Post by paule on Oct 6, 2006 18:02:50 GMT 11
Hello!
Fab Nobs and the Factory present:
"Honk - The Ugly Duckling Musical"
Victorian Amateur Theatre Co. Premiere
November 10 - 25.
Directed by Paul David Watson
Choreography by Lyndall McGregor
Musical Direction by Ryan Jacobs
The Fab Nobs are a wonderful company for bringing different, ("boutique", if you like) shows to Melbourne audiences, and this is a wonderful little book filled with emmotion, joy, fun, learning and moral!
Honk was awarded on the West End the Olivier Award 2000 London's answer to the Tony, beating Lion King to the title! It really is a great show!!!
SYNOPSIS
Spring has come to the duck yard. Drake, the Mallard Duck, and his long suffering partner, Ida, await the birth of a new brood, but the clutch seems to contain one inordinately large egg this year. Sure enough, it cracks open to reveal an ugly chick nothing like his siblings, who makes a strange honk sound instead of the expected quack!
Ida warms to him, though, and takes him out for the first swim on the lake, finding him to be a prodigious swimmer. The other farmyard fowl, however ridicule him, driving him into the eager arms of the Tom Cat, who invites him back to the "Kitty Kat Snack Shack" for lunch.
Ugly escapes by the skin of his teeth, but with night falling he becomes lost. The concerned Ida insists that Drake and the others launch a search. The next day, Ugly finds himself on open marshland in the middle of a duck shoot. He is taken under the wing of Greylag, a pompous military goose, his well-meaning wife Dot, and a comical troupe of geese. Though the Cat appears and again tries subterfuge to get a hold of Ugly, his plans are once again thwarted. Meanwhile, Ida has left Drake in charge of the nest, and has gone in search of her missing boy.
Ugly finds a small cottage, home to a domesticated hen named Lowbutt and her feline companion, Queenie. The Cat appears yet again, but distracted by Queenie's charms he once again allows Ugly to escape. Back at the duck yard, Drake is learning valuable parenting skills, even as Ida's search becomes more frantic. With the onset of freezing winter, Ugly's prospects are bleak but meeting a beautiful young swan named Penny begins to give him hope. But he Declines her invitation to join the swan family's migration.
Ugly resumes his journey to find his mother. Befriended by an ebullient bullfrog and his froglets, Ugly is cheered considerably, until he is caught in a hunter's net. Rescued by the ever resourceful Cat, who is still hoping to dine on the growing bird, both are soon caught in a raging blizzard, and frozen into snow creatures. With the onset of spring, the swans and Ida arrive just in the nick of time, paving the way for a triumphant trip to the farmyard.
HONK STARS
Ugly ... Drew Downing
Cat ... Callan Lewis
Drake/Greylag ... Michael Butler
Turkey/Barnacles/Bullfrog/Father Swan ... Mark Sheedy
Ida ... Lizzie Matjacic
Grace/Dot/Lowbutt/Bewick ... Jennie Brown
Maureen/Snowy/Queenie/Mother Swan ... Megan Coe
Henrieta/Pinkfoot/Penny ... Sheona Gregg
Beaky ... Zoe Agtoft
Fluffy ... Mel Tickey
Downy ... Andrew McCormack
Soprano/Old Woman .. Tania Chomenko
Alto/Maggie Pie ... Maree Barnett
Tenor/Floor Manager ... Pat Hill
Bass/Farmers Voice ... Brenton Cosier
For bookings, call 0401 018 846. 1st and last weekends going fast!
Thank you all!
Fab Nobs and the Factory present:
"Honk - The Ugly Duckling Musical"
Victorian Amateur Theatre Co. Premiere
November 10 - 25.
Directed by Paul David Watson
Choreography by Lyndall McGregor
Musical Direction by Ryan Jacobs
The Fab Nobs are a wonderful company for bringing different, ("boutique", if you like) shows to Melbourne audiences, and this is a wonderful little book filled with emmotion, joy, fun, learning and moral!
Honk was awarded on the West End the Olivier Award 2000 London's answer to the Tony, beating Lion King to the title! It really is a great show!!!
SYNOPSIS
Spring has come to the duck yard. Drake, the Mallard Duck, and his long suffering partner, Ida, await the birth of a new brood, but the clutch seems to contain one inordinately large egg this year. Sure enough, it cracks open to reveal an ugly chick nothing like his siblings, who makes a strange honk sound instead of the expected quack!
Ida warms to him, though, and takes him out for the first swim on the lake, finding him to be a prodigious swimmer. The other farmyard fowl, however ridicule him, driving him into the eager arms of the Tom Cat, who invites him back to the "Kitty Kat Snack Shack" for lunch.
Ugly escapes by the skin of his teeth, but with night falling he becomes lost. The concerned Ida insists that Drake and the others launch a search. The next day, Ugly finds himself on open marshland in the middle of a duck shoot. He is taken under the wing of Greylag, a pompous military goose, his well-meaning wife Dot, and a comical troupe of geese. Though the Cat appears and again tries subterfuge to get a hold of Ugly, his plans are once again thwarted. Meanwhile, Ida has left Drake in charge of the nest, and has gone in search of her missing boy.
Ugly finds a small cottage, home to a domesticated hen named Lowbutt and her feline companion, Queenie. The Cat appears yet again, but distracted by Queenie's charms he once again allows Ugly to escape. Back at the duck yard, Drake is learning valuable parenting skills, even as Ida's search becomes more frantic. With the onset of freezing winter, Ugly's prospects are bleak but meeting a beautiful young swan named Penny begins to give him hope. But he Declines her invitation to join the swan family's migration.
Ugly resumes his journey to find his mother. Befriended by an ebullient bullfrog and his froglets, Ugly is cheered considerably, until he is caught in a hunter's net. Rescued by the ever resourceful Cat, who is still hoping to dine on the growing bird, both are soon caught in a raging blizzard, and frozen into snow creatures. With the onset of spring, the swans and Ida arrive just in the nick of time, paving the way for a triumphant trip to the farmyard.
HONK STARS
Ugly ... Drew Downing
Cat ... Callan Lewis
Drake/Greylag ... Michael Butler
Turkey/Barnacles/Bullfrog/Father Swan ... Mark Sheedy
Ida ... Lizzie Matjacic
Grace/Dot/Lowbutt/Bewick ... Jennie Brown
Maureen/Snowy/Queenie/Mother Swan ... Megan Coe
Henrieta/Pinkfoot/Penny ... Sheona Gregg
Beaky ... Zoe Agtoft
Fluffy ... Mel Tickey
Downy ... Andrew McCormack
Soprano/Old Woman .. Tania Chomenko
Alto/Maggie Pie ... Maree Barnett
Tenor/Floor Manager ... Pat Hill
Bass/Farmers Voice ... Brenton Cosier
For bookings, call 0401 018 846. 1st and last weekends going fast!
Thank you all!
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