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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bookings are now open for the Australian debut of the HIT
New York Cult Rock Show <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“HEDWIG
and the ANGRY INCH”</span></i></b> at The Clarendon in Katoomba. If you
have never been to <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Clarendon</span></b> (famous
for <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Reg Livermore</st1:PersonName>’s
shows) in the past then this is a perfect time to experience <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>The Clarendon </span></b>and the Blue Mountains and do
it YULEFEST style. The Australian debut of <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>“HEDWIG and the ANGRY INCH”</span></i></b> has
been three years in the planning and we are so pleased to be opening at The
Clarendon where we have enjoyed much success with <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>“Nom de Plume”</span></i></b> and <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“Intimate and Deadly”. </span></i></b>The
show is not being released to the media until April so this is your chance to
get in early and ensure a very wild night with <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>HEDWIG</span></b> in the mountain mist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame'><b><font
size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>7<sup>th</sup> July to 18<sup>th</sup> August<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame'><b><font
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bold'>For information and bookings call The Clarendon on (02) 4782 1322<br>
Performances Friday and Saturday at 8pm $49 show only $79 Dinner and Show<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame'><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Text by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame'><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN TRASK<br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“The most wholly
rounded piece of ROCK theatre we have seen in years” David Bowie<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG AND THE
ANGRY INCH</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
The caveat, however, is that Luther can only take a bride back to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame'><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;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-element:frame'><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG AND THE
ANGRY INCH</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 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:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> national tour is still
running!). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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-element:frame'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now it is <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’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 style='mso-element:frame'><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;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 style='mso-element:frame'><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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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><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Produced Off Broadway by Peter Askin,Susann Brinkley and
James B. Freydberg at the Jane Street Theatre where it opened February 14, 1998,
under the direction of Peter Askin.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Originally produced in <st1:City w:st="on">New York City</st1:City>
by David Binder in association with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Westbeth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Arnold
Engelman, Producing Director. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Clarendon Guest House and Theatre <br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">68 Lurline Street</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Katoomba <br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>July 7 to August 18</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><br>
Friday & Saturday nights at 8pm <br>
$49 (Show only) $79 (Dinner and Show) <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Accommodation Packages also available<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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