Left to right: Director and Actor, Brett Cousins, Chef Rob Kabboord, Writer and Producer, Nick Parr

  • Nick Parr is a Melbourne based playwright whose credits include ‘Ghost Gum’, ‘Honesty’, ‘Gordon is Starting to Lose it!’, ‘The Point’ as well as contributions to ‘THIS’ . Nick also has a number of feature films in various stages of development with Stonetown Pictures and had a AWG Emerging Playwright Mentorship for his script “The Rose”.

  • Rob Kabboord, was born in Amsterdam, Holland, nowadays he is often found in the ‘hatted’ Surly Goat kitchen, organizing his brigade, producers, purveyors, mongers and butchers and preparing for the daily service and execution of the highest possible standards.

    Once he was old enough to travel the overseas call became too strong and he spend a few years in some of London’s finest hotels and restaurants. Whilst in the UK, he was swept off his feet by an Australian girl, now the same girl is his wife. Once they arrived in Australia he worked in a pub in rural Victoria for a while and was part of the original team that took over Quay with Chef Gilmore.

    Leaving as Peter’s sous-chef to pursuit the next step in his career he worked at Claudes, also a three hatted gastro temple before moving to Melbourne, where he ran a couple of hotels -with his wife before opening their critically acclaimed and ‘hatted’ restaurant Merricote. Rob and Bron decided to sell their restaurant in 2017, after a very successful 6 year run.

    Rob returned to Quay in early 2015. Achieving the high standards set out to delight guests with chef Peter Gilmore’s vision, dishes and creating memorable experiences. This tenure lasted four years. Just before the world halted due to a little global pandemic, Rob worked on his semi-permanent residency called Lekker, within the iconic Windsor Hotel

    After the pandemic Rob opened Chancery Lane, a classic brasserie in the heart of Melbourne CBD, known for its “Fruit de Mer” and caviar bumps. The call to the country to live with his wife full-time came, and in the summer of 2022 Rob moved to Wheatsheaf, where he tends to his chicken, sheep and gardening, whilst entertaining his creative side with projects like the Floating Swine Fellowship and Gluttony.

  • Red Stitch Actors Theatre is an ensemble theatre company based in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 2001 and with its first season in 2002, Red Stitch has presented over 100 contemporary plays and has helped significantly with script development for Gluttony as well as providing ensemble members and production and stage management.

Artistic Team

Gluttony Company List - March 2024

Producer/Writer | Nick Parr                    
Culinary Producer | Rob Kabboord            
Director | Brett Cousins  
Co-Set & Designer | Chloe Greaves                        
Co-Set & Designer | Max Bowyer 
Lighting Designer | Max Bowyer      
Sound Designer | Justin Gardam           
Stage Manager | Natasha Marich
Production Manager | Charlie D. Bowyer   
Branding, Marketing  | Pom Kimber

Cast 

Chef Max Mortimer             Aaron Campbell
Ellie                                         Sophia Davey 
Lawrence                                Darcy Kent                  
Johanna                                   Elise Jansen    
Derek                                       Brett Cousins
Rebecca                                   Claudia Greenstone
Paul                                         Damian Walshe-Howling
Samantha                                Michelle Myers                      
Understudy                             Lily Hall     

The Director and Cast MFWF Season, March 2024

  • Brett Cousins

    DIRECTOR, ACTOR

    Brett is a founding ensemble member of Red Stitch Actors Theatre.

    In 2005, he was awarded the Green Room Award for ‘Best Actor in Independent Theatre’ and was nominated again in 2007. Brett features in the upcoming feature film, The Menkoff Method, and will appear in the upcoming MTC production of The Waiting Room. Last year Brett performed at MTC in Glengarry Glenross and at Red Stitch in Out of the Water. Brett has performed dozens of roles at Red Stitch over the company’s twelve years including The Aliens, Stockholm, Creditors, Farragut North, Motortown, This Is How It Goes, The Shape Of Things, and Some Voices. He has acted in seasons with the Bell Shakespeare Company and the Australian Shakespeare Company. Film and television credits include roles on Howzat!, Winners and Losers, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Underbelly, City Homicide, Bootmen, Neighbours, and JAG. As a writer, Brett is in the final stages of development on his first feature film, Breakable.

  • Aaron James Campbell

    ACTOR

    Aaron "The Triple Threat" James Campbell will be playing Max Mortimer in the upcoming season of Gluttony as part of the special events program for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2024.

    Aaron had a 20 year international professional dance career. Principal Dancer Credits include, Lido de Paris, Paradis Latin and Dirty Dancing.

    Graduating from esteemed 16th Street Studios in 2017, his Leading Role film credits include - Row, Beyond Charlie and A Piece Of Us.

    Supporting feature film credits include The Killing Dark and The Organist.

    Recent theatre credits include, Gluttony, the multi award winning Reckoning and Relate.

  • Claudia Greenstone

    ACTOR

    We are thrilled to have the talented Claudia Greenstone playing Rebecca in the upcoming season of Gluttony as part of the special events program for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2024 .

    Claudia Greenstone is an actress with an extensive TV, film and theatre history. TV roles include Summer Love, Upper Middle Bogan, Neighbours, Seven Types of Ambiguity, Wentworth, Killing Time, Offspring and Satisfaction. She's also had many lead and supporting roles in feature length and short films over the years. Her theatre credits include Selling Kabul with Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Them, by Samah Sabawi, which toured nationally in 2022, Look Back in Anger, Features of Blown Youth and many more.

  • Damian Walshe-Howling

    ACTOR

    One of Australia’s most accomplished actors, Damian Walshe-Howling has an impressive list of film and television credits. Gaining critical acclaim for his performance in Australia’s highly celebrated television series Underbelly, his personification of “Melbourne’s most loved murderer”, Andrew Benji Veniamin, captured the hearts and minds of Australian and international audiences. Many accolades led to Damian winning an AFI Award 2008 for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama. His extensive list of television credits include the Steven Spielberg produced series Terra Nova, Nine Network/NBC’s tele-movie Panic at Rock Island, The Secret Life of Us, East West 101, Rescue Special Ops, Satisfaction, Wilfred, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Halifax F.P. Stingers, Brothers In Arms, The Time of our Lives, Old School starring Bryan Brown and Sam Neill and three seasons of the critically acclaimed ABC series Janet King. He has most recently been seen in the US Netflix adventure series Titans, ABC Australia’s popular crime drama, Jack Irish smash hit TV series Last King of the Cross.

  • Darcie Kent

    ACTOR

    The talented Darcy Kent will be playing Lawrence in the upcoming season of Gluttony as part of the special events program for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2024 .

    Darcy Kent is a graduate of the 16th Street Actors Studio, and a recipient of the inaugural Lindis Krejus Scholarship from the Pegasus Foundation, which allowed him to study at Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts, USA. His theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado about Nothing, (which both toured China with the Australian International Opera Company), Seminar (Artefact Theatre, Chapel Off Chapel), The Servant of Two Masters (La Mama, Make a Scene), As You Like It (Melbourne Fringe) and Vile (La Mama).. Film and TV credits include Offspring, Neighbours, and a host of short films including Baby Boy (Mullane Bros.) and Alf in A Birthday Party (Swagman Films).

  • Elise Jansen

    ACTOR

    We are so excited to have Elise Jansen acting in the upcoming season of Gluttony as part of the special events program for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2024.

    Elise Jansen is an award winning Australian actor and graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Her notable roles include Ava in Wonderland, Lorna Kelly in Underbelly: Squizzy, and Tracey in the recently debuted feature film Time Addicts.

  • Michelle Myers

    ACTOR

    Michelle is a writer, performer and theatre artist from Naarm/Melbourne. After graduating from the National Theatre, Melbourne and the William Esper Studio, NYC she moved to Berlin, Germany. While there she collaborated with renowned performance artists Sister Sylvester, Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson. She also created and produced two original and highly successful theatre works FIREWATER and AND THEN SHE BECAME A CHAIR. Since returning to Melbourne she performed in THIS as part of Rising Festival in 2021 and 2023. She is thrilled to be a part of the cast of Gluttony.

  • Sophia Davey

    ACTOR

    Sophia is a versatile actress. Classically trained for the stage, then a student of renowned acting coach Susan Batson, New York for many years. Credits include Network 10's, Neighbours & Playing for Keeps. Award winning films, Liz Drives, Maggie May, Hunter and a raft of stage productions including Off Broadway and leading theatres in Australia.