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The splash-hit West End stage production SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN will open next May at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s
Theatre, followed by a season from July at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, from September at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre in
Brisbane, and touring to Adelaide and Perth.
Star of stage and screen Adam Garcia will play the lead role of Don Lockwood in this Australian production. Adam
most recently graced Australian TV screens as a judge on popular program Dancing with the Stars and in the UK as
judge on Got to Dance. His incredible dance ability was first recognised when he was cast alongside David Atkins in
his original production of Hot Shoe Shuffle in Australia and the UK. Adam was also a founding member of the
hugely successful tap group Tap Dogs with Dein Perry. Since then the multi-talented performer has gone on to
achieve international success starring in West End stage productions including Saturday Night Fever, Wicked and
Kiss Me Kate winning him critical acclaim and also two Olivier Award nominations. He has also starred in
Hollywood blockbusters Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys.
Joining Adam as his sidekick Cosmo Brown is the dynamic Jack Chambers. Earning a place in Australian
entertainment history when he won the first So You Think You Can Dance in 2008, Jack went on to spend 14
months in New York working as a choreographer and teacher at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School, returning to
Australia to star as Link Larkin in Hairspray the Musical. The role of aspiring actress Kathy Selden will be played by
the extraordinary Gretel Scarlett, star of Grease, Wicked and Mamma Mia! One of Australia’s emerging leading
ladies, Gretel was a finalist in 2011’s ‘ANZ Trustees Rob Guest Endowment Award’ and last year released her
debut album Hopelessly Devoted.
Erika Heynatz, nominated for a Helpmann Award for her role as Brooke Windham in Legally Blonde and earning
rave reviews for her portrayal of Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show, will play Lockwood’s vapid leading lady, Lina
Lamont. With a comprehensive and full career that spans more than 40 years, Robyn Arthur joins this stellar cast
as Hollywood gossip reporter, Dora Bailey.
Acclaimed actors also joining the cast include Rodney Dobson as Roscoe Dexter and Mike Bishop as RF Simpson
alongside an incredible supporting cast Ben Brown, Nadia Coote, Stefanie De Castro, Jan Di Pietro, Samantha Leigh
Dodemaide, Ben Gillespie, Jillian Green, Melanie Hawkins, Matthew Jenson, Lauren Jimmieson, Rob Mallett, Sam
Marks, Hayley Martin, Meghan O'Shea, Glen Oliver, Nathan Pinnell, Jordan Pollard, Romina Villafranca, Rachael
Ward and Lyndon Watts.
Produced in Australia by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Michael Cassel Group, David Atkins Enterprises and
Dainty Group International, the popular musical will thrill audiences as they experience high-octane choreography,
sumptuous sets and costumes and the exhilarating spectacle of rain live on stage!
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Making a splash from the moment it premiered, this sensational production of SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN extended its
original run at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK due to unprecedented public demand, before transferring
to the famous Palace Theatre in London in 2012. Now, after a sell-out West End season, unparalleled praise from
critics and audiences alike, four Olivier Award nominations, a major UK tour, New Zealand season and current
Asian Tour, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN is set to delight Australian audiences in 2016.
***** “A night of sheer delight. The perfect pick-me-up” Daily Telegraph (UK)
***** “A splash hit! Take cover as the cast kick up a storm” Daily Express
**** “Jonathan Church’s production has feel-good factor galore” Daily Mail
**** “Exhilarating… with infectious brolly-twirling glee” Evening Standard
This spectacular production is based on the iconic 1952 MGM movie of the same name starring Gene Kelly and
Debbie Reynolds. It is packed full of the charm, romance, comedy and Tinseltown glamour of the much-loved
movie and features all the songs from the glorious MGM score including ‘Good Morning’, ‘Make ‘em Laugh’,
‘Moses Supposes’ and the classic ‘Singin’ in the Rain’.
With the help of 12,000 litres of recycled water, the audience can enjoy one of the most famous dance scenes live
on stage, with some leaving the theatre a little wetter than when they arrived!
To achieve the famous ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ scene, the production uses over 800 metres of flexible pipe work, a
9000kg water tank and a water system that creates a downpour from above as well as flooding from below the
stage, in total ‘raining’ over 12,000 litres of recycled water per performance.
Set in 1927, it tells the story of the first Hollywood musical, when the silver screen found its voice and left silent
movies – and some of its stars – behind. Don Lockwood is a silent movie star with everything he could want fame, adulation and a well-publicised ‘romance’ with his co-star Lina Lamont. But Hollywood is about to change
forever. There is rumour in the studio of a new kind of film, where the actors actually talk…and sing...and dance.
Can Don and the uniquely voiced Lina make the transition and will chorus girl Kathy Selden fulfil her dream of
stardom and capture Don’s heart along the way?
The stage production of SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN is based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film by special
arrangement with Warner Bros Theatre Ventures, Inc. Music Published by EMI. Produced by arrangement with
Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker Inc. This production is directed by Jonathan Church, with
Olivier Award nominated choreography by Andrew Wright; it is designed by Simon Higlett, with Robert Scott as
Musical Supervisor.
With high-energy performances, a superb score and a joyous story, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN showers you with
everything you could wish for in a hit musical.
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Venue:
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Dates:
From Saturday, 7 May 2016
Performance schedule:
Tuesday 7pm
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1pm & 7.30pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
2pm & 7.30pm
3pm
Please note there is no matinee on Saturday 7 May or Wednesday 11 May and performance times on Saturday 14 May are
1.30pm and 7pm
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Venue:
Sydney Lyric Theatre
Dates:
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Performance schedule:
Tuesday 7pm
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1pm & 8pm
8pm
8pm
2pm & 8pm
3pm
Please note that performances on Saturday, 9 July 2016 will be at 1.30pm and 7pm and on Sunday, 24 July 2016 will be at 1pm.
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Venue:
Lyric Theatre QPAC
Dates:
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Performance schedule:
Tuesday
6.30pm
Wednesday
1pm & 7.30pm
Thursday
7.30pm
Friday
7.30pm
Saturday
1.30pm & 7.30pm
Sunday
3pm
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THE FILM & THE STORY
 Originally a film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and
Debbie Reynolds, and choreographed by Kelly and Donen.
 It is now frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made. It topped the AFI's ‘100 Years of
Musicals’ list, and is ranked as the fifth greatest American motion picture of all time
 The movie SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN features songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, with original
screenplay and adaptations by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
 Set in 1929 when silent movies were about to burst into sound, heartthrob Don Lockwood and silver
screen beauty Lina Lamont are the power couple of Tinseltown. Or so fans are led to believe.
 In truth, Don barely tolerates his vapid leading lady who is convinced their screen romance is real.
While trying to escape his eager fans (and Lina), Don has a chance encounter with aspiring actress
Kathy Selden and falls in love.
 Despite his new interest, Don continues the pretence and makes his first talkie with Lina. The film
The Dueling Cavalier is beset with difficulties, by far the worst being Lina's comically grating voice.
 A disastrous test screening forces Don and his best friend Cosmo Brown to hatch a plan to relieve
audiences of Lina's shrill. They'll dub Kathy's beautiful voice over Lina's to save the film.
 When Lina finds out, she is furious and does everything possible to sabotage Don and Kathy's
romance. She maliciously demands that Kathy continue to provide her voice in all future films, but
remain uncredited.
 Lina's plan backfires when she decides to give a speech at a film screening and the audience begs her
to sing.
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CAST
ADAM GARCIA – Don Lockwood
Adam Garcia is an Australian actor and dancer who has appeared across our screens and on stage in a
variety of loved roles.
In addition to feature film roles in Coyote Ugly, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions Of A Teenage Drama
Queen & Love’s Brother, Adam has appeared as a Judge in the UK Sky Production of Got To Dance for 4
seasons and on the London theatre stage in roles such as Where Do We Live at the Royal Court, Chip
in On The Town for the English National Opera and as the lead in the commercial dance
production Revolution.
In the late ‘90s Adam left university to pursue the role of Slide in the musical Hot Shoe Shuffle. During this
time, he was a founding member of the dance troupe Tap Dogs. In 2000 he portrayed Sean in Bootmen, a
movie based on the story of Tap Dogs. It was with Tap Dogs creator Dein Perry that Adam got to be the
solo featured performer & lead dancer in Dein Perry’s Tribute To Industry section for the 2000 Sydney
Olympic Games opening ceremony.
Adam has been featured across London’s West End, winning critical acclaim. A highlight was being
nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a musical for his portrayal of Tony
Manero in the smash hit musical Saturday Night Fever.
Adam played Fiyero in the multi-award winning musical stage production of Wicked and recently starred
as Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me Kate for which he received his second Olivier Award nomination for Best
Supporting Performance.
In Australia Adam has most recently appeared as a judge over the past two seasons of Dancing With The
Stars for the Seven Network and in ABC TV’s hit drama The Code, playing the role of Perry Benson.
GRETEL SCARLETT – Kathy Selden
Gretel Scarlett graduated from WAAPA in 2008 after being awarded the prestigious ‘Leslie Anderson
Award’ for the best overall Showcase Performance, The Hal Leonard Award and the 2007 Finley Award. A
familiar face on Australian stages, she is best known as starring in the leading role of Sandy, opposite Rob
Mills, in the Australian production of Grease (GFO); staying with the show in her role for the entire 20132015 Australian, and the 2014 Singaporean tour. She can also be heard on the Australian Cast Recording.
Gretel’s past credits include the role of Sal in the 2009 Australian Tour of Breast Wishes, understudying
and performing the main juvenile roles of Sophie Sheridan, Ali, and Lisa in the 2009-2010 10th
Anniversary tour of Mamma Mia! (LWAA) and appearing as the Witch’s Mother in the 2010-2012
Australian and Asian productions of the award winning musical Wicked (Universal/GFO), as well as
understudying and performing the roles of Elphaba and Nessarose. In 2014, she also starred in the role of
Sally in Matthew Lee Robinson’s Happy People.
Other notable credits also include; performing the Australian National Anthem at the 2013 NRL State of
Origin at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, ACMF Duets concert at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, Mornings on 9,
Channel 7’s Carols in the Domain, the Helpmann Awards, Light The Night, Singapore Tourism Board and
the Victorian Women in the Arts Luncheon. Another of Gretel’s major career highlights was performing a
special duet of ‘For Good’ from Wicked with Tony® and Emmy Award winning actress Kristin Chenoweth,
at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall. Gretel was selected as a Finalist in the 3rd Inaugural ANZ Trustees Rob Guest
Endowment Award.
In 2014, Gretel released her debut solo album titled ‘Hopelessly Devoted’ which is available online and
via her website.
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JACK CHAMBERS – Cosmo Brown
Jack Chambers earned a place in Australian entertainment history when he was crowned the first So You
Think You Can Dance winner in 2008, however his career in both song and dance commenced a long time
before that.
Jack’s dance training began at age 3 in Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Ballet, Hip Hop and alongside his dance
training he learned to sing and act. Jack’s love for musical theatre was sparked after performing in his
very first amateur theatre production, Singin’ in the Rain (Ocean Theatre Company), where he played
Young Cosmo Brown. But his professional career took off a year later when he was cast as Kurt Von Trapp
in The Sound of Music (SEL & John Frost). Jack then ventured into video and television and was cast in a
lead role for Japanese Children’s television, Kumon.
At 15 years of age, Jack began performing with male tap group Raw Metal, which soon became family
company, RAW Dance Company. Since 2005, Jack has been a choreographer and performer in numerous
productions for RAW.
Since winning So You Think You Can Dance, Jack made the big move to New York City. He started working
as a choreographer and teacher at the famous Joffrey Ballet School and PeriDance Capezio Center. Other
credits include: Broadway on Broadway in Times Square, Spring Gala 2010 at The Kennedy Centre hosted by Liza Minnelli, and has worked with choreographers including Brian Thomas (Pink, Alicia Keys,
Michael Jackson) & Broadway Choreographer, Josh Prince (Shrek The Musical, Beautiful).
After spending 14 months in New York City, Jack found himself being flown back to Australia to star as
Link Larkin in Hairspray the Musical (David Atkins & Dainty Group) where Jack was nominated for best
supporting role at the Sydney Theatre Critic’s Awards.
Jack’s latest adventure was performing in Jason Gilkison’s world renowned production Burn The Floor touring in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and spending 6 months on the West End in London.
Since finishing with Burn The Floor, Jack has taken on the role of Creative Director at RAW, bringing his
skills and expertise to the next generation of dancers enrolled in RAW’s full time dance course.
Jack is very excited to have been cast in this latest production of Singin’ In The Rain, and revisiting the
musical that started it all for him.
ERIKA HEYNATZ – Lina Lamont
Erika Heynatz has carved a diverse career for herself within the entertainment industry through
successfully taking on varied and dynamic roles including actor, recording artist, model, MC, brand &
charity ambassador, television presenter and musical theatre performer. Erika has rightly earned her
place as one of Australia’s most recognized, skilled and adaptable entertainers.
Currently shooting a recurring guest role on Australia’s highest rated TV series, Home & Away, Erika
previously appeared as the lead female character Lilith in the acclaimed Sony Pictures feature
film Gabriel. Soon thereafter, she was cast as German Jazz singer, Elsa Lichtman in L.A. Noire by Rockstar
games. The game received global exposure, earning Erika a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the
Annual Navigator Awards.
In 2012, Erika won a lead role in the Australian production of the international box office smash movie
turned Broadway musical, Legally Blonde. The show opened to critical acclaim, with Erika’s portrayal of
exercise queen Brooke Wyndham winning her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical at
The Helpmann awards. Erika was later cast in the role of Magenta in the 40th anniversary Australian
production of the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show earning rave reviews.
When Erika won an Astra Award for favourite female personality for her work on Australia’s Next Top
Model, the producers of America’s Next Top Model chose her to be their Australian correspondent and
guest judge. At the same time, she was selected to capitalize on her natural, wit-slinging style to film the
American pilot of a live fashion styling show for the CW network called Glam Me Up.
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ROBYN ARTHUR – Dora Bailey/ Miss Dinsmore
Robyn Arthur is one of Australia’s leading theatre performers with more than 40 years in the industry.
Robyn is currently touring with Jonathan Biggins’ Australia Day for Hit Productions and recently
completed an Australian tour of Mother & Son with Noeline Brown for McLaren House. In 2013, she
toured Australia in Elizabeth Coleman’s play It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To) with Henri Szeps for
Hit Productions and appeared in the Production Company’s Singin’ In The Rain directed by Gary Young at
the State Theatre (VAC).
In 2011, she starred again alongside Todd McKenney in the hit revival of The Boy From Oz having also
appeared in the original cast. Robyn played Mrs Potts in the Aria Award winning Australian premiere
season of Beauty And The Beast with Hugh Jackman and will be long remembered for her performance as
Madame Thenardier (Victorian Green Room Award) in the original cast of Les Misérables directed in
Australia by Trevor Nunn. Robyn clocked up almost 1,300 performances in the role. In 2007, she was
nominated for a Helpmann Award for her performance in the Australian premiere of Sideshow Alley
(Keelan/Young) for QPAC.
Robyn’s other theatre highlights include Stuart Maunder’s production of My Fair Lady (Opera
Australia); Minefields And Miniskirts by Terence O’Connell (Malthouse), Gale Edwards’ production of
Sweeney Todd (Opera Queensland); Stephen Sondheim’s Company directed by the late Richard Wherrett
and Michael Gow’s classic Away for the Sydney Theatre Company.
Television credits include Woodley, Twentysomething, Laid 2, The Librarians, City Homicide, Very Small
Business, Kath And Kim, Blue Heelers, Mda, Neighbours, and the US production, Nightmares And
Dreamscapes.
Robyn also appeared in Charlotte’s Web with Dakota Fanning for Paramount Pictures.
Robyn’s been a proud member of Actors Equity since 1975 and serves on the Victorian Actors Benevolent
Trust (VABT).
MIKE BISHOP – RF Simpson
Mike is an actor, director, and all-rounder who has worked extensively in all facets of the entertainment
industry across Australia for 36 years.
Theatre highlights include Sweeney Todd, The Sentimental Bloke, Victoria Bitter, Cyrano De Bergerac, and
Blabbermouth, all for Melbourne Theatre Company. He also appeared in Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet,
Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, The Campaign & The Reunion by Neil Cole, Sideshow Alley by Gary
Young, Kismet, Guys & Dolls for The Production Company, and most recently as Max Kellerman in Dirty
Dancing which enjoyed a year long, very successful full Australian tour.
Television credits include Neighbours (for which he was drama coach for 15 years), Bastard Boys, Law of
the Land, Stingers, Blue Heelers, City Homicide, and the Emmy Award winning Blabbermouth &
Stickybeak. Most recently, Mike has appeared in Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War, Killing Time, Underbelly 1,
Underbelly: Fat Tony & Co, Wentworth and The Dr Blake Mysteries for ABC.
Film credits include Malcolm, Remembering Nigel, I Am Evangeline, Metal Skin & Ghosts of The Civil Dead
for which he was nominated for an A.F.I. Best Actor Award.
Mike’s direction highlights include Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (8 times), Jema Pledger’s
Greenroom Award nominated See You In Heaven, Dr Cade, Personality Games & Topo by Neil Cole; Only
The End, The Devil In Me, and most recently, The Show Must Go On – the biographical story of Jan Russ
by Robyn Bishop.
Mike fell in love with Debbie Reynolds when he saw the film Singin’ In The Rain when he was 5, & is
extremely excited to be performing around Australia with Singin’ In The Rain – on stage.
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RODNEY DOBSON – Roscoe Dexter
Since graduating from WAAPA in 1989, Rodney has performed in the original Australian productions
of Chess, Return
to
the
Forbidden
Planet,
Aspects
of
Love, Miss
Saigon, Sunset
Boulevard, Jolson, Rosie, The Full Monty, Wicked as Dr Dillamond and the world premier
of Moonshadow as Mr Matthew.
Other theatre credits include Miss Julie (STC), South Pacific, Buddy, Twelfth Night (Belvoir St), the
10th anniversary production of Les Miserables, Sweeny Todd as Tobias (Australian Opera), Company as
David (Kookaburra), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Annie as Daddy Warbucks and most recently played the
Bishop of Digne in Cameron Mackintosh’s reimagined production of Les Misérables.
Rodney received a Helpmann award nomination for his performance as Dave in The Full Monty and a
Green room award nomination for his portrayal of Tobias in Sweeny Todd.
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CREATIVE TEAM
NACIO HERB BROWN & ARTHUR FREED - Composer/Lyricist
Composer Nacio Herb Brown (1896-1964) and lyricist Arthur Freed (1894-1973) started writing songs
together in 1921. When sound came to motion pictures in 1927, the pair were doing a series of small
stage revues at the Music Box Theatre in Hollywood. MGM immediately signed them up, taking one of
the songs – Singin’ in the Rain – and featuring it in the early movie musical The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
Brown and Freed continued on staff at MGM through the 1930s, with song hits including ‘All I Do is
Dream of You’, ‘Temptation’, ‘You Are My Lucky Star’, ‘Broadway Melody’, ‘Pagan Love Song’ and ‘You
Were Meant for Me’. In 1939, Freed served as an associate producer of MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, during
the production of which he convinced studio head Louis B Mayer to put him in charge of a division to
produce movie musicals. The Freed Unit made such classics as Meet Me in St Louis, An American in Paris,
The Band Wagon and Gigi. Most popular of all was the 1952 film Singin’ in the Rain, with a score featuring
songs from the early Brown-Freed catalogue.
JONATHAN CHURCH - Director
Jonathan is currently Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. At Chichester productions include
Mack and Mabel, Amadeus, Taken at Midnight, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Singin’ in the Rain, The
Critic/The Real Inspector Hound (codirected with Sean Foley), The Grapes of Wrath, The Circle, Hobson’s
Choice, Pravda and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (co-directed with Philip Franks). West
End Productions include Of Mice and Men (Savoy Theatre and The Old Vic), The Witches (Wyndhams
Theatre), A Busy Day (Lyric Theatre), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Gielgud Theatre)
Singin’ in the Rain (Palace Theatre), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, (Duchess Theatre) and Taken at
Midnight (Theatre Royal Haymarket). National tours include The Crucible, The Witches, Of Mice and Men,
The Diary of Anne Frank, God and Stephen Hawking, Romeo and Juliet, Hobson’s Choice, The Circle,
Master Class, The Grapes of Wrath and Singin’ in the Rain. International productions include The Last
Confession (Toronto, Los Angeles, Australia), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (The Princess
of Wales Theatre, Toronto) and Singin’ in the Rain (Orb Theatre, Tokyo). Other Productions include The
Life of Galileo, Promises and Lies, Elizabeth Rex, Hobson’s Choice, Of Mice and Men, Private Lives, Closer,
Peter Pan, The David Hare Trilogy, The Norman Conquests, The Crucible and The Witches (Birmingham
Rep), A Busy Day (Bristol Old Vic), You Be Ted and I’ll Be Sylvia (Hampstead Theatre), The Crucible
(Birmingham Old Rep), The Norman Conquests, The Rover and Banished Cavaliers (Salisbury Playhouse).
Jonathan trained as Assistant Director at the Nottingham Playhouse. Associate Director of Derby
Playhouse (1994-1995), Artistic Director of Salisbury Playhouse (1995-1999), Associate Director of
Hampstead Theatre (1999- 2001) and Artistic Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre (2001-2006).
ANDREW WRIGHT - Choreographer
Andrew was educated at Millfield School (Distinguished Old Millfieldian 2012) and trained with the NYMT
and Arts Ed. He choreographed Singin’ in the Rain (Palace Theatre, UK national tour and Japan) winner of
Best Choreographer WhatsOnStage Awards 2013 and was nominated for Best Choreographer Olivier
Awards 2012 and Broadway World Awards 2011. Barnum (Theatre in the Park, Chichester and National
Tour) Best Choreographer nomination Broadway World Awards 2013. 42nd Street (Chichester Festival
Theatre and Curve, Leicester), The Critic/The Real Inspector Hound (Minerva Theatre), High Society
(National Tour), Wonderful Town (National Tour), Betty Blue Eyes (National Tour), Saturday Night Fever
(UK Tour), A Little Night Music (Palace Theatre) and co-choreographer on Guys and Dolls alongside Carols
Acosta (Chichester Festival Theatre). Best Choreographer nomination for Broadway World Awards 2014,
The Showgirl Within (Garrick Theatre), Nunsense A-Men and Naked Boys Singing (Arts Theatre), Almost
Like Being In Love (National Theatre), Stepping Out (Salisbury Playhouse), Once Upon A Time At The
Adelphi
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(Liverpool Playhouse, Union Theatre and Trafalgar Studios) Best Choreographer nomination Broadway
World Awards 2010, By Jeeves (Landor Theatre), I Sing (Union Theatre) and Soul Traders (Edinburgh
Festival). In 2015 he will choreograph the world premiere of Mrs Henderson Presents (Theatre Royal,
Bath), Broadway to the Bay (WMC) and Follies (Royal Albert Hall). He directed and choreographed Happy
Days (National Tour) Best Director/Choreographer nomination Broadway World Awards 2014. He was
assistant director and co-choreographer for Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall) starring Josh Groban and
Idina Menzel and seven productions of The Night Of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall and Odyssey Belfast).
He choreographed The WhatsOnStage Awards 2008 (Lyric Theatre) 2009/10 (Prince Of Wales Theatre)
and the new Cat Stevens musical Moonshadow (Drill Hall). Cantabile At Christmas (Delfont Room, Prince
Of Wales Theatre), Elaine Paige’s 2006 Concert (Lyceum Theatre and European Tour), 1000 Voices At The
Arena (Sheffield Arena) and Robot Wars – The Live Event (National Stadium Tour). Workshop productions
of A Painted Lady, The Stephanie Lawrence Project, The Ghost and Mrs Muir and Beach Radio.
Pantomimes include directed and choreographed Aladdin (Wyvern Theatre). Choreographed Dick
Whittington and Cinderella (Bristol Hippodrome, Mayflower Southampton and Wyvern Theatre), Snow
White (Opera House, Manchester and Bristol Hippodrome). Lysistrata, Godspell, Blood Wedding, The
Canterbury Tales and Hot Mikado for Eton College (Farrer Theatre). Betty Blue Eyes, Curtains, The Drowsy
Chaperone, My Favorite Year, 42nd Street, Spend, Spend, Spend, Putting It Together and State Fair (Arts
Ed), My Favorite Year (Guildhall School of Music and Drama). Andrew’s past performance credits include
Scrooge (London Palladium), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward), Anything Goes (Drury Lane), Cats (New
London), Follies (Festival Hall), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Dominion and National Tour), La Cava
(Piccadilly), Mack & Mabel (Piccadilly), Oliver (Sadler’s Wells), Dick Whittington – London’s Musical
(Sadler’s Wells), Fred Astaire – his daughters tribute (London Palladium), A Chorus Line (Derby Playhouse
and National Tour), Pickwick (National Tour), The Time Of My Life (Bristol Old Vic). He appeared in two
Royal Variety Performances and recorded five Original London Cast Recordings
ROBERT SCOTT - Musical Supervisor
Robert is the Musical Supervisor for Singin’ in the Rain. After its hugely successful run in London it is now
being mounted all over the world including, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Russia. He was
Musical Supervisor for both London and New York productions of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and was also
Musical Director for its run at the London Palladium. He also Supervised the subsequent National Tours.
Robert was Musical Supervisor/Director of White Christmas at The Millennium Theatre Cardiff, The
Mayflower Theatre Southampton, The Grand Canal Theatre Dublin, The Empire Theatre Liverpool, The
Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh, The Lowry Theatre Manchester. Other Productions include Crazy For You
1st National Tour, She Loves Me at The Savoy Theatre, Me And My Girl at The Adelphi Theatre, Torch
Song Trilogy at The Albery Theatre, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum at The Piccadilly
Theatre, Mr Cinders at The Fortune Theatre, Radio Times at The Queens Theatre, Look To The Rainbow at
The Apollo Theatre. He was the Musical Director for the musical Oliver at The Prince of Wales Theatre,
Toronto and also on its first No 1 National Tour. At the Buxton Opera House he was Musical Director for
the premier production of Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever. Other work as Musical Director The
Wizard Of Oz at The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown at The Princess
Theatre, Stockholm, Annie at The Liverpool Playhouse, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at The
Haymarket Theatre, Leicester and Plymouth Theatre Royal, Just A Verse And A Chorus UK No.1 National
Tour. At The Chichester Festival Theatre, he was musical director on the productions Carousel, Funny Girl
and Singin’ in the Rain and is about to return there to do a new production of Mack and Mabel starring
Michael Ball. As composer he was responsible for the music for the award winning documentary Cruel
Separations. For the Theatre, Robert composed the incidental music for the productions of Dennis
Potter’s Blue Remembered Hills and Stephen King’s Misery and has composed the music for a brand new
production of Sleepless In Seattle which is in development. Robert trained at the Royal Scottish Academy
of Music and Drama.
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PRODUCERS
LUNCHBOX THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
Productions include musicals such as Les Misérables, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Mamma
Mia, We Will Rock You, Starlight Express, West Side Story, Annie and Chicago; spectaculars such as Cirque
du Soleil’s Alegria and Riverdance; boutique shows such as Stomp, Slava’s Snowshow, Raise the Red
Lantern by the Chinese National Ballet, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Circus Oz; musical
concerts including Thriller Live, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Abba Mania and One Night of Queen;
international artists Barry Humphries, Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein, Pam Ayres, Elaine Paige and Bryn Terfel;
plays such as The Woman in Black, Grumpy Old Women and The 39 Steps; children’s shows Thomas the
Tank Engine and Barney’s Space Adventures; The Imperial Ice Stars’ productions of The Sleeping Beauty
on Ice, Swan Lake on Ice, Cinderella on Ice and The Nutcracker on Ice; and events such as Yorkshire’s
Winter Wonderland (an outdoor Christmas event in York, UK).
Future productions for 2015 include; Lord of the Dance in New Zealand, Singapore and Australia, Cats in
New Zealand and Australia; Beyond the Barricade in Manila, Singapore and Hong Kong, Louis Pearl: The
Amazing Bubble Man in Hong Kong and Manila; Singin’ in the Rain in Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong,
South Africa and Australia; La Soiree in Hong Kong and Manila, The Naked Magicians in Hong Kong and
The Nutcracker on Ice at Royal Albert Hall, London.
DAINTY GROUP INTERNATIONAL
Dainty Group has been producing live entertainment across Australasia since the early 1970s and was
recognised by the highly acclaimed SportBusiness International Magazine as one of world’s 20 most
influential promoters and recently ranked by Billboard Magazine as the 5th largest promoter in the
world.
Now producing and promoting shows across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United
Kingdom, South East Asia and South Africa, Dainty Group has become a global live entertainment
company. Concert Tours include Katy Perry, Michael Bublé, Bon Jovi, Eminem, Paul McCartney, George
Michael, U2, Prince, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Janet Jackson, Duran Duran, Delta Goodrem, Neil Diamond, The
Rolling Stones, Guns N’ Roses, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Tony Bennett, David Bowie, Iron Maiden, Miley
Cyrus, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Spandau Ballet, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Il Divo, Britney
Spears, kd lang, Queen + Adam Lambert and Stevie Wonder. Comedy Tours & Special Events include Jerry
Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, MythBusters: Behind the Myths and Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear
Live. Sports Entertainment Events include World Wrestling Entertainment and leading freestyle
motocross brand Crusty Demons. Theatrical Productions include Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, Billy Crystal’s
700 Sundays, Hairspray the Musical, The Rocky Horror Show, the Australian and UK tours of Barry
Humphries’ Eat Pray Laugh and the US Tour of Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye. Dainty Group also holds
venue management rights and regularly hosts major concerts at three of Australia’s premier wineries –
Western Australia’s Sandalford Swan Valley and Sandalford Margaret River and the beautiful Tempus
Two Winery in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.
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MICHAEL CASSEL GROUP
The Michael Cassel Group was formed to produce and present prestige theatrical productions; to create
and develop exciting new live entertainment experiences and to present marquee events and concert
attractions.
The company exclusively represents theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh and his productions in
Australia.
In this capacity, the company is producing the acclaimed new production Les Misérables currently playing
in Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, following successful seasons in Melbourne and Perth. The production will
open in Brisbane in November 2015, before embarking on a tour of Asia in 2016.
The company will produce the Australian premiere of Kinky Boots, the winner of six Broadway Tony®
Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Choreography. With music by Grammy® and Tony®
winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, direction and choreography by two-time Tony® Award-winner Jerry
Mitchell and a book by Broadway legend and four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, Kinky
Boots will open at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne in October 2016.
The company is also producing the Chichester Festival production of Singin’ In the Rain, which is currently
on tour throughout Asia with seasons in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and South Africa,
before opening in Australia in 2016.
In addition to the group’s theatrical interests, the company represents former Australian Prime Minister,
The Hon. Julia Gillard and media personality, Sami Lukis.
Founded by Michael Cassel, the company, staff and partners boast a distinguished record of producing,
creating, presenting and licensing theatrical productions, major special events, concerts, touring
productions, televised events and festivals.
DAVID ATKINS ENTERPRISES
Recognised in the 2003 Queen’s Birthday Honours with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for
services to the entertainment industry, David Atkins is one of Australia’s most awarded producer,
director / choreographers. He has starred in, produced, directed, choreographed and created more than
20 musicals in Australia, Britain, the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 2000,
Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the International Olympic Committee, presented David with a
Gold Olympic Pin for his outstanding and innovative work as artistic director and producer of the Sydney
2000 Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. David is the first and only Australian to win an
MTV award for choreography. His original production Hot Shoe Shuffle was the first Australian musical on
London’s West End, for which he won the prestigious Olivier Award and this year the Green Room Award
for “Excellence in Choreography for Music Theatre”.
David has directed and produced some of the largest live events of this decade, across continents,
languages and international audiences. These include the Ceremonies of the Doha 2006 Asian Games, the
Opening, Closing and Victory Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Opening
Ceremony of Shanghai 2010 World Expo, the 2011 Moscow City Day Anniversary Celebrations, the
Opening Ceremony of the New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup, the Ceremonies of the 12th Arab Games
Doha 2011, the Gold Coast Flag Handover Ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and
most recently the Ceremonies for Qatar 2015, the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship in Doha.
David is the only Australian director and producer whose work on Olympic Ceremonies won Emmy
awards, with three wins for the 2010 Vancouver Opening Ceremony. His work in Moscow, Auckland,
Doha, Shanghai and Vancouver also earned him two consecutive “Best Export Productions” for 2010 and
2011, as well as the highly prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the annual Australian Event
Awards. In 2012, the Middle East Event Awards recognised David’s work on the Doha 2011 Arab Games
Opening Ceremony with an award for “Best Arts & Cultural Event.”
Over and above the enormous body of theatrical, arena and live event work that David has directed and
produced, beyond the vast number of awards and nominations, he has revolutionised the way shows are
created and produced.