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MARCIA HINES REPRISES `DIVA' ROLE
A GLITTERING spectacle of circus, cabaret and a love-letter to disco, Velvet Rewired will be presented in the Opera House Studio from 7 October TO 14 November, 2021.
The fabulous Marcia Hines (Jesus Christ Superstar, HAIR) reprises her role from the hit-show Velvet as the “Diva”.
Premiering at the 2020 Adelaide Fringe festival to glowing reviews, Velvet Rewired continues the story of a young man on his path to self-discovery as he returns to the club seeking redemption.… Members read the rest!

FINAL TICKETS for the Sydney season of the multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL go on sale on Friday (December 13, 2019).
This lavish and fun production will premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star from January 1, 2020 and run until February 9, before seasons at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from February 16 and the Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane from May 9.… Members read the rest!

SPECIAL DEALS FOR FAMILIES
TO celebrate this week’s National Children’s Week across Australia, the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL is offering a special deal for families. 
For every full priced adult ticket purchased for evening performances of SHREK THE MUSICAL from January 1-8, a free ticket for a child 15 years and under will be offered.… Members read the rest!

AUSSIE'S TOP LINE-UP SET TO
BRING MUSICAL FAIRY-TALE
ALIVE ON STAGE IN 2020
AUSTRALIA's leading theatre producer John Frost has announced the full adult cast of the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL, which opens in Australia next year. 
SHREK THE MUSICAL will play at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star from January 1, 2020, followed by seasons at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from February 16 and at the Lyric Theatre, Brisbane from May 9.… Members read the rest!

SHREK AND PRINCESS FIONA
ROLES TO BE PLAYED BY
BEN MINGAY AND LUCY DURACK
with special guest Marcia Hines
BEN MINGAY and LUCY DURACK will play the lead roles of Shrek and Princess Fiona in the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL, it was announced today by leading Australian theatre producer John Frost.
It was also announced that Australian musical royalty Marcia Hines would play the role of the Dragon in a special guest appearance for the Sydney season.… Members read the rest!

PRODUCERS ANNOUNCE STELLAR CAST
FOR LATEST THEATRE PRODUCTION
OF SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
SET to premiere at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney on March 27, Saturday Night Fever is now fully cast.
The news came this week from Australian theatre producer John Frost who said the coveted lead role of Tony Manero has gone to rising star Euan Doidge, Helpmann Award nominated for his role in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, after performing in Les Miserables, A Chorus Line and the Gordon Frost Organisation’s Grease and Legally Blonde.… Members read the rest!

NEW ROLE AS `THE DIVA'
IN SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
MARCIA Hines will be joining the cast of the iconic hit musical Saturday Night Fever, which will premiere in Sydney at the Sydney Lyric Theatre at The Star from March 29. 
Australia’s original disco diva, Marcia Hines, will play the role of The Diva, who performs at Disco Odyssey 2001, the nightclub where Tony Manero dances every Saturday night.… Members read the rest!

Terry set to return to recording for Four Tops tribute
By SHIRLEY BROUN

SYDNEY performer Terry Kaff has the distinction of being Australia’s most recorded session singer between 1968 and 1978.

As a session singer earlier in his career much of Terry’s work has – to the uninformed public – gone largely without acknowledgement, despite his voice dominating our early television broadcasts and compilation albums of themes such as Farewell Aunty Jack (singing the theme from the Aunty Jack Show) and 70s hit, Class of ’74,  plus a host of commercials including Coca Cola.

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