Trent Dalton's Love Stories Cast
Rashidi Edward
Rashidi trained at the Adelaide College of the Arts. He performed in the State Theatre Company South Australia's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, a season that also included the Sydney Festival and Queensland Theatre. Other productions with the company include Hibernation, A Doll's House, Macbeth, Sense & Sensibility, In The Club.
Rashidi made his debut performance at Belvoir undertaking their double show Rep Season performing simultaneously in Wayside Bride and Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, co- directed by Eamon Flack and Hannah Goodwin. Most recently he performed in Malthouse Theatre's Macbeth (An Undoing) directed by Matthew Lutton.
Jason Klarwein
Jason Klarwein is a seasoned theatre performer and has appeared in many productions including Emerald City for MTC, A Streetcar Named Desire for STC, Hedda, Twelfth Night, Once in a Royal David’s City, The Odd Couple, The Seagull, Macbeth for Queensland Theatre, Paul, Capricornia for Belvoir and Henry 4, Faustus for Bell Shakespeare.
Jason recently performed on stage in Every Brilliant Thing with That Production Company and on screen in the series In Our Blood and Summer Love, both for ABC.
Anna McGahan
Ngọc Phan
Ngọc Phan is an actor, director, and playwright. Her performances include Vietgone, Boy Swallows Universe, and Good Grief at Queensland Theatre, Laurinda with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Horizon at Playlab Theatre, Medea with Shock Therapy Productions, and Away, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Mathematics of Longing, and The Village at La Boite Theatre.
Recently, Ngọc won the Matilda Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production for her role in Vietgone.
Will Tran
Valerie Bader
Kirk Page
Kirk Page is a proud Munanjali man with ancestoral connections to Badu Island in the Torres Strait, Germany and Wales. He trained with the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) and began his professional career with Bangarra in 1995.
Kirk works across performance disciplines as a dancer, actor, singer, teacher and writer. Most recently he choreographed Swim for Griffin Theatre Company and directed My Cousin Frank for NORPA.
As an actor, Kirk’s work includes The Harp in the South, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Sunshine Club for Sydney Theatre Company, Conversations with the Dead and The Dreamers for Belvoir Street Theatre, and Silent Disco for Griffin Theatre Company. He has also worked with Merrigong Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Queensland Theatre, and Black Swan State Theatre Company.
Bryan Probets
Jacob Watton
Jacob Watton is a performer and creator from Meanjin Brisbane. He graduated with first-class honours in dance performance from QUT in 2017.
As a creator Jacob’s work has been presented in Queensland, nationally, and internationally. Highlights include presenting at Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, the Busan International Dance Festival in South Korea, Adelaide Fringe, Perth Fringe World as well presenting at the Woodford Folk Festival, Curious Arts Festival, and HOTA’s Underground Festival.
Hsin-Ju Ely
Born in Taiwan, then moving to Brisbane to study at QUT, Hsin-Ju has become one of Brisbane’s most sought-after dancers and physical performers. She has worked with guest choreographers such as Antony Hamilton, Ross McCormack and Sarah Jayne Howard, and is a current senior member of Phluxus2 Dance Collective led by Nerida Matthaei.
She performed in the premiere stage adaptation of Trent Dalton's bestselling novel Boy Swallows Universe, Shock Therapy Arts' Locked In, The Poison of Polygamy (2023) by La Boite Theatre and The Ring Cycle (2023) by Opera Australia.
