I'm not sure about the full lists, but here's something I found. It's a list of Victorian Theatre Companies. Bart Simpson wrote this:

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Hello,

Could someone please tell me the names of the professional musical theatre companies in Melbourne and Sydney?

Cheers!

Lani

Well done Marty! I voted

"The Actors' Vow"
From Elia Kazan

I will take my rightful place on the stage
And I will be myself.
I am not a cosmic orphan, I have no reason to be timid.
I will respond as I feel; awkwardly, vulgarly,
But respond.
I will have my throat open.
I will have my heart open.
I will be vulnerable.
I may have anything or everything
The world has to offer,
But the thing I need most,
And want most, is to be myself.
I will admit rejection, admit pain, admit shame,
Admit outrage, admit anything and
Everything that happens to me.
The best and most human parts of me are
Those I have inhabited and hidden from
The world.
I will work on it.
I will raise my voice.
I will be heard.

The star of the Nothing Men- Marty Dingle Wall is nominated for a Gold and Silver Logie. Get onto the link below to TV WEEK and vote for him in both categories. Please pass on to all you know as well, Its been a few years of hard work for him and a Logie would be a great reward. Thanks guys for your support. Pete x
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Solo bow instructions

You run down the middle of the stage smiling with each arm open at 45 degrees from vertical and palms facing up and forward; stop three quarters of your height before the edge; kneel on one knee; close your eyes, stop smiling, bow your head and kiss the top of your fist; slowly lift your head and open your eyes towards the spotlight; touch the top of your fist to your forehead; realise that the audience are clapping for you and smile a little, bewildered; open your hand flat against your forehead and look around the audience, smile increasing; look straight up at the ceiling and raise your hand loosely to the ceiling and cry a little while quietly saying, 'I did this for you, mama'; stand up while closing your eyes, smiling a little and bringing your fist down loosely onto your head; open your eyes and put your hands together in prayer position while saying 'thank you' and nodding to the centre of all the audience levels; put your fists by your side, face the left audience with your feet together, and bending from the hip, keep your legs straight and slide your fists down your sides until your torso is ninety degrees from vertical, then rise smiling with authority; turn to the right audience and repeat the bow. Wave thank you to the entire general audience over a period of 2.0 seconds (your hand waves to two positions from left to right, your eyes gaze at four positions from left to right); if there are upper levels, wave to them with both hands over a period of 1.0 second; then lower your arms and turn to smile at your cocast while walking to your place.



Please ensure that you hug the cast member next to you and share a moment with them so the audience can enjoy your connection and wish they were performers. This is the most important moment of the show for most people, so make sure it looks genuine, even if you just had a fight with your fellow performer the day before and they shouldered you as you came back from the bathroom to get changed during intermission. You're an actor. Sacrifice your desire to shoulder them back even harder now, and let the audience believe in Santa Claus for this one night. It's your job to create dreams, after all.

I love the sound of music!!! Can somebody please put it on so I can audition for Liesl?

1. Voluptuous girls running
2. Interesting skies

Here's an interpretation of Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory that ought to be staged:

I'm sure YouTube will have the answer. Let's see...

Sorry about the audio being out of sync but I couldn't find any other versions. Wait until the end - the audience are so moved by this bowing technique that they simultaneously invent a beautiful new method of applause. If real life were like this I'd accept my insanity and stop resisting.

Whoever knew that bowing could be so complicated!!!

I get where you are coming from Simon. Do you clap as others are bowing? Do you smile and nod? And as for bowing yourself... is it different for females and males? Do we step forward and bow?

All these questions I have no idea how to answer, I find in most productions I've been in, the director decides how everyone bows.

One thing that doesn't work and I think needs a solution of sorts is the company bow. It always turns into a mexican wave or people bow too early or late. There must be a solution. Most of the time we are just told to follow the lead of the performer in the middle but that also adds to the mexican wave effect as the outside people don't get the signal until the middle have nearly finished bowing.

Any ideas on a solution???

I have no idea how to bow. I don't feel like a polished actor because of it. How should I do it? And how long should I bow for? And how should I behave while other cast members are bowing?

I was in Les Mis early last year and our Javert broke his foot in our last rehearsal before opening night. He didn't do it jumping off the barricade or dancing, he was simply walking on stage to take his bow and rolled his foot in his oversized shoe and broke his foot.

He battled through 5 out of 9 shows on crutches before realising it was all too much for him and prepared himself for his surgery. We had a replacement for the last 4 shows.

In the show I did after that, another girl broke her arm while falling over on stage (on purpose).

I wonder... are we looking after our performers enough in shows?

This clip rocks!!

Our Fagin was climbing down the scaffolding during a performance of Oliver, slipped, caught himself and laughingly said 'I'm okay boys!'. Then, to improvise a joke for the kids, he wiped his brow and said 'Phew', and pretended he lost his grip. When he reached back to grab the railing to end the joke, his hand slipped due to its fingerless glove, he fell about three metres, cracked his wrist bone, smashed a patella, broke his clavicle and broke two fingers. Oh, and he also cracked his skull - the brow and cheek.

He still looks reasonably normal, he just slurs a bit.

The show was cancelled that night and everyone got a refund. The director had to fill in after that.

Every time I've been in a show, there's been at least one black eye or broken bone. Just wondering what injuries people have seen in their productions.

My favourite films are:

1. Avatar
2. District 9
3. King Kong
4. Blood Diamond
5. Earthlings
6. The Lion King
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. Back to the Future Part 2
9. Gladiator

I prefer TV series though, because I get to know the characters so much more. These are my favourites:

1. Sopranos
2. Family Guy
3. Boston Legal
4. Californication
5. Entourage

The ultimate visual entertainment, of course, is video games. I haven't played enough lately. My favourites at the moment are Fallout 3 and Sexy Beach 3. Best played with a diagonal ceiling projection or video glasses.

Theatre is okay if you're in the first few rows, but if you're not up the front and it's not immersive then it's nowhere near as good as something that's been professionally filmed. Theatre would be better if shows were brought up to date and used more smoke, lasers and proper sound effects. Wicked is the most visually engaging show I've seen. Large audience spectacles will finally be good when holographic projection is invented and becomes decent enough that the action can reach the highest point in an arena, or better still, fill the sky.

I've forgotton a lot of what I've seen, and when people remind me, I realise that there are lots of good shows that I've neglected to mention. What are your favourites?

LYREBIRD AWARDS 2009
Congratulations to all the 2009 nominees, who are . . .

ONE ACT PLAY
Pheremone Frenzy Peridot Theatre
The Killings at Newhaven Peridot Theatre

SOUND DRAMA OR COMEDY
Zina Carmen & Peter Frid Much Ado About Murder The 1812 Theatre
Kasper Sussman Improbable Fiction The 1812 Theatre
Simon Ulrich A Chorus of Disapproval Peridot Theatre

SOUND MUSICAL OR VARIETY UNDER $30,000
Lachlan Campbell The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
Frank Scaturchio Leader of the Pack Cardinia Performing Arts
Brenton Van Vliet Nunsense Phoenix Theatre Company

SOUND MUSICAL OR VARIETY OVER $30,000
Greg Ginger Fiddler on the Roof Babirra Musical Theatre
Greg Ginger The Sentimental Bloke Babirra Musical Theatre
Rodney Hird Oklahoma! Mountain District Musical Society
Marcello LoRicco Les Miserables Windmill Theatre Company
Brenton Van Vliet Cabaret Dandenong Theatre Company

SET IN COMEDY OR DRAMA
Doug Bennett A Chorus of Disapproval Peridot Theatre
Adrian Carr Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Gerald Overton Sandcastles The Basin Theatre Group

SET MUSICAL OR VARIETY UNDER $30,000
Jason Bovaird & Robbie Carmellotti RENT Fab Nobs Theatre Inc
David Dare Jack O'Hagan's Humdingers Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Mario Mohorko The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company

SET MUSICAL OR VARIETY OVER $30,000
Katherine Branch Fiddler on the Roof Babirra Musical Theatre
Barry Pearce South Pacific NOVA Music Theatre
Paul Watson & Jeremy Bailey-Smith Oklahoma! Mountain District Musical Society

BEST LIGHTING IN COMEDY OR DRAMA
Jason Bovaird A Midsummer Night's Dream Dandenong Theatre Company
Robin LeBlond Much Ado About Murder The 1812 Theatre
Colin Mortley Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company

BEST LIGHTING IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY UNDER $30,000
Jason Bovaird RENT Fab Nobs Theatre Inc
Jason Bovaird The Wedding Singer Fab Nobs Theatre Inc
Jason Bovaird The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company

BEST LIGHTING IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY OVER $30,000
Jason Bovaird Les Miserables Windmill Theatre Company
Jason Bovaird South Pacific NOVA Music Theatre
Brenton Van Vliet Oklahoma! Mountain District Musical Society

BEST COSTUME IN COMEDY OR DRAMA
Anne Aitken Much Ado About Murder The 1812 Theatre
Chris Bartle, Bronwyn King & Anne Rendall A Chorus of Disapproval Peridot Theatre
Kym Davies & Colin Morley A Midsummer Night's Dream Dandenong Theatre Company

BEST COSTUME IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY UNDER $30,000
Tanya Lee Harrowell The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
Felicity Hill Spamalot SLAMS Musical Theatre Company
Ria Player, Joan Moulton & Sheila Daniels Spamalot Cardinia Performing Arts

BEST COSTUME IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY OVER $30,000
Jeremy Bailey-Smith Oklahoma! Mountain District Musical Society
Jeremy Bailey-Smith The Sentimental Bloke Babirra Music Theatre
Glenda Novotny Les Miserables Windmill Theatre Company

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
Stephen Barber A Month of Sundays Sherbrooke Theatre Company
Judy Dingley Sandcastles The Basin Theatre Group
Robyn Fowler Moonlight and Magnolias Peridot Theatre

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA
Judy Corderoy W;T Encore Theatre
Max Rackham The Killings at Newhaven Peridot Theatre
David Small The Killings at Newhaven Peridot Theatre

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Latecha Cadle Cabaret Dandenong Theatre Company
Anne Dewar South Pacific NOVA Music Theatre
Ellaine Downie Fiddler on the Roof Babirra Music Theatre

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY
Lauren Shell BuSTCo's 21st Birthday Showcase BuSTCo
Melissa Trickey I Hope I Get It! PEP Productions
Kate Wilkinson BuSTCo's 21st Birthday Showcase BuSTCo

BEST ENSEMBLE ITEM IN A VARIETY
I Hope I Get It BuSTCo's 21st Brithday Showcase BuSTCo
Audition Medley I Hope I Get It! PEP Productions
Do You Hear The People Sing InHarmony SLAMS Musical Theatre Company

MOST ENTERTAINING ITEM IN A VARIETY
Sherry InHarmony SLAMS Musical Theatre Company
The Circle of Life InHarmony SLAMS Musical Theatre Company
A Stud & A Babe Love/Sick Players Theatre Company

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR IN A MUSICAL OR VARIETY
Vicki Barden The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
John Clancy South Pacific NOVA Music Theatre
Andrew Houston Les Miserables Windmill Theatre Company

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY
Miranda Brooks The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
Gulcan Gulen Cabaret Dandenong Theatre Company
Robert Mulholland Spamalot Cardinia Performing Arts

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Sarah Jowett Find the Lady Encore Theatre
Grace Presse Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Genevieve Ryan A Month of Sundays Sherbrooke Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Roderick Chappel A Month of Sundays Sherbrooke Theatre Company
Brett Hyland Improbable Fiction The 1812 Theatre
Gregor McGibbon Sandcastles The Basin Theatre Group

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Christine Andrew Separate Tables Peridot Theatre
Mary Kappner Separate Tables Peridot Theatre
Melanie Rowe W;T Encore Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Daniel Golshevsky W;T Encore Theatre
Neil McColl Proof Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Ron Paddon Separate Tables Peridot Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Katie Packer Nunsense Phoenix Theatre Company
Gemma Purdy Oklahoma! Mountain District Musical Society
Mandy Stevenson The Sound of Music NOVA Music Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Matt Jakowenko South Pacific NOVA Music Theatre
Sam Kitchen RENT Fab Nobs Theatre
Ryan Purdy The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company

BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A VARIETY
Carly Hobbs Love/Sick Players Theatre Company
Jacqui Levitas I Hope I Get It! PEP Productions
Julia Roper I Hope I Get It! PEP Productions

BEST MALE PERFORMER IN A VARIETY
Zak Brown Love/Sick Players Theatre Company
Jonathan Guthrie-Jones Love/Sick Players Theatre Company
Ryan Purdy Love/Sick Players Theatre Company

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Sharon Corbier Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Claire Hanley Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Claire Hanley I Ought to be in Pictures Encore Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Rowan Francis Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Chris Hodson A Month of Sundays Sherbrooke Theatre Company
Pip Smibert A Chorus of Disapproval Peridot Theatre
Richard Thomas The Club Fab Nobs Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Juliet Hayday W;T Encore Theatre
Rhiannon Leach Proof Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Robyn Pollock Pack of Lies SherbrookeTheatre Company

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Glenn Baker Pack of Lies Sherbrooke Theatre Company
Chris Hodson The Drawer Boy The Basin Theatre Group
Keith Hutton 84 Charing Cross Road The 1812 Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Megan Coe South Pacific NOVA Music Theatre
Jessica May The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
Melanie Ott RENT Fab Nobs Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Adrian Carr Fiddler on the Roof Babirra Music Theatre
Jonathan Guthrie-Jones The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
Karl McNamara RENT Fab Nobs Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR - COMEDY
Doug Bennett A Chorus of Disapproval Peridot Theatre
Tony Bird Find the Lady Encore Theatre
Adrian Carr Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR - DRAMA
Catherine Carr Proof Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Christine Grant 84 Charing Cross Road The 1812 Theatre
Vicki Smith W;T Encore Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR - VARIETY
Natasha Bassett and Michaela Smith Love/Sick Players Theatre Company
Justin Cleaver I Hope I Get It! PEP Productions
Alexandra Cole & Greta Georgiou BuSTCo's 21st Birthday Showcase BuSTCo
Mark Woods InHarmony SLAMS Musical Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR - MUSICAL
Alan Burrows Fiddler on The Roof Babirra Music Theatre
Kym Davies Cabaret Dandenong Theatre Company
Julia Roper The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company

BEST PRODUCTION - COMEDY
Find the Lady Encore Theatre
Caravan Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
Much Ado About Murder The 1812 Theatre

BEST PRODUCTION - DRAMA
W;T Encore Theatre
Proof Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company
84 Charing Cross Road The 1812 Theatre
The Drawer Boy The Basin Theatre Group

BEST PRODUCTION - VARIETY
A Musical Showcase Mountain District Musical Society
I Hope I Get It! PEP Productions
Love/Sick Players Theatre Company

BEST PRODUCTION - MUSICAL
Oklahoma! Mountain District Musical Society
The Witches of Eastwick Players Theatre Company
Les Miserables Windmill Theatre Company

LYREBIRD YOUTH AWARDS 2009

BEST YOUTH PERFORMER ~ MUSICAL / VARIETY
Ryland Lack-Powell Les Miserables Windmill Theatre Company
Jake Machin Spamalot Cardinia Performing Arts
Georgia Wilkinson The Sound of Music NOVA Music Theatre

BEST YOUTH PERFORMER ~ COMEDY / DRAMA / ONE ACT PLAY
Daniel S'Aguir A Midsummer Night's Dream Dandenong Theatre Company
Andrew Tomazos A Midsummer Night's Dream Dandenong Theatre Company

BEST SOUND ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Ben Cochrane 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Aquinas College
Steven Cooke Footloose St John's Regional College
Michael Parsons Kids on Broadway Phoenix Theatre Company

BEST SET ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Neil Hughes Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts
Jane Willison The Wiz Emmaus College
Craig Wiltshire, Helen Dick & Karl McNamara Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College

BEST LIGHTING ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Jason Bovaird Big the Musical Whitefriars and Sienna Colleges
Jason Bovaird The Wiz Emmaus College
Daniel Jow Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts

BEST COSTUMES ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Tania Baillie Ragtime Donvale Christian College
Carmen Powell Aristocats Kids Masquerade Performing Arts
Carmen Powell & Barbara Stocks Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Kristian Bressanuti Big the Musical Whitefriars and Sienna Colleges
Rochelle Glenwright Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts
Vito Midolo Big the Musical Whitefriars and Sienna Colleges

BEST YOUTH SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alice Brooker Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts
Ginger Hansen Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
Samantha Ryan Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts
Tayla Smith Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College

BEST YOUTH SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Fitzgerald Big the Musical Whitefriars and Sienna Colleges
David Matthews Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
James Matthews Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS
Rachel Conway Ragtime Donvale Christian College
Paige Lack-Powell Seussical Jr. Masquerade Performing Arts
Leah Thomas Ragtime Donvale Christian College

BEST YOUTH ACTOR
Alex Fithall Footloose St John's Regional College
David Delmenico Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
Mark Yates Ragtime Donvale Christian College

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Tamara Hughes Footloose St John's Regional College
Karl McNamara Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
Mitchell Powell Seussical Jr Masquerade Performing Arts

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
Tyson Legg Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
Mitchell Powell & Barbara Stocks Seussical Jr Masquerade Performing Arts
Lesley White Ragtime Donvale Christian College

BEST DIRECTOR ~ YOUTH PRODUCTION
James Cutler Ragtime Donvale Christian College
Karl McNamara Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
Carmen Powell & Mitchell Powell Seussical Jr Masquerade Performing Arts

BEST PRODUCTION ~ YOUTH
Ragtime Donvale Christian College
Urinetown the Musical Glen Waverley Secondary College
Seussical Jr Masquerade Performing Arts

LYREBIRD JUDGES AWARDS 2009

COMEDY
Awarded by Neil Goodwin Awarded to Dandenong Theatre Company for hair, make-up and body art design for ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Awarded by Craig Maloney Awarded to Kylie Russell for the seamless changes of the props in The 1812 Theatre’s ‘Improbable Fiction’

Awarded by Bronte Schofield Awarded to Deryk Hardwick for the audio visual display in ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’, Peridot Theatre

DRAMA
Awarded by Zina Carmen Awarded to Sally Larwood and Nicola Baker for their evocative program design for The Basin Theatre Group’s ‘The Drawer Boy’.

Awarded by Richard Keown Awarded to the ensemble of BuSTCo’s ‘Remember Ronald Ryan’ for their outstanding work in the party scene.

Awarded by Craig Martin Awarded to Peridot Theatre for the detailed, interesting and involving front of house display for ‘The Killings at Newhaven’.

MUSICAL
Awarded by Trish Carr Awarded to Dandenong Theatre Company for an impressive step back in time at the Kit Kat Club in ‘Cabaret’.

Awarded by Warren Dorling Awarded to Players Theatre Company for the magical floating witches in ‘Witches of Eastwick’.

Awarded by Bronwyn Egan Awarded to Phoenix Theatre Company for the entertaining silent movie in ‘Nunsense’.

YOUTH
Awarded by Don Brown Awarded to Aquinas College for an excellent and powerful rendition of the “I Love” song in the ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’.

Awarded by Joan Crossland Awarded to Tyler-Rose Shatlock, ‘Kid’s On Broadway’, Phoenix Theatre Company – A Star is Born.

Awarded by Tim Long Awarded to Cranbourne Secondary College for embracing the challenge of performing a Shakespearean play.

Good Luck!

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Joe