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Puppets in Melbourne is offering two workshops!
January 13, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Builders and designers: over the course of six weeks, you’ll learn everything about making your own muppet-type puppet. Basic design, building with foam, methods of operation, you’ll learn everything to make your very own professional-looking puppet. Included in the classes are easy-to-follow worksheets, your very own puppet stand for display at home, and entrance to the Performance workshop (more below) at the end of the six weeks. You can choose to work from a pattern tested and produced by Puppets in Melbourne, or you can create your very own puppet from scratch. More about what each session teaches you can be found at the link below.
Performers: Want to learn how to work a muppet-type puppet? Come to the four hour class where you get to take part in a practical workshop using actual puppets! You’ll get to learn the basics of how the puppets work, understanding puppet eyelines, and lip synchronisation. We’ll play some fun games and at the end of it all, you’ll get some handy cheat sheets.
BUILD A MUPPET-STYLE PUPPET. Places are limited to 10, and those aged 16 and up: Saturdays 1.30pm – 5.30pm. 28th Feb, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Mar, 4th April (performance class date listed below inclusive). Fees: $327 (including materials, tools, patterns and entrance to the performance workshop). 10% discount for students.
PUPPET PERFORMANCE is in one session only. Places are limited to 10 (not including those in the building workshop), again only 16 and up. Sunday 5th April 2009, 1.30pm – 5.30pm. Fee: $20 per person.
All sessions held at: Carlton Library, 667 Rathdowne St, Nth Carlton.
For more info and to book online, please visit http://puppetsinmelbourne.com.au/courses.php and select the workshop that suits you. Alternatively, you can call Naomi on 0403 620 330.
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
Theatre Australia Website
November 11, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
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