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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=white face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold'>Showtune
Productions</span></font></b><font size=2 color=white face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white'> is proud to announce
our cast for the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Australian debut</span></b>
production of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG and the ANGRY INCH</span></b>
which will commence its wicked little out of town preview season at <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>The Clarendon in Katoomba</span></b> from July 7. Cast
in the role of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig</span></b> is
Australian music sensation <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>iOTA</span></b>,
and in the role of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Yitzak</span></b> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City></st1:place>’s highly
acclaimed actress <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>BLAZEY BEST</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=white face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold'>iOTA</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=white face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:white'> burst onto the Australian music scene in 1999 with the release of
his debut album <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Hip
Bone Connection</span></i></b>. He quickly became a live performer of status
netting him a strong grass roots following. He followed up with two albums <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Big Grandfather</span></i></b> and <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>La Caravana</span></i></b>, both critically
acclaimed gaining airplay and boasting many singles. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> iOTA</span></b> has been nominated for six prestigious <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Aria Awards, </span></b>2006 sees the release of<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>his fourth album <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Beauty Queen Of The Sea</span></i></b>.
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig </span></b> is <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>iOTA’s</span></b> first foray into the
world of theatre and we welcome him with lots of love and light we know he will
pull that wig down off the shelf in total style and he will be the best
you’ve ever seen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=white face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold'>BLAZEY
BEST</span></font></b><font size=2 color=white face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white'> is fast becoming one of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
most respected actresses, having starred with most of the nation’s major
theatre companies including <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bell Shakespeare</span></b>
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Sydney Theatre Company</span></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=white face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>“There’s nothing lower case about iOTA’s
dramatic sound. With his riveting vocal range and mellow yet intricate guitar
strummings, he has built a strong cult following.” </span></font></i></b><b><font
size=2 color=white face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:white;font-weight:bold'>The Sun Herald<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold'>7
July to 28 July 2006<br>
THE CLARENDON KATOOMBA<br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#cccccc" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#CCCCCC'>For information and
bookings call The Clarendon on (02) 4782 1322<br>
Performances Friday and Saturday at 8pm $49 show only and $79 dinner and show<br>
<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<br>
</span></i></b></span></font><font color="#cccccc"><span
style='color:#CCCCCC'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH</span></font></b><font
size=2 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#CCCCCC'> tells the story of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig
Schmidt</span></b>, 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. <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig </span></b>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 <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig</span></b> with a one-inch reminder of her
past. <br>
<br>
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, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hedwig</span></b> takes stock of
her situation and forms her own band: The Angry Inch. <br>
</span></font><font color="#cccccc"><span style='color:#CCCCCC'><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=3 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>“The first rock musical that truly rocks”
Rolling Stone Magazine </span></font></i></b><font color="#cccccc"><span
style='color:#CCCCCC'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold'><br>
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#cccccc"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC'> was
originally presented at the Westbeth Theatre Centre on 27 February 1997. It
opened off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre 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. <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>HEDWIG</span></b> 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!). <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Yoko Ono and many more. <br>
<br>
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 WIG 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-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>“Sensational! Hedwig is a phenomenon!” Peter Marks,
The New York Times<br>
</span></font></i></b><b><i><font size=4 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'><br>
</span></font></i></b><b><font size=4 color="#cc3366" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CC3366;font-weight:bold'>Clarendon
Guest House and Theatre<br>
</span></font></b><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><b><font size=4
color="#cc3366" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:#CC3366;font-weight:bold'>68 Lurline Street</span></font></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b><font
size=4 color="#cc3366" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#CC3366;font-weight:bold'>, Katoomba<br>
July 7 to July 28<br>
Friday & Saturday nights at 8pm<br>
$49 Show only or $79 Dinner and show<br>
Bookings 02 4782 1322 </span></font></b><font color="#cccccc"><span
style='color:#CCCCCC'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color="#cccccc" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CCCCCC;font-weight:bold'>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.<br>
Originally produced in <st1:City w:st="on">New York City</st1:City> by David
Binder in association with the <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 w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arnold</st1:City></st1:place>
Engelman, Producing Director.</span></font></b><font size=1 color="#cccccc"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#CCCCCC'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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