Rehearsals Commence for Australian Premiere VIOLET

This week rehearsals have commenced for the premiere of the 2014 Broadway revival of VIOLET in Australia. Playing at the Hayes Theatre Co from 27 November, this will be the first time the production has been seen in Australia.

VIOLET is directed by Mitchell Butel with Musical Direction by Lucy Bermingham Strictly Ballroom and Guilty Pleasures, Choreography by Amy Campbell Guilty Pleasures and SYTYCD and Set Design by Simon Greer Man of La Mancha.

"I can quite honestly say I don't think I've been in a rehearsal room with singers as phenomenal as the ones in VIOLET," said Director Mitchell Butel. "Rehearsals are pure bliss when these talented people are doing their thing. And not only are they phenomenal singers but each of them has acting chops to match and already, they are creating characters of incredible depth, nuance and surprise. Add a theatre and an audience and this firecracker of a cast is going to explode."

VIOLET is a musical from the Tony Award-winning Jeanine Tesori with a libretto by Brian Crawley. With show-stopping anthems ranging from American roots to folk to gospel, it follows a truly original woman who on her quest across America for divine intervention finds a very different kind of salvation. If Chekhov, Lena Dunham and Aretha Franklin conspired to write a musical, this would be it.

VIOLET is directed by Mitchell Butel with Musical Direction by Lucy Bermingham Strictly Ballroom and Guilty Pleasures, Choreography by Amy Campbell Guilty Pleasures and SYTYCD and Set Design by Simon Greer Man of La Mancha.

Samantha Dodemaide as Violet has just wrapped Anything Goes and previously toured with Sweet Charity. Steve Danielsen as Monty who was has just finished touring in Wicked. Barry Conrad as Flick is best known for his appearances on X Factor. Awarding winning Australian actress Genevieve Lemon as the Old Lady, best known for Billy Elliot.

Damien Bermingham as the Father a veteran of musical theatre including Chicago and Strictly Ballroom. Dash Kruck as the Preacher who was a Grand Finalist in the International Cabaret Contest. Elanoa Rokobaro as Almeta/Lula who has appeared in Legally Blonde and Hairspray. Ryan Gonzalez as Virgil, also from Legally Blonde and Strictly Ballroom. Linden Furnell as Leroy who is currently performing in the production of RENT at Hayes Theatre Co. Katie Elle-Reeve as the Music Hall Singer who has appeared in HAIR and introducing Luisa Scrofani as Young Violet

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, is a presenting partner together with independent producers and artists.

www.mgmpublicity.com.au

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