Paul Cleaver
Paul began his love for all things theatrical at Wynstones Steiner School, UK. Since 1992 he has worked as both a performer (actor/musician) and songwriter for a number of different companies and has journeyed extensively. By 1995 he recorded his first album “Tempest Lullaby”, a collection of original songs. From 1997-2001 Paul was co-director of a music-theatre piece for The Very Moving Festival company, a company involved in creating artistic projects that involved high input from schools and community members. Travelling along Pilgrim paths throughout England, they would compose songs to share with school children en route at various focal points. This work would sometimes culminate in an intensive workshop week, the end of which a small music-theatre piece was shared.
Paul’s composing skills were drawn upon for these projects, and others – namely Storm’s Child and Don’t I Know You for English Eurythmy Theatre, The Golden Bird for the Rose Theatre Company and more recently The Wordsmith’s Cat, Soul Food and Someone Else's Shoes for Ink Pot Theatre. Paul performed in these productions, which toured throughout Europe and the UK 2000-2001 and then in Australia in 2002 - current. Being a “Jack of all Trades”, he has also designed and built sets, made costumes and masks, designed lighting and worked as a stage manager. Having now immigrated to Australia, he is enjoying contributing to the artistic projects and workshops of Ink Pot Theatre as co-founder of the company.
Jo-anne Sarre
Jo-anne Sarre’s professional performing career has spanned over 20 years, taking her throughout Australia, New Zealand, UK, Europe, USA, and Canada.
Now based in the Adelaide Hills, Ink Pot Theatre’s co-founder is committed to creating vibrant, innovative theatre with good tales to tell. Specialising in Creative Speech and the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique, Jo-anne has performed as a storyteller and actress. She worked as a free-lance actress and director from 1987-1994 in Australia and New Zealand before travelling to the northern hemisphere (1994-2001) where she worked for various theatre companies, toured as a solo storyteller, as well as teaching Speech and Drama at Emerson College, UK.
Theatre credits include The Soul’s Awakening with Portal Productions (UK), Thirteen Mirrors and The Golden Bird for the Rose Theatre Company (UK). In 2000 she was invited to produce a children’s theatre show for The Rose Theatre Company, and consequently wrote her first play entitled The Wordsmith’s Cat. As a performer and tour manager Jo-anne travelled with this production throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the UK, Eire and eventually Australia. In 2002 she co-founded Ink Pot Theatre, continuing to perform and write. Ink Pot Theatre has performed two other productions, Soul Food (dramatised storytelling and music) and Someone Else’s Shoes, the sequel to The Wordsmith’s Cat. Shows have been taken to country South Australia, nationally and to the UK (recent tour 2006).
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