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Post by mistressjojo on Mar 10, 2020 2:20:45 GMT
Everybody's Talking About Jamie will have it's Australian premiere at the Sydney Opera House from 18th July.
Playing till 30th August, it will then tour the state capitals.
Newcomer James Majoos has been cast as Jamie, supported by Simon Burke AO, Helen Dallimore, Elise McCann and Shubshri Kandiah.
Tickets on sale 17th March.
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Post by tonyloco on Mar 11, 2020 11:50:10 GMT
Everybody's Talking About Jamie will have it's Australian premiere at the Sydney Opera House from 18th July. Playing till 30th August, it will then tour the state capitals. Newcomer James Majoos has been cast as Jamie, supported by Simon Burke AO, Helen Dallimore, Elise McCann and Shubshri Kandiah. Tickets on sale 17th March.
I can understand that Sydney's two main musical houses, the Lyric and the Capitol, are probably too big and may be already booked for other big musicals and it does not look like the Theatre Royal has yet re-opened.
Does mistressjojo or anybody else know whether the Drama Theatre has been used for musicals before? I see on the website that the Bangarra Dance Theatre performs there as well as various Drama companies, but no musicals are mentioned.
I will be very interested if anybody can fill me in further on this.
Thanks.
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Post by mistressjojo on Mar 11, 2020 12:27:25 GMT
I've only seen straight plays here, mostly STC productions.
I've seen a few cabaret style shows next door in the smaller Studio (where Six played recently).
Perhaps with the Concert Hall closed for renovations this was the best available?
And the Theatre Royal definitely won't be opening any time soon. I walk past most days and it's still a bomb site.
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Post by tonyloco on Mar 11, 2020 13:45:43 GMT
I've only seen straight plays here, mostly STC productions. I've seen a few cabaret style shows next door in the smaller Studio (where Six played recently). Perhaps with the Concert Hall closed for renovations this was the best available? And the Theatre Royal definitely won't be opening any time soon. I walk past most days and it's still a bomb site.
Still, I suppose a 'new' smallish venue in Sydney for musicals is to be welcomed. I wish them well!
I presume you will be attending and I look forward to your review, including some comments as to how suitable the venue proves to be for this kind of show. |
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Post by matador on Mar 14, 2020 6:23:13 GMT
The Drama Theatre is mainly used for Sydney Theatre Company plays, but they have staged musicals there, mainly before the STC built their 900-seat theatre down the road in the 2000s. Musicals at the Drama Theatre have included The Threepenny Opera (with Pamela Stephenson as Polly) in 1973, The Venetian Twins in 1979, Chicago in 1981, Company in 1986, Summer Rain in 1989, A Little Night Music in 1990, Into the Woods in 1993, The Threepenny Opera again in 1994, and The Sunshine Club in 2000.
It has an unusual letter box stage which is very wide but not very tall at all.
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Post by mistressjojo on May 9, 2020 8:59:06 GMT
This production has been cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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