Miranda Musical Society presents Pippin June 15-24 at Sutherland Memorial School of Arts..
Following up Miranda’s sensational Anything Goes, the five-time Tony Award-winning musical PIPPIN is an electrifying, tongue-in-cheek fairytale that dazzles audiences with a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds.
Prince Pippin, son of Charlemagne, embarks upon a quest for true fulfilment, seeking his own ‘corner of the sky’. He relishes the glories of the battlefield, savours the temptations of the flesh and embroils himself in political intrigues. But neither war, sex, revolution nor domesticity can satisfy him – or so he thinks!
Stephen Schwartz’s energetic pop-influenced score bursts with one show-stopping number after another, from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers.
Cynical & poetic at the same time, PIPPIN is a sharp and insightful look at the struggle of every person’s journey to find contentment in life.
Director by Gavid Leahy with musical director Dean Turner and choreographer Kira Nelson, the production stars Emma Paull at The Leading Player, Rory Chatterton as Pippin, James Jonathon as Lewis, Garth Saville as Charles, Jennifer Parbery as Catherine, Melissa Lammers as Fastrada, Robyn Lassman as Berthe and 11-year-old Daniel Simpson as Theo.
Nicole Butler, Lisa Eastman, Joanne Furnari, Tyler Hoggard, Ellie McAdams, Temujin Tera, Stephanie Westbrook, James Swain and Tim Wotherspoon are the Players.
Director Leahy says this is a very ‘playful’, less cynical rendering of Pippin with a more seductive role for a female Leading Player (played by Emma Paull).
“The story of following a ‘leader’ on a path to self-fulfilment is very relevant today,” says Leahy. “So is the balance between theatricality and reality in this age of celebrity obsession and so-called ‘reality’ TV. What is real? What is truly valuable/ And who or what is worth following?”
Performances at the Sutherland Memorial
Friday June 15th, Saturday 16th, Wednesday 20th, Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd at 8pm, plus 2pm matinees on Saturdays 16th & 23rd, Sundays 17th & 24th at 2pm.
Miranda Musical Society presents PIPPIN, by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger E Hirson.
Sutherland Memorial School of Arts, East Parade, Sutherland.
15-24 June – Wed, Fri, Sat 8pm, Sat and Sun 2pm
Tickets $30 / $25 concession
Bookings (02) 8814 5825
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