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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Subscribers, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a show that is opening this week in Melbourne called ‘Hedwig
and the Angry Inch’ we have had two great seasons in New South Wales and I
am now very excited to be sharing this awesome piece of music theatre with the
city that inspired me to mount the production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I hope to see you all there, for a wild night in the theatre
like never before.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>David Hawkins<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Showtune Productions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.showtune.com.au/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.showtune.com.au</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.hedwig.com.au/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.hedwig.com.au</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG ROCKS INTO <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">MELBOURNE</st1:City></st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>“Let’s cut to the chase Hedwig and the Angry
Inch is the most exciting piece of music theatre to hit <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City></st1:place> in years and is shaping up as one of
2006’s essential theatre experiences. Miss this and you’ll be
sorry” Jason Blake – <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The
Sun Herald<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>“There’s more than enough appeal in the savagely
witty, trash-talking surface and raucous rock-punk-country-ballad-whatever
score.”<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> The Australian<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>“iOTA in the title role is amazing. He finds the
tenderness, the glamour, the trashines” Veronica Hannon - <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Sx News<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>“Aussie Hedwig isn’t a musical, it’s a
rock extravaganza. There is only one thing you have to do: See it! See
it! See it!” Mar Garvey- <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Drum
Media<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></i></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=450
height=619 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C6D215.CC5D4A90"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Hedwig and the Angry
Inch</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#333333"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#333333'> explores the themes of bittersweet regret, disappointment and
the strength to survive. The love child of Marlene Dietrich and Ziggy Stardust,
Hedwig will rock into the Athenaeum Theatre Melbourne. <br>
<br>
Starring rock sensation <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>iOTA</span></b> as
`Hedwig` and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Blazey Best</span></b> as `</span></font><font
size=2 color="#996699"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#996699'> </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Yitzhak’,
the duo nurture the dramatic notes of the internationally celebrated cult-rock
musical <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig and The Angry Inch</span></b>
while delivering a high voltage glam rock performance that fans have been dying
to see. <br>
<br>
Melbourne audiences will experience what <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>David
Bowie</span></b> says is <i><span style='font-style:italic'>`the most wholly
rounded piece of rock theatre we have seen in years.`</span></i> Vulnerable and
gritty, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>iOTA</span></b> as `Hedwig` turns in
an explosive, critically acclaimed performance, weaving a reach tapestry of
duplicity, loneliness, love and stardom. <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</span></b> is a
rock ‘n’ roll odyssey tracing the fate of an East Berlin boy
(Hansel), whose escape to the west can only happen via a tragic sex change
operation and marriage to American G.I, ‘sugar-daddy’ Luther,
Hansel, now Hedwig, is left with a one-inch reminder of her past and a few
anger management issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>“The
first rock musical that truly rocks” Rolling Stone Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Directed
by Craig Ilott<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Musical
Direction by Tina Harris<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Choreography
by Ross Coleman<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Athenaeum
Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>188 Collins St</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:City w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:City></span></font></st1:address><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>PREVIEWS</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 6 Sept and
7 Sept at 8pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>And 8 Sept at
7:30pm and 10:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Opens
Saturday 9 Sept at 8pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Plays 9 to 24 Sept,
2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Performance
times Tues, Wed, Thu @ 8pm, Fri and Sat @ 7:30pm and 10:30pm, Sundays at 5pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Previews
</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All tickets $40.95<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>A-Reserve<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Full price:$56.25<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Concession:$45.95<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>B-Reserve<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Full price:$45.95<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Concession:$40.95<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Groups
(10+)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A-Reserve:$45.95<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bookings (03) 9650
1500 or 136 100 or any Ticketmaster outlet<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For online booking <a
href="http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/">www.ticketmaster.com.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.hedwig.com.au/">www.hedwig.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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