Ahead of the opening of the musical Hairspray, Coral Drouyn and David Spicer took the opportunity to speak to the three leading ladies, Velma, Tracy … and Edna.
First up,Rhonda Burchmore (Velma) and Carmel Rodrigues (Tracy) talk Stiff Hair and Bouffants in a No Super-holds barred chat with Coral.
They say if you remember the Sixties, you weren’t really there. Well I was there and I remember it all – Beatniks, Beatles, Beehives, Back-combing - and hairspray.
Fixed Foot Productions, in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre, will present the Australian premiere ofTom at the Farm,a psychosexual slice of Canadian gothic, at the Kings Cross Theatre.
Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2023 season, with everything from classics to new works, comedy, to drama. Next year sees another 10-play season take to the stage, with a focus on female writing and directing.
The 37-strong company of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera is counting down towards the first preview of at the Sydney Opera House on 19 August, 2002.
Preparations continue as the talented company wait for the curtain to rise – and the chandelier to drop - on this historic premiere Sydney season of one of the most successful and celebrated musicals of all time, in one of the world’s most iconic buildings.
TEG DAINTY, Stage Entertainment and Tali Pelman, in association with Tina Turner have announced that the Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is coming to Theatre Royal Sydney, Australia in May 2023.
Bell Shakespeare has announced the full cast of the upcoming production and world premiere of The Lovers, a pop musical written by young Australian writer and composer Laura Murphy reimagining Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with an original score.
The producers of the original Tony Award winning Broadway production of Hairspray have announced that the production, which is soon to premiere at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, will be touring to Adelaide and Sydney from late 2022.
Director Jack O’Brien (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), lead the original Broadway creative team to present the big hair and big-hearted musical Hairspray in Australia as originally intended.
