The Woman in Black
Cast & Creatives
John Waters
Arthur Kipps
John Waters is one of Australia’s pre-eminent actors.
With theatre credits spanning many productions in Australia and the United Kingdom, John has performed lead roles in Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar for Harry M Miller Productions, They’re Playing Our Song for JC Williamsons, A Little Night Music for Sydney Theatre Company, The Sound of Music for Gordon Frost, Oliver! for Cameron Mackintosh, Rocky Horror Show for Newtheatricals, the self- written Looking Through a Glass Onion for Theatre Royal (which played for six months on London’s West End) and Gomez in the New Theatricals production of The Addams Family. He also appeared in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Swimming Club and Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Talk.
John’s television work is equally extensive with series roles on All Saints, for which he was nominated for the 2006 Australian Film Institute (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, as well as a lead role on Underbelly: The Golden Mile. John’s more recent television credits include Mystery Road, The End, The Commons, Halifax Retribution, Doctor Doctor Season 5 and Darby & Joan.
As well as his 20-year involvement with the iconic Australian children’s show Play School, his other television credits include City Homicide, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The Man From Snowy River, Singapore Sling, All The Rivers Run, Rush and Division 4, for which he was awarded the TV Week Silver Logie for Best New Talent in 1975. John also starred as Darcy in five seasons of the hit series Offspring and as Edgar in season four of Rake. He also featured in the critically acclaimed mini-series Anzac Girls and on The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
His impressive list of feature film credits includes Stealth, The Sugar Factory, High Country, Breaker Morant, Eliza Frazer and Pino Amenta’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams, for which he received the AFI (AACTA) Best Actor Award. In 2014, John appeared in a lead role in Return to Nim’s Island and the Burleigh Smith feature You Can’t Play the Game If You Don’t Know the Rules. John can also be seen in Paul Currie’s film 2:22 opposite Teresa Palmer and in a lead role in Ben Elton’s feature Three Summers opposite Michael Caton, Magda Szubanski and Deborah Mailman.
John’s more recent feature film credits include Miss Fisher And The Crypt Of Tears as Professor Linnaeus and Blaze as the Magistrate.
As an accomplished musician, John has released a number of recorded albums and EPs adding to his illustrious career. He toured the US with his self- written one-man show Lennon: Through a Glass Onion – a part monologue part concert show which focuses on the man and phenomenon which was John Lennon.
Daniel MacPherson
The Actor
One of Australia’s most highly regarded leading actors, Daniel MacPherson has most recently been seen starring as Sam Levine in Russell Crowe’s feature Poker Face and as fan favourite Hugo Krast in Apple TV+’s sci-fi behemoth Foundation opposite Jared Harris. Daniel will next be seen in the anticipated US action feature Land of Bad, reuniting with Russell Crowe and alongside Liam Hemsworth. In 2023 he starred in the theatre production 2:22 A Ghost Story, receiving critical acclaim in the role of Ben.
Daniel’s other feature film credits include Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time directed by Ava DuVernay, Shane Abbess’ Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child and INFINI, the lead in the US independent feature Generational Sins and Simon Wincer’s The Cup. Recently starring as Sgt Samuel Wyatt in the latest seasons of the HBO/Cinemax action series Strike Back, Daniel’s other international credits include the Fox hi-tech crime series APB, the MTV fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles and ITV/UKTV’s The Bill. Closer to home Daniel has starred in Wild Boys, Bad Mothers, City Homicide and Neighbours. On stage, Daniel alternated the roles of Jesus and Judas in the musical Godspell directed by Scott Schwartz, which played in London and the UK, and starred opposite Edward Woodward in The Mysteries at London’s Canterbury Cathedral. In 2013, Daniel was part of the all-star Australian cast of 8 The Play.
One of Australia’s most experienced live television presenters, Daniel has hosted seven series of Dancing With The Stars as well as the first season of X-Factor Australia, and in 2017 Daniel hosted the International AACTA Awards in Los Angeles for Foxtel. Recipient of the TV Week Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent in 1999, Daniel has since twice been nominated for the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor, as well as Best Newcomer at the British National Television Awards. In 2008, GQ Magazine named Daniel as Australia’s Most Popular Television Personality.
Daniel’s other passions include horses, music and fitness. He is a six-time Ironman Triathlon finisher and has represented Australia at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. He has run multiple endurance events to raise money and awareness for charities such as World Vision, Reclink, Charity: Water, and The Indigenous Marathon Project, for which he is an Ambassador.
Mark Doggett
Standby Arthur Kipps
Mark studied Musical Theatre at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts graduating in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts.
Theatre credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (MCG), The Who’s Tommy (VO), Aladdin (Disney), My Fair Lady and South Pacific (OA), Fiddler on The Roof (TML Ent), Ragtime, Sunset Boulevard, Sweet Charity, Hello Dolly, Hair, The Music Man and How To Succeed In Business (The Production Co.), Batboy (MTC), The Threepenny Opera (WA Opera Co.), The Merry Widow (RUG), Songs for a New World (Tipoki Productions), Les Miserables (Drum Theatre) & Sweeney Todd (CLK Theatre)
Film credits include Upgrade, Purge and The Forest.
Television credits include Glitch (ABC) Neighbours (Ch10), Blue Heelers (Network 7) Prank Patrol (ABC) & Underbelly – Squizzy (Ch9)
Matt Holly
Standby The Actor
An accomplished Singer, Dancer and Actor, Matt has enjoyed an extensive and broad career in theatre. Credits include West Side Story (Gee-tar/Onstage Swing), Love Never Dies (Both on stage and subsequent Universal Pictures film release, Ensemble/Showboy), Vernon Godlittle (Vernon), Cat Stephen’s Moonshadow (Ensemble), Assassins (John Hinckley, Green Room Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical), Gypsy (Ensemble), A Chorus Line (Mike Costa), Wicked (Chistery), Our House: The Madness Musical (Joe Casey), Follies (Ensemble), My Fair Lady (Under the direction of Julie Andrews, Ensemble), The Book of Mormon (Elder Grant/Understudied and performed the role of Elder Cunningham), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Scorpius Malfoy Alternate), alongside innumerable charitable performances for Twisted Broadway, Hats off, Carols by Candlelight, Carols in the Domain, and Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Matt is thrilled to be joining the company of The Woman in Black and to become a part of this wonderful production’s legacy and ongoing history.
Creatives
Producers
PW Productions
Since 1983, PW Productions has been responsible for producing some of the most successful productions in British theatre, as well as acting as general manager and production accountant to more than 600 productions in London, throughout the UK, and around the world. PWP has produced The Woman in Black since the show began in 1987 and since then has celebrated 33 years in the West End as well as taking the production across the world. Since 1983 the company has also toured Stephen Daldry’s critically acclaimed An Inspector Calls.
Recent credits include: Spike (UK tour); Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (West End/UK and Ireland tour/Berlin); AVA: The Secret Conversations (Riverside Studios); The Last Ship (US and UK tours/Toronto); The Jungle (St. Ann’s Warehouse, NY); An Hour and a Half Late (Theatre Royal Bath/UK tour); The Woman in Black (The McKittrick Hotel, New York/A.C.T. San Francisco) and the new musical Islander (Playhouse 46, New York).
PWP has recently announced a co-production with Toho Co Ltd of Studio Ghibli’s animated masterpiece Spirited Away which has been re-imagined for the stage by Toho Theatrical Department and Olivier and Tony Award-winning director John Caird (Les Misérables). The production will play at London Coliseum from April 2024 as the European premiere.
WOODWARD PRODUCTIONS
Alex Woodward
Woodward Productions brings world class theatre to audiences in Queensland, Australia and internationally.
Since our inception in 2016, we have produced over 20 musicals, concerts and plays. Woodward Productions has a focus on “gateway theatre” which attracts new audience members into our arts economy and aims to tell stories that engage all of our diverse Australian communities.
The company has a history of developing and touring theatre including Sherlock Holmes – The Mystery of the Valkyrie, a brand-new gripping theatrical play where Sherlock and Watson fight to save the world. A Very Naughty Christmas, the adults Christmas comedy show which will be presented in 2024 for the eighth consecutive year across Australia and London, Caroline O’Connor’s latest concert From Broadway With Love, Boys of Sondheim (Brisbane and Sydney), and Weathering Well (24 date tour of regional QLD). The company has also produced the Australian premiere of premiere of Yank! A WWII Love Story as a part of Brisbane’s MELT Festival.
Woodward Productions is led by Alex Woodward who has been touring and producing live music and theatrical events since 2006. Studies include a bachelor’s degree in music theatre and a post-grad in business and artificial intelligence. In the last 5 years, Alex has been the sole producer on more than ten productions. Alongside his producing experience, Alex has an extensive performing history with some of Australia’s biggest companies including Sydney Theatre Company and The Gordon Frost Organisation.
Alongside Alex is Claire Dix (Associate Producer and General Manager) and Christine Newton (Associate producer, Marketing and Cultural Consultant).
NEIL GOODING PRODUCTIONS
Neil Gooding
Neil Gooding is an international theatre Director, Producer and Writer. He was the originating Chairman and one of the founding members of Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney, was the head of New Musicals Australia and in 2002 established his company, Neil Gooding Productions (NGP)
As a producer, Neil’s work internationally include:
On Broadway – Back To The Future, Macbeth (Starring Alan Cumming), Harmony
Off-Broadway – Handle with Care; The 39 Steps; Church And State; Islander
North America – The Empire Strips Back touring around the USA & Canada.
West End – Back To The Future winner of 7 Oliviers including Best New Musical,& Holding the Man
Europe: The Empire Strips Back Paris
His producing credits in Australia include: 33 Variations starring Ellen Burstyn; High Fidelity at Hayes Theatre Co; the multi Helpmann Award winning Sweet Charity (Hayes Theatre Co & national tour); Dogfight; Drummer Queens; The Hatpin; Sing on Through Tomorrow (Matthew Robinson); LOVEBiTES (Peter Rutherford & James Millar); BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell starring Queenie van de Zandt; Love Letters starring Ian Stenlake and Rachael Beck and the original tour of Breast Wishes.
