Michael Fallow17:05, Jul 07 2021
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Invercargill Musical Theatre is on a financial precipice. Either its fresh production of Les Miserables, starting Friday July 9, pulls better audiences than recent years or or bang goes the era of spectacular large-scale local productions in the south. After four lean years of financial losses from appreciative but too-small crowds for
Sister Act, Grease –
Les Miserables, the stakes for this season are imposingly high. “It’s up to the public to support us if they want shows of this calibre to carry on,’’ production manager Bernadette Gourley said. “If
Les Mis isn’t a financial success it’s unlikely we will do a major production in the coming years.’’
March 16th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: News, Video,
Soul singer Doug Parkinson, who has a long history of rock, stage & TV appearances, has died, aged 74.
“Just received the saddest news that Doug Parkinson, the legendary Australian recording artist with a powerful and soulful voice. He passed away suddenly at home,” publicist Lionel Midford said.
Amongst his hits were Dear Prudence, Without You / Hair, I’ll Be Around, The Sun Ain’t Gonna Sun (Anymore), Everlasting Love and fronted The Questions, Focus, Fanny Adams The Southern Star Band & The Doug Parkinson Band.
He clocked up decades of touring Australia as soloist, front man and support act to The Who, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Pointer Sisters, Thelma Huston, Bob Marley and The Wailers, and Randy Crawford. There were stage shows including
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