The people behind the hit musicals I Should Be So Lucky & Joe Starts Again
David Knox, Dean Lotherington & Shaun Miller present
Seriously
The Pet Shop Boys.
Reinterpreted.
Maria Mercedes Tania Doko
David Gould Paul Ross
Anthony Costanzo
Five Dynamite Singers. A Grand Piano. A String Quartet.
Opening this summer at Chapel Off Chapel is one of the most anticipated concert events of the year. Inspired by the "Results" album Pet Shop Boys produced for Liza Minnelli in 1989, Seriously reinvents the songs of Pet Shop Boys (Tennant & Lowe).
Seriously will strip back the high energy from their compositions to its purest form, lyric and melody, and showcase them via a grand piano and a string quartet and 5 dynamite singers. In a further reinvention, songs will be deconstructed and put back together in seamless suites. Up tempo numbers will become ballads. Solo songs become duets and trios. Only diehard fans will identify where one song stops and starts. In an evening sung from beginning to end, the familiar will become unfamiliar for the audience to fall in love with all over again. All bets are off.
Handpicking original songs from their extensive catalogue, Seriously will highlight the "moments of relationships." Falling in love, out of love, waiting, uncertainty, jealousy, confusion, bliss.
Profound lyrics. Sumptuous melodies.
Love. Hate. Gay. Straight. This is the soundtrack to our lives.
Conceived & Directed by David Knox
Musical Direction & Arrangements by Dean Lotherington
Assistant Musical Direction by David Wisken.
Designed by Jeremy Smith. Lighting Design by Ching Lee.
Sound Design by Graham Fettling and Gerry McKechnie.
Jan 25 - Feb 12. 9pm Tues - Sat / 7pm Sun.
Joy 94.9FM Preview Jan 24
Chapel Off Chapel. Bookings 03 8290 7000
www.seriouslypsb.com Sponsors and Supporters:
Midsumma Festival MCV Newspaper JOY Melbourne 94.9FM
Madman Entertainment Sharmill Films Nellie Castan Galleries
Marshall & Dent Lawyers Chapel Off Chapel
A Midsumma Festival Premier Event
