The Drowsy Chaperone

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Event The Drowsy Chaperone
Venue Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 18 January 2010
Opening Date 21 January 2010
Last Date 27 February 2010
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Geoffrey Rush stars as a die-hard musical theatre fan who invites us into his dreary living room. As he drops the needle on his all-time favourite album, an outrageously funny musical from the 1920s, The Drowsy Chaperone, bursts into life complete with a pampered starlet, gangsters, chorus girls and all manner of mayhem. A trip back to the golden age of musicals when stars had charisma, Broadway had romance and Rodgers had Hart.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Music Theatre
Subjects Music
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Heidi Arena Actor Kitty
Rohan Browne Actor George
Rhonda Burchmore Actor Drowsy Chaperone
Shane Jacobson Actor Feldzieg
Adam Murphy Actor Aldolpho
Robyn Nevin Actor Mrs Tottendale
Zahra Newman Actor Trix / Ensemble
Richard Piper Actor Underling
Grant Piro Actor Gangster
Josh Piterman Actor Ensemble
Alex Rathgeber Actor Robert Martin
Geoffrey Rush Actor Man in the Chair
Troy Sussman Actor Superintendent / Ensemble
Hester van der Vyver Actor Ensemble
Christie Whelan-Browne Actor Janet Van De Graaff
Karlis Zaid Actor Gangster
Julia Smith Assistant Stage Manager
Yunan Perez Martinez Assistant to the Designer
Dean Bryant Associate Director
Andrew Hallsworth Choreographer
Debbie Phyland Consultant Voice
Dale Ferguson Costume Designer
Jessica Burns Deputy Stage Manager
Leith McPherson Dialect Coach
Simon Phillips Director
Matt Scott Lighting Designer
Lisa Lambert Music and Lyrics Librettist
Greg Morrison Music and Lyrics Librettist
Lloyd Nicholson Musical Arranger
Mathew Frank Musical Director
John Barrett Musician Reeds
Stuart Byrne Musician Reeds
Nathan Post Musician: Bassist
Phoebe Briggs Musician: Keyboardist
Mathew Frank Musician: Keyboardist
Greg Sully Musician: Percussionist and Drums
Ian Bell Musician: Trombonist
Greg Maundrell Musician: Trumpeter
Jeff Busby Photographer Production
Pam Kleemann Photographer Rehearsal
Bob Martin Playwright
Don McKellar Playwright
Justine Campbell Secondment Directorial Attachment
Zohie Castellano Secondment Costumes
Shayndle Grinblat Secondment Stage Management
Sophie Woodward Secondment Design
Netta Yashchin Secondment Directorial Attachment
Dale Ferguson Set Designer
Peter Labza Stage Manager
Leith McPherson Voice Coach
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Cast List MTC Records
Web
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 83527