Once Upon a Mattress

Great news!!! FINALLY someone is doing one of my all-time favourite musicals... Apparently Nic Carr [she who used to be Nic Oxley :-) ] is doing Mary Rodger's "Once Upon a Mattress" at Roleystone in July. I love this show... the only thing I hate about it is the fact that I am a baritone and not a 'Can Belto' so I can't go for the lead, who I reckon is one of the best and funniest roles in Musical Theatre... I mean the role was written for Carol Burnett for Gods' Sake!!! [Belter's take note!] Now I just hope that some good people actually audition for it so that when I finally get to see it I won't be let down. Especially as I believe it may actually be the WA premiere!!! I'm sure that audition notices will be on here soon so keep your eye out! [I think I'm going to go for the king so I don't actually have to sing anything ;-) ]

But the question is: Is this the WA premiere?! I have NEVER heard of any one doing this musical in Perth before... Even though the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organisation themselves describe it as one of their most popular musicals! Has anyone seen the TV version with Tracy Ullman and Carol Burnett? Has it even reached our shores yet? I really hope Roleystone get lots of people auditioning for this one because the script alone is hilarious and I am sure it is going to be very well done. On another note... its good to see companies going out and doing more new musicals (well... new as in not done in perth before) Am really looking forward to the auditions as this is a show I have been waiting YEARS to do!!!

Many Moons Ago

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