HUNT FOR TELEVISION’S NEXT
February 14, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
HUNT FOR TELEVISION’S NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNICATORS
WANTED:
TV and web program about serious things.
ABC TV and Zapruder’s other films – the people who brought the
Chaser team to TV, and the creative force behind The Gruen Transfer
and ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – are now actively looking for
creative young people who are original thinkers with a view about
what’s happening in the world.
Andrew Denton, the show’s Co-Executive Producer said: “We are
looking for people keen to rattle some cages and receive mail
beginning with the words ‘Dear Sir or Madam, I have never been so
outraged in all my life’. It’s not just on-air talent we’re after. This is a
great opportunity for a new and talented team, across several
disciplines, to build a TV and web program from the ground up.”
Project NEXT
will be on your screens later this year – on ABC1, ABC2, the web, mobile
phones and on-line.
Series Producer Andy Nehl said: “We want to open the door to a new
generation of communicators and performers, to find people who will
abandon the usual definitions and who can look at the world in a
different way. These are people who know in their hearts that there’s
more to the news cycle than we are being fed each week.”
WHO CAN APPLY:
to work as reporters, producers, camera/directors, editors, graphic
artists, researchers and web content producers.
HOW TO APPLY:
Deadline is close of business Monday March 16, 2009.
Project NEXT
is a Zapruder’s other films and ABC TV Arts, Entertainmentand Comedy co-production. Go to www.projectnext.net.au for the application form.applications are welcome from people aged 18-30, the working title of this new topical 10 x 30min program,
WANTED:
The next generation of broadcasters
CHICAGO to tour Australia
November 23, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
We had it coming…CHICAGO to tour Australia in 2009 with a stellar cast
Australia, prepare yourself for the razzle-dazzle of the hit musical Chicago, set to tour nationally throughout 2009 following a Gala Opening at Brisbane‟s Lyric Theatre, QPAC. Winner of six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy® and thousands of standing ovations, Chicago is Broadway‟s longest-running Musical Revival and the longest running American Musical every to play the West End.
It is nearly a decade since the “story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery” played in Australia. Known for its sizzling score and sensational choreography, Chicago is the story of a nightclub dancer, a smooth talking lawyer and a cell block of sin and merry murderesses.
Producer John Frost today announced his stellar cast: Caroline O’Connor as Velma Kelly, Sharon Millerchip as Roxie Hart, Craig McLachlan as Billy Flynn, and Gina Riley as Matron “Mama” Morton.
“I‟m thrilled to bring back to the Australian stage this wonderful musical, especially with the extraordinary cast we have assembled. Velma Kelly is the role which took Caroline O‟Connor to Broadway for the first time, and her legion of fans will, I‟m sure, be overjoyed to see her perform it once again. Sharon Millerchip has previously played Velma in Chicago ten years ago, and since has won awards for her many musical theatre roles. She will be an astonishing Roxie. Craig McLachlan blew us all away with his incredible audition, and he‟s going to astound people with his talent as a musical theatre performer. And I am very excited to welcome Gina Riley back to the stage. Her strength, her presence and her powerhouse voice will make her a staggering Mama Morton. This truly is the perfect cast.
“Sassy, sinful and seductive, Chicago is a musical that thrills and chills which is why it continues to tour the world after so many years and has been seen by more than 15 million people. And there‟s a whole new audience who loved the Oscar® winning film, and now will have the chance to experience Chicago live.”
The multi-award winning musical will be the first production to take centre stage in QPAC‟s newly refurbished Lyric Theatre when it begins on 19 March 2009. Following the Brisbane season, Chicago will tour to the Lyric Theatre, Star City in Sydney, from 14 May, with other cities to follow. Tickets are already on sale for the Brisbane season, and tickets for the Sydney season go on sale on Monday 17 November 2008.
Media source www.chicagothemusical.com.au