Performance Dates
26 Oct 2010 – 30 Oct 2010October 2010
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 October
Details
- Playwright
- Scott Brown & Anthony King
- Director
- Neil Gooding
It has conquered Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne...and now it is PARRAMATTA'S TURN!
BUD & DOUG ARE BACK IN GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
James Millar and David Harris reprise their brilliant performance as Bud & Doug....8 shows only:2 Men, 1 Piano, 30 Characters, More hats than My Fair Lady... - and 1 massively misguided dream!
In 1450 Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press. In 2009 Bud and Doug wrote a show about it. No, not just a show...a big, splashy musical! Now they just need $10 million or so to put it on... In this inspired two-man spoof, the pair of aspiring playwrights perfrom a backers audition for their new project...for you, the audience...and some big Broadway producers! With an unending supply of enthusiasm Bud & Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their silly historical epic.
8 Shows only!
TUESDAY 26 OCTOBER 7:30pm
WEDNESDAY 27 OCTOBER 11:00am & 7:30pm
THURSDAY 28 OCTOBER 11:00am & 6:30pm
FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 7:30pm
SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 2:15pm & 7:30pm
Phone Bookings: Riverside Theatre Box Office - 02 8839 3399
Web Bookings: http://www.riversideparramatta.com.au/performance.asp?pID=1108
Written by SCOTT BROWN and ANTHONY KING
Directed by NEIL GOODNIG
Musical Direction by PETER RUTHERFORD
Choreography by NATHAN M. WRIGHT
Lighting Design by MARTIN KINNANE
"It is theatresports meets Forbidden Broadway meets madcap Mel Brooks.The script is replete with puns, homilies and poor-taste gags, and clever formulaic songs with silly lyrics that would do Monty Python proud."- Bryce Hallett, Sydney Morning Herald
"This first Australian production is blessed with two terrific performers in Harris and Millar. They know their business inside out, sing like angels and have the comic timing of a pair of Swiss watches on laughing gas."- Diana Simmonds, Stagenoise.com
"David Harrisand James Millar boast impressive credentials in musical theatre, and their performances here are brilliant. Both have beautiful voices and spot-on comic timing — as well as boundless stamina to carry this two-hander with nary a breather. The humour is often silly, bad jokes abound, and major artistic licence is taken regarding historical accuracy and timing. It’s tremendous."-Sandra Bowden
"A delicious riot!...Seriously funny...it is a showbiz delight. Harris and Millar are superb and gloriously strut their stuff."-Lynne Lancaster, Arts Hub
Bookings
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