The Team                                                      

Leof Kingsford-Smith Actor: Leof Kingsford-Smith's full CV reads like a roadmap to acting. Geographically it extends from London's West End and English repertory to the Sydney Opera House and a host of smaller Australian theatres. In almost four decades he has played everything from Shakespeare to Ayckbourn, Emlyn Williams and David Williamson in roles ranging from the tragic King Lear and Mark Antony to The Coroner and Rex in two of Australia's hottest TV series; Underbelly II and Home and Away. Since he graduated from training at the Independent Theatre (with further training at the Sydney Theatre School and the Actors Studio) his career has also embraced a steady stream of film and television work.A condensed list of Leof's theatre roles includes; The Shower, Six Minutes (Seymour Centre), Dial L for Love (Newtown Theatre) Our Country's Good (Darlinghurst Theatre) Twelfth Night (Acting Factory), Twelfth Night (Sydney Festival / Shakespeare under the stars) King Lear (Seymour Centre), Roberto Zucco and The Black Dog (Figtree Theatre, Sydney) Charley's Aunt, Bitter Sanctuary, Play it Again Sam, The Day after the Fair (Sutton Arts Theatre; Birmingham, UK) The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (Mayfair Theatre, London) Macbeth, the Opera(Opera House, Sydney) The Corn is Green and Don's Party (New Theatre, Sydney) Sidney, A Touch of Silk, Saturday Sunday Monday, Zoo Story and The Glass Slipper (Independent Theatre, Sydney) Film & TV roles include: Underbelly (Coroner), Home and Away (Rex), The Bondi Chronicles (Goldman), The 21 Conspiracy (Professor), The Audition (Cleary), Natural Selection (Preston Brown), Captain Heroic (Captain Heroic - Lead), Trapped (Max - Best Actor, runner up), Move (The man - Lead), The Lamp God (Sven - Lead), Once more (John - Lead), Misgiving (George - Lead), Nine (Father - Lead), The Visit (Man - Lead), Sanctuary (Father - Lead), Drama School (Governor), Nine.
Leof is the grand-nephew of one of Australia's most celebrated travellers, the pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith. Email Leof@kingsford-smith.com

Damien Lay Director (Fringe Festivals):  Internationally recognised director and Logie award winner Damien Lay has amassed a wealth of knowledge in film making techniques over the twenty-year period he has worked in the film and television industry. Now the managing director of Animax Films, Damien has worked successfully in almost every facet film and television production and post-production. His many other awards besides a Logie include three ASTRA awards, an ACS award and a nomination for a second Logie. Damien has written, produced and directed numerous, documentaries, animations, and a major feature film "The Lost Anzac". As well as films for major corporations he has directed and produced animated series for The Comedy Channel Australia, and an animated series for Foxtel and Channel Nine. His interest in Australia's early flying history is well known, particularly the life and exploits of Charles Kingsford-Smith. "The Lady Southern Cross", a feature documentary about the story behind Kingsford-Smith's aircraft of the same name was completed in 2008. Damien's feature documentary "The Battle of Long Tan", which he wrote, produced and directed, is now ranked one of Australia's top 20 best selling DVD's of all time of an Australian made product . Recent productions include "He's Coming South" and "M24 - The last sunrise" Damien is currently planning a full length feature film of the Mission of Flowers story.

Linden Wilkinson Director (Sydney):  After completing an Economics degree at Sydney University, Linden graduated from NIDA in 1976 . She worked continuously as an actor in major State Theatre Companies in Adelaide, Melbourne, Auckland and Sydney for the next ten years. She was a regular series writer for A Country Practice, Ocean Girl and Crash Palace. Her plays have been performedin Melbourne, Auckland and Sydney, and have been published by Currency Press. She holds a Masters in Education, and has devised performance work with students from the Actors' College of Theatre and Television (The Happy House Show, 2004) and a feature film (Killing Time, 2008) with students from New Zealand's drama school, Toi Whaakari.

She is currently undertaking her Doctorate at Sydney University in performance creation through personal narratives. She was an understudy in the recent (2010) touring Steppenwolf production of August: Osage County at Sydney Theatre Company and will go out on the road for an extensive tour in 2012 with Biddies, a new play by Don Reid. Linden also does regular voice work for SBS.She is currently developing a performance work as an actor and a writer with a new Redfern-based theatre company: Moogahlin Performing Arts. Mission of Flowers is Linden's second play as a director for the Actors' Forum; her first, Jigsaws by Jennifer Rogers, was the 2010 season finale.
 
Gerry Greenland Playwright: Gerry has written a number of plays for radio and the theatre. The Visitor was nominated for an AWGIE. Greeting Cards won a Glen Eira Award. His short plays are regularly performed at the Short & Sweet Festivals around Australia. Prime Angus Buttock was a Sydney finalist, and Return to Sender was awarded Best Drama Script. He has also co-written television and radio comedies with his wife Jackie. Sydney Plantagenet's Psychedelic Quest was broadcast live from the Sydney Opera House. As a member of the Sydney arts collective Actors Anonymous he has been involved as a writer and producer in Journey into Sin and Crime Scenes. His play Waiting on Jamie Oliver was performed at Sydney's Newtown Theatre in 2007, and The Blood on Helmut Lange at the Fusebox Theatre in 2009.In 2010 Mission of Flowerstoured the Adelaide, Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals to wide acclaim.