THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

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[ Posted November 27, 2008 ]

FOX ROCKS ROCKY!

The stars of Fox FM came up to the lab and joined the cast of The Rocky Horror Show for a special performance on Thursday 20 November. Check out the pictures below to witness the madness!

[ Posted November 3, 2008 ]

FOX FM’s Matt & Jo and Hamish & Andy Join the Cast of The Rocky Horror Show for a SPECIAL PERFORMANCE!

The producers of The Rocky Horror Show, currently playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre, are excited to announce that The Fox is frocking up for the Rocky Horror Show! Fox FM personalities Jo Stanley, Matt Tiley, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Adam Richard and Troy Ellis will be joining the cast for a Special Performance on Thursday November 20th.

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[ Posted November 3, 2008 ]

ANNE WOOD JOINS THE CAST OF THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

The producers of The Rocky Horror Show, currently playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre, are delighted to announce that Anne Wood has joined the cast in the role of Magenta.

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[ Posted October 31, 2008 ]

GRETEL KILLEEN JOINS THE CAST OF THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

The producer’s of The Rocky Horror Show, currently playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre to packed houses, are thrilled to announce that Gretel Killeen will join the cast as the Narrator for 10 performances in November.

Gretel reprises her role as Narrator in Melbourne after a very successful run in the Sydney season of The Rocky Horror Show, earlier this year.

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[ Posted September 16, 2008 ]

ROCKY HAS JOINED MYSPACE!

Rocky Horror Australia has a brand new Myspace page. Get the latest information, and become a friend by clicking the Myspace link below!

[ Posted October 9, 2008 ]

SEEN AT ROCKY HORROR!

Chris Lilley
Tim Minchin
Sigrid Thornton
Tim Campbell
Jana Rawlinson
Brooke Hanson
Asher Keddie
Deborah Conway
Tottie Goldsmith
Rhonda Burchmore
Steve Bastoni
Grant Smilie
Kelly Landry

[ Posted September 15, 2008 ]

WORLD RECORD TIME WARP!

Federation Square in Melbourne was bouncing to the beat of the Time Warp on Saturday 13 September in a Guinness World Records attempt for the biggest Time Warp ever danced. Participants were asked for a gold coin donation upon registration to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Over 1000 people had a great day out many dressing up as their favourite Rocky Horror Show characters. With Fox FM’s Irod there to help control the madness and the full cast coming down to join in the fun, this was a world record attempt that was astounding!

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[ Posted September 10, 2008 ]

COMEDY THEATRE WRAP!

The cast of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show is moving in – and there’s no way Melburnians will be able to miss spotting their new home as the exterior of the Comedy Theatre is transformed into the Frankenstein Place! This transformation is the first of its kind ever performed in this city!

Scaling the exterior walls of the Comedy Theatre are the looming figures of Frank N Furter, Riff Raff, Magenta, Brad, Janet, Dr Scott – and languidly lounging on the front exterior balcony of the Comedy Theatre is a 4.2 metre long and 3 metre high Columbia!

The corner of Lonsdale and Exhibition Streets - nothing will ever be the same!

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[ Posted September 5, 2008 ]

BRING YOUR KNEES IN TIGHT!

The World’s Biggest Time Warp in Federation Square - Arrive From 11.00am on Saturday 13 September!

A Guinness World Records attempt for the largest ever Time Warp is happening on Saturday, September 13 at Federation Square in Melbourne.

Don’t miss out on this brilliant opportunity to make history by dancing in the biggest Time Warp that’s ever been performed on this planet – or any other planet for that matter!

The cast of the Melbourne production of the Rocky Horror Show is hungry for your company, so join them on the day and dress up in your favourite Rocky Horror Show costume. Or just come as you are to join in the fun without a costume!

All it takes is a gold coin donation and your entry to the event will benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Register at 12.30pm on the day and the Rocky Horror Show cast will teach you how to bust-a-move in classic Time Warp style. Once you’ve learnt that it’s as simple as a jump-to-the-left, Federation Square will be bouncing to the beat of the Time Warp! Fox FM’s iROD will be there to help control the madness and to make this world record attempt something astounding!

The Rocky Horror Show is about to open at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre, with previews commencing on Friday, September 12. Melbourne audiences haven’t seen The Rocky Horror Show for 15 years! It comes direct from a smash hit season in Sydney where the critics and audiences raved.

The production stars 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. And Melbourne’s own Mr Controversy Derryn Hinch will take on the integral role of Narrator.

For more information on the astounding Guiness World Record attempt at the biggest Time Warp, go to www.rockyhorror.com or fox.com.au

[ 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.