Phillip Street Revue single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 Phillip Street Revue
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Intimate revue.

Comprising songs and sketches from the Phillip Street Theatre revues staged over the previous six years, this production also included several new faces amongst the cast.

According to a review in the Sydney Morning Herald, the highlights were a sketch titled 'Soap Opera'; Jill Perryman in 'The World is My Ashtray (and you would be my next cigarette...)'; 'Swan Like', a sketch 'where wooden swans creak and ballet is reduced to controlled and humorous gymnastics'; and 'Cinderella on Ice', described as a devastating crack at the slippery surface of pantomime' (28 April 1960, p.6).

Notes

  • The Phillip Street Revue transferred to Melbourne in May, the first of the company's revues to be staged away from its Sydney headquarters. Produced under the auspices of J. C. Williamson's, the Melbourne production included several Sydney cast members, with the remainder being locally based actors.
  • A. W., writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, suggests that while the show was generally appealing, it lacked the tightness and topical brightness of any single previous revue (28 April 1960, p.6).

Production Details

  • 1960: Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney, 27 April - 14 May (return season: 22 July 1960 - 14 January 1961).

    • Director William Orr; Producer Phillip Street Theatre.
    • Cast Lyle O'Hara, Ron Frazer, Wendy Blacklock, Kevan Johnston, Barbara Wyndon, Alton Harvey, Deidre Green, Peter Kenna.

    • 1960: Comedy Club, Melbourne, 21 May - 26 June.
    • Director William Orr; Producer J. C. Williamson's Theatres Ltd in association with Phillip Street Theatre.
    • Cast Max Oldaker, Lyle O'Hara, Jill Perryman, Kevan Johnston, Rod Milgate, Barbara Wyndon, Deidre Green, Peter Kenna.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Inventive Cast in Lively Revue A. G. , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 1960; (p. 7)

— Review of Phillip Street Revue Phillip Street Theatre , 1960 single work musical theatre
Revue at Phillip Theatre A. W. , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 April 1960; (p. 6)

— Review of Phillip Street Revue Phillip Street Theatre , 1960 single work musical theatre
Revue at Phillip Theatre A. W. , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 April 1960; (p. 6)

— Review of Phillip Street Revue Phillip Street Theatre , 1960 single work musical theatre
Inventive Cast in Lively Revue A. G. , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 1960; (p. 7)

— Review of Phillip Street Revue Phillip Street Theatre , 1960 single work musical theatre

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Note:
This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre.
Last amended 18 Sep 2014 13:31:14
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