New Theatre – Little Shop of Horrors

“I’m a mean, green mother from outer space!”

new theatre is ending the year with a production of one of the longest-running

Off-Broadway shows of all time: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

Shy and insecure Seymour Krelborn has a dead-end job in a rundown flower shop on

Skid Row, and an unrequited crush on his co-worker Audrey.

When Seymour acquires a strange and exotic plant, he names it ‘Audrey II’ in honour

of his secret love. But gradually the harmless-looking succulent morphs into a badtempered,

foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivorous monster from outer space with

an insatiable appetite for flesh and blood. As the mean, green mother’s hungry

demands increase, its sinister agenda for global domination is revealed and Seymour

must choose between the promise of fame and fortune and saving everything he

holds most dear.

Featuring a score by the song writing team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

(Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin), this hilarious

tongue-in-cheek homage to B-grade sci-fi movies, Dr Faustus and 1950s pop is a

perennial favourite of musical theatre splendidly irreverent and heaps of fun. The

perfect show to end the year!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS marks the first production at new theatre by

acclaimed director and choreographer Stephen Colyer (Hello Again). He has brought

together a stunning cast and production team, including Musical Director Mark

Chamberlain; Andrew Threlfall as ‘Seymour’; Sam Haft as the voice of ‘Audrey II’ and

Australian stage legend Tony Taylor as ‘Mr Mushnik’.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken

Directed and Choreographed by Stephen Colyer

Musical Director: Mark Chamberlain Assistant Director: John Calvi

Set and Costumes: Rita Carmody Lighting: Gavan Swift and Hugh Hamilton

Cast: Stephen Anderson, Brionny Fagan, Ellissa Fry, Sam Haft, Vanessa Raspa,

Jeremy Rosenstrauss, Andrew Threlfall, Tony Taylor and Sophie Webb

13 /OVEMBER – 13 DECEMBER 2008

Thursday – Saturday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 5pm

Tickets: $30 / $25 conc / $22 groups (10+) / $10 preview Wed 12 /ovember

Bookings: 1300 306 776 / www.mca-tix.com.au