Post by Talissa on May 10, 2005 11:16:52 GMT 11
(Since Magnormos are posting this just about everywhere, I thought I'd save them the trouble here 
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When Hair burst onto the US stage in 1967, hailed as the world's 'first rock musical', Australia knew this was not the case. For just one year earlier, we'd put a rock n' roll band in the pit...
The Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program presents the first professional staging since the 1970's of:
A Bunch of Ratbags
By: Peter Pinne and Don Battye
Based on the Book by William Dick
July 4th and 5th 2005
Theatreworks, St. Kilda
It is 1950's post-war Melbourne, and while those in the suburbs enjoy an idyllic existence, the working class inner city streets are ruled by the infamous bodgie and widgie gangs. Terry Cooke, a young man from Goodway, turns his back on a tough family life and becomes a rock n' rolling bodgie, taking over as leader of the 'Goodway Mob' and local hero. But the fights, the brushes with the law and the hedonistic lifestyle begin to take their toll, until one drunken night Terry confronts a terrifying side of his new life and must decide where he really belongs
Expressions of interest for the position of 'MUSICAL DIRECTOR' are currently being accepted. For more information visit the Magnormos website: www.magnormos.com
)When Hair burst onto the US stage in 1967, hailed as the world's 'first rock musical', Australia knew this was not the case. For just one year earlier, we'd put a rock n' roll band in the pit...
The Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program presents the first professional staging since the 1970's of:
A Bunch of Ratbags
By: Peter Pinne and Don Battye
Based on the Book by William Dick
July 4th and 5th 2005
Theatreworks, St. Kilda
It is 1950's post-war Melbourne, and while those in the suburbs enjoy an idyllic existence, the working class inner city streets are ruled by the infamous bodgie and widgie gangs. Terry Cooke, a young man from Goodway, turns his back on a tough family life and becomes a rock n' rolling bodgie, taking over as leader of the 'Goodway Mob' and local hero. But the fights, the brushes with the law and the hedonistic lifestyle begin to take their toll, until one drunken night Terry confronts a terrifying side of his new life and must decide where he really belongs
Expressions of interest for the position of 'MUSICAL DIRECTOR' are currently being accepted. For more information visit the Magnormos website: www.magnormos.com