The Great Unwashed
Wed, 10 Apr 2002, 09:48 pmWalter Plinge15 posts in thread
The Great Unwashed
Wed, 10 Apr 2002, 09:48 pmWhen Cav Gallagher writes or presents a play, you know that you are in for a good comedy with an original theme and plenty of new ideas - The Great Unwashed was certainly that!
The story is of the revenge by a group of 'Trekkie-types' led by Myra (Michelle Baginski - who just seems to get better with every play that she is in, a great talent) on the popular TV host Fenny (Angelique Malcolm - what a fabulous sense of humour).
Myra is aided by Roy (Jez Obern) who hasn't two brain cells to rub together and Jane (Olivia Hogan) the sane one - even though she wears weird make-up, beautifully done by David Hogan.
The three girls acting was superb, just the right amount of comic presentation without being over the top. Jez got the most out of his part, raising many laughs, yet if there was a weakness in the play it was possibly the script for his part. Having said that, the play was VERY well received by the audience, with many loud bursts of laughter. Opening nights an be a little difficult, but this will refine very quickly.
This play is worth seeing.
Welcome to the Blue Room staff Christina Critch, but don't give up your acting.
The story is of the revenge by a group of 'Trekkie-types' led by Myra (Michelle Baginski - who just seems to get better with every play that she is in, a great talent) on the popular TV host Fenny (Angelique Malcolm - what a fabulous sense of humour).
Myra is aided by Roy (Jez Obern) who hasn't two brain cells to rub together and Jane (Olivia Hogan) the sane one - even though she wears weird make-up, beautifully done by David Hogan.
The three girls acting was superb, just the right amount of comic presentation without being over the top. Jez got the most out of his part, raising many laughs, yet if there was a weakness in the play it was possibly the script for his part. Having said that, the play was VERY well received by the audience, with many loud bursts of laughter. Opening nights an be a little difficult, but this will refine very quickly.
This play is worth seeing.
Welcome to the Blue Room staff Christina Critch, but don't give up your acting.
Re: cleaning up
Fri, 3 May 2002, 12:30 amThanks for the good wishes, Grant
We've been getting a terrific response everywhere. Tonight in Frankston was the third performance that we completely sold out their 200 seat theatre, and we've been getting reasonable houses in larger venues.
The trouble with only being in a town for 1 or 2 shows is that we haven't been getting much in the way of local reviews (or we've moved on before any of us have read any). We've had a fair bit of advance publicity (including footage of the show on Bert Newton's programme, when he interviewed Toni Pearen) and radio coverage, but not a lot of written crits.
I think our tour manager has a copy of the review from Sydney (a Manly paper), which was very complimentary; if she does I'll post it here so people know what to expect when we roll into town.
Cheers,
Craig
(obtuse profanities followed by profuse apologies; yes, that seems to be a recurring theme. I don't mind stepping on toes, but some people have brittle feet and I never intend to break ankles.)
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We've been getting a terrific response everywhere. Tonight in Frankston was the third performance that we completely sold out their 200 seat theatre, and we've been getting reasonable houses in larger venues.
The trouble with only being in a town for 1 or 2 shows is that we haven't been getting much in the way of local reviews (or we've moved on before any of us have read any). We've had a fair bit of advance publicity (including footage of the show on Bert Newton's programme, when he interviewed Toni Pearen) and radio coverage, but not a lot of written crits.
I think our tour manager has a copy of the review from Sydney (a Manly paper), which was very complimentary; if she does I'll post it here so people know what to expect when we roll into town.
Cheers,
Craig
(obtuse profanities followed by profuse apologies; yes, that seems to be a recurring theme. I don't mind stepping on toes, but some people have brittle feet and I never intend to break ankles.)
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