilley Dresser
• Tiffany Martin Dresser
• Tom Harris Set Construction Assistant
• Robbie Thomas Set Fabrication & Painter
• Jesse Walker Set Fabrication & Painter
• Sheila Coultas Set Fabrication & Painter
• Rhonda Pelley Set Fabrication & Painter

Description

Frank Barry’s wonderful retelling of the Aesop fable The Ant and the Grasshopper transformed the entire theatre into a celebration of insects. Bugs!Bugs!Bugs! featured blades of grass rising to the ceiling, pop cans the size of cars, incredible costumes, and arthropods singing and dancing the jitterbug.

Production type

• RCA Production