April 2011
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Outer Critics Circle nominations for Priscilla...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical has received four outer critics circle nominations including: Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Tony Sheldon), Outstanding Choreographer (Ross Coleman), Outstanding Costume Design (Tim Chappel and Lizzie Gardiner).
Winners of the awards will be announced 16 May 2011. The annual ceremony will be held 26 May at...
January 2011
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PRODIGAL opens tonight
Prodigal is a revival of the first musical by Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank – the team that brought audiences the critically acclaimed and sold out musical Once We Lived Here.
Prodigal features an amazing cast led by Anne Wood (Mamma Mia!), Peter Hardy (McLeod’s Daughters), Christina O’Neill (Avenue Q), Adam Rennie (Wheels of a Dream) and in the title role, new WAAPA graduate Ed Grey (Spring...
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Prodigal returns to Melbourne
Eleven years ago, Bryant and Frank’s PRODIGAL had its world premiere as part of Midsumma in Melbourne (then called ‘Prodigal Son’), winning several Green Room Awards and going on to be produced off-Broadway two years later – the first Australian musical ever produced in New York City.
From the writers of “Once We Lived Here”, “Virgins: A Musical...
October 2010
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Priscilla begins wowing them in Canada
Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical has now made its North American premiere and some of the reviews are now in:
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/john_coulbourn/2010/10/27/15843641.html
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/theatre/article/881625—toe-tapping-honey-of-a-show-is-no-drag
September 2010
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Hair Removal The Musical Presented by Tess Hall
A musical meditation considering “to hair or not to hair”.
Written By Tess Hall Music by Laura Tipoki Additional Lyrics by Gillian Bartlett
Leave it on. Take it off. Let it grow. Give it a mow. A waxing professional, a gay, a straight, a Hairy Drummer Boy, and a Greek goddess ponder the prominence of hair removal in their lives. From the sublime to the ridiculous, the five weave their way...
THE DREAM FACTORY
A new Australian musical commissioned for teenagers.
Abby and Mira settle in for a less than exciting school holiday break, until they meet Gary and are enticed by his graphic novel The Dream Factory, a place where dreams are bought and sold. Reality and fantasy collide in a kaleidoscope of offbeat characters, surreal situations and catchy songs.
Think it’s going to be the same old school...
August 2010
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Houdini: The Man from Beyond
Written by Bruce Dawe AO and Russell Bauer
Directed by Sue Rider
Designed by Carolyn Taylor-Smith
Auust 20th - 30th USQ Arts Theatre, Toowoomba QLD
In 1910 Harry Houdini was the most famous showman in the world.
Audiences around the globe flocked to watch his legendary stunts and tried in vain to unravel his deceptions.
But the man behind the chains and handcuffs was much, much more than...
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VAN PARK
In a remote part of the Australian coast, beside a slime filled estuary, is a rundown caravan park. It is here that a group of music lovers have gathered to live out their remaining years. Enter Curly, a young boy…a musical comedy staring John Paul Young as Curly’s rock and roll father, and Steve Kilbey from The Church, also Cora James, Luke Webb, Catriona Hamilton, Jodi Phillis and...
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Auditions
Australian musical MACKILLOP, by Melbourne based composer Xavier Brouwer, is currently auditioning for chorus roles and orchestra. MACKILLOP will be performed in Sydney and in Melbourne in October 2010. More info: http://www.mackillop.info/
July 2010
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June 2010
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AWGIE Nominees for 2010
Two new Australian musicals have been nominated in this years AWGIE awards, Tracey Harvey and Doug Macleoad’s CALL GIRL THE MUSICAL and Sue Smith’s REMBRANDT’S WIFE. AWGIE’s are the annual awards given by the Australian Writers Guild, awarded for excellence in the written word. AWG President Tim Pye says: “Every year, the AWGIE Awards recognise and reward the best...
May 2010
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April 2010
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OzMade Musicals 2010 Submissions Now Open
Presented by MAGNORMOS, OzMade Musicals showcases the best of Australian written musical theatre; past, present and future.
OzMade Musicals 2010 will be held at Melbourne’s iconic Comedy Theatre. Submissions are open for Australian-written musical theatre works to be showcased on the OzMade stage.
More info:
http://www.australianmusicals.com/ozmade2010.htm
No playing with the NSW Premiere's awards
From Currency Press: The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist was announced last Wednesday with one notable exception – there was no shortlist for the Play Awards category. The action is up to the judges’ discretion but could they not find a single play worthy of nomination in the last year?
In his Australian Literary Review blog, Stephen Romei commented, ‘Now this strikes me as a sad state of...
ONCE WE LIVED HERE Cast Recording
Once We Lived Here - 2009 Original Australian Cast
A new Australian musical from the creators of Prodigal Son and Virgins, Once We Lived Here is a funny and touching look at the passing of a way of life.
$29.95 from Middle Eight Music www.middle8.com
BEAUDY
BEAUDY is the new musical loosely based on the classic fairytale: “The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods”, updated and Australianised. The parallel stories of a small country town dependant on one man for its future, and that of his daughter, Laura. Both town and girl grow and develop with nurturing, until an act of evil plummets Laura into a deep sleep. Consequently, the entire town...
I HEART FRANKSTON
DATE 8 - 18 April
TIMES Thu-Sat 7pm, Sun 6pm
DURATION 60 minutes
VENUE Butterfly Club * 204 Bank St, Sth Melbourne * Licensed venue. Under 18s must be accompanied by a Parent or Legal Guardian.
PRICES Full $25 / Concession $20 / Group (8 or more) $20
BOOKINGS Venue Bookings 03 9690 2000 or at the door
SYNOPSIS
Frankston is dead. An extremist local Mayor has been voted in,...
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