Drowsy Chaperone Entertains Adelaide

Have you ever watched a stage show and wanted to know all the gossip about the cast on stage? We live in a world that thrives on photos from the paparazzi and gossip written in magazines.

Step into the world of the elusively named ‘Man in Chair’ as he dishes all the dirt on the silly 1920s musical ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’. ‘To be honest,’ says Musical Director Mark DeLaine, ‘the musical within a comedy is actually awful. What makes it great to watch is the many insights and pieces of gossip that Man in Chair imparts on the audience’.

The Hills Musical Company is presenting the South Australian premiere of musical The Drowsy Chaperone, winner of multiple awards including five Tony awards, which premiered on Broadway in 2006, playing 674 performances and 32 previews on Broadway.

Scott Nell stars as a die-hard musical theatre fan who invites the audiene into his dreary living room. As he drops the needle on his all-time favourite album, the outrageously funny musical from the 1920s bursts into life complete with a pampered starlet, gangsters, chorus girls and all manner of mayhem.

The Drowsy Chaperone is a jazz-hot trip back to the golden age of musicals when stars had charisma, Broadway had romance and Rodgers had Hart.

With music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKeller, The Drowsy Chaperone was written as a wedding gift for friends. It then took on a life of its own becoming a surprise smash hit!

Director David Sinclair says of this production; "Whether you are a theatre goer who only likes plays or you are one who loves musicals, this show is for you.  The Drowsy Chaperone is a cleverly constructed piece of theatre meshing together both play and musical.  I feel honoured to be part of the team to bring this production to life for the first time for South Australian audiences.  Our cast members are really wonderful and together with Linda Williams and Mark DeLaine, I am truly excited about working with them all".

The cast features Scott Nell as Man In Chair, Wendy Rayner as Mrs Tottendale, Greg Beer as Underling, Brady Lloyd as Robert Martin, Lindsay Prodea as George, Lindsay Dunn as Feldzieg, Shelley Crooks as Kitty, Fiona DeLaine as Janet Van De Grraaff, Bronwen James as The Drowsy Chaperone Jamie Richards as Aldolpho, Beau-Daniel Loumeau and Angus Smith as the Gangster Duo and Megan Humphries as Trix. The ensemble includes Jon DeLaine, Gus Robson, Adam Harrison, Fiona Aitken, Stacey Kennedy, Kate Anolak, Melissa Stupel and Nicole Hartnett.

November 9 – 24, 2012 at Stirling Community Theatre, Avenue Rd, Stirling

Bookings:

Matilda Bookshop - 8339 3931

BASS - 131 246 - bass.net.au (additional service fees apply)

www.hillsmusical.org.au

Images (from top): Scott Nell as Man in Chair and Bronwen James as the Chaperone; Fiona DeLaine as Janet and Brady Lloyd as Robert & Gus Smith and Beau Loumeau as the Gangsters. Photographer: Daniel Salmond.