Behind The Curtain

Behind The Curtain

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  • SHAUN THE SHEEP'S CIRCUS SHOW
    SHAUN THE SHEEP'S CIRCUS SHOW Academy Award®-winning UK animation studio Aardman teams up with Australia’s Circa for a new live production of international hit Shaun The Sheep, coming to Melbourne’s Regent Theatre in April.
    Circa Contemporary Circus, one of the world’s leading performance companies, has joined forces with multi- award-winning and globally renowned animation studio Aardman to create a new circus-theatre production for audiences of all ages, Shaun the Sheep’s Circus Show.
    Commencing at the Regent Theatre on Wednesday 14 April during the school holiday period, and direct from its world premiere season in Brisbane, it promises an inventive and clever live show that the whole family can enjoy on different levels.
    Aardman’s signature Shaun the Sheep animation is combined with live performance from Circa, simultaneously blurring the lines between movement, dance, theatre and circus. A visual spectacle, Shaun the Sheep’s Circus Show is also packed full of smart wit and outright hilarity.
    Director Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble capture all the sophisticated and challenging elements of Circa’s extreme physicality while embracing the fun, humour and playfulness found in the world of Shaun the Sheep. Scenic Designer Dan Potra and Costume Designer Libby McDonnell have created a new world for Shaun and his flock to inhabit, seamlessly blending the dimensions of animation, stage, film and live acrobatics.
    24 min
  • Lucy Maunder

    Since graduating from WAAPA in 2006, Lucy has cemented her reputation as one of Australia’s musical theatre leading ladies. When the Covid-19 Pandemic hit, she was about to preview at Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre QPAC in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (GFO) as Charlie’s mum Mrs Bucket, which had just finished two very successful seasons in Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre and Sydney’s iconic Capitol Theatre. She was nominated for a 2019 Helpmann Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the show.

    Lucy was also about to start rehearsals for MTC’s Australian Premiere of the Tony Award winning Best Musical Fun Home in the role of Alison.

    Throughout 2018 Lucy starred in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group) as sassy Cynthia Weil on its critically acclaimed Australian tour earning a Green Room Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. Prior to this, with her newborn baby in tow Lucy played Miss Honey in the Australian/New Zealand tour of Tim Minchin’s Matilda: The Musical (Louise Withers and Associates, RSC), and was nominated for a 2017 Helpmann Award for Best Supporting Actress. Lucy originated the role of Heather Chandler in the smash Australian Première of Heathers: The Musical, she created the role of Patty in Tim Finn’s new musical Ladies in Black (QTC, MTC) and starred in Grease as Rizzo (GFO) earning Helpmann, Glug and Sydney Theatre Award nominations for the show’s Australian and Asian tour.  Lucy also created the role of Lara in the world première of Doctor Zhivago: A New Musical (GFO) opposite Anthony Warlow earning Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical.

    Other career highlights include Cinderella in Into the Woods (Victorian Opera, Helpmann and Green Room Nominations); Georgia Hendricks in Curtains (The Production Company); Gertrude Lawrence in Noël and Gertie (CDP Theatre Producers, Glug Award for Best Actress in a Musical); Polly in The Threepenny Opera (STC, Malthouse, Victorian Opera); Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (TML Enterprises); Emma in Jekyll & Hyde (TML Enterprises) and Anne in A Little Night Music (Opera Australia).

    Lucy’s one-woman show Irving Berlin: Songs in the Key of Black toured Australia to rave reviews at venues such as the prestigious Spiegeltent, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Noosa Longweekend Festival, His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth and La Salon at Claire’s Kitchen. Her album featuring arrangements and musical direction by Daniel Edmonds is available on iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music.

    30 min
  • Sophie Matthews
    Sophie Matthews - Sophie has been involved with the theatre since she played one of the King’s children in the king and I, way back in 2006. Since then she has taken on a number of roles including Ado Annie in Oklahoma (2012), Gretchen in Boeing Boeing (2013), Gary Coleman in Avenue Q (2016), Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre (2017) and is currently rehearsing to play Mrs Potts in Beauty in Beauty and the Beast. Sophie has been on stage as well as playing in the orchestra and behind the scenes producing shows. She is very excited to be back in the Orange theatre scene. She also has a past history with one of our hosts....tune into tomorrow’s episode from 6am on podcast providers to find out!!
    28 min
  • Cameron Boxall
    2018
    Michael Jackson "The Legacy Tour" Australia and NZ : Featured Dancer
    2017
    Legendary Pictures: Pacific Rim Two "Upraising" : "Ilya" StandIn
    Universal Studios Singapore : Singer/Dancer - The Cruisers, A Date With Marilyn, Elmos TV Time, Trollstopia Hug Time Trio, Trick or Treat with Sesame St, Under the Mistletoe with Marilyn Monroe
    Wenona Private School Mary Poppins : Choreographer
    2016
    Packemin Productions: "Wicked" : Dance Captain/Performer
    Packemin Productions Miss Saigon : Assistant Choreographer/Performer
    Showcase Foxtel - "A Place To Call Home" : Featured Extra
    AHA Business Awards "Opening Number" : Featured Dancer
    2015
    Princess Cruises: Coral Princess : Dancer
    Nine Network: "House of Bond" : Featured Dancer/Extra
    2014
    Princess Cruises: Pacific Princess : Dancer
    2013
    Ed5 International : Diploma of Performing Arts
    33 min
  • Ariana Mazzeo
    Ariana is a graduate of Sydney’s ED5International, which she attended since the age of three. Here she completed her Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts under the guidance of industry legend William A. Forsythe. West Side Story marks Ariana’s musical theatre debut returning to stages in 2021!
    27 min
  • Leah Griffiths
    Leah fell in love with the theatre as a bright-eyed youngster, and while her first acting appearance on the stage wasn't until 2014 in Annie at her high school, it has always been the driving force behind her passionate, full-throttle approach to her work. She has since performed at every opportunity, from leading as Wednesday in The Addams Family (Oxley High School, 2016), ensemble work in Funny Girl (Tamworth Musical Society 2018), and more recently bringing to life the endearing Samireh in Phil and Cath Snitch's original musical The Persian Queen (BMEC Local Stages, 2020). She has also recently debuted her first play in the comedic Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon at Keystone and has justs ecured her dream role of starring as Belle, her first leading role since high school, with Orange Theatre Company. Leah is studying her final year of a Bachelor of Theatre/Media at CSU and is very excited to audition for her hopeful next degree in Musical Theatre Performance in Western Australia at WAAPA. She hopes that we all remember that in a world of uncertainty, we can always find escape in the unparalleled magic of theatre.
    32 min
  • Joel Granger

    Joel Granger has recently been seen as Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon (for which he received a Helpmann Award Nomination in 2019 - Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical). Prior to this, he appeared in the Hayes Theatre Company Productions of She Loves Me as Arpad, and Cry-Baby as Baldwin Blandish. His other theatre credits include the roles of Daniel Brady in the 60th Anniversary Gala Concert of Lola Montez for The Follies Company, Harry Beaton in The Production Company’s Brigadoon, Big Fish the Musical as Zacky Price, Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd for New Zealand Opera, Warren in Ordinary Days for Pursued by Bear (for which he was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Lead Male in a Musical), Tom in The Gathering for Vic Theatre Company, Harold Bride in Titanic: The Musical for StageArt, and Bernstein in Dogfight for Doorstep Arts. Joel’s television credits include the role of Jack in Channel Nine’s True Story with Hamish and Andy and the role of Mark in Please Like Me for ABC/Pivot. He is a 2015 graduate of the WAAPA Music Theatre course, where he was featured as Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde: The Musical, Japheth in Children of Eden, Glad Hand in West Side Story, and Theo in Matthew Lee Robinson’s Atlantis. Joel has most recently played Understudy Pippin, Charles and Lewis in the Australian Tour of Pippin.

    32 min
  • Sarah Morrison
    Sarah started her career as a member of the Children’s Chorus with Opera Queensland, before gaining her Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre at the Ballarat Arts Academy. She went on to play Tracy in Dust for Queens Theatre/Brisbane’s Powerhouse and toured internationally with a number of children’s musicals for Nickelodeon and Pen2Stage before being cast in the breakthrough lead role of Lisa, in Ladies in Black. This brand new musical from creative masterminds Simon Phillips and Carolyn Burns featured music by Tim Finn and enjoyed sell out seasons at both Queensland and Melbourne Theatre Companies and embarked on a return national tour in 2016-17. Following this Sarah performed the lead role of Sophie Sheridan in the recent 2017-18 production of MAMMA MIA!
    Sarah’s other theatre credits include, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown and David Williamson’s, Third World Blues. In addition to her stage work, Sarah has appeared in television shows such as The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Making Dust for ABC Artscape.
    Sarah is currently appearing in the Australian premier company of Come From Away in the role of Janice and Others at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.
    For more information head to Comefromaway.com.au
    33 min
  • Blake Bowden
    Most recently Blake was seen playing Elder Price in the musical "The Book of Mormon" across Australia and New Zealand, a role for which in 2019 he was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
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    Blake’s other recent leading roles include Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (TML), Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera), Edward Lyons in Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), Anthony Pemberton in Beyond Desire (Neil Rutherford Productions) and Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific (Opera Australia/GFO).
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    In 2018 Blake produced and performed his solo show and released his debut EP “Blake Bowden: Straight From The Hart” featuring the reimagined songs of Rodgers and Hart (Noosa Alive!).
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    Other theatre credits include: Tony in Masterclass (LeftBauer Prods), Lysander in A Midsummer Nights Dream (Belvoir). Pat Matthews in Moonshadow (Cat Stevens/Sue Farrelly Productions); Snowboy in West Side Story (ATG); Jekyll and Hyde (TML); The Boy From Oz Arena Spectacular with Hugh Jackman (Gannon/Fox) and original cast of Dirty Dancing (Jacobsen Entertainment).
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    Blake has appeared in concert with The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (R.U.G),The Sound of Rodgers (Stuart Maunder) and Musical Melodies in the Park (City of Stonnington). In 2014 and 2016, Blake starred as Mario Lanza, alongside Phil Scott in the hit cabaret MARIO (Adelaide Cabaret Festival/Hayes Theatre/Canberra Theatre/Noosa Long Weekend Festival).
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    Screen roles include Young Jack in the film The Dam, Brusco in Home and Away, Mr & Mrs Murder, The Chaser and as the Young Boy Pirate in The Wiggles Movie.
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    In 2011 Blake was the winner of The Rob Guest Endowment Award and in 2013 Blake received the Gertrude Johnson Fellowship at The Opera Studio Melbourne.
    28 min
  • Josh Piterman

    Established Australian musical theatre performer and classical crossover artist who has worked prolifically since he graduated from Federation University with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) in 2006. Josh kicked off his career performing with the International pop opera group The Ten Tenors and he then made his mark as Tony in the 2010 Australian production of West Side Story. His other musical theatre credits include Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger in the 2016 season of Cats, a role that won him the Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in A Musical; Edward in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers; Corny Collins in the UK tour of Hairspray; The Caliph in Kismet; Giuseppe in The Light in the Piazza; Jamie in The Last Five Years and most recently Gerry Goffin in the Australian tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. In 2018 his debut self titled album went to number 1 on both the Aria and ITunes Charts (Classical Crossover) in Australia.

    35 min

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