Antje Guenther

Education / Training

2000-2003	Flinders University Drama Centre Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
2009-present	Singing Lessons with Nikki Aitken
	Awards / Scholarships
2007	Nominated for Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Award – Best Female in a Drama
2006	Nominated for Adelaide Critics’ Circle Award – Best Emerging Artist
2004	Keith Michell Performance Award
2004	Winner of inaugural Bakehouse Theatre Monologue Competition
2004	Helpmann Academy Mentorship, with Maude Davey, then artistic director of Vitalstatistix National Women’s Theatre
2004	Flinders University Medal

 

 

Theatre

2011	Sex & Crime with Fräulein Antje (Adelaide Fringe Festival)	Performer/Writer	MD: Chris Martin Dir: Naomi Steel
2010	Sex & Crime with Fräulein Antje (Adelaide Fringe Festival)	Performer/Writer	MD: Chris Martin Dir: Naomi Steel
2009	Footsoldiers (Gorge ’09)	Sye	Dir: Tessa Leong Real Time Collaborators
2009	This Place (staged reading)	Eliza	Dir: Corey McMahon Writer: Nina Pearce
2009	Mnemonic	Maid/East Berliner/Trudi/Sister-in-Law/Fitz/Company	Dir: Adam Cook State Theatre Company of South Australia
2008	Architektin	Adele/SDP woman/Journo/Lydia/ AnniHayder/Young Woman	Dir: Adam Cook Writer: Robyn Archer State Theatre Company of South Australia
2008	Norway.Today (ASSITEJ World Congress Emerging Companies Showcase)	Julie	Dir: Justin McGuinness Prod: TheImagen
2008	Abelard and Heloise: The Lost Lover Letters and the Music They Inspired	Heloise	Dir: Emily Sutherland (Adelaide Fringe 08)
2006	Norway.Today (Australian Premiere)	Julie	Dir: Justin McGuinness Prod: TheImagen
2006	The Hit! (Malthouse Theatre)	Collaborator/ Performer	Dir: Netta Yashchin Text: Christos Tsiolkas Prod: Parallelo
2006	Lontano Blu (Adelaide Festival of Arts)	Angela	Dir: Teresa Crea Prod: Parallelo
2005	The Hit! (creative development)	Collaborator/ Performer	Dir: Netta Yashchin Prod: Parallelo
2005	The House of Bernarda Alba (creative development)	Maria Josefa/ Maid	Dir: Netta Yashchin Prod: Bimbola
2005	Significant Others	Hanna	Dir/Writer: Sean Riley Prod: Oddbodies
2005	Wise Ways to Win (Pantomime for selected primary schools)	Koala	Dir: Craig Behenna/ Antje Guenther
2004	Lavender Pillow Shopping Trolley	Jess Performer	Dir: Maude Davey Vitalstatistix National Women’s Theatre (Playgirl ’04)
2002	Beautiful Words Part One: Zugang (creative development)	Mama	Dir: Brendan Ross Writer: Sean Riley Prod: Windmill Performing Arts
2002	Berlin Cabaret at the Weimar Room	Ilse	Prod: Torsten Meyer Weimar Productions
2002	Oh! Dear World! A Cabaret	Singer	Dir: Michael Fuller MD: Dale Ringland
2001	Europe	Barbara	Dir: James Aubrey
2001	The Memory Museum	Performer	Dir: Tim Maddock Design: Mary Moore SA Centenary of Federation
2000	Hamletmachine	Performer	Dir: Sam Haren

 

                                                                                                                                   

Television / Film    

 

2009	SA Tenancy Board Training Film	Christine Adams	tav productions
2007	Close for Winter (feature released 2009)	Policewoman	Dir: James Bogle Goalpost Pictures
2007	Bickford’s Ice Tea Cordial TVC	Wife	Dir: Danny Monaghan Zest Advertising
2007	McLeod’s Daughters (Season 8, Episode 13)	Jacqui	Dir: Steve Mann Millenium Television for Channel 9
2007	Out of the Ordinary	Presenter	Dir: Tait Muller tav productions for Channel 9
2002	Like it is	Presenter	Dir: Keryn James ABC Education TV

 

 

 

Voice Over

 

2009	Women of the Minotaur: Les Poemes de Femmes de Picasso		Dir/Prod: Krystyna Kubiak Poetica, ABC Radio National
2009	After Every War: Poems by German Women About WW2 and its Aftermath		Dir/Prod: Krystyna Kubiak Poetica, ABC Radio National
2008	Cake	Young Woman	Dir: Chris Williams Writer: Astrid Pill Poetica, ABC Radio National
2007	Songs in the Blood	Voice 9	Dir: Logan Bold Radio Adelaide
2006	Department of Premier and Cabinet		Best FX
2004	Lighter Than Air: The Poetry of Hans Magnus Enzensberger		Dir: Chris Williams Poetica, ABC Radio National

 

 

Other Information

Workshops / Master Classes

2010   One week master class on Sarah Kane, with Paulo Castro (Portugal/Australia).

 

2008   One week workshop Working with Brecht and Theatre for Young People with Dr Christel Hoffmann (Germany) as part of the 16^th ASSITEJ World Congress and Festival.

 

2007   Two week workshop Mime and Movement, with Leisa Shelton (Vic).

 

2007   One month Workshop Bouffon with Philippe Gaulier in Paris, France. Funded by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and the South Australian Youth Arts Board.

 

2005   Master Class with Tom McSweeney, casting director Maura Fay Casting Qld.

 

2005   Two week workshop Classical Acting Techniques, with Gerrard McArthur (UK), hosted by BRINK Productions

 

2005   Two week clown and slapstick workshop with Andrew Cory and Scott Witt respectively, of Red Spoon Theatre Company in Brisbane.

 

2004   Ruth-Project (working title) – Funded by South Australian Youth Arts Board; regular workshops with Astrid Pill, developing an original piece of work based on notions of widowhood, migration, love, loss and homeland

 

2004   Four day acting workshop with Netta Yashchin

 

2004   Two week workshop Actor’s Techniques with Teatr Piesn Kozla (Theatre Song of the Goat) in Wroclaw, Poland. Focussing on physical theatre techniques developed by Grotowski and Staniewski. Funded by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and the Helpmann Academy.

 

2004   Australian National Playwright’s Conference, performer in script-developing workshops.

 

2004   Workshops The Imaginary Body with Christopher Heimann (director, UK/Germany); and Le Jeu (The Game) with Gavin Robertson (actor/director, UK) as part of Knowledge Ground series, 2004 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts,

 

2003   One week clown workshop with Shannan Calcutt (a.k.a Clown Izzy) from Canada.

 

2003   Master class Interpreting the Lyrics and Giving Meaning to the Words, with Avigail Hermann, 2003 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

 

2002   Workshops Acting for Film and Television, with Amin Tarok, Iranian actor and director.

 

Dramaturgy

“Drums in the Night” by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Finegan Kruckmeyer for BRINK Productions.

Performed in co-production with STCSA in April 2005.

 

Other Skills

Singing Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Dance: Standard Ballroom, Modern, Jazz

Languages: German (fluent), Spanish (beginner), French (beginner), Latin

Sport: Fencing, Cycling, Cross-Country Skiing, Swimming

Special Skills: Clowning/Bouffon, Masks, Slapstick