I have appeared in about 40 productions over the past forty years. Favourite roles include Eugene Fodor and Junior in (separate productions of) Crazy for You, Mr Fox in Mack and Mabel, Max in The Sound of Music, Freddy in My Fair Lady, Julio in Paint Your Wagon, Marcellus in The Music Man and Grantaire in Les Miserables.
I have directed several school productions. I choreographed Urinetown and Little Shop of Horrors, then went on to direct Hot Mikado and the Australian premiere of 13. I have since gone on to direct/choreograph The Music Man Jr and Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.
At my next school, I was Head of Productions, overseeing up to a dozen productions each year and directing another seven musicals, including The Music Man, Brigadoon and How To Succeed in Business Without really Trying.
I reviewed music theatre and opera for Theatre People and the Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne). I served on the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Committee for five years as Treasurer and was on the Board of The Opera Studio Melbourne.
I am a keen audience member, having seen 58 shows in six weeks in a 2012 trip to New York, as well as 57 shows during 6 weeks in London/Europe earlier the same year.
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Returning for a welcome encore season, this delectably dark production of Sweeney Todd is arguably stronger than its original 2015 season. A co-production of Victorian Opera and New Zealand Opera, Sweeney Todd […]
A towering artistic achievement, the world premiere of eagerly anticipated Christopher Wheeldon work Oscar© elevates The Australian Ballet to the envy of the international stage.
A once-in-a-blue-moon convergence of material and artists, Carousel: A Concert all too briefly recalls not only the dawn of the Golden Age of Broadway but also the glorious 21 years of treasured […]
Director Iain Sinclair assembles an extraordinary cast for this engrossing staging of all time classic play Hamlet at Melbourne Shakespeare Company.
Brisk, brash, and boisterous, Six the Musical returns to hold court with a fresh Australian tour.
In a compelling new revival, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre infuses familiar classic Fiddler on the Roof with an abundance of fresh life.
Forty years on, it is still the case that nobody can do it like a steam train. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express arrives at the station to collect the next generation of […]
Revived on a grand scale, the UK tour of A Chorus Line retains all the heart of the 1975 original, refreshing the orchestrations and staging to spectacular success.
Well, well, hello, Imelda! Delayed four years, this lavish, heartfelt revival of Hello, Dolly! more than handsomely rewards its patient, grateful audience.
Boasting a starry cast, dazzling choreography, and epic production values, Kiss Me, Kate entertains in lavish style.
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