Casts of Three Musicals Unite for Melbourne Concert

Cast members from three majpr musicals, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, King Kong and Jersey Boys along with a number of guest performers, will come together to perform a variety of songs from their personal repertoires to support the Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) on Sunday, 15^th March at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne commencing at 7.30pm.

This one off Sunday afternoon concert is being held to support The Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) and will go directly to the Victorian music programs.  The ACMF’s free music education program has been running for 2 years at Seaford Park Primary School and is highly regarded as having contributed to student confidence and better behavior.

Melbourne music lovers will see David Hobson, Rachael Beck, George Kapiniaris  Jennifer Vuletic, (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Will Centurion (Jersey Boys) Queenie Van De Zandt (King Kong) along with Debra Byrne and other special gueststake centre stage at this memorable event for a celebration of the music that each of them personally loves.

Co-hosted by Jennifer Vuletic and George Kapiniaris, the concert will feature wonderful performances from some of Australia’s best performers and just a few of the highlights from the afternoon’s special entertainment will include:

• A duet by Rachael Beck and Debra Byrne performing ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ from Les Misérables.  Both played the role of Fantine 10 years apart and this song has never been performed as a duet.

• Both George Kapiniaris and Queenie Van De Zandt will bring their hilarious comedy routines to the stage

• David Hobson with Andrew Kroenert will perform ‘Till There Was You’.  

• A group choral number from the cast of Jersey Boys and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will be a highlight

• The ACMF choir from Seaford Park Primary School will perform an opening number to get the show started. 

• Rachael Beck and David Hobson along with the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cast will perform ‘Someday’

The ACMF is delighted to be sharing proceeds from this special Celebration Concert with the Actors’ Benevolent Trust.

Bookings: Ticketek.

Images: Chitty Chitty Bng Bang (Photographer Kurt Sneddon) and King Kong Principal Cast - Richard Piper (Captain Engelhorn), Adam Lyon (Carl Denham), Esther Hannaford (Ann Darrow), Queenie van de Zandt (Cassandra) and Chris Ryan (Jack Driscoll) outside the Regent Theatre (Photographer: James Morgan).

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