Pratt Prize 2004

Talissa Director Almighty cough evil cough moderator Posts: 2,324	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 11, 2004 0:16:44 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Talissa on Nov 11, 2004 0:16:44 GMT 11 Does anyone happen to know the date this will be announced? I know it will be in about two weeks, but am not sure exactly when it will be.
	~And when he saw her face In his heart there was space For none. No other but she~ Parade of Stars character - Marguerite, from The Scarlet Pimpernel Medley of the Stars song - L'Un Vers L'Autre, from Les Miserables

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Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 17, 2004 8:58:47 GMT 11

Post by Talissa on Nov 17, 2004 8:58:47 GMT 11

Not to worry. I found the announcement date and the finalists, so here they are.

Destiny's Prize - Andrey Kretsch, Mike Brady, Paul Wiltshire (Melbourne)
Hash Honey - Lorrae Desmond, Gael Ballantyne, Charlie Hull, Martine De Cock (Sydney)
King of the World - Peter Murphy, Jonathan Densem, Damon Fealy (Melbourne)
Metro Street - Matthew Robinson (Melbourne)
Musical, The Musical - Guy Noble, Meredith O'Reilly (Melbourne)
A Thousand And One Nights - Max Lambert, Linda Nagle (Sydney)
Obsession (an opera) - Brian Howard (Perth)

The winner will be announced at the Pratt mansion on the 24th of November.

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In his heart there was space
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Parade of Stars character - Marguerite, from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Medley of the Stars song - L'Un Vers L'Autre, from Les Miserables

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Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 17, 2004 10:15:58 GMT 11

Post by nadine on Nov 17, 2004 10:15:58 GMT 11

At the STC function last Sunday they had a song from Metro Street - very funny.

Big question is who will be the artists performing the finalists' songs at the Pratt Prize announcement?

Lucy Durack will most likely sing the song from Metro Street.

"It's very cute actually... sometimes they do pretendy yelling at each other".
Helen Dallimore on Peter Carroll & his daughter Tamsin starring in "The Republic of Myopia" as father and daughter.

MotS - Oompa-pa from Oliver!

PoS character - Belle, from Beauty and the Beast

Sally Choreographer Posts: 801	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 17, 2004 13:10:35 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sally on Nov 17, 2004 13:10:35 GMT 11 Drat, you beat me to it Meredith O'Reilly and Guy Noble were on GMA this morning as well btw.
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Talissa Director Almighty cough evil cough moderator Posts: 2,324	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 17, 2004 13:29:42 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Talissa on Nov 17, 2004 13:29:42 GMT 11 I really need to start watching GMA again. How much have I missed in the last couple of months?
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Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 17, 2004 14:07:08 GMT 11

Post by Sally on Nov 17, 2004 14:07:08 GMT 11

Well I've only had to lend you two tapes..

Did you get a copy of Ian/Rachael/Michael also?

Shane Bourne was on yesterday also but nothing too interesting. You really haven't missed an awful lot. It's getting a bit disheartening to tape it every day and then just speed through the entire thing because I don't want an hour of Moira and then an hour of Aus Idol

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Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 17, 2004 15:34:17 GMT 11

Post by Talissa on Nov 17, 2004 15:34:17 GMT 11

I haven't seen Ian/Rachael/Michael

And I'm sure I'd watch GMA more if it was still in the old format. The new format is just creeping closer to Kerri-Ann, which is not a good thing.

And really, after Eureka's closed, there's going to be even less worth watching it for.

And that's enough because I didn't mean for this to turn into an anti-GMA thread.

~*And when he saw her face
In his heart there was space
For none. No other but she*~

Parade of Stars character - Marguerite, from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Medley of the Stars song - L'Un Vers L'Autre, from Les Miserables

Talissa Director Almighty cough evil cough moderator Posts: 2,324	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 24, 2004 18:38:24 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Talissa on Nov 24, 2004 18:38:24 GMT 11 And the winner is... Matthew Robinson's Metro Street. I knew it. And he deserves it. On his birthday, too! What a day Will stop now, or I'll start gushing. ~Julia
	~And when he saw her face In his heart there was space For none. No other but she~ Parade of Stars character - Marguerite, from The Scarlet Pimpernel Medley of the Stars song - L'Un Vers L'Autre, from Les Miserables

Sally Choreographer Posts: 801	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 24, 2004 18:54:41 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sally on Nov 24, 2004 18:54:41 GMT 11 ka Talissa said: I knew it. As does my entire train carriage by now. I thought I'd better let you post the news first or you might kill me, so I took the time to scan the article
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Talissa Director Almighty cough evil cough moderator Posts: 2,324	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 24, 2004 19:11:13 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Talissa on Nov 24, 2004 19:11:13 GMT 11 Thanks dear. Keeps me from asking And yes, I would have killed you if you'd posted that before me. And I can almost forgive Inga blooming Gilchrist for this.
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Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 25, 2004 8:19:49 GMT 11

Post by Talissa on Nov 25, 2004 8:19:49 GMT 11

Age article about the winner

And a mention that Metro Street will be workshopped by TPC next year. Nice to know it won't be doing a Sideshow Alley.

A 'brilliant new' creator
By Jo Roberts

Can dreams make birthday wishes come true? Melbourne-based writer and performer Matthew Robinson had spent three nights dreaming of awards ceremonies. "Not even about people I know," he said.

Yesterday, Robinson celebrated his 25th birthday by winning the $80,000 Pratt Prize for Music Theatre, which was announced yesterday at Raheen, the Kew mansion of Richard and Jeanne Pratt.

Robinson clasped his hands to his face in disbelief on hearing his musical, Metro Street, had defeated six other finalists - and 104 entries - for the lucrative Pratt Foundation-funded award. The booty is a cash prize of $50,000 and $30,000 towards a 2005 workshop of the show by Jeanne Pratt's musical theatre company, the Production Company.

Impressively, this was the first musical - lyrics, book and music - penned by Robinson, a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, although he has performed in several, including the Melbourne production of Mamma Mia! and three Production Company shows.

He is no stranger to penning songs, however, having written many for his pop-rock band, Inside Zero. "We actually play the title song (from Metro Street)," he said. "My eventual hope is that music on the radio can be music from the theatre. I'm not afraid to push it in that direction."

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AdvertisementMetro Street is an Australian story of four people whose lives intersect in Melbourne. They all meet a busker who becomes a guide for their greater quests. "Basically they're all angling to find their place in modern-day Melbourne," said Robinson.

Metro Street was the second winner of the biennial prize. The inaugural Pratt Prize winner in 2002, Sideshow Alley, was workshopped last year, but a planned full-scale production this year failed to materialise when the Malthouse (then Playbox) Theatre could not secure a financial backer for the show. Jeanne Pratt said Metro Street would be workshopped by the Production Company next year.

"I think we've discovered a brilliant new musical creation in Metro Street," she said. "Matthew is an extremely talented all-rounder."

Not a bad way to celebrate a birthday? Robinson agreed. "It's a good day all round!" A dream come true.

www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/11/24/pratt_wideweb__430x287.jpg

~*And when he saw her face
In his heart there was space
For none. No other but she*~

Parade of Stars character - Marguerite, from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Medley of the Stars song - L'Un Vers L'Autre, from Les Miserables

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Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 25, 2004 8:42:14 GMT 11

Post by Sally on Nov 25, 2004 8:42:14 GMT 11

Talissa said:

And a mention that Metro Street will be workshopped by TPC next year.

*squee* yay!

And there'll be another thing to see a dozen (or more!) times

Stupid Age picture not working. Is it for anyone else or just me? Assume will be in the actual paper, so will scan later, when get paper, etc.

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Talissa Director Almighty cough evil cough moderator Posts: 2,324	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 25, 2004 8:48:36 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Talissa on Nov 25, 2004 8:48:36 GMT 11 Drat. Well, if the actual article works, you can see it here; www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/A-brilliant-new-creator/2004/11/24/1101219614924.html
	~And when he saw her face In his heart there was space For none. No other but she~ Parade of Stars character - Marguerite, from The Scarlet Pimpernel Medley of the Stars song - L'Un Vers L'Autre, from Les Miserables

Sally Choreographer Posts: 801	Pratt Prize 2004 Nov 25, 2004 9:07:59 GMT 11 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sally on Nov 25, 2004 9:07:59 GMT 11 Aha, that works. For some odd reason, because when I went to the Age website I still got article with blank picture. Magic link
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