[{"content":" A Campfire Story # Director \u0026amp; Co-Writer – Joel Burrows Co-Writer – Disapol Savetsila The Storyteller – Rocco Forrester-Sach Jane MacKilgray – Lana Morgan Benji MacKilgray – Simon Arthur Claire MacKilgray – Angela Johnston Stage Manager – Kirsty Semaan Imagine: You are sitting at a campfire. However, before you can get too settled, a mysterious narrator appears. They begin to tell you a family legend, the tale of Jane Mackilgray.\nAccording to this legend, Jane is a farmer who’s struggling after her husband’s demise. Her two sons hate each other. Her daughter-in-law wants to take over her farm. She’s starting to see unexplainable shadows in the corners of her home.\nBut not everything is as it seems. The deeper the narrator gets into their story, the stranger things become. Wolves howl in the distance. Characters that begin as mere verbal descriptors manifest in the physical space. What starts out as a straightforward campfire story transforms into a fully-fledged, theatrical production.\nCome for the campfire. Stay for the marshmallows. Experience a night of theatre that you’ll never forget.\nRunning Time # Two hours with a 15 minute internal.\nPraise for A Campfire Story # “With creepy but brilliant directing, creative writing, and gut-wrenchingly powerful performances, the entire show is constantly engaging, bringing laughs and tears to the audience.” – Astra Milne, ATYP Reviews\n“Loved the show, co-written and directed by Joel Burrows. A Gothic Australian tale about grief, the complexity of family dynamics, fraternal rivalry, denial, and the impolite-to-admit freedom that can come from someone’s death.” – Lipin Tohz, Founder of Lit\n“It was so lovely to see a new Aussie work, under the stars, in a gorgeous location. Interesting characters, dark goings on, a campfire, and marshmallows. What more could you want? ” – Suz Mawer Director\nPerformance History # Premier season – Manly Dam, 2022\nSecond season – Sydney Fringe Festival, 2025\nMedia Appearances # Love A Spooky Story? This Sydney Play Might Be Right Up Your (Haunted) Alley – Buzzfeed # In this interview, Joel Burrows gives Buzzfeed a sneak peek of A Campfire Story’s 2025 season. He unpacks what makes this play so spooky and special.\nMarshmallows and Theatre: A Campfire Story is back at Manly Dam – Manly Observer # In this interview, the Campfire Story cast dives into this work’s nitty-gritty details. Rocco Forrester-Sach and Angela Johnston discuss why A Campfire Story succeeds when performed outside. Meanwhile, Simon Arthur talks about his favorite scene from the play.\n","date":"28 December 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"","summary":"","title":"","type":"page"},{"content":" Joel Burrows # Joel Burrows is a creative artist who works on Gadigal land. In 2022, Joel co-wrote, co-directed, and produced an independent production of A Campfire Story at Manly Dam. In 2025, he directed and produced another season of A Campfire Story for the Sydney Fringe Festival. Joel was able to secure funding for this season through Creative Australia’s Match Lab program. He also secured sponsorships from Redhead Matches, Cloud Theory Marshmallows, and the Four Seasons Garden Centre.\nOutside of A Campfire Story, Joel directed Monologue Roulette for the Old Fitz Theatre’s 2024 season. He’s also written for the ABC, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Going Down Swinging, Pedestrian, and VICE, amongst other publications.\nDisapol Savetsila # Disapol Savetsila is a theatremaker who’s been a member of Belvoir St Theatre’s Emerging Writers Program, Australian Theatre for Young People\u0026rsquo;s Fresh Ink Program, and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance\u0026rsquo;s Lotus Playwriting Program. In 2017, his first feature-length play, Australian Graffiti, was staged by Sydney Theatre Company.\nCurrently living in Bathurst, Disapol writes and produces regional theatre productions. His latest work, Ama and Nana, received a staged reading in 2024 and then a creative development in 2025. These developments were supported by Create NSW and the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre.\nRocco Forrester-Sach # Rocco Forrester-Sach was the Storyteller in the 2022 and 2025 seasons of A Campfire Story. He’s also performed in Flightpath Theatre’s Teenage Dick, the Sydney Opera House’s The City, and Gibber’s Smashed. In 2024, Rocco was the lead role in Lysander Films’ Black Prince.\nLana Morgan # Lana Morgan is the captivating actor who brought Jane MacKilgray to life in the 2022 and 2025 seasons of A Campfire Story. She’s also performed in Brand X’s Room 108, The Hub Studio and Rue de la Rocket’s Motherlode, and Australia’s first public reading of Lachlan Philpott’s Promiscuous Cities. In 2024, Lana starred in Flight Path Theatre’s Bloody Wedding.\nSimon Arthur # Simon was Benji MacKilgray in the 2022 and 2025 seasons of A Campfire Story. Simon’s also starred in Monologue Roulette and numerous Sydney Film School productions. He’s currently writing and producing his first short film, The Reading.\nAngela Johnston # Angela was Claire MacKilgray in the 2025 season of A Campfire Story. As an actor, she’s performed in KXT’s Come Again, Shopfront Art Co-Op’s Pretty Fly for A Dead Guy, and Kitchen Sink Festival’s Horse Play. In 2024, Angela starred alongside Simon in Monologue Roulette.\n","date":"28 December 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"","summary":"","title":"About the Team","type":"page"},{"content":"","date":"28 December 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/example/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Example","type":"tags"},{"content":"","date":"28 December 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/tag/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tag","type":"tags"},{"content":"","date":"28 December 2025","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/authors/","section":"Authors","summary":"","title":"Authors","type":"authors"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/series/","section":"Series","summary":"","title":"Series","type":"series"}]