From the producers of OKLAHOMA comes one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time, GUYS &DOLLS. Don't miss the show that Time Magazine says is "without a doubt the greatest of all American musicals!".
Harvest Rain's QPAC season starred TV heartthrob Ian Stenlake (Stingers, Sea Patrol), musical theatre stars Wayne Scott Kermond (Singin' in the Rain, Candyman) Liz Buchanan (Hairspray) and Angela Harding (Oklahoma, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Australian TV icon Daryl Somers (Hey, Hey! It's Saturday) as Nicely Nicely Johnson, GUYS & DOLLS in an unmissable theatrical event!
Featuring some of Broadway's most iconic tunes - including "Luck be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" - GUYS & DOLLS takes us back to 1940's New York where small-time gambler Nathan Detroit bets his big-time pal Sky Masterson that he can't make the next "doll" he sees fall in love with him. When that doll turns out to be the local neighbourhood missionary, the scene is set for an unforgettable evening of entertainment.
This Tony Award winning musical with it's colourful costumes and breathtaking choreography will delight musical theatre lovers of all ages.
Based on a story and characters of DAMON RUNYON Music and Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER Book by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive Agent for Music Theatre International (NY)
- Venue Format
- Theatre
- Technical Rating
- Touring Party
- 35
- Considerations
To keep the costs of GUYS & DOLLS down for the tour, the show will use professionally recorded orchestral backing tracks instead of an orchestra. Stars such as Daryl Somers, Ian Stenlake and Wayne Scott Kermond will be recast in the show subject to their availability.
Harvest Rain is one of Australia’s leading musical theatre companies, having been producing musical theatre productions of the highest calibre for over thirty years.
Harvest Rain is renowned for presenting high quality musical theatre productions, from small and intimate productions to major arena spectactulars. Over 40,000 patrons across Australia enjoy a Harvest Rain production each year.
Harvest Rain is also a breeding ground for new talent - thousands of young performers have enjoyed their first experience on stage through the company's large scale arena productions and the many unique training opportunities the company offers. Many of these young stars have gone on to forge successful careers in the entertainment industry.
More than three decades after it began, Harvest Rain remains committed to providing engaging, professional musical theatre experiences to its artists and its audiences, and enriching training and employment opportunities to performing artists of all ages.
- Company Website
- harvestrain.com.au
Unique Selling Point
Daryl Somers and Ian Stenlake star in Guys & Dolls, supported by a cast of 18 all singing, all dancing actors. The production includes a full show set and lavish costumes with songs that audiences will know and love.
Community Engagement
Harvest Rain held successful workshops of GUYS & DOLLS for both teenagers and adults of the Brisbane community in which participants got to learn a dance number from the show with the Choreographer, a song from the show with the Musical Director, then got a backstage tour of the set, costumes, props, etc with the Director and to meet and greet the cast. We would be able to do a similar workshop if GUYS & DOLLS were to tour at each location. The objective for the participants would be to see and experience what it would be like to be in a professional musical theatre production, working with the original production team.
Comments/Reviews
Lynette Denny, Patron
Media Review
"Hearty congratulations on a wonderful production. The direction, design, choreography, and pace were excellent, not to mention the quality and energy of all the cast! Would you please pass on my congratulations to cast and crew. It is wonderful to see Harvest Rain making such wonderful progress, and producing work of outstanding quality."