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Celebrating the beloved original, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady comes to the Sydney Opera House in August 2016, under the direction of Dame Julie Andrews.

In the show’s 60th anniversary year, Opera Australia and John Frost join forces to honour the past and bring the beloved story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins to a new generation of theatre audiences.

The Cinderella story about the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and the appealingly arrogant phoneticist, Professor Higgins, is an endearing tale that charms audiences with its warmth and vivid characters.

The clash of cultures sparks some of the theatre’s most jubilant songs and witty dialogue. The triumphant score features unforgettable numbers including Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?, On The Street Where You Live, I Could Have Danced All Night and Get Me to the Church on Time.

In 1956, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s masterful retelling of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion took the world by storm. Playing the irresistible Eliza Doolittle was a young Julie Andrews, in only her second role on Broadway, a role that would catapult her into international stardom.

In a world first, Dame Julie Andrews will direct a glorious production of My Fair Lady, teaming up with the Tony Award-winning Christopher Gattelli and associates of the musical’s original designers Cecil Beaton and Oliver Smith.

A stellar cast of Australian theatre royalty and emerging talent will be showcased in this truly momentous production.

This is a theatre event not to be missed.

“My Fair Lady is a miraculous musical.” – Walter Kerr, New York Herald Tribune.

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MY FAIR LADY DIRECTED BY JULIE ANDREWS In 2017 My Fair Lady directed by Julie Andrews will travel to Brisbane, Melbourne and return to Sydney for an encore season. The production will play at Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre, QPAC from 14 March, Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 12 May and Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from August 24, 2017.

Joining the stellar cast for the Brisbane and Melbourne seasons is acclaimed theatre, film and television actor Charles Edwards, as Professor Higgins. Most recently Edwards appeared in the popular television series Downton Abbey and has played leading roles on Broadway and the West End. Continuing in the lead role of Eliza Doolittle is young Australian star Anna O’Byrne. O’Byrne has a growing international career spanning opera, theatre, concert and film and has had starring roles in theatre productions including Love Never Dies and The Phantom of the Opera.

The Brisbane and Melbourne cast also includes the outstanding principal performers that played to packed houses in Sydney: Reg Livermore will play the role of Alfred P. Doolittle, Robyn Nevin will play Mrs. Higgins and Mark Vincent will play Freddy Eynsford-Hill. The role of Colonel Hugh Pickering will be played by Tony Llewellyn-Jones and Deidre Rubenstein will play Mrs. Pearce. The cast for the 2017 Sydney return season at the Capitol Theatre will be announced in the coming months.

My Fair Lady had its Australian Premiere on September 6, 2016 at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. This stunning recreation of the 1956 beloved Broadway musical, directed by stage and screen legend Julie Andrews, smashed box office records for selling more tickets than any other production in the history of the Sydney Opera House and received rapturous reviews:

‘Spectacle at every corner of the stage.’ – Daily Telegraph

‘Julie Andrews delivers bloomin’ lovely anniversary show’ – Sydney Morning Herald

‘Julie Andrews re-creates classic original with a show that truly sings’ – The Guardian

‘My Fair Lady’s combination of George Bernard Shaw’s dry, acerbic British wit and the emotional forthrightness of the American musical is undeniably potent.’ – Daily Review

‘My Fair Lady stands head and shoulders above the crowd.’ – Limelight

Associates of the original design team joined together to help bring the stunning sets by Oliver Smith and glorious costumes by Cecil Beaton to life again. Contributing to the creative team is Tony-award winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli, costume recreation John David Ridge, musical director Guy Simpson, lighting design by Broadway and West End legend Richard Pilbrow and sound design by Michael Waters.





BRISBANE SEASON DETAILSVenue: QPAC Lyric Theatre Season: From March 14, 2017 Opening Night March 19, 2017Performances: Wed–Sat 7.30pm, Matinees Tues & Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 3pmPrice: From $79.90*Bookings: myfairladymusical.com.au

MELBOURNE SEASON DETAILSVenue: Regent Theatre Season: From May 12, 2017 Opening Night May 16, 2017Performances: Wed–Sat 7.30pm, Matinees Tues & Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 3pmPrice: From $89.90*Bookings: myfairladymusical.com.au

SYDNEY SEASON DETAILS Venue: Capitol Theatre Season: From August 24, 2017 Opening Night August 27, 2017Performances: Wed–Sat 7.30pm, Matinees Tues & Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 3pmPrices: From $89.90 *

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This production of My Fair Lady celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the musical which took the world by

storm, telling the tale of a Cockney flower girl named Eliza Doolittle whose world was forever changed by the

brilliant and demanding phoneticist, Professor Henry Higgins. The clash of cultures sparks some of theatre’s

most witty dialogue and wonderful songs.

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After a record-breaking premiere at the Sydney Opera House in 2016 we are proud to be bringing the

recreation of the 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney’s Capitol

Theatre in 2017.

After many conversations the idea was broached about recreating the original production in its entirety.

The challenge we had was establishing what remained of ground plans, the costume and set designs and the

original creative team and cast.

And so began the slow process of uncovering all the elements that had made the original so great. Trips to

Wisconsin, London, New York City and Los Angeles were made and hours were spent trawling over drawings,

costume and set designs in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Arts Centre Melbourne Performing Arts

Collection just to name a few. Cold calls were made and leads were given as the journey unfolded. Along

the way the team were fortunate enough to meet with the previous assistants of Cecil Beaton (the original

costume designer) and Oliver Smith (the original set designer), who uncovered important materials that

made recreating the magic of the 1956 Broadway production a step closer to reality.

Now, after many years of research and collaboration we are delighted to be staging the recreation of the

1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady with none other than the world-renowned Julie Andrews as the

show’s director. The lady who created and made the role of Eliza Doolittle so famous for the 1956 production.

This recreation could have opened on any stage around the world, and it is with great pride that it is being

staged across Australia in 2016 and 2017.

A NOTE FROM THE PRODUCERS

John Frost AMManaging Director

The Gordon Frost Organisation

Lyndon Terracini AMArtist ic DirectorOpera Austral ia





OPERA AUSTRALIA (PRODUCER)Opera Australia is Australia’s national opera company, presenting more than 700 performances and playing

to more than half a million people each year.

Opera is a vital part of Australia’s cultural landscape. We perform the world’s best loved operas under the

iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House and at Arts Centre Melbourne, as well as in school halls and outback

towns, on Sydney Harbour and the Gold Coast beach. Our performances are broadcast in cinemas, on national

television and ABC radio. We also present lavish musicals and concerts around the country.

We bring exciting international talent to the Australian stage, and support the careers of hundreds of

Australian singers, musicians and artisans.





JOHN FROST AM (PRODUCER)John Frost is the Managing Director of the Gordon Frost Organisation (GFO). He began his career at age

16 as a dresser on the J.C. Williamson tour of Mame and worked his way through the ranks to become one

of Australia’s most prominent musical theatre producers. He co-founded GFO with the late Ashley Gordon

in 1983. After negotiating the lease for Sydney’s Footbridge Theatre, they produced a number of shows

including Jerry’s Girls, Night Mother, The Venetian Twins and Women Behind Bars. The company then

moved onto national tours of large-scale musicals such as Big River, The King And I, South Pacific, Hello

Dolly!, The Secret Garden, Smokey’s Joe’s Café, Cabaret and Crazy For You. In 1996, the GFO production

of The King And I won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical on Broadway. Two years later, John

co-produced Grease – The Arena Spectacular! with Sports and Entertainment Ltd (SEL). Then came The

Sound of Music starring Lisa McCune, Annie with Anthony Warlow, Man of La Mancha, The Wizard of Oz

and Footloose. In 2003, he won his second Tony Award as a co-producer of Hairspray on Broadway. John

subsequently co-produced The Producers around Australia and another arena production of Grease starring

John Farnham. In partnership with The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific, he presented the Australian

tour of The Phantom of the Opera starring Anthony Warlow and was one of the producers of Priscilla, Queen

of the Desert in London. In recent years, John produced Australasian tours of Chicago, Doctor Zhivago and

Wicked, as well as Australian tours of Fame the Musical and Legally Blonde. In Melbourne, he produced A

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Geoffrey Rush and Once. In London, he coproduced

the West End productions of The Bodyguard and Blithe Spirit, while in the US he coproduced Blithe Spirit,

An Act of God and Fiddler on the Roof. In partnership with Opera Australia, John has co-produced South

Pacific, The King and I and Anything Goes. In 2015, he also toured The Rocky Horror Show, Wicked, Dirty

Dancing and The Sound of Music. His productions for 2016 include We Will Rock You, Dream Lover – a new

Australian musical about Bobby Darin, and My Fair Lady with OA, to be directed by Julie Andrews. Over

the years, John has presented many plays in Australia including, among others, the Tony Award-winning

Art starring Tom Conti, the National Theatre of Great Britain’s celebrated production of An Inspector Calls

and Driving Miss Daisy starring Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones. He was awarded the prestigious

JC Williamson Award for his outstanding contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing

arts industry at the 2014 Helpmann Awards. For his contribution to the Arts he was awarded an AM in the

2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours and in 2016 received an honorary doctorate from Griffith University.





STEVE SAUER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)As founding partner and principal of MediaFour, Steve Sauer is a successful personal manager as well as

packager and producer of motion pictures, television and live events. His management clients, comprised of

actors, writers, directors and composers, are some of the biggest names in the entertainment business and

include many winners of Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys and Kennedy Center Honors.

Among his numerous credits as an Executive Producer of television series and specials, he recently completed

principal photography on a new series for Netflix entitled Julie’s Greenroom slated to debut in February

2017. Among his live entertainment exploits, Mr Sauer produced in recent years the international tours of

Simeon’s Gift and An Evening With Julie Andrews, as well as packaging an international tour of The Boy

Friend and the world premiere of The Great American Mousical.

Mr Sauer received his Bachelor of Arts from UCLA and his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University

School of Law.

Mr Sauer has always been active in community endeavors in Los Angeles and especially at UCLA. As a

board member of the UCLA Alumni Association from 1999-2002, he chaired respectively; the career services,

membership/benefits, and marketing committees, and in 1996 originated the highly successful Entertainment

Night, which has allowed thousands of UCLA students to network and seek jobs in the entertainment

industry. He is currently the co-founder and co-chair of the UCLA Bruin Woods advisory committee and

just concluded a third term on the alumni association board. He is also an active member of the Chancellor’s

Associates.

Mr Sauer lives in Westwood, California with his beagle (Wiley) and is the proud father of Jonathan, an

entertainment attorney in Los Angeles, and Molly, a real estate executive in San Francisco. As a result of

his daughter attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, Sauer has taken up leadership roles within the

university. He is currently serving as an active board member of the Chancellor’s Parent Leadership Society

and on the advisory board for the Guardian Scholars Program. He appreciates the opportunity of serving

two world-class and renowned universities and feels very fortunate to professionally engage with the world

class actors, writers and directors he represents and the gift of playing in the magical sandbox of the arts.





ALEX BUDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)Alex Budd commenced his arts career in the lighting department at the Canberra Theatre Centre. He was

a founding member of the Canberra based Chamber Opera Company Stopera. He later worked as Head

Electrician and Touring Lighting Designer for Sydney Dance Company, realising lighting designs for Graeme

Murphy’s ballets across Australia, Europe and the Americas. Alex joined Opera Australia as Tour Manager,

Oz Opera in 2000, and has held several roles in Oz Opera and the wider company. After a year at Royal Opera

House Covent Garden project managing the Paul Hamlyn Performances, Alex returned to Opera Australia

as Manager, Oz Opera, before setting up the Company’s Enterprises division. In 2004 Alex was appointed to

the Federal Government’s Playing Australia Committee, and sat on the Committee for seven years. In 2008

he became General Manager, Melbourne and Enterprises: the Melbourne based member of the Company’s

Executive, with Executive Producer responsibility for the music theatre and commercial projects of the Opera

Australia business. Alex has produced 11 New Year’s Eve Galas at the Sydney Opera House, as well as the

musical tours of South Pacific, The King & I, and Anything Goes. He has recently been appointed Executive

Producer, Commercial and Community, bringing together management of the Enterprises and Touring &

Outreach arms of the company.





PELLA GREGORY (ASSOCIATE PRODUCER)Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Technical Production), Pella has worked in

theatre, musical theatre, event management and festivals in Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Prior to theatre, she worked in film & television, graduating from Griffith University’s QLD College of Arts

(Screen Production).

Pella’s most recent theatrical credit is Clusters of Light (Multiple International), a production entirely in

Arabic staged in a military stadium in Cairo, Egypt. Other credits include King Kong, Strictly Ballroom

(Global Creatures); Beauty And The Beast (BEG and NETworks), Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar

and Faustus (Bell Shakespeare); Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (Nullarbor Productions); The Age I’m In

(Force Majeure); Tap Dogs, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (Backrow Productions); Shaun Tan’s The Lost

Thing (Jigsaw Theatre Company); Weather (Q Theatre); Outback Thunder(Showstopper Events) and Chorus

North (NorthWest). Her favourite stories are from Hulkamania – Let the Battle Begin(CSEG), in which she

toured the country wrangling the likes of Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake and Vampire Warrior.

Pella is proud of having spent time working with disadvantaged youth in South America as part of a project

aimed at ensuring communities have access to clean drinking water.





CHARLES EDWARDS WHO PLAYS HENRY HIGGINS(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

In theatre in 2016 Charles played the lead in Harley Granville Barker’s Waste at the National Theatre, directed by Roger Michell. In 2015 his Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe, directed by Simon Godwin, received much acclaim, and in 2014 Charles led the hugely successful production of Blithe Spirit in London and in the US opposite Angela Lansbury, directed by Michael Blakemore.

Charles’ other theatre credits include Bertie in The King’s Speech in the West End, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe,

and at the National Theatre, Strange Interlude, This House and Twelfth Night. He was nominated as Best Actor at the London Evening Standard Awards for his performances in The King’s Speech, This House and Much Ado About Nothing, and won the Clarence Derwent Award for Strange Interlude. He led the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The 39 Steps, having originated the role of Richard Hannay in London, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. He played Oberon opposite Dame Judi Dench as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose Theatre, and in Coward’s Hay Fever at the Haymarket Theatre he again appeared opposite Dame Judi as Sandy Tyrell to her Judith Bliss.

Charles’ 2016 television credits include King Henry in Henry IX (UKTV), Lucian in The Halcyon (ITV) and David Welsborough in the new series of Sherlock (BBC). Others include Woodie in Arthur and George (ITV), Michael Gregson in Downton Abbey (ITV), Ripper Street (BBC), Trying Again (Sky), A Young Doctors Notebook (Sky), and Michael Palin in Holy Flying Circus (BBC).

In film, Charles was seen in the critically acclaimed Philomena, directed by Stephen Frears. Other film credits include Batman Begins, Mansfield Park, An Ideal Husband and Longitude.





ANNA O’BYRNE WHO PLAYS ELIZA DOOLITTLE(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

Australian born Anna O’Byrne has established an international career spanning opera, theatre, concert and film.

After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Anna was cast by Andrew Lloyd Webber to create the role of Christine Daaé in Love Never Dies, his sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Anna was nominated for Sydney Theatre and Green Room awards for her performance.

Love Never Dies was filmed and released in cinemas internationally by Universal Pictures; the DVD and Blu-Ray release debuted at number one on the international music charts and number four on the overall charts.

Following the success of Love Never Dies, Anna made her West End debut as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London. She then created the role of Jenny Lind in Cameron Mackintosh’s Barnum, the process of which was featured in a Channel 4 documentary The Sound of Musicals.

Anna returned to the West End in Robert Allan Ackerman’s Strangers on a Train and in 2015, she played Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music as part of the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations. She debuted with English National Opera in their landmark production of Sweeney Todd, starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson.

Anna became the first actor to perform as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera in Russia, a performance broadcast nationally from the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the Golden Mask Awards.

She regularly performs internationally on the concert stage, and has sung for royalty and world leaders.

In 2015 Anna returned to her hometown of Melbourne to star in West Side Story before returning to the West End in November 2015 to appear in Kings of Broadway and complete a UK tour of Guys and Dolls.

Anna released her debut album, Dream, in May 2016.





REG LIVERMORE WHO PLAYS

ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

At the age of 13, Reg Livermore began hiring local halls to stage performances of his own pantomimes starring coerced children from his neighbourhood.

Reg began his professional career at Sydney’s Phillip Street Theatre in 1957 as an understudy to Gordon Chater and Barry Humphries in the revue Around The Loop; in his next production, Cross Section, he shared the stage with Ruth Cracknell, June Salter and John Meillon.

In the 1960s Reg hosted the ABC children’s show Crackerjack and Saturday night variety Show I’m Alright Now. In 1969 he landed a major role in the

musical HAIR followed by Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1974 he played Dr Frank’n’Furter in The Rocky Horror Show.

In 1975 Reg conceived his first one-man show, Betty Blokk Buster Follies, its success heralding Wonder Woman, Sacred Cow, Son of Betty and Firing Squad. His 1980 debut in London created a sensation when the audience tried to boo him off the stage.

Reg returned to Australia and starred in the Broadway Musical Barnum. Throughout the 1990s he continued to perform one-man shows including Wish You Were Here; Red Riding Hood; Leonard’s Last Hurrah. He received an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship in 1995, and in 1996 was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia.

Reg appeared regularly on Burke’s Backyard and Our House for 10 years, published his autobiography Chapters and Chances in 2003, and in 2004 he won the leading role in The Producers, for which he received a Mo Award.

Reg has appeared for Opera Australia in various Gilbert and Sullivan operas and played Professor Higgins

in its 2008 production of My Fair Lady. The Performing Arts Collection celebrated his career during 2011 when a major retrospective exhibition was mounted at The Arts Centre Melbourne. He was the recipient of the first Adelaide Cabaret Festival Icon Award in 2013. His most recent performance as The Wizard in Wicked won him a Helpmann Award, and the 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Lifetime Achievement.





ROBYN NEVIN WHO PLAYS

MRS. HIGGINS(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

Hailed as the First Lady of the Australian theatre, Robyn Nevin graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1960 and is acknowledged as a major influence in Australian theatre as actress, director and producer.

She has played leading roles in every major theatre company over the past fifty years, including the great classical roles for women in Macbeth, Antony And Cleopatra, Hamlet, The Merchant Of Venice, The Seagull, The Way Of The World, Cyrano De Bergerac, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Long Days Journey Into Night, The Cherry Orchard, and the male roles of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, the Fool in King Lear and Lear. She is currently in rehearsal for All My Sons.

Robyn’s other theatre credits include Suddenly Last Summer, The Year Of Magical Thinking, Love-Lies-Bleeding, Woman In Mind, Big And Little, Masterclass, Other Desert Cities, August: Osage County, The Breath Of Life, Amy’s View, Apologia, The Drowsy Chaperone, Diving For Pearls, The Women Of Troy and the Australian classics The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, Ham Funeral and A Cheery Soul.

Robyn’s film credits include Careful He Might Hear You, Caddie, The Irishman, Ruben Guthrie, The Turning, The Eye Of The Storm, The Castle, Emerald City and the Matrix films. Her recent television credits include Top Of The Lake, and her award-winning performance as Shasta in Water Under The Bridge. Robyn has just completed filming the third season of Upper Middle Bogan. Robyn directed the film The More Things Change for which she won a Sydney Critics’ Circle award for Best Director.

Robyn has been the Associate Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, Artistic Director and CEO of the Queensland Theatre Company, and Artistic Director and CEO of the Sydney Theatre Company. AT STC she created the celebrated and multi award winning ensemble, the Actors’ Company, which attracted directors Barrie Kosky and Benedict Andrews and for which she directed the inaugural production of Mother Courage in 2004.

As director her productions include A Dolls House, Heartbreak House, A Month in the Country, The Philadelphia Story, Summer Rain and Hedda Gabler which introduced Cate Blanchett to New York theatre audiences when it travelled to Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Her most recent awards include a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for Belvoir’s productions of Angels in America and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, a Green Room Award for Best Female Performer for August: Osage County, a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play for Women of Troy, and a Sydney Critics’ Circle Award for Long Day’s Journey into Night, which played in Sydney and the US. In 1999 Robyn received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tasmania, and in 2004 she gave the Australia Day address. In recognition of her contribution to the performing arts Robyn Nevin was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia.





MARK VINCENT WHO PLAYS

FREDDY(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

Mark Vincent burst onto Australian television screens with a moving rendition of Nessun Dorma on Channel Seven series Australia’s Got Talent in 2009. He went on to win the competition and was signed by Sony Music soon afterwards.

The only classical artist in Australian history to have released six albums by the age of 20, Mark has sold more than half a million albums worldwide.

His first album Mio Visione - My Dream reached number two on the ARIA album charts, followed by Compass, The Great Tenor Songbook and Songs From the Heart, which charted at number five, number 18 and number 10

respectively on the ARIA album charts. Mark’s 6th album, entitled Best So Far, is a collection of classic and contemporary songs from his previous albums.

Mark’s current album Together, a duet album with Marina Prior, was released in April 2016. The record debuted on the Australian Album Chart at #5, and #1 on the Classical Chart.

For the past seven years Mark has performed at the spectacular Carols in the Domain before a live audience of more than 60,000 people and a national television audience of millions.

In 2014, Mark made his musical theatre debut in the Australian production of Dirty Dancing, which played 110 shows around the country.

He supports the Save Our Sons Foundation, a charity he is very passionate about.





TONY LLEWELLYN-JONES WHO PLAYS COLONEL PICKERING(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

London-born Tony Llewellyn-Jones graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1971 and was invited to join the Melbourne Theatre Company. Over the next two years Tony appeared in productions including Tonight at 8.30, Mother Courage, The Cherry Orchard, How Does Your Garden Grow?, The Time is Not Yet Ripe, Danton’s Death, Paying the Piper, An Ideal Husband, You Want It Don’t You Billy?, Macquarie, The Plough and The Stars, Forget-Me-Not-Lane, The Tavern, Sticks and Bones and Batman’s Beachhead.

Tony returned to Melbourne Theatre Company for The Visit (2003), Life x 3 (2004), Realism (2009) and, most recently, North By Northwest (for the MTC and Kay & McLean Productions). He also has appeared for the Old Tote Theatre Company, Marian Street, Nimrod Theatre, Griffin, Belvoir and Bell Shakespeare, but mostly for the Sydney Theatre Company in The Crucible, Saint Joan, Life After George, Corporate Vibes, Amigos, Metamorphosis, The Tempest and King Lear. He is currently appearing in Hay Fever at the Sydney Opera House for the Sydney Theatre Company.

In 2012 Tony performed in the Australian tour of Yes, Prime Minister for Guild, Woods & Bryce Productions.

He has appeared in numerous television series, including Rake, I Spry, The Prime Minister Is Missing, Underbelly, G.P., All Saints, Hell Has Harbour Views, BackBerner, Grass Roots, 13 Gantry Row, The Paper Boy, One Day Miller and Who Do You Think You Are?.

His film appearances include Illuminations, Inside Looking Out, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Girl who met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris, Fatty Finn, Seeing Red, Man of Flowers, Cosi and Human Touch.

Tony also has worked as a producer on Paul Cox feature films, including Man of Flowers, My First Wife, Cactus, Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh, Human Touch, Salvation and Force of Destiny.





DEIDRE RUBENSTEIN WHO PLAYS MRS. PEARCE(Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

Deidre Rubenstein graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1967, and has appeared nationwide with most of Australia’s major theatre companies.

Her long career includes roles in productions of Mother Courage, Three Sisters, Cloud 9, Top Girls, Wild Honey, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Winter’s Tale, Absurd Person Singular, Broken Glass, As You Like It, She Stoops To Conquer, Merchant of Venice, Morning Sacrifice, The World’s Wife, Life Without Me, Life X3, The Seagull, The History Boys, Night

Letters, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, August Osage County, Richard III, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Glass Menagerie, His Girl Friday, the world premiere of Thursday, A Murder is Announced, Loving Repeating and most recently North By Northwest, Ladies In Black and Violet.

Other music theatre and cabaret appearances include: The Boyfriend, You And The Night And The House Wine, Candide, Variations, Bye Bye Birdie, Bat Boy, Improvement (Don Leaves Linda), Menopause the Musical and Dear World.

Deidre also created and performed in three highly acclaimed solo shows: Dorothy Parker Says, What’s a Girl to Do and Confidentially Yours, which was written for Deidre by seven of Australia’s top playwrights, and toured internationally.

Deidre’s television work includes roles in Water Under The Bridge, GP, Mercury, Introducing Gary Petty, Neighbours, MDA, The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Kick, Altruman and City Homicide. She has held leading roles in Breaking Through and Palace of Dreams, for which she won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress.

She also has appeared in feature films including Siam Sunset, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueberger, Salvation and Force of Destiny.

Deidre is a multi award winning narrator of audio books.





GLEN HOGSTROM WHO PLAYS KARPATHY (Brisbane & Melbourne seasons)

In a career spanning more than 25 years, Glen Hogstrom has covered most aspects of live performance including writing and performing his own music, acrobatics, stunt performance, puppetry and fencing, to musical theatre on stage in Australia and overseas. He has sung, flipped, acted and directed in shows ranging from Shakespeare’s classics, Romeo and Juliet, A Mid-Summer Nights Dream, to contemporary smash hit musicals including Cats, Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, Mamma Mia, Les Misérables, Wicked and most recently, Fiddler on the Roof.





JULIE ANDREWS (DIRECTOR)Julie Andrews has been a beloved and much-honored star of stage, screen and television for more than half a century. She was already a Broadway legend when she made her feature film debut in 1964’s Mary Poppins. Andrews’ iconic performance in the title role of the magical nanny brought her an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award. The following year, she earned a second Oscar® nomination and won another Golden Globe Award for her unforgettable portrayal of Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. She received her third Academy Award® nomination and won another Golden Globe Award for her “dual” role in Victor/Victoria.

Today’s young film audiences may be more familiar with Andrews as a queen trying to train her teenaged granddaughter to be a princess in the hit films The Princess Diaries and its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: The

Royal Engagement. Andrews also voiced the character of Queen Lillian in the blockbuster hits Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third. More recently, she voiced the narration of the hugely successful Disney release of Enchanted. In 2010, Ms Andrews added to her multi-generational appeal with the release of three films, The Tooth Fairy, Shrek Goes Fourth and Despicable Me. Her earlier motion picture credits also include The Americanization of Emily, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Star!, Darling Lili and 10, to name only a few.

Julie was born and raised in England, where she first came to fame as a young musical performer on stage and on radio. She was still in her teens when she made her way across the Atlantic and to Broadway, in her 1953 debut in the musical The Boy Friend. She went on to create the role of Eliza Doolittle in Lerner and Loewe’s Broadway musical My Fair Lady, which became an instant classic and the longest-running musical of its day. Andrews also won a New York Drama Critics Award and garnered a Tony Award nomination for her performance. She received another Tony Award nomination in 1961 when she originated the role of Queen Guinevere in the Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot. Thirty-five years later, Ms Andrews returned to Broadway to star in the 1995 stage adaptation of Victor/Victoria. Julie’s career came full circle in 2005 when she directed a revival of The Boy Friend which toured throughout North America.

Julie has also been honored for her work on television, beginning in 1957 with her Emmy-nominated performance in the title role of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Cinderella. She later won an Emmy Award for her own musical variety series, The Julie Andrews Hour, and also earned Emmy nominations for Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (with her “chum” Carol Burnett) and her performance in the special Sounds of Christmas. Andrews’ more recent television movies includes One Special Night with her friend James Garner, Eloise at the Plaza, Eloise at Christmastime and re-united with Christopher Plummer in the CBS live production of On Golden Pond.

Already an accomplished best-selling author (Mandy, The Last of The Really Great Whangdoodles), Ms Andrews, joined talents with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, to pursue the publishing of books committed to stimulating a sense of wonder in children and young readers. The Julie Andrews Collection was





launched in 2003 and has released over 25 books to date, many of them bestsellers, including the Little Bo series, the Dumpy The Dump Truck franchise, The Great American Mousical, Thanks to You, Simeon’s Gift and The Julie Andrews Collection of Poems, Songs & Lullabies. The musical stage adaptation of Simeon’s Gift toured parts of the US in 2008, including two performances at the Hollywood Bowl, and in London in 2010. Home – A Memoir of My Early Years, Ms Andrews’ autobiography was released in April 2008 to rave reviews and immediately climbed to #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list as well as several other prestigious lists in the US and abroad.

Julie and Emma are enjoying great receptivity to their new franchise of books called The Very Fairy Princess. The initial release ascended rapidly to #1 after its 2010 release on the New York Times Bestseller list and enjoyed top 10 status for over 10 weeks. It was followed in 2011 with The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage (which reached #1 status as well), and then in 2012, The Very Fairy Princess – Here Comes the Flower Girl (which enjoyed top 10 status for several weeks). In 2013, The Very Fairy Princess Sparkles in the Snow was released and has shown its “sparkle” as a perennial by being re-released in November 2014 for the holiday season. Valentine’s Day 2013 was greeted by The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart and the latest picture book was The Very Fairy Princess Graduation Day which was released in April 2014. Interwoven in these releases were several activity books and doodle books and “earlier reader” books that have rounded out the franchise.

Inspired by the success of The Very Fairy Princess franchise, Ms Andrews, in partnership with the Walt

Disney Company and Target, created National Princess Week in 2012 to celebrate the inner sparkle and individuality of children everywhere.

In 2012, Julie adapted and directed her best-selling children’s book The Great American Mousical as a musical for the stage. The project opened at the Norma Terris Theatre at Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut and received a spectacular reception. Several other projects authored by Ms Andrews are currently being developed for filmed and TV entertainment. Although she continues to receive offers for films and TV as an actress, she is immensely enjoying her work “behind the cameras.”

In addition to her stage and screen work, Julie has dedicated her life to her family and to serving important causes, including Operation USA, an international relief organization with which Julie has traveled to such places as Vietnam and Cambodia. From 1992 to 2006 she was honored as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which provides financial and technical support for low-income women in developing countries.

Ms Andrews received her honours as a Dame of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on New Year’s Eve 1999. She was also a 2001 Kennedy Center Honoree.



CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI (CHOREOGRAPHER)Christopher Gattelli was awarded the 2012 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his

choreography in Newsies. As choreographer, his Broadway credits include South Pacific (Tony and Outer

Critics Circle nominations), The King & I (Tony nomination), Sunday In The Park With George, Women

On the Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, Amazing Grace, Godspell, The Ritz, Martin Short: Fame Becomes

Me, 13 and High Fidelity. Off- Broadway, Christopher’s credit’s include Dogfight (Lortel Award), Altar

Boyz (Lortel Award, Callaway Award, Drama Desk Nomination), Bat Boy: The Musical (Lortel Award), tick,

tick, BOOM!, 10 Million Miles, Adrift in Macao and I Love You Because.

In the West End, Christopher’s choreographic credits are South Pacific, Sunday In The Park With George and

tick, tick, BOOM!, while his national and international tours include Altar Boyz, Godspell, Grease, Pooh’s

Perfect Day (World Premiere, Disney Theatricals) and South Pacific at the Sydney Opera House. His regional

credits include The Jungle Book(The Goodman and Huntington Theatres), Little Miss Sunshine (La Jolla

Playhouse), Me and My Girl (Goodspeed Opera House), Tom Jones (North Shore Music Theatre) and O

Henry’s Lovers (Goodspeed’s Norma Terris).

As director/choreographer, his work includes Silence! The Musical (Time Magazine’s top 10 of 2011), the

World Premiere of Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (Goodspeed Opera House), Radio Girl

(Goodspeed’s Norma Terris) and Departure Lounge (The Public Theatre NYSF Summer Series). He recently

directed and choreographed the world premiere of In Your Arms at The Old Globe in San Diego, which he also

co-created, at New York Stage and Film.

He just completed his first feature film, The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!, and two Broadway bound musicals,

The SpongeBob Musical, and War Paint with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, and will next be working

on Disney Theatrical’s Frozen.







OLIVER SMITH (SET DESIGNER)Winner of eight Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, New York City’s Handel Medallion and numerous

other honors, Oliver Smith (1918-1994) was the twentieth century’s most decorated American set designer.

His scenic designs for musical comedy spanned a golden age on Broadway from the 40s through the 70s,

including My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly!, West Side Story, Brigadoon, Camelot, The Sound of Music, and over

sixty others. His designs for the dance included Rodeo, Fall River Legend, Fancy Free and Les Noces (and

many others for American Ballet Theatre, which he co-produced for forty years with Lucia Chase). His films

included Band Wagon, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma! and Porgy and Bess, and his opera designs filled the

stages of the Metropolitan and New York City Operas.

Oliver Smith was born in Waupun, Wisconsin, and moved to Pennsylvania and New York while still a boy.

His parents encouraged an early interest in theatre and opera, and while Smith had originally intended

to become a playwright, he began painting in undergraduate school and moved to New York City after

graduating from college in 1939.

During this first year in New York City, Smith’s watercolors were exhibited in both Brooklyn and Manhattan.

When little sold, he created a theatre design portfolio and set about breaking into show business. It was a

field uniquely suited to his talents, as his sensitivity to the sculpting of space made for scenic designs that

were both beautiful and tailored to the practical needs of individual productions.

In 1941, Smith’s professional debut for Massine’s ballet Saratoga was hailed by a New York critic as a

breakthrough in American scenic design. Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo followed in 1942, and On the Town and

Fancy Free (with Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein) in 1944. Smith’s scenery won raves for each,

launching a career in design for theatre, ballet, opera and film.

Throughout this career, Oliver Smith’s work blended a distinctly American painting style with the

choreographed grace of his moving scenery, creating designs that earned accolades around the world.





CECIL BEATON (COSTUME DESIGNER)Cecil Beaton first designed for the production of Follow the Sun in London. A native of England, Mr Beaton’s

work was seen in such Broadway productions as Cry of the Peacock, The Grass Harp, Noel Coward’s Quadrille,

Look after Lulu, Saratoga, Dear Liar, Tenderloin and My Fair Lady, for which he won a Tony Award. He

won Academy Awards for his designs for two motion pictures, Gigi and My Fair Lady. Mr Beaton was the

author of several books including Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady and he wrote the play The Gainsborough Girls. Mr

Beaton was also a master portrait photographer. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. He retired

in 1977 and died in January, 1980.

ROSARIA SINISI (SCENIC SUPERVISION)Rosaria Sinisi was fortunate enough to study set design with Oliver Smith at NYU’s School of the Arts. After

earning her MFA, she assisted him for five years, working on Broadway, in Hollywood and in Europe before

embarking on her own design career. She designed the original sets for Shining Time Station, art directed

five Tony Award ceremonies, and served as art director and visual consultant for all eight seasons of The

Cosby Show. Her design work also includes film, television commercials and soap operas. While working on

The Cosby Show, Rosaria earned a law degree at NYU, and subsequently practiced copyright law and served

for five years as Vice President for Business Affairs and General Counsel of a company producing websites

for celebrity clients, with a focus on content creation and licensing.

At his death in 1994, Oliver Smith bequeathed his copyrights to Rosaria Sinisi and entrusted her with the

management and supervision of stage revivals of his design works. Since that time, she has supervised

productions using Smith’s ballet and theatre designs (including West Side Story, Fancy Free, Fall River

Legend and West Side Story Suite) around the world, working with (among others) the Jerome Robbins

Rights Trust and the estate of Agnes DeMille, the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the

National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Danish Ballet. She also works with theatre and dance historians

researching the thousands of pieces of theatrical artwork and drafting created by Oliver Smith, which are

now in the Music Division of the Library of Congress. Rosaria lives in Brooklyn, NY, and is a member of

United Scenic Artists Local 829.





JOHN DAVID RIDGE (COSTUME RECREATION)John David Ridge has designed for Broadway, ballet, opera and television. Amongst some of the highlights

are Ring ‘Round The Moon for the Lincoln Center Theater, for which he received a Tony nomination, Robert

Joffrey’s seminal Nutcracker and David Mamet’s A Life In The Theatre, both the original New York production

and on television for PBS. Outside of New York, he designed, amongst many, for the Santa Fe Opera and the

Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

In addition to costume design, Mr Ridge has had an extensive career executing costumes in Los Angeles,

New York and London for stage and film, and from 1993 at his own studio in Los Angeles. Amongst his film

creations are the Spiderman costume for Toby Maguire and Uma Thurman’s costume for Kill Bill.

In fashion, Mr Ridge designed HALSTON for six years after Halston retired in 1984. He has also been

Head of the Costume Department at the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center and Costume Supervisor for the

National Theatre in London.





RICHARD PILBROW (LIGHTING DESIGNER)Richard Pilbrow is one of the world’s leading theatre design consultants, a theatre, film and television

producer, and an author and stage lighting designer. He founded Theatre Projects in London in 1957, and was

a pioneer of modern stage lighting in Britain. He was the first British lighting designer to design the lighting

for a Broadway musical, Zorba. On Broadway he was lighting designer for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are

Dead, The Rothschilds, Four Baboons Adoring The Sun, the Hal Prince revival of Show Boat on Broadway,

in Toronto and London, and the Cy Coleman musical The Life. He was lighting designer for Our Town on

Broadway with Paul Newman, Sir Peter Hall’s The Magic Flute for the Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington

Operas and the 1999 Shakespeare Season at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2007/8 Richard was

lighting designer, with Dawn Chiang, for American Ballet Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan

Opera, and A Tale of Two Cities at the Hirschfeld Theatre. In 2010 for the Irish Repertory Theatre, Richard

lit Candida, and in 2011, with Michael Gottlieb, Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney and Dancing at Lughnasa.

Under his leadership, Theatre Projects Consultants has become the pre-eminent theatre consulting

organization in the world, with over 1200 projects in 70 countries to its credit. Pilbrow was chosen by Laurence

Olivier to be lighting designer and then theatre consultant to the National Theatre of Great Britain. He was

also consultant to the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, the Royal Opera House, Covent

Garden, and many other significant arts buildings in North America, Europe, Hong Kong, China and the

Middle East.

In 1970 his book, Stage Lighting, became a standard international text that has also been published in

China. A second book, Stage Lighting Design – the Art, the Craft, the Life, was published in 1997. In 2011,

Richard completed A Theatre Project - A Backstage Adventure, in both print and e-book formats, about which

UK theatre critic Michael Coveney wrote, “Huge and superbly illustrated. It is an absolute joy to read . . . a

history of theatre from an entirely new and fresh perspective.”





MICHAEL WATERS (SOUND DESIGNER)Michael has over 25 years’ experience in musical theatre and is a Green Room and three-time Helpmann

Award winning sound designer. His recent designs include Fiddler On The Roof (2016 Helpmann nomination

Best Sound Design), Singin’ In The Rain, My Fair Lady, Hugh Jackman’s Broadway To Oz, Anything

Goes (2015 Helpmann Best Sound Design nomination),The King And I (2014 Helpmann Award Best Sound

Design, and 2015 Green Room nomination), Hot Shoe Shuffle (2014 Green Room nomination), and A Funny

Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (2013 Green Room nomination).

World premiere designs include The Rabbits, Dream Lover, Priscilla (2012 DAPA Award, Italy), An Officer

And AGentleman, Doctor Zhivago, soundscape design for ATOMIC – The Musical (Australia/Off-Broadway,

New York), Rolling Thunder Vietnam, Dusty – The Original Pop Diva (2006 Helpmann Award), and Dirty

Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage(2005 Green Room Award).

Other sound designs include The Woman In Black (2007 Helpmann Award), The Boy From Oz with Hugh

Jackman (2007 Helpmann & Green Room nominations), Placido Domingo with Katherine Jenkins, Company,

Pippin, Dead Man Walking, Little Women, Saturday Night Fever (2005 Green Room nomination), and Singin’

In The Rain (2002 Helpmann nomination).

Prior to his musical theatre work, Michael’s early days saw him touring internationally with artists that

include Pink Floyd, Genesis, Phil Collins, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney.





JOHN ISAACS (HAIR AND WIG DESIGN)John Isaacs is an international hair-stylist and designer with over 50 years’ experience. He opened his first

Michael John salon in1967 in Mayfair London at a time when music, couture and hair style was trendsetting

the world.

John’s clients have included the super models of that era including Twiggy, as well as members of the

Royal Family. He has worked with many famous photographers and highly regarded editorial and fashion

magazines such as Vogue and Harpers.

With the major success of Michael John in London, John moved to the US and opened his first salon in

Beverly Hills, California, where he was deluged by celebrities and the Hollywood elite. It was then that

Julie Andrews and her husband, director/writer/producer Blake Edwards, first met and the start of a close

40 year professional and personal relationship ensued. The same was true of Carol Burnett. In 1979 John

was asked by Mr. Edwards to work on the movie 10 with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek, whose style and iconic

look transformed women around the world. John continued to work on the next eight Blake Edwards motion

pictures, including the film, and subsequently, the adapted Broadway version of, Victor Victoria.

Aside from the Blake Edwards’ projects, Mr. Isaacs has designed and styled dozens of major feature films

and television projects – Get Smart, Date Night, Interstellar, Little Fockers, Charlie Wilson’s War, Princess

Diaries 1 & 2, Yes Man to mention a few. He has had the privilege of working with Robert DeNiro, Steve

Carell, Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, James Garner, to name a

few. John has also worked with directors Mike Nichols, Christopher Nolan, Garry Marshall, Shawn Levy and

Peter Weitz.

In theatre John designed the hair and wigs for the 2005 production and tour of The Boyfriend (Miss Andrews

directorial debut), as well as the 2012 musical adaptation of the best-selling book entitled, The Great American

Mousical.

John is thrilled to be part of this production of My Fair Lady.





RICK SHARP (MAKE-UP DESIGN)Rick Sharp commenced his career in 1965 with a three year apprenticeship at Universal Studios, under the

direction and auspices of the legendary Bud Westmore. He rapidly grew to be one of Hollywood’s leading

make-up and facial design artists and has worked on hundreds of well-known American and European

television shows and feature films including Flashdance, Xanadu, Forest Gump, Born on the 4th of July, Top

Gun, Rain Man, The Sting, Days of Thunder, Charlie Wilson’s War, Princess Diaries, Get Smart and Date

Night, plus many of the Blake Edwards films including S.O.B. and Blind Date.

Rick began working with Ms. Andrews in the 1978 film entitled Little Miss Marker (with Walter Matthau and

Tony Curtis) which started a relationship that has spanned almost 40 years.

Other notables and Hollywood legends that Rick has worked with include Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Andy

Garcia, Steve Carell, Diane Keaton, Olivia Newton-John, Kim Basinger and Sally Field among many other

iconic actors. The directors who have brought Mr. Sharp’s talents on board include, Robert Wise, Garry

Marshall, Mike Nichols, Sydney Lumet, Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson and Billy Wilder, just to name a few.

Rick feels very blessed to be working his entire life doing something he so enjoys. He lives in Toluca Lake,

California with his wife Nancy and has recently become a first time grandfather to Ryder Sharp.





GUY SIMPSON (MUSICAL DIRECTOR)Guy Simpson has been working as a Conductor, Orchestrator, Musical Director and Musical Supervisor for

over 35 years.

Guy first conducted My Fair Lady in 1980 and is delighted to return to the show and to be celebrating its

60th anniversary with this new production for Opera Australia.

He is currently writing the 18 piece Big Band arrangements for the new musical Dream Lover – the Bobby

Darin Musical and has recently produced the cast recording for SONY. Last year he worked on the new

musical Ladies in Black for QTC / MTC (music by Tim Finn) for which we was Musical Supervisor and

Orchestrator.

His work on The Phantom of the Opera began in Australia in 1990 and has continued for the past 25 years

with productions in Auckland, Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Brazil

(in Portuguese), Manila, Bangkok, Singapore, Guangzhou, Beijing and Seoul where he produced two cast

recordings in Korean.

He has had a similar long association with Miss Saigon since the original production, conducting or supervising

productions in Australia, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brazil, Seoul, The Netherlands and Japan.

Other international productions include Cats (Australia, New Zealand), Chicago (Australia, Hong Kong) and

We Will Rock You, the QUEEN musical (Australia, Japan).

Recent productions in Australia include Passion, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Funny Thing Happened on the

Way to the Forum starring Geoffrey Rush and Love Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. This

production has been filmed and released on DVD by Universal Pictures.

For The Production Company with Orchestra Victoria in Melbourne, Guy has musically directed Funny Girl,

Call me Madam, Mack and Mabel, The Music Man, They’re Playing our Song, Carousel, Oklahoma!, Camelot,

Little Me, Follies, Promises Promises, Gypsy, Guys and Dolls and West Side Story.

Other productions in Australia include Les Misérables, Cabaret, Company, Into the Woods, Little Shop of

Horrors, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Pirates of Penzance, Snoopy, Seesaw and Zorba.

Guy’s other musical direction work has included the UK Pop/Opera group Amici Forever, The Helpmann

Awards, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Campbell – The Broadway Show.





NAOMI BERGER (ASSOCIATE SCENIC SUPERVISOR)Naomi Berger was attending New York University School of the Arts (now Tisch School of the Arts) as a

lighting design student when she met Oliver Smith, who opened up the world of scenic design to her. She

became his student and later had the honor of assisting Smith on such masterworks as Hello, Dolly! and West

Side Story. While at NYU, Naomi met fellow student Rosaria Sinisi. Over the years, the two have worked

together in various design capacities.

After leaving the theatre world, Naomi became a graphic designer and brand expert, always keeping the

lessons she learned from Smith foremost in her mind. She was delighted when Rosaria asked her to assist in

re-envisioning Oliver Smith’s iconic 1956 My Fair Lady scenery. Naomi views this project as an attempt to

pay tribute to both Oliver Smith, an extraordinary man who continues to have a profound influence on her

life, and to her lifelong friendship with Rosaria Sinisi.

MICHAEL GOTTLIEB (ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGN)Michael Gottlieb (Associate Lighting Designer) lives in New York City. His design credits include the

Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones, numerous productions off-Broadway, and designs for many US regional

theatres including The Goodspeed Opera House, The Old Globe, and The Long Wharf Theatre. In New York,

he enjoys an ongoing relationship with The Irish Repertory Theatre, where he has designed more than

20 productions. His work in television lighting has earned him an Emmy Award and several other award

nominations. Earlier in his career he worked on international tours with composer Steve Reich and musician/

artist Laurie Anderson. He has worked with lighting designer Richard Pilbrow since the 1997 Broadway

production of The Life, collaborating on such other productions as Sir Peter Hall’s production of The Magic

Flute (LA Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco and Washington National Opera), A Tale of Two Cities on

Broadway, and The Great American Mousical directed by Julie Andrews and choreographed by Christopher

Gatelli.





STEPHEN BIENSKIE (ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER)Stephen is an award winning American actor who is continually studying acting, specifically forms of physical

acting. He holds a BFA in Acting and Directing from Montclair State University and he also has an extensive

background in rock music and has performed in many cutting edge American “dive bars” through the years.

He’s has performed on Broadway stages and regional stages across the USA, appeared on American TV

and starred on the hit web series “Submissions Only”. He has been associate/dance captain for Christopher

Gattelli for many productions. Stephen is thrilled to be a part of this resplendent recreation of My Fair

Lady.



KAREN JOHNSON MORTIMER (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR)Karen began her professional career at the age of 15 in the Australian production of Anything Goes starring

Toni Lamond. She recently remounted the 2016 Korean Language production of Wicked in Seoul and was

the Associate Director for the Australasian tour of Wicked for 2014/2015. Karen was the Associate Director

for the 2015 production of Dirty Dancing. She directed the 2012 Australian production of Annie starring

Anthony Warlow and choreographed Turns starring Australian theatre legends Reg Livermore and Nancye

Hayes. Karen directed the Rob Guest Endowment Finalists Concertsin 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Karen was Resident Director for Chicago The Musical, which toured Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong

throughout 2009/2010 and also held this position on Grease-The Arena Spectacular in 2005. In 2008 Karen

was one of four Artistic Directors for the World Youth Day Festival Performances throughout Sydney. In

2004 she completed a Masters Degree at the University of Wollongong in Theatre Research and currently

maintains her position as one of the Artistic Directors for CaSPA (Sydney Catholic Schools Performing Arts).

As a performer, Karen played Cassie in the original Australian production of A Chorus Line and has appeared

in many productions for J.C.Williamsons and Sydney Theatre Company including Company, Conquest of

Carmen Miranda, Damesat Sea, Kiss Me Kate, No No Nanette, Irene as well as GFO productions Cabaret and

Footloose. Throughout the 80’s Karen was a regular solo guest artist on The Don Lane Show and The Mike

Walsh Show.

Karen’s choreographic credits include: Grease-The Mega Musical (GFO), Stones In His Pockets (STC), Leader

of The Pack – The Ellie Greenwich Musical (Star City), Irish Dance Spectacular Anzac Military Tattoo

(Acer Arena), Opening Ceremonies for numerous Bledisloe Cups (Telstra Stadium Sydney & ANZ Stadium

Brisbane), Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Opening Ceremony (Qld), Opening

Ceremony- Fina World Swimming Championships (Melb 2008),Helpmann Awards (2007), Tin Symphony

(Opening Ceremony – 2000 Sydney Olympics), Gold Medallists Gymnastic Gala- 2000 Sydney Olympics

(NBC-USA), Kelly’s Republic (Sydney Festival), Oscar’s Turn To Sing, Wonder Woman (Reg Livermore),

Sacred Cow (Reg Livermore), Norman Gunston Show (ABC TV) and Farnham & Byrne (ABC).




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