DSP News

MEET AUNTY JACK.

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

Grahame 'Aunty Jack'  Bond is one of the guest lecturers at the 2004 Stagecraft conference at NIDA on September 11 and 12.

The writer of Boy's Own Mcbeth will share his secrets on the art of comedy.

The conference, which I am helping to put together for the Association of Community Theatre will be a tremendous weekend - with delegates attending from across Australia and New Zealand.

Click here for more details about Boy's Own Macbeth

AUSTRALIAN MUSICALS EXHIBITION

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

A number of DSP musicals are on display this month and next in Melbourne

Making a Song and Dance - The Quest for an Australian Musical
  is an Exhibition  at the George Adams Gallery, The Arts Centre, Melbourne.

Included in  the roll of honour are Lola Montez, Reg Livermore's Ned Kelly and some musicals by Peter Pinne and Don Battye.

Speaking of Aussie musicals... I wish every success to Simon Gallaher and Michael Harvey for their forthcoming season of Eureka at Her Majesty's Theatre. 

ENGLISH PANTOMIMES BY JOHN MORLEY.

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

A big welcome to NODA pantomimes to the DSP catalogue. (Australia only)

NODA pantomimes has 50  brilliant new titles to choose from - including  some gems by the doyen of pantomime writers John Morley.

From Aladdin to the Wind in the Willows, from Goldilocks to the Wizard of Oz, from the Little Mermaid to Humpty Dumpty -  there's a role for every panto dame from Hobart  to Yorkshire! 

BEACH BLANKET TEMPEST meets THE GG.

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

Canberra Girls Grammar School is staging Beach Blanket Tempest to  celebrate the opening of it's new theatre this week.

The Governor General Michael Jeffrey will be on hand to officiate.

The GG must have heard about the new orchestrations now available for this popular surf rock musical inspired by Shakespeare by Dennis Watkins and Mr Hi Five Chris Harriott.

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DISCO INFERNO

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

No sooner did I release the rights to this 70's jukebox musical than I got ten productions in 2004.

The first productions in Queensland and New Zealand have been awesome.

" The reaction was ecstatic "   Queenstown NZ

" We had foot tapping dancing crowds for every performance"   Noosa Queensland.

SPECIAL OFFER for August. FREE PERUSAL.

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BACK TO THE 80's on the West End.

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

Neil Gooding's jukebox musical Back to the 80's  had  a special performance on the West End.

An ambitious High School in Wales - with an unpronounceable name  Ysgol Y Strade hired a Cameron Mackintosh Theatre and staged the musical in Welsh.

Poor Neil missed his West End debut due to work commitments.

To make up for that he's staging his own pro-am production of Back to the 80's next month at Panther's Sydney and the Riverside Theatre Parramatta.

PARIS NEAR BROADWAY:

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

Less than 18 months after I helped give the Jon English and David Mackay musical  'Paris' a new lease on life the epic rock musical about the Fall of Troy and the Power of Love is knocking on the door of the world's musical theatre capitals.

NEW CATALOGUE

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

My 2005 catalogue is out now. If you don't have it already please contact me with your snail mail address.

Frank Hatherley...new musical.

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

DSP writer Frank Hatherly is having a sparkling year...

In November The New Theatre in Sydney is staging his comedy 'Manly Mates' - centred on a riotous day with a corrupt NSW Premier and his Police Commissioner.     

*There's  to be a revival in Sydney of his Play 'My Henry Lawson'.

*The Marie Clark theatre in Adelaide  is staging 'The Merry Widow from Bluegum Creek'.

Essgee's Gilbert and Sullivan.

Posted: 1 year ago - 23/11/2008

This year there will be a record 18 productions of Essgee's Pirates, Mikado and HMS Pinafore in Australia, NZ, England and wait for it....Spain.

  The Footlight Theatre Group is made up of British ex-pats near CALPE  ALICANTE on the Spanish Shore.  They  are the finest exponents of Gilbert and Sullivan in all of Spain.  They are also the only exponents of G and S in Spain.

The group is promising - other expats and bemused locals  a jolly good time  watching the Essgee edition of the Mikado.