Sold-Out RENT Returns to the Hayes Theatre for Limited Run, Spring 2016

Highway Run Productions' RENT, currently playing at Hayes Theatre Co, sold out before it had opened and desperate fans have been calling the box office daily and lurking around the foyer before each performance in the hopes that a ticket might materialise. Producers Toby Francis and Lauren Peters have today announced that those who missed out this season (and those that are itching to see it again) will get another chance in 2016 when the production returns to Hayes Theatre Co for a strictly limited three-week season in March/April.

With a supremely talented young cast of 14, led by director Shaun Rennie (Cats, Mamma Mia), choreographer Andy Dexterity (Urinetown, Fiddler on the Roof) and musical director Andrew Worboys (Sweet Charity, Truth Beauty and a Picture of You), the current production of RENT is one of the fastest-selling shows at Hayes Theatre Co since it began in February 2014 and is enjoying some of the most enthusiastic audience responses to date.

Jonathan Larson's RENT opened Off-Broadway in 1996 and quickly became a global phenomenon. The show earned Larson multiple Tony Awards along with a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a distinction not received again by a music theatre work until 14 years later. Though Larson himself never saw the impact of his masterwork - he died suddenly in the early hours of the very day the show opened to the public - its longevity serves as a testament to the emotional resonance of Larson's creation and an embodiment of its ever-present message: "no day but today".

Tickets for the 2016 return season of RENT are now available online at www.hayestheatre.com.au or by calling the Hayes Theatre Co box office during business hours on (02) 8065 7337.

RENT

By Jonathan Larson
Produced by Highway Run Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co Directed by Shaun Rennie
Musical Direction by Andrew Worboys Choreography by Andy Dexterity
Set Design by Lauren Peters
Costume Design by Georgia Hopkins Lighting Design by Ross Graham
Sound Design by Jed Silver

Venue: Hayes Theatre Co, 19 Greenknowe Ave, Potts Point

Season: 29 March - 17 April 2016
Times: Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm
Price: Tue-Thu & Sun $69 Adult, $64 Concession,

Fri & Sat Nights $74 Adult, $69 Concession,

Sat Matinee $64 Adult, $59 Concession Bookings: hayestheatre.com.au | (02) 8065 7337

Hayes Theatre Co is a dedicated music theatre and cabaret venue in Potts Point. 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.

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