Glorious!
by Peter Quilter
2017 – 2018 National Tour
August 8 – September 23 2017 – 7 week tour to 11 venues in VIC, NSW & QLD
Mooroopna, Merimbula, Warburton, Bairnsdale, Sutherland, Cessnock, Dubbo, Parramatta, Brisbane, Leitchville, Wagga Wagga.
April 5 – July 7 2018 – 4 week tour to 10 venues in VIC, NSW and QLD
Frankston, Drysdale, Mallacoota, Orbost, Nunawading, Queanbeyan, North Gosford, Port Macquarie, Caloundra, Ipswich.
A production by Christine Harris & HIT Productions.
Glorious! tells the hilarious true story of the world’s worst opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins. This West End and world-wide hit was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award -Best New Comedy (2005) and has been seen by two million plus people across six continents.
Starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, the movie (Florence Foster Jenkins) inspired by the play was released to acclaim this year. In the 1940s the singer everyone wanted to see perform live in New York was the enthusiastic soprano Florence Foster Jenkins – ‘ the first lady of the sliding scale’. Surrounding herself by devoted friends, almost as eccentric as she, this deliciously happy and delusional woman paid scant attention to her critics and would screech and warble to her audiences, most falling about with laughter.
This heart-warming comedy moves from Florence’s charity recitals and lavish balls, through to her very odd recording sessions and her ultimate performance triumph at New York’s Carnegie Hall, incorporating her wonderfully colourful relationships along the way.
Diana McLean as Florence (best known for The Young Doctors, Number 96 and All Saints) head the cast of three.
Cast
Florence Foster Jenkins: Diana McLean
Cosme McMoon: Mitchell Roberts (2017)
Cosme McMoon: Joshua Sanders (2018)
Dorothy / Maria / Mrs Verrinder-Gedge: Felicity Soper (2017)
Dorothy / Maria / Mrs Verrinder-Gedge: Kaarin Fairfax (2018)
Creatives
Director: Denny Lawrence
Set, Costume & Lighting Designers: Jacob Battista & Sophie Woodward
Sound Designer: Chris Hubbard