Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You: Cast Announced
The cast has been announced for the premiere production of Tim Freedman and Alex Broun’s new Australian musical Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You, playing at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre Co from Friday, May 9 to June 1, 2014.
Directed by Neil Gooding, Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You stars Ian Stenlake, Erica Lovell, Justin Smith, Toby Francis and Ross Chisari.
Inspired by the characters, stories and lyrics of singer/songwriter Tim Freedman,Truth, Beauty and a Picture of Youis about the hope you find when all hope is lost, as four lost souls struggle to find peace with themselves and their pasts. If not, they’ll just have to move to Marrickville. Featuring many of Tim’s biggest hits from a life in music this new Australian musical theatre work is described as moving, funny and surprisingly romantic.
Tom’s dad Stewie used to be in a band. They were big – sort of. Legends on three blocks in the inner-west. That was many years ago and Stewie has long since gone to the big pub gig in the sky while the surviving band members, Anton and Charlie, are wrestling with their own personal demons: Charlie is holding up the front bar in a succession of pubs on King St while Anton just wants the past to stay in the past while he disappears into a blur of mediocrity. When Tom arrives in town from Taree to search out his dad’s old band mates, the slow decline of Anton and Charlie is rudely interrupted.
“As a long time fan of Tim Freedman and The Whitlams, I am incredibly excited to be bringing Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You to the stage for its premiere production,” says Producer and Director Neil Gooding. “Watch as classic Australian songs such as No Aphrodisiac, Blow Up The Pokies and You Gotta Love This City are re-framed into an original storyline about love, friendship, youth.....as well as lost love, lost friends....and lost youth.”
"Tim's music and lyrics have always captured a timeless essence of human interaction – love, longing, loneliness – that is at first very local but also deeply universal. And that is why I think his songs strike such a deep chord in all of us. We all have been there, felt that, done that - at some point of our lives," says Alex Broun.
“The intimacy of the new Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney is the perfect venue to launch the musical and the perfect place for the audience to get up close and experience the feelings and emotions of these much-loved songs and characters. We hope it's the launching pad for a longer journey for this work and I'm very excited to work with Tim, Neil, Andrew, Ian and the rest of the team to bring it to life," Broun continued.
Hayes Theatre Co is a dedicated music theatre and cabaret venue in Potts Point which was formerly the home of the Darlinghurst Theatre Company. Named for Australian musical theatre legend, Nancye Hayes OAM, Hayes Theatre Co honours and builds on the vast history of Australian Musical Theatre and its practitioners. This not-for-profit venue is managed by Independent Music Theatre, a collaborative partnership focusing on providing a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret. By providing venue space to newly mounted productions, Hayes Theatre Co, will be a presenting partner together with independent producers and artists. Hayes Theatre Co is made possible through the City of Sydney's Accommodation Grant Program.
Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You
Musical Direction by Andrew Worboys
Music and Lyrics by Tim Freedman
Book by Tim Freedman and Alex Broun
Based on an idea by Alex Broun
Hayes Theatre Co, 19 Greenknowe Ave Potts Point
Dates: May 9 – June 1
Opening Night May 14
Times: Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 2pm & 7.30pm & Sunday at 5pm
Tickets: Adult $48 Concession $42
Bookings: www.hayestheatre.com.au or phone 0498 960 586
*including booking fees
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