The gang - by Tara Clark

I always struggle when asked to write a bio. I hate talking about myself. It's a delicate balance that I find difficult to achieve. If I shopping list my contributions to the Sydney arts community I look like a wanker. If I write about myself too personally I look too self involved. If I take the tongue in cheek approach I look like I don't take the exercise seriously. And I do. So...(you can thank me for it later guys)...here's a little bit about the gang. Written by me. So that they don't have to:

Oleg Pupovac

It's Poop-o-vats. Not Poop-o-vac.

Oleg is a Jugoslavian, born in Italy and raised largely in the Middle East. From a very small and sadly, war-torn, village in Croatia, he's seen a lot. He knows a lot about people. A lot of people find his forthrightness confronting. It's not that he's trying to insult you. He's just not concerned with political correctness. He calls a spade a spade.

Oleg graduated from The Actor's College of Theatre and Television in 2008. He shone as Mickey in Jezz Butterworth's Mojo, and gave an exceptional performance as Nicolae in The Jungle by Louis Nowra. It was also the first, (and only time to date) that he kissed a boy.

Oleg's passion for the theatre and the cinema is intense. His influences include Emir Kustarica, David Mamet, Pharoah Monch and Tara Clark.

Ian Zammit

Ian lives with his incredibly supportive wife Michelle in "The Riff", or Penrith as you may know it. Having returned recently from the UK, where he lived and studied for a few years, Ian is a force to be reckoned with. Between his full time job with Carriageworks, his daily commute from The Riff to the Big Smoke and his commitment to the NRL Fantasy League, Ian still finds the time to write, direct and produce a number of projects at once. He's a madman.

It would be Ian's dream to direct a production of Dr. Faustus. He'd also love to direct Mother Courage. Needless to say, the man can multi task.

On top of all his hard work and commitment to the theatre, Ian is just an all round top bloke. We like him. You will too.

Carrie Hardie

Carrie Bonnie Hardie is the youngest of two, but the oldest of souls. She grew up largely in Castle Hill, travelling to Balmain for school for a number of years, until she enrolled at Newtown Highschool for the Perfoming Arts as a drama student for years 11 and 12. Tara had a huge girl-crush on her at school. After they auditioned for Newtown together (where they met) Tara told her mother, "There was this girl, Carrie. She was exceptional. I don't care if i don't get in, so long as she does. It would be a travesty if she didn't..."

On her ipod you'll find Nick Cave. In her dvd collection you'll find Dr. Who (she hosts Dr Who nights from time to time) and on her computer you'll find the entire Alfred Hitchcock collection.

Although very creative, Carrie is innately pragmatic. She's thorough. She's analytical. She's a make-it-happen kind of girl. There was no better person we could have asked to be our producer.

And that's the gang, by Tara.

Do me! Do me!