THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

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[ Posted August 7, 2008 ]

Derryn Hinch Joins the Cast of
The Rocky Horror Show!

The producer’s of The Rocky Horror Show, which opens at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in September, announced today that media identity Derryn Hinch would join the cast as the Narrator, for a limited 4 week run.

During The Rocky Horror Show’s Melbourne season, notable Australian identities will be invited to perform the role of the Narrator.

The show has always attracted famous cast members and those who have put their hands on their hips and done plenty of pelvis-thrusting include: Gretel Killeen, John Waters, Reg Livermore, Craig McLachlan, Jason Donovan, Kate Fitzpatrick, Daniel Aberneri, Tim Curry, Tracey Ullman, RuPaul, Jerry Springer, David Arquette, rockers Joan Jett and Sebastian Bach, Russell Crowe and Luke Perry.

Derryn has had cameo roles in TV’s Underbelly series and in the feature film The Wog Boy, however this is his first ever theatrical engagement and he is very excited to be involved in one of the world’s most well-known and much-loved productions, he said: “I am excited about being in the show and I want to be a Narrator who does the role justice. It’s like I have been handed the Holy Grail. I knew all that work on Dancing With The Stars would come in handy one day.”

Co-Producer Paul Dainty said: “Derryn is an entertaining Melbourne identity with a huge following and we are very excited to have him perform the role of the Narrator in this timeless piece of theatre. He will join the cast for rehearsals soon and everyone is thrilled he is joining the show.”

Melbourne audiences have not seen The Rocky Horror Show for 15 years! This brand spanking new production is currently playing at the Star Theatre in Sydney. The Sydney season closes on August 17 after a 6 month run and moves to Melbourne’s iconic Comedy Theatre.

Sydney’s critics were unanimous in their praise for this new production of The Rocky Horror Show:

"Come up to the lab - this is so fab"
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

"Worth seeing for the fantastically fearless iOTA alone"
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

"There is plenty of raunchy fun to be had"
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

"Electrifying"
THE SUN HERALD

"Exhilarating"
THE AUSTRALIAN

"A great piece of entertainment - it’s a fabulous looking production"
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

"This production has got talent to burn"
THE SUN HERALD

"The whole cast is splendid"
THE AUSTRALIAN

The Rocky Horror Show is an institution and one of theatre’s most enduring and outrageously fun shows

The 2008 Australian production opening in Melbourne will star 2007 Helpmann Award winning Actor, ARIA-nominated singer/songwriter iOTA as the outrageous Frank N Furter and the much-loved Paul Capsis pulls out his best to play Riff Raff the butler. Tamsin Carroll plays maid Magenta and is joined by 2008 Helpmann Award winning actress Sharon Millerchip as Columbia. Mamma Mia! star Kellie Rode plays Janet and well-known theatre actor Andrew Bevis will play Brad. Internationally accomplished singer and actor Michael Cormick will play both Eddie and Dr Scott and Simon Farrow takes on the role of Rocky.

The new production is directed by award-winning director Gale Edwards and multi-disciplined choreographer John O’Connell brings a wealth of experience to the production. Julie Lynch designed the stunning costumes and was recently recognised with a Helpmann Award for her Rocky Horror Show designs!

The Melbourne season of The Rocky Horror Show promises a rollicking night and the boldest bash of them all. So fish out the fishnets and sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life and buy a ticket before madness takes its toll

The Melbourne season is on sale NOW so, if you have voyeuristic intentions, you know what to do.

Tickets on Sale NOW!
Previews From Friday 12 September
Opening Night Thursday 18 September.

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DON’T DREAM IT … SEE IT

THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE ROCK‘N’rOLL MUSICAL OPENS IN SEPTEMBER WITH A BRAND SPANKING NEW PRODUCTION.

It’s astounding, time is fleeting and The Rocky Horror Show is back. We’ve started another sensation and we’re definitely not under sedation!

A new Australian production of the much-loved Rocky Horror Show will open in Melbourne on Thursday 18 September at the Comedy Theatre with tickets going on sale on Monday 2 June. Melbourne audiences have not seen The Rocky Horror Show for 15 years! This brand spanking new production is currently playing at the Star Theatre in Sydney and has received rave reviews.

Co-Producer Paul Dainty, Chairman of Dainty Consolidated Entertainment says “It’s a thrill to bring The Rocky Horror Show to the Australian stage. It is a timeless piece of theatre that has spanned decades. I know Australian audiences – both new and old fans – will love this show which stars some of our finest talents”.

“This fresh production is an exciting new take on the world’s favourite rock‘n’roll musical. It brings together the hottest cast I have seen for a long time,” commented co-producer Howard Panter, Joint Chief Executive Officer and Creative Director of the UK’s Ambassador Theatre Group.

The Rocky Horror Show is an institution and one of theatre’s most enduring and outrageously fun shows.

Its well-known and much-loved storyline goes something like this: Squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet knock on the door of an eerie house to use the phone after their car breaks down in the rain on a dark and stormy night. Little do they know but they’ve just walked into a convention of beings from the planet Transsexual, led by the irrepressible leather-clad sweet transvestite Frank N Furter. What ensues is a night of music, mayhem and naughtiness where fantasy becomes reality.

The Rocky Horror Show made its debut at London’s internationally famous Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1973. While it’s essentially a rock‘n’roll show it has also become an iconic brand and an entity unto itself which has defied the decades and continued to grow in popularity.

Millions of people all over the world have seen a production of The Rocky Horror Show and sung along to classics like I’m Just a Sweet Transvestite, Damn It Janet, I Can Make You A Man, Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me, Over At The Frankenstein Place and of course The Time Warp.

Rocky Horror writer Richard O’Brien wrote the musical stage show in three months and almost three and a half decades later it is still being produced around the globe.

“When you do something like Rocky, which is undefinable somehow, it always becomes difficult to lose that,” says the now 64-year-old writer, creator, actor and performer. “Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a phenomenon. And I have no problems with that at all. If it overshadows anything else, I can understand completely why and again it doesn’t worry me.”

Why do people go and see this show? The answer is simple according to O’Brien: “It’s a guaranteed party”.

The 2008 Australian production opening in Melbourne will star 2007 Helpmann Award-winning actor, ARIA-nominated singer/songwriter iota as the outrageous Frank N Furter and the much-loved Paul Capsis pulls out his best to play Riff Raff the butler. Tamsin Carroll, recently seen in Dusty, plays the maid Magenta and is joined by award-winning singer, dancer and actress Sharon Millerchip as Columbia. Mamma Mia! star Kellie Rode plays Janet and well-known theatre actor Andrew Bevis will play Brad. Internationally accomplished singer and actor Michael Cormick will play both Eddie and Dr Scott and Simon Farrow takes on the role of Rocky.

The new production will be directed by award-winning director Gale Edwards whose credits include working in theatre, opera and television. She’s worked on projects as far ranging as the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, singer Delta Goodrem’s arena tour, The Boy From Oz, Sweeney Todd, Festen and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Multi-disciplined choreographer John O’Connell brings a wealth of experience to the production having worked with everyone from Baz Luhrmann on Moulin Rouge and PJ Hogan on Muriel’s Wedding to the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix).

The Rocky Horror Show has not been seen in Sydney for a decade and will be the debut production for the soon-to-be-opened Star Theatre, Star City.

While the original fans of The Rocky Horror Show are closer in age to the show’s creator, the show can proudly boast that it indeed now entertains three generations of fans. From the UK, across Europe, Africa, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, from local community productions to full-blown theatre shows, The Rocky Horror Show is always on stage somewhere in the world playing to teens through to those in their 60s.

The show has always attracted notable cast members and those who have put their hands on their hips and done plenty of pelvis-thrusting include: Reg Livermore, Craig McLachlan, Jason Donovan, Kate Fitzpatrick, Daniel Aberneri, Tim Curry, Tracey Ullman, RuPaul, Jerry Springer, David Arquette, rockers Joan Jett and Sebastian Bach, Russell Crowe and Luke Perry.

Thirty four years later, Rocky Horror fans and audiences are still going strong. Websites, fan clubs and annual conventions all over the world continue to foster an obsessive love for the show, its music and unusual characters.

Those fans still turn up to productions dressed in every version of an authentic to a home-made costume eager to laugh, sing along and add their two cents when requested.

The Melbourne season promises a rollicking night and the boldest bash of them all. So fish out the fishnets and sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life and buy a ticket before madness takes its toll.

The Melbourne season goes on sale on Monday 2 June so, if you have voyeuristic intentions, you know what to do.