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24.01.2022 Jammin' on the wharf! #ThrowbackThursday to Chloé Zuel and Maxwell Simon rehearsing their duet Wildly Unexpected before the final show last Sunday. No rehearsal needed really, but we're glad they shot this video - such gorgeous vocals. Gareth James Hudson is superb on guitar as always.

21.01.2022 Meet the Cooks! We are thrilled to announce two of Australia’s finest musical theatre performers are leading the cast for the staged workshop performance of Between Worlds. Blake Erickson and Pippa Grandison will star in the roles of Commander James Cook and Elizabeth Cook in the show’s first public presentation July 15 & 16 at the Australian Theatre for Young People.... The pair join a cast of 17 actors bringing to life a story that reimagines for today’s audiences the ecstasy and tragedy of the explorer’s ‘first contact’ with native Hawaiians in 1779, when he was welcomed as their god, Lono. Click here to buy tickets (all seats $25) www.betweenworldsmusical.com/booktickets You can also lend a hand to help create this new Australian musical by following our website link to the Australian Cultural fund and join the crowdfunding campaign http://www.betweenworldsmusical.com/cultural-fund See you at the wharf! BLAKE ERICKSON: Blake has had a prolific career in Australian theatre. In 2015 he appeared in nine music theatre productions alone, including his New York debut leading the cast of Stalker: The Musical, at the Lynn Redgrave Theater. He spent 2016 on tour with the international production of Cameron Mackintosh's Les Misérables, and has credits for workshopping seven new Australian musicals and performing in five productions for the Neglected Musicals Initiative. Blake won Best Actor at the inaugural Sydney Fringe Festival Awards for his performance in the title role of the one-man show Pearls Before Swine: An Evening With Orson Welles (Neil Gooding Prod.). He late embarked on a national tour of this production to high acclaim. PIPPA GRANDISON: Pippa’s recent career highlights include the role of Barbara in Michael Gow’s Europe at the Seymour Centre, Mrs Braddock in The Graduate alongside Jerry Hall, the role of Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins for Disney/Cameron Mackintosh (Australia/NZ tour), Small Time Gangster for Boiler Maker Burburry Entertainment and the role of Elphaba for the Sydney season of the Broadway smash hit Wicked for the Gordon Frost Organisation. In musical theatre Pippa, has also starred in Kookaburra’s production of Company, Michael Coppel’s We Will Rock You, The Production Company’s The Pajama Game, Jacobsen Entertainment’s The Witches of Eastwick, The Ensemble’s production of Mary Bryant and the Sydney Theatre Company’s Into the Woods and A Little Night Music. Among her television credits are: Home and Away; Underbelly: Razor; Magical Tales; All Saints; Balmain Boys; South Pacific; Water Rats; E Street; GP; Brides of Christ; Golden Fiddles; A Country Practice; and Channel 9’s Here Come the Habibs. Pippa has also appeared in feature films such as Muriel’s Wedding, Mr Accident, A Change of Heart, Hotel de Love, Dating the Enemy, and Over the Hill.

20.01.2022 Here is cast member Matilda Moran talking about our last workshop in Sydney, back in January, 2016. Please check out our crowd-funding campaign that will help us achieve our first public showing in July, 2017! https://australianculturalfund.org.au//between-worlds-a-n/ http://aussietheatre.com.au//new-australian-workshops-worl

20.01.2022 http://www.stagewhispers.com.au//captain-cooks-demise-musi

18.01.2022 We’ve always wanted to bring Between Worlds to Hawai’i for comments from Native Hawaiians. Our aim as creators is to honour Hawaiian culture and the revered historical persons in our story. Yet, we wonder how Hawaiians feel about these representations. We’re delighted to announce that Chuck Gessert, Artistic Director at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea on the Big Island of Hawai’i, will show Between Worlds to the Hawaiian community through a rehearsed presentation of dialogue and son...gs. http://kahilutheatre.org/Home Nick and Gareth will join the week-long rehearsal in July and be on hand to welcome feedback from the reading. Nick has visited Hawai’i twice in recent months promoting the show. Incredibly, he came across contemporary Lono priests whose ancestors greeted James Cook at Kealakekua Bay. Their enthusiasm about the script and helpful suggestions were priceless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLhkCrFZ8E4

17.01.2022 Announcing the amazing cast for Between Worlds staged workshop performances 15 & 16 July. Join us at ATYP to be part of history, as Australia's finest musical theatre actors create new art. See you on the wharf! Book now http://www.betweenworldsmusical.com/

17.01.2022 HUGE thanks! What an incredible journey it's been over these last few weeks. The audience response and feedback has been phenomenal and we have a clear path forward for the next stage of development for Between Worlds. We cannot thank our hardworking and amazing cast and crew enough for bringing our story to the stage for the first time. Your passion and talent are boundless. ... We'd also like to thank our audiences for coming with us on this journey, and our generous donors who believe in bringing new Australian works into life. Our heartfelt thanks to our Director and Musical Director Jason and Michael for their vision, patience, and mentorship. Their love for creating new musical theatre works is irrepressible, and for that we are most grateful. Nick & Gareth x

17.01.2022 After so much interest in my article on The Conversation recently, I've finally set up a blog! Here is my first post highlighting how much Australian Musical T...heatre is being performed and workshopped in 2017. I will be adding another article in the next few days discussing how we might move towards larger scale productions of Australian musicals. In the future I will also be writing about vocal coaching and all things MT. Please SHARE this post widely to spread the word about these great new musicals, FOLLOW @mtvocalcoach on Twitter, COMMENT on the article and FOLLOW the blog! I'm looking forward to continuing to spread the word! See more

15.01.2022 Oh what a night! Could not have asked for more. Thank you to our fabulous actors for bringing our characters to life. Mahalo to Chuck and everyone involved at Kahilu Theatre. :)

15.01.2022 Adding the final touches! We are SOLD OUT Saturday night and Sunday matinee - still a handful of tickets left for Saturday matinee @ 3pm. Get in quick!!

13.01.2022 In just a few short days we'll be presenting our story and music to the world for the first time in a stage workshop performance! Some of our incredible actors chat about the workshop process, and the amazing journey Between Worlds has been on over the last few weeks. Tickets are now almost sold out! However you can still help bring our show the stage and support new Aussie work by donating to the Australian Cultural Fund campaign: www.betweenworldsmusical.com/cultural-fund

12.01.2022 Between Worlds rehearsals are in full swing! Drama is high and the crew are feeling rebellious at the delay in finding a safe harbour. Thanks so much to all our supporters who have been so generous. You can still contribute to our crowdfunding campaign: www.betweenworldsmusical.com/cultural-fund Book tickets for the Staged Workshop Performance on the 15 & 16 of July: www.betweenworldsmusical.com/booktickets

12.01.2022 The Queen Arrives! Between Worlds creators have been searching all around Australia for our Hawaiian Queen. As fate would have it, she was found ‘next door’, in Gareth and Nick’s hometown of Newcastle.... We are delighted to welcome Newcastle singer/songwriter/actor Marissa Saroca, to the Between Worlds family. She’ll be on stage 15 & 16 July at ATYP. See you there! MARISSA SAROCA: Marissa Saroca started her career in the industry as a professional musician/singer whilst training at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music. She won Best Female Vocals at both the 2005 and 2006 ABC Newcastle Music Awards and was a finalist in the Pop category of the 2012 MusicOz Awards. Marissa is an in demand session singer, having worked for the Austereo Network, countless independent and signed artists, and commercial giants such as Maybelline. As an independent artist she has released two albums, Cheaper Than Therapy (2008) and Boys Write Love Songs Too (2012). Marissa’s training in music theatre began in independent/pro-am theatre in her home town of Newcastle, Australia, with lead roles as ‘Maureen’ in Rent, ‘Gabriella’ in High School Musical, and the Hawaiian goddess ‘Hina’ in the rock opera Shining Isle, the first collaboration of Between Worlds writers Nick Higginbotham and Gareth Hudson. In 2013, Marissa moved to the Philippines when she was chosen to participate in the blind auditions for ABS-CBN’s The Voice of the Philippines. Chosen by industry legend Lea Salonga for Team Lea, Marissa made an unforgettable impact on the show. She then had her debut in professional theatre with featured ensemble roles in Ghost and Shrek for Atlantis Productions in Manila. Marissa is currently working as a full-time professional musician, is in pre-production for her third original album, and will be reprising the role of ‘Maureen’ in Rent (Hunter Drama) later this year.

12.01.2022 On a journey to understand the Hawaiian god Lono, Gareth and Nick, creators of Between Worlds, traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii to begin writing the show. They were helped by their friend and cultural advisor, Kahikhealani Wight. Enjoy this little video of their trip and what they discovered.

10.01.2022 Between Worlds reading - July 2018

10.01.2022 Recording some last minute demos! Workshop starts this Monday! Still time to contribute. Would greatly appreciate your support! https://australianculturalfund.org.au//between-worlds-a-n/

07.01.2022 After week two of rehearsals, Between Worlds is really shaping up to be something special with such a talented and generous cast. Chloé Zuel and Marissa Saroca chat about learning Gareth's musical score. Spoiler alert - the songs get stuck in your head!

05.01.2022 The creation process! Go behind the scenes with Gareth & Nick as they record a demo of the song "Blind" from Between Worlds. https://youtu.be/md4KG0qgN44

04.01.2022 We made it! Taro burgers and root beer for lunch - all ready for our first rehearsal.

03.01.2022 Creating the score!