Celebrating Our Donors

INFINITE SPACE

Thank you to our Infinite Space capital campaign donors who are helping us build a future for Bell Shakespeare.

"I could be bounded in a nutshell and
count myself a king of infinite space…"

Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2

THE VISIONARIES

Neilson Foundation
Ilana Atlas AO & Tony D’Aloisio AM
Dr Kimberly Cartwright & Charles Littrell
Lachlan & Rebecca Edwards
La Trobe Financial
Low Family Foundation
Dr Anne Reeckmann & Dr Gary Holmes
Ruth Ritchie
Alden Toevs & Judi Wolf
Michelle Zhang

THE DREAMERS

Kevin Cosgrave
Susie Dickson & The late Martin Dickson AM
Kathryn Greiner AO
Anne Loveridge AM
Nick & Caroline Minogue
Julia Ritchie
Anonymous (1)

THE NOBLES

Dr Brett Archer
Keith Bayliss & Holly Mitchell
Andrew & Catherine Caro
Amy Crutchfield &Philip Crutchfield KC
Diane & John Dunlop
Shannon Finch
Natalie Hickey
Justice François Kunc & Felicity Rourke
Joe Hayes & Jacinta O’Meara
Linda Herd
Greg Hutchinson AM & Lynda Hutchinson
Jann Skinner
Sarah Lowe
Bruce Meagher & Greg Waters
Dr Alana Mitchell
Peter & Felicia Mitchell
Serow-Neijts Family
Kenneth Reed AM
Alice Tay OAM & Warwick Gresty
Helen Williams AC
Anonymous (1)

WE HAPPY FEW

Special thanks to our We Happy Few giving circle who supported us in the early days and have come together to support the Infinite Space capital campaign.

Sandra & Bill Burdett AM
Tim Cox AO & Bryony Cox
Michael S Diamond AM MBE
Jim Dominguez CBE AM & Sue Dominguez OAM
Bill Hayward OAM & Alison Hayward
Virginia Henderson AM
Timothy Pascoe AM & Eva Pascoe
Lady Potter AC CMRI
David Pumphrey OAM & Jill Pumphrey
Charlie Shuetrim AM & Sandy Shuetrim
George & Sabrina Snow
Ezekiel Solomon AM
Anonymous (1)

DEDICATIONS

We would like to thank our donors who supported our move to Pier 2/3 in 2022 by dedicating a seat in The Neilson Nutshell and a Seedling in The Seed.

THE NEILSON NUTSHELL: SEAT PLAQUE DEDICATIONS

Colin Adams & Richard Adams
Fiona Archer
George & Billinda Auld
Rob & Lyn Backwell
Jock Baird
Sally Basser
Keith Bayliss & Holly Mitchell
Alice Bedlington
Katherine A Brazenor
Dr John Brookes
Matthew Brown & Julie Alt
Sandra & Bill Burdett AM
Jan Burnswoods
Rick Burrows & Robyn Powell
Jane Caro AM & Ralph Dunning
Di Challenor
Prof Frances Christie
Robert & Carmel Clark
Kevin Cosgrave
Simon Cosgrave
Tim Cox AO & Bryony Cox
Amy Crutchfield & Philip Crutchfield KC
Joanne & Sue Dalton
Darin Cooper Foundation
Diane & John Dunlop
Lachlan & Rebecca Edwards
Mr Graham Evans
Jenny Fagg
Rebecca Finkelstein & Michael Sirmai
Dr Jean Finnegan
Richard Fisher AM & Diana Fisher
Kathryn Greiner AO
Joe Hayes & Jacinta O'Meara
Meredith Hellicar
Linda Herd
Alison & Bill Herd
Natalie Hickey & Christopher Fox
John Hindmarsh AM & Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM
Amanda Hing
Dr Barbara Holmes
Steve & Belinda Hufton
Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Dr Sue Kesson
Dinah Kimbell
Justice François Kunc & Felicity Rourke
John Lewis
Simone Liosatos
Anne Loveridge AM
Maryam Master & James Evans
Greg McAnulty
Stephen McNamara
Frances Muecke & Dr Stephen Meucke
Dr Alana Mitchell
Peter & Felicia Mitchell
Mountain Air Foundation
Kathy Olsen & Bruce Flood
Roslyn Packer AC
Matthew Paliaga
Dr Susan Pugh & Professor Michael Bennett
David & Jill Pumphrey
Dr Anne Reeckmann & Dr Gary Holmes
Crispin Rice
Jacqui Scheinberg
Penelope Seidler AM
Lynette Shelley
Sam Sheppard
Diane Sturrock
Peter Sturrock
Gene Tilbrook
Maya vanden Driesen
Susan Viney
S & G White
John Wilson & Robyn Pitt
Anonymous

THE SEED: SEEDLING DEDICATIONS

George & Billinda Auld
Chris & Heather Abbott
W & G Bairstow
Trupti Bapat
Alice Bedlington
Bell Shakespeare Development Team 2022
Matthew Brown & Julie Alt
Tim & Margaret Cavanough
Di Challenor
Prof Frances Christie
Kathryn Clancy
George Clark
Lachlan & Rebecca Edward
Katherine Grace
Linda Herd
Dr Barabara Holmes
Susan Howard-Bowmer
Dr Rebecca Huntley
Ann Kemeny
Dr Sue Kesson
Carolyn Lowry OAM & Peter Lowry AM
Diane Matthews
Helen Machalias
Felicity & Andy McLean
Mountain Air Foundation
Matthew Paliaga
Roslyn Packer AC
Rosemary Palmer
Rosalie Pratt
David & Jill Pumphrey
Dr Anne Reeckmann & Dr Gary Holmes
Crispin Rice
Fiona Sawyers
Leone Thiele
Maya vanden Driesen
Susan Viney
Prof Robert White

Annual Donors

We are incredibly grateful for our annual donors who contribute essential funds, via Supporting Cast and Sharing Shakespeare, to the cost of our core operations. This ensures we are able to focus our efforts on finding new ways to create, collaborate and educate on the mainstage and beyond including life-changing opportunities provided through our learning and outreach programs nation-wide.

$50,000+
 

Katherine A Brazenor 
Philip Crutchfield KC & Amy Crutchfield*
Handbury Foundation
Jane Hansen AO & Paul Little AO**
Linda Herd* 
In Memory of Tom Karplus**
Katie Page, CEO, Harvey Norman
Canny Quine Foundation*
Dr Anne Reeckmann & Dr Gary Holmes*
Andrew Roberts
Sally White OAM**

$20,000+
 

Susan Burns*
Dr Kimberly Cartwright & Charles Littrell*
Lachlan & Rebecca Edwards
Shannon Finch
John Hindmarsh AM & Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM**
Suzanne Kirkham
Sue Maple-Brown AM**
Mountain Air Foundation
Kerr Neilson
Annie & John Paterson Foundation*
Andrew Price & Sally Walkom*
David & Jill Pumphrey**
Andrew Sisson AO*
WeirAnderson Foundation

$10,000+

Andyinc Foundation Ltd.
Ilana Atlas AO & Tony D'Aloisio AM**
Dianne Banks & Merryl-Lee Houghton
Warwick Bray & Lida Bray
Sandra & Bill Burdett AM**
Philip & Sarah Chronican
Robert & Carmel Clark**
Chris & Michael Clough*
Darin Cooper Foundation
Susie Dickson and the late Martin Dickson AM**
Maya vanden Driesen
Dr Penelope Foster & Prof John McBain AO
David & Deborah Friedlander*
D Gatto & R Lattey
Brett Grehan & Dr Louise Causer
Kathryn Greiner AO*
Joe Hayes & Jacinta O'Meara*
Debra Hazelton & Lindsay Anderson
In memory of Armon Hicks Jnr*
Sue Houghton
The Inagh Foundation
Jan Burnswoods*
Dr Sue Kesson*
Justice François Kunc & Felicity Rourke**
Anne Loveridge AM*
Crispian Lynch and Tracey Lynch
James & Suzie Marshall
Sophia Miller
Nick & Caroline Minogue**
Dr Alana Mitchell*
Omnia Aqua
Beverley Price
Dr Susan Pugh & the late Prof Michael Bennett*
Kenneth Reed AM**
Garry Rich SC & Shiva Rich
Sam Sheppard*
Warwick Shanks OAM
Sidney Myer Fund
Neil & Rachel Sinden*
Diane Sturrock**
Peter Sturrock**
Gene Tilbrook and Anne Seghezzi*
Michael Traill AM & Jenny Gage-Traill
Wesfarmers Arts**
Barbara Wilby & Christopher Joyce

$5000+
 

Colin Adams & Richard Adams*
Fiona Archer
Dr Brett Archer
Bradley Bowton
Matthew Brown & Julie Alt
Louise Christie*
Margaret Cole
Tim Cox AO & Bryony Cox**
Joanne & Sue Dalton**
Diane & John Dunlop**
Richard Fisher AM & Diana Fisher**
Christopher Fox
Graham Froebel**
Jennifer Giles**
Natalie Hickey
Iphygenia Kallinikos
Peter & Elizabeth Kelly*
The Alexandra & Lloyd Martin Family Foundation**
Matthew Minucci
Nicholas & Helen Moore
James Orloff & Kirsten Macleod
Roslyn Packer AC*
Catherine Parr & Paul Hattaway**
People and Culture Strategies
Pimlico Foundation
Jacqui Scheinberg
Penelope Seidler AM*
Charlie Shuetrim AM & Sandy Shuetrim**
Naylor Stewart Foundation
Susan Viney**
Maureen Wheeler AO & Tony Wheeler AO
Annabel White
Janet Whiting AM & Phil Lukies*
Anonymous (1)

$2500+
 

The Hon Peter Almond KC & Carmel Mulhern
Ken Barton & Linda Chung 
Paul Bedbrook & Fiona Hopkins*
David Bluff and Bronwyn Byrnes 
Dr John Brookes 
Dr Dorothy Broom
Peter Burrows AO* 
Jane Caro AM & Ralph Dunning**
Mark Dempsey & Jodi Steele 
Daniel Gilbert AM & Kathleen Gilbert 
Dr Stewart Gill OAM 
Sharon Goldschmidt** 
Mark Grolman* 
Prof. Jane Hall AO* 
Steve & Belinda Hufton 
Vincent Jewell** 
Abigail Jones 
Alinta Kemeny 
Ann Kemeny* 
James & Lisa Landon-Smith 
Rodd Levy 
Pieter & Maryclare Los 
Brendan & Jodie Lyons 
Richard & Jane Malcolmson
Greg McAnulty 
In memory of Helen McFadyen** 
David McInnis 
Luke Merrick
Holly Mitchell & Keith Bayliss** 
Patricia Novikoff* 
Maree O'Halloran AM 
Kathy Olsen & Bruce Flood* 
Annie Patten 
James Peters AM KC & Dr Sally Ninham** 
J & K Preedy 
Bob Richardson* 
Rodney Richardson & Racquel Richardson 
Mark Robertson OAM & Anne Robertson 
James Roth & Susan Acret 
Jennifer Royle 
Jann Skinner** 
Smith Charitable Fund 
Anthony Strahan KC 
David & Jenny Templeman** 
Dr Tim Turner 
Ray Wehbe 
Anonymous (9)

$1000+
 

Pam Anson
Dr Antonio Di Dio
Rob & Lyn Backwell
Michael Barbayannis
Dr Margaret Barter**
Sally Basser
Helen Bauer & Helen Lynch AM*
Janet C Binns*
Rick Burrows & Robyn Powell*
Tom Buttel
The Cameron Foundation
The Hon J C Campbell KC & Mrs J Campbell*
Di Challenor
Vanessa Chapman
Jenny & Stephen Charles**
Dr Diana Choquette & Robert Milliner
Deborah Clay
Richard Coles & Christine Bartlett
Miriam Corowa & Andrew Langford
Micahel Cowen & Sharon Nathani
Prof A T Craswell**
Daniel & Laura Crennan
Nola Daley*
Katie Delaney
Michael S Diamond AM MBE**
The Hon Julie Dodds-Streeton KC
Jim Dominguez CBE AM & Sue Dominguez OAM**
Warren Dunn
William Edwards
Louise Einfield & Bruce Hartnett AM**
Richard Evans AM
Elizabeth Evatt AC**
Erin Flaherty & David Maloney AM
Prof PJ Fletcher AM**
Chloe Flutter & Craig Wood
Leon Ford & Alice Bell
The Hon. Ben Franklin MLC
The Hon. Justice Peter Garling and Jane Garling
Rodney Garratt KC
Susan Garvan
Mary-Jane Gething
Leigh & Adele Gordon*
Alexandra & Fred Grimwade*
Greg & Beth Hammond
Lesley Harland**
Matilda Hartwell**
Steven & Kristina Harvey**
Paul Hayes KC & Rachel Broderick
Jane Hemstritch AO**
Maureen Horne*
Professor Bryan Horrigan
Dr David Howell & Sarah Howell
Robin Hughes & David Throsby
Mike Hutchinson*
Cam Johnston & Caroline Johnston OAM**
Bruce & Natalie Kellett
Mike Kendall
Mathilde Kearny-Kibble*
Ben Kiely & Peter Garrow
Michael Kingston
Dr Angela Kirsner & Dr Richard Kirsner*
Jane Kunstler
Marcus & Jessica Laithwaite
Julie & Michael Landvogt*
Elizabeth Lennie
John Lewis**
Peter Lockwood
Joseph Longo & Mary-Eileen Scanlan
Dr Linda Lorenza
Low Family Foundation
The Hon. Ian MacPhee AO & Julie MacPhee*
Ken Maher AO
Chris Manning
Diane Matthews**
Joanne & Graeme McKenzie
Fiona Menzies
Jacqui Mercer
Sylvia Miller
Peter Moulton
Michael Napthali & Jodi Matterson
The Nautilus Foundation
Liz Nield OAM
Jacqui O'Dea
Meredith Paynter
Gill Perkins*
Merlyn Quaife AM*
Mary & Michael Regan**
Rosalba Renzella
Trudie Rogers**
Monique Rosshandler and Ion Teska
Viorica Samson
JG & SU Santamaria
Warren Scott & Pamela Williams
Steve Scudamore & Anne Last
Rebecca Silk
Geoffrey Starr*
Anne Swann & Robert Johanson*
Helen Swift & Les Neulinger*
P Sze-Tho & LM Leong
Alan & Jenny Talbot**
Alice Tay OAM & Warwick Gresty
Oskar Tetzlaff
Robert Thomas AO
Mike Thompson & Ian Kelly*
Tim Gordon
Lawrie Tremaine
Suzanne Tzannes & Ross Tzannes AM**
The Hon. Gabrielle Upton
Nicholas Walter & Lisian The
John & Julie Waters
Annie & Anthony Whealy KC**
Simon & Clare Whelan
Vanessa Whittaker
Helen Williams AC*
Peter Willis SC & Eleneth Woolley*
Elizabeth Wing
May Yang & Duncan Woods
Raini Zambelli
Anonymous (19)

$500+

Acumenta 
Warren & Gwen Bairstow 
Mandy Bishop 
Dr Neal Blewett* 
Jessica Block 
John Boniciolli & Heather Ballantyne 
Lucy Boon 
Nigel & Sheena Broughton 
Dawn Brown 
Sally Buckingham 
Neil & Sandra Burns 
Elizabeth Carr 
Paul Chapman 
George Clark** 
Darren Cook 
Dayn Cooper 
Jason Craig 
Peter & Penny Curry 
Trevor Danos 
Allan W Donald** 
Liana Downey 
Dr Bronwen Evans 
James Evans 
Robert J. Furley 
Jeanmaree Furtado & Scott Wilson 
Belinda Gibson & Jim Murphy 
Professor G Gilbert 
Linden Golding 
Louise Gourlay OAM 
Richard & Anna Green** 
Andy & Jill Griffiths 
Dean Grondal 
Gerard Harnan & Kelly West 
Vicki Harpur 
Tony Hedley AM & Harriet Elvin AM 
Virginia Henderson AM 
Alison Herd* 
Janet L. Holmes à Court AC 
Nanette Hunter 
Howard Insall SC 
Antony de Jong & Belinda Plotkin** 
Alastair Kinloch 
Krysia Kitch 
Libby Litchfield 
Darren & Jennifer Mast 
Dr Stephen McNamara 
Craig Moffatt 
Frances Muecke 
Vincy Ng 
J Norman** 
Janette Parkinson* 
Marion Pascoe 
Laura Peck 
Emerson Pierce 
Phillip Ransom 
Debra Reinecke 
John & Renay Robinson 
Professor David Rolph* 
Andrea Salmon 
Fiona Sawyers 
Dr Lesa Scholl 
Dr Vicki Shephard 
Becky Sparks 
Jonathan Stewart 
Ricci Swart AM 
Robin Syme AM & Rosemary Syme* 
Tara Anglican School for Girls – Year 11 Drama Class 2024 
Leone Thiele 
Dr Diana Thomas 
David Tingay & Sarah Duguid
Russell & Geraldine Tregonning
Katrina Weir 
Ralph & Carol Willis 
Annette Wong 
George Yeung 
Anonymous (6)

** has supported Bell Shakespeare for 20 + consecutive years 
* has supported Bell Shakespeare for 10 + consecutive year
 

We would also like to thank our family of supporters who contribute up to $500. Every gift makes a difference to what we are able to achieve. The annual gifts recognised above have been received in the 12 months preceding January 31, 2025.