CONVICT THEATRE

Convict Theatre is based on the true story of convict Robert Sidaway and the first theatre of Sydney.  It was written and produced as part of The Windmill Festival in The Rocks, Sydney (2013).

Convict Theatre

Robert Sidaway Brendon Taylor
Judge & Governor(s) Adrian Barnes
Reverend Johnson & Male Voices Robert Edwards
The Women Anna Martin
Sparrow & Male Voices Dominic Witkop 
Male Voices Thomas Adams, Paul Winchester

Written & Produced by Merran Winchester

Music composed and performed by John Bellamy

References: The Convict Theatres of Early Australia 1788-1840 by Robert Jordan, published by Currency House (2002).