Unseen Theatre Company
Death from Discworld
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Ben Elton and Pamela Munt

Unseen Theatre Company is based in Adelaide, Australia. It is an amateur theatre company which was formed in mid 1999. It specialises in Discworld plays by the British author Terry Pratchett but has also produced other plays such as "Gasping" by Ben Elton, "Men Behaving Badly" based on the tv series of the same name, and (likewise) "Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles". A few years ago, it produced "Dancing at Lughnasa", which involved putting together a cast of recent WAAPA graduates.

We are particularly proud of our World Premiere of Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent", which was the first play adapted by Pamela Munt. We thought is was particularly appropriate for her to adapt this one, as the play takes place in the Discworld equivalent of Australia!

Unseen Board Members

Pamela Munt

Pamela Munt, Artistic Director
Position: 
Artistic Director, and Founding Board Member

Pamela founded Unseen Theatre Company with her daughter Melanie in an attempt to offer something different from the standard fare of English drawing room comedies which seem to be the main-stay of many theatre companies.

Her interest in science fiction is both as an avid reader and writer of it and inevitably led her to Terry Pratchett. She enjoys his subtle (well almost subtle) literary allusions and the way he uses his Discworld setting to parody almost everything we hold sacred. Despite having many roles in "normal" plays, the most Pratchett fun she has had so far as an actor, is her five different roles in Mort. All she wants now is her own personal phone box in which to change costume.

The most fun she has had as a writer is the recent production of "The Last Continent" where Terry gave her permission to adapt the book for the stage, which meant that she was writing, directing, producing and acting in the production. Again - where is that phone box when you need it?

Andrew Zeuner

Andrew Zeuner
Position: 
Stage Manager

Andrew Zeuner is what Pamela fondly describes as her "right hand man".

His official titles are Board Member and Stage Manager, but he does a whole lot more than that and Unseen Theatre Company could not possibly survive without him.

Let's hope we never have to try!

Melanie Munt

Melanie Munt
Position: 
Founding Board Member

Melanie was instrumental in co-founding Unseen Theatre Company with Pamela in 1999. During her first few years with Unseen she played a wide variety of roles including Princess Kelly, Footnote, Angua and others too numerous to mention. She also took on many backstage roles like Publicity Officer, Stage Manager, Assistant Director and jointly Directed the first Pratchett Pieces with Pamela for the Adelaide Fringe in 2002. She is now a professional actor in Los Angeles.

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Stephen Dean

Position: 
Lighting Designer

Stephen has been active in theatre from a young age and it won’t let him escape. Over the many years he has gained skills in all of the backstage arts, but where he really excels is in lighting. Well really anything that uses technology. Lighting still remains his major interest. He has designed many shows for companies in South Australia, in particular for Unseen, Accidental Productions and the Bakehouse Theatre. He also works at a variety of venues around town as a multi-skilled venue technician.

David Dyte

David Dyte
Position: 
Co-Director

Sometimes I act, sometimes I try to act, sometimes I am Assistant Director, sometimes I co-direct and sometimes I give free IT support. Through the fathomless depths of space and with the unending determination of a being that has a very real purpose, swims the great star turtle The Great A'Tuin. My purpose is equally determined. It is to put on a play that will make people happy. "Wyrd Sisters" was my third production with Unseen and it saw me co- directing with Pamela which has been great fun and a real learning experience. As always the unseen people have been great to work with.

Liz Blackmore

Liz Blackmore
Position: 
Front of House Manager

We warmly welcome Liz Blackmore to the role of Front of House Manager.
Liz has worked for us in many capacities before, both on and off stage. She is one of those "treasures" who sees a job and does it, instead of walking past it:-)