CRYPTOPHASIA

CRYPTOPHASIA is an independent theatre company that produces original contemporary and musical theatre works, currently based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 2012 with the launch of two productions premiering at MUDfest, the University of Melbourne's performing arts festival, in early 2013. The debut of their original musical "Wake" at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2014 was a critical success, and widely lauded by reviewers and audience alike. Their most recent production "Fish on Europa," premiered in the Guild Theatre in August 2014, to a universally positive critical response, and has further touring prospects in 2015. Although CRYPTOPHASIA shows deal with a wide variety of themes and stories, their goal is to challenge theatrical conventions and create works that stay with the audience long after the show is over.  

 

THE TEAM

 

A.F. King – Composer, Musical Director, Co-Director, Designer

 

Felicia King is a multidisciplinary theatre practitioner and academic. In addition to her work as the resident sound designer and composer for Four Letter Word Theatre (The Pillowman (2014), Live Acts on Stage (2013), Chiasmus (2013), Titus Andronicus (2013), Equus (2013), The History Boys (2012), A Clockwork Orange (2012)), she is the co-founder, artistic director and resident composer of Cryptophasia Theatre Company, whose original works have featured at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and MUDfest over the past two years (Wake (2014), Fish on Europa (2014), The Lie Direct (2013)). She has also performed at the Melbourne Fringe Festival with Until Monstrous (Blindness (2014), Foreplay (2012)) and toured with Periscope Productions (Attempts on her Life (2014), Chatroom (2012)). Felicia is completing her postgraduate thesis at the University of Melbourne in postdramatic theatre.

 

Director – MUSC's Hamlet (2014); Composer – Four Letter Word Theatre’s The Pillowman (2014); Cast – Periscope Production’s Attempts on Her Life (2014); Starbuck – Until Monstrous’ Moby Dick; Composer - Four Letter Word Theatre's Harkins (2014); Ariel - Union House Theatre's The Tempest (2013); Sound Composer – Four Letter Word Theatre’s Live Acts on Stage (2013); Performer - Blindness, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2013); Composer/Director - CRYPTOPHASIA’s Problems of Definition (2013); Cathy - CRYPTOPHASIA’s The Lie Direct (2013); Eleanor Swanson - Until Monstrous’ Hotel (2013); Polly Drabble - Periscope Production’s The Dice House (2013); Sound Designer - Four Letter Word Theatre’s Chiasmus (2013); Composer- Four Letter Word Theatre’s Titus Andronicus (2013); Costume Designer/Composer - MUSC’s The Merchant of Venice (2013); Artistic Director -Melbourne University Fashion Show (2013); Assistant Director/Sound Designer - Four Letter Word Theatre’s Equus (2013); Costume Designer - MUSC’s Macbeth (2012); Bronwyn McCurry - ...Until Monstrous' Foreplay (2012); Sound Designer - Four Letter Theatre’s The History Boys (2012); Followspot Operator - Queen’s College Production, Fawlty Towers (2012); Musical Director/Composer - Four Letter Word Theatre’s A Clockwork Orange (2012); Sister Luke - ICAC’s Anything Goes (2012); Eva - Periscope Production’s Chatroom (2012) & FAST Festival, Brisbane (2012); Costumer Designer - Amanda Palmer’s Junk Masquerade Ball (2011); Oberon - Theatre on Wheel’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011); Musical Director/Performer - UMSU’s 24 Hour Musical (2011); Alice - Four Letter Word Theatre’s Closer (2011)

 

 

A.N. King – Writer, Composer, Co-Director, Designer

 

Natasha King is an award-winning writer and the co-founder of the Cryptophasia Theatre Company. In addition to her work with Cryptophasia, she is the president of Periscope Productions (Attempts on Her Life (2014), Dicehouse (2013), Chatroom (2012)) and a committee member of FLW Theatre. As a writer, she has won several awards including the Somerset National Novella Writing Competition (National Winner in 2008, State Winner in 2009, Nominated in 2010) and the Booroondara Literary Award (2011). She is also a frequent collaborator with numerous independent theatre companies in Melbourne, including Until Monstrous, Four-Letter-Word Theatre and the KIN collaborative, working as a dramaturge, production manager, stage manager and lighting designer. Natasha is completing her honors year in a Bachelor ofCommerce degree at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Marketing.

 

Production Manager - MUSC's Hamlet (2014); Stage Manager – Periscope Production’s Attempts on Her Life (2014); Stage Manager – MUSC’s As You Like It (2014); Lighting Designer – Until Monstrous’ Moby Dick (2014); Lighting Designer - Gaga V. Assange at Midsumma Festival and Adelaide Fringe (2014); Lighting Designer - Queens College’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2013); Writer/Director - CRYPTOPHASIA's Problems of Definition (2013); Writer/Director - CRYPTOPHASIA's The Lie Direct (2013); Stage Manager & Lighting Operator - Until Monstrous’ Hotel (2013); Stage Manager & Lighting Designer - Periscope Productions The Dice House (2013); Treasurer - FLW Theatre (2013): Assistant Stage Manager – Four Letter Word Theatre’s Equus (2013); Stage Manager - MUSC’s Macbeth (2012); Lighting Designer - Queen's College's Fawlty Towers (2012); Assistant Stage Manager - Four Letter Word Theatre's - History Boys (2012); Stage Manager & Set Designer – ICAC’s Anything Goes; Stage Manager - Four Letter Word Theatre's A Clockwork Orange (2012); Stage Manager & Lighting Designer - Periscope Production’s Chatroom (2012); Stage Manager & Lighting Operator – Until Monstrous’ Foreplay (2012); Stage Manager - Theatre on Wheel's A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream (2011); Stage Manager & Lighting Operator - Roc'Um's Rock'raiser (2011), Co-Stage Manager, Composer, & Set Designer – MUDfest’s 24 Hour Musical (2011); Assistant Stage Manager - Union House Theatre's No Place Like (2011); Deputy Stage Manager - Four Letter Word Theatre's Closer (2011); Assistant Stage Manager - Four Letter Word Theatre's Nine (2011)