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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Showtuners, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It is with great pride that I announce the opening of <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</span></b>, it is an
inspired piece of music theatre that I am sure you are all going to fall in
love with as I did four years ago. We have decided to open our production
in my favourite <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Wicked Little Town</span></b>
of Katoomba at <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Clarendon</span></i>; it
is the perfect home for Hedwig to start her Australian tour de force in the Yule
fest mountain mist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Look forward to seeing you in the <st1:place w:st="on">Blue Mountains</st1:place>
for some serious music theatre magic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Love and Light<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>David Hawkins<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face=Impact><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:Impact'>The long awaited
AUSTRALIAN DEBUT of the cult rock show<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'><img width=537
height=796 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C640C1.7F275DF0"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>For
information and bookings call The Clarendon on (02) 4782 1322<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>Performances
Friday and Saturday at 8pm $49 show only<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>“The most wholly rounded piece of ROCK theatre we have
seen in years” David Bowie</span></font></i></b><i><font size=4
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";
font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> tells the story
of Hedwig Schmidt, the unfortunate victim of a gruesomely botched sex-change
operation, and an "internationally ignored song-stylist". Her journey
to find true love, "her other half", is a rock and roll odyssey which
leads her across the Berlin Wall, across the world, and from man to woman. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'>Hedwig begins her journey as Hansel, a young boy growing up in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
under a Stalinesque regime, and the equally strict regime of his mother. He
finds what he believes to be an escape from his dreary existence in the form of
a handsome "sugar daddy" – an American G.I. named Luther, who
promises to take him away from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
The caveat, however, is that Luther can only take a bride back to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Desperate to escape his situation, Hansel willingly agrees to a sex-change
operation – an operation which is botched, leaving Hedwig with a one-inch
reminder of her past. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'>Abandoned by her husband, living a down-and-out existence in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
Hedwig's journey to find her other half seems to have ground to a halt. Having
fallen in love again, this time with Tommy Gnosis, who leaves her when he
becomes a Rock and Roll Superstar, Hedwig takes stock of her situation and
forms her own band: The Angry Inch.</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“The
first rock musical that truly rocks” Rolling Stone Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> was originally
presented at the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Westbeth Theatre Centre</span></i>
on 27 February 1997. It opened off-Broadway at the <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Jane Street Theatre</span></i> on 14 February 1998. The show was an
instant hit, honoured at the OBIE (off-Broadway) awards, and nominated for 4
Drama Desk awards, including Outstanding Musical, Music, Lyrics, and Actor
(John Cameron Mitchell). The cast recording was also nominated for a Grammy for
Best Musical Show Album. This production closed on 9 April 2000 - a three-year
run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> toured
extensively in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region> (LA
Production was produced by David Bowie) as well as productions in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iceland</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region>, and the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> national tour is still
running!).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>2001 saw the release of the New line
Cinema Feature Film of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG</span></b>
which won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival (Director’s Award and
Audience Award) and over 18 International and USA film awards including the
Berlin International Film Festival’s prestigious Teddy Award for Best
Picture and Best Foreign Film at the British International Film Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>In 2004, a celebrity album ‘Wig In A
Box’ was released celebrating the songs from <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>HEDWIG</span></b>. Artists included Cyndi Lauper, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Rufus
Wainwright</st1:PersonName>, Ben Folds, Yoko Ono and many more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Now it is <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s turn to get that <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>WIG</span></b> down off the shelf and experience the
best roller coaster rock show since The Rocky Horror Show LIVE ON-STAGE.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“Sensational!
Hedwig is a phenomenon!” Peter Marks, The New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>For
information and bookings call The Clarendon on (02) 4782 1322<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>The
Clarendon Guesthouse and Theatre – <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">68 Lurline Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Katoomba<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>Performances
Friday and Saturday at 8pm $49 show only<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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