A gifted singer, honest actress & stunning storyteller
Dress to impress for this stunning night of opera under the stars at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary’s Village Green. With enticing cuisine on offer, be transported to the streets of Italy in this atmospheric and as the name suggests, a WILD take on an open air opera house.
Hot on the heels of sell-out seasons at The Arts Centre Gold Coast with her shows Rumour Has It and Wrecking Ball, The Voice finalist Naomi Price, will deliver some incredible renditions of opera’s and musical theatre’s most popular pieces.
Rosa Guitar Trio will open the evening with their beautiful tapestry of Latin, classical and contemporary guitar music, including works by Piazzolla, Vivaldi and more.
Site Opens: 4.00pm
5.00pm – Rosa Guitar Trio
6.30pm – Naomi Price
From the director of North by Northwest, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and The Drowsy Chaperone comes a musical production like no other, based on Madeleine St John’s novel, The Women in Black.
In the haplessly dowdy, provincial city of 1950s Sydney, the Goode’s department store does as much as it can to give off an air of cosmopolitanism. Into this enclave of borrowed elegance steps Lesley, taking a holiday job in Ladies Frocks while she awaits her school leaving results. She hopes for university and the life beyond it, yet for a few weeks she will get a glimpse of another life, the working life of the impeccable Ladies in Black, who dress the salubrious North Shore housewives with taste and grace.
A celebration of glamour, gowns and growing up, Madeleine St John’s wry, ironic novel The Women in Black uncannily evoked the speech and manners of a vanished Australia, caught in a self-conscious yearning to be stylish and European.
Now, the light-hearted rhythm of St John’s prose has been perfectly transcribed into a sparkling new musical by songwriter Tim Finn (Split Enz, Poor Boy), and writer Carolyn Burns, fresh from her triumphant adaptation of Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. Former MTC Artistic Director Simon Phillips returns to direct a cast led by Christen O’Leary (Company, The Boy from Oz), Bobby Fox (Jersey Boys) and Naomi Price (The Voice Australia).
Step through the doors of F.G. Goode’s department store and into a marvellous musical whirl of glitz and glamour with Ladies in Black. This world premiere adaptation of Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel, The Women in Black, is brought to life by internationally-acclaimed director Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Love Never Dies) with original music from superstar singer and musician, Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House).
Sydney is crossing the threshold between the stuffy repression of the 1950s and the glorious liberation of the 1960s. Bright-eyed bookish school leaver Lisa is to join the sales staff in the city’s most prestigious department store. In that summer of innocence, a world of possibilities opens up as she befriends the colourful denizens of the women’s frocks department – including her new mentor, the exotic European Magda, mysterious mistress of the gowns.
With a dash of delicate comedy, Ladies in Black is a magical modern-day fairytale set in a city on the cusp of becoming cosmopolitan, and marks the triumphant return of musical theatre to Queensland Theatre Company’s stage.
Director: Simon Phillips
Musical Director: Isaac Hayward
Orchestrations: Guy Simpson
Lighting Designer: David Walters
Cast Includes: Kathryn McIntyre, Christen O’Leary, Naomi Price and Angela Toohey
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In this brand new season for Queensland Theatre Company, Adele’s busting out some new songs, with fresh arrangements, and her infamous, up-to-the-moment, scathing social satire, delivered the way only a loudmouthed Londoner can!
Part MTV unplugged, part intimate bedroom lament, Rumour Has It marries a modern-day music legend with Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star.
You’re invited to spend an evening with Adele: Grammy goddess, young mum, and potty-mouthed everywoman. Joined on stage by a big band of Australia’s best musicians, Adele spills all the intimate details about life on the road, love on the rocks, and the prick who took a sledgehammer to her heart.
Award-winning Rumour Has It stars Naomi Price, last seen in 2014’s smash hit Gloria, in her acclaimed portrayal of the pop idol, and features all Adele’s hits including Skyfall, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You.
In a world exclusive, Australia’s fastest-rising cabaret star Naomi Price returns by popular demand with a double-bill of the little red company’s celebrated original pop culture cabarets Rumour Has It and Wrecking Ball.
The Matilda Award winning Rumour Has It sees Price channel global superstar Adele, belting out all of the Grammy winner’s biggest hits in a 70-minute tell-all that seesaws between MTV stadium concert and intimate bedroom lament.
“Rumour Has It is set to an incredible soundtrack of Adele’s genre-defying original songs – big, profound vignettes about great loves lost and found. It takes audiences on a really moving journey, full of big laughs and a tremendous amount of heart.” – Naomi Price
Wrecking Ball is inspired by pop’s most controversial and colourful headline-stealer Miley Cyrus, set in Nashville at the funeral of Miley’s alter-ego Hannah Montana.
“Wrecking Ball has been described as surprisingly emotional and compassionate; our treatment of Miley’s story is an unexpected one fuelled by an eclectic musical catalogue of dirty American country, gospel and blues.” – Naomi Price
For both shows, Price is backed by a big band of Australia’s most sought-after musicians, guaranteeing an unforgettable night of world-class entertainment. Wrecking Ball and Rumour Has It play back-to-back one night only in The Showroom at the Arts Centre Gold Coast.
“Incredible pipes, a top-class band, some shrewd writing and buckets of charm.” The Courier-Mail
“Price is a true cabaret artist, in the best sense of the word.” Greenroom
“Rumour Has It that Naomi Price is the next big thing in Australian cabaret.” Aussie Theatre
“Wrecking Ball blasts judgements and breaks walls.” Concrete Playground
Wrecking Ball
Created by Adam Brunes & Naomi Price
Music Director Jason McGregor
Lighting Design Jason Glenwright
Production Manager Jamie Taylor
Starring Naomi Price with Mik Easterman, Rachel Everett-Jones, Andrew Johnson, Michael Manikus and Jason McGregor
Rumour Has It
Created by Adam Brunes & Naomi Price
Music Director Jason McGregor
Lighting Design Jason Glenwright
Production Manager Jamie Taylor
Starring Naomi Price with Mik Easterman, Rachel Everett-Jones, Andrew Johnson, Luke Kennedy, Michael Manikus, Jason McGregor & Lai Utovou
Please Note – This show is a part of a double bill. Tickets can be bought to one show or both shows at a discounted rate.
DATE Sat 26 September
TIME 7.00pm / 8.45pm
VENUE Paradise Showroom
DURATION 60 Min ( no interval)
COST
Adult $32.00,
Concession $28.00,
Seniors $28.00
Student (secondary / tertiary) $28.00
Double bill ticket to both shows $51.20
In an international collaboration, Queensland Music Festival (QMF) will draw on the spirit of the Anzacs to present One Hundred & One Years, a series of inspiring concerts that both commemorates the sacrifice made by our armed forces and celebrates the peace that we enjoy today.
From Wagner to Tipperary, music from the last 101 years (1914-2015) is interwoven with rarely seen archival footage and evocative readings sourced from diaries, letters, and soldiers’ own stories.
In honour of the men and women who fought for their country, and in reflection on their youth, these open-air concerts will put the spotlight on young actors and musicians, including specially formed 30-piece community brass bands and a chorus of narrators in both Townsville and Brisbane.
Celebrating the spirit of reconciliation and respect, QMF will present, for the first time in Australia, the world-renowned Saxon Wind Philharmonic from Germany, playing alongside our stellar Australian Army bands. Don’t miss your chance to witness this powerful and fitting tribute to those, past and present, who have laid down their lives in the pursuit of peace.
WHEN: Sunday 19 July 2015 at 6pm
WHERE: Riverstage, Brisbane
COST: Free
Vocalists: Ben Mingay, Naomi Price, Zac Parkes
Saxon Wind Philharmonic
Conducted by Professor Thomas Clamor
Australian Army Band Brisbane
Officer Commanding Major Jeff Cocks
Brisbane and Townsville Community Brass Bands
Conducted by Howard Taylor
Marguerite Pepper, Creative Producer
Daniel Evans, Researcher/Writer/Director
Howard Taylor, Musical Director
Josh McIntosh, Production Designer
Jason Organ, Lighting Designer
optikal bloc, Projection Designers
In an international collaboration, Queensland Music Festival (QMF) will draw on the spirit of the Anzacs to present One Hundred & One Years, a series of inspiring concerts that both commemorates the sacrifice made by our armed forces and celebrates the peace that we enjoy today.
From Wagner to Tipperary, music from the last 101 years (1914-2015) is interwoven with rarely seen archival footage and evocative readings sourced from diaries, letters, and soldiers’ own stories.
In honour of the men and women who fought for their country, and in reflection on their youth, these open-air concerts will put the spotlight on young actors and musicians, including specially formed 30-piece community brass bands and a chorus of narrators in both Townsville and Brisbane.
Celebrating the spirit of reconciliation and respect, QMF will present, for the first time in Australia, the world-renowned Saxon Wind Philharmonic from Germany, playing alongside our stellar Australian Army bands. Don’t miss your chance to witness this powerful and fitting tribute to those, past and present, who have laid down their lives in the pursuit of peace.
WHEN: Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July 2015 at 6.30pm
WHERE: Jezzine Barracks, Townsville
COST: Free
Vocalists: Ben Mingay, Naomi Price, Zac Parkes
Saxon Wind Philharmonic
Conducted by Professor Thomas Clamor
Townsville 1RAR Band
Officer Commanding Major Lindsay Mee
Brisbane and Townsville Community Brass Bands
Conducted by Howard Taylor
Marguerite Pepper, Creative Producer
Daniel Evans, Researcher/Writer/Director
Howard Taylor, Musical Director
Josh McIntosh, Production Designer
Jason Organ, Lighting Designer
optikal bloc, Projection Designers
In an international collaboration, Queensland Music Festival (QMF) will draw on the spirit of the Anzacs to present One Hundred & One Years, a series of inspiring concerts that both commemorates the sacrifice made by our armed forces and celebrates the peace that we enjoy today.
From Wagner to Tipperary, music from the last 101 years (1914-2015) is interwoven with rarely seen archival footage and evocative readings sourced from diaries, letters, and soldiers’ own stories.
In honour of the men and women who fought for their country, and in reflection on their youth, these open-air concerts will put the spotlight on young actors and musicians, including specially formed 30-piece community brass bands and a chorus of narrators in both Townsville and Brisbane.
Celebrating the spirit of reconciliation and respect, QMF will present, for the first time in Australia, the world-renowned Saxon Wind Philharmonic from Germany, playing alongside our stellar Australian Army bands. Don’t miss your chance to witness this powerful and fitting tribute to those, past and present, who have laid down their lives in the pursuit of peace.
WHEN: Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July 2015 at 6.30pm
WHERE: Jezzine Barracks, Townsville
COST: Free
Vocalists: Ben Mingay, Naomi Price, Zac Parkes
Saxon Wind Philharmonic
Conducted by Professor Thomas Clamor
Townsville 1RAR Band
Officer Commanding Major Lindsay Mee
Brisbane and Townsville Community Brass Bands
Conducted by Howard Taylor
Marguerite Pepper, Creative Producer
Daniel Evans, Researcher/Writer/Director
Howard Taylor, Musical Director
Josh McIntosh, Production Designer
Jason Organ, Lighting Designer
optikal bloc, Projection Designers