Follies

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Event Follies
Venue Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC
First Date 1 February 2025
Opening Date 1 February 2025
Last Date 6 February 2025
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In a run-down theatre scheduled for demolition, former chorus girls reunite to honour their performances there during the interwar years. The theatre is ramshackle and the harshness of age has tarnished the rosy tint of their nostalgia. But as the women remember those glamorous years, the faded theatre is propelled back through time and transforms into its former grandeur. Sparkling ghosts of their youth perform old numbers, and the women’s unfinished business soon becomes clear.
We enter Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s world of 1971 Broadway and hear the incredible line-up of iconic so
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Subjects Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tom Blair Actor and Singer Theodore Whitman
Taao Buchanan Actor and Singer Young Phyllis
Rhonda Burchmore Actor and Singer Stella Deems
Antoinette Halloran Actor and Singer Sally Durant Plummer
Nina Korbe Actor and Singer Young Heidi
Evelyn Krape Actor and Singer Solange La Fitte
Alexander Lewis Actor and Singer Buddy Plummer
Colette Mann Actor and Singer Emily Whitman
Geraldene Morrow Actor and Singer Hattie Walker
Adam Murphy Actor and Singer Benjamin Stone
Grant Piro Actor and Singer Dimitri Weismann
Marina Prior Actor and Singer Phyllis Rogers Stone
Merlyn Quaife Actor and Singer Heidi Schiller
Mia Simonette Actor and Singer Young Sally
Stephen Smith Actor and Singer Roscoe/Max Deems
Jacob Steen Actor and Singer Young Buddy
Jack Van Staveren Actor and Singer Young Ben
Anne Wood Actor and Singer Carlotta Campion
Mitchell Doidge Assistant Choreographer
Morgan Clyne Assistant Stage Manager
Lexie Jaensch Assistant Stage Manager Ensemble Manager
Lucie Sutherland Assistant Stage Manager
Louisa Fitzgerald Associate Designer
Yvette Lee Choreographer
Melissa Serjeant Costume Co-ordinator Manager
Becky Silveira Costume Co-ordinator Supervisor
Shula Hampson Costume Maintenance
David Andersons Costume Maker
Kim Bishop Costume Maker
Merideth Clements Costume Maker
Simon Doe Costume Maker
Aleeah Gabriel Costume Maker
Liz Gooden Costume Maker
Bianka Gunay Costume Maker
Shula Hampson Costume Maker
Fiona Holley Costume Maker
Ines Kustura Costume Maker
Olivia Peters Costume Maker
Xander Reichard Costume Maker
Becky Silveira Costume Maker
Olivia Stephenson Costume Maker
Roger Kirk Designer
Stuart Maunder Director
Kim Bishop Dresser
Ines Kustura Dresser
Olivia Peters Dresser
Olivia Ryan Dresser
Olivia Stephenson Dresser
Jared Bryan Ensemble Member
Mitchell Doidge Ensemble Member
Sienna Embrey Ensemble Member
Mia Fenelon Ensemble Member
Markiewicz Jade Ensemble Member
Pip Keltie Ensemble Member
Emily Lodge Ensemble Member
Callum Marshall Ensemble Member
James Maxfield Ensemble Member
Kristina McNamara Ensemble Member
Max Patterson Ensemble Member
Michael Ralph Ensemble Member
Carter Rickard Ensemble Member
Isabel Caneleo Follow Spot Operator
Sophie Daniels Follow Spot Operator
Elena Cavazzana Hair Stylist
Lou McLaren Hair Stylist
Kat Payen-Payne Hair Stylist
Kartika Stanley Hair Stylist
Jamie Turner Head Electrician
Gavan Swift Lighting Designer
Robert Cuddon Lighting Operator/Technician Lighting Programmer
Sam Victoria Lighting Operator/Technician
Jack Willis-Hall Lighting Operator/Technician
Mark Lawrence Mechanist
Emily Van Dyk Mechanist
Stephen Sondheim Music and Lyrics Librettist
Phoebe Briggs Musical Director
Alexandra Lovejoy Orchestra Manager Assistant
Louisa Stanway Orchestra Manager
Jonathan Tunick Orchestrator
Harold Prince Producer originally
Robert Brown Production Manager
Alex Donnelly Props Buyer/Designer/Maker & Scenic Art
Josh Meadows Props Buyer/Designer/Maker & Scenic Art
Brooke Painter Props Buyer/Designer/Maker & Scenic Art
Katherine Gillon Repetiteur
Tom Griffiths Repetiteur
Noah Gullan Secondment Directorial
Annabelle Rossi Secondment Stage Management
Elle Roth Secondment Stage Management
Jesse Chabrier-Pope Set and/or Property Maker
Sam Moxham Sound Designer
Owen Arnold Sound Operator/Engineer Radio Microphone
Em Holgate Sound Operator/Engineer Radio Microphone
Daniel O’Callaghan Sound Operator/Engineer Systems Engineer
Will Barker Stage Manager
Daniel Gosling Technical Director
Gabi Havens Wigmaker
Deb Müller Wigmaker
Nadia Semanic Wigmaker
Cheryl Williams Wigs, Hair and Make-up Designer
James Goldman Writer
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Correspondence Jamie Henson
Programme Jamie Henson collection
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 207958