Original creative team reuniting for Opera Australia Secret Garden

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/21/19 at 7:54pm

How exciting!

https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/the-secret-garden-sydney

[ukpuppetboy]

Posted: 8/21/19 at 8:02pm

We can still have Anthony Warlow and Phillip Quast, right? Or do we not deserve them lately?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/21/19 at 8:12pm

Was just about to say something about Warlow & Quast. Or maybe if they don't want to repeat their roles, Warlow could play Neville and Quast could play Ben Weatherstaff.

Big year for SECRET GARDEN. There's a new film version written by Jack Thorne and starring Colin Firth, too.

[mikey2573]

Posted: 8/22/19 at 12:30am

Australia?  Considering that this will (I assume) recreate the stunning original production I hope that this is preserved on video and released commercially.  That is probably the only way I will get to see it.  

[ActorGuyIL]

Posted: 8/22/19 at 11:13am

Great - hope it's not the re-written version. And hopefully then a 30th anniversary revival on Broadway.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/22/19 at 11:25am

I am semi-seriously thinking of going. I've been to Australia before and if you think the flight is too long... well, it's just one day in your life. And you reclaim it.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 11/23/19 at 7:37pm

Now starring Anthony Warlow.
 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Anthony-Warlow-to-Return-to-THE-SECRET-GARDEN-in-Australia-20191123

[ukpuppetboy]

Posted: 11/23/19 at 7:43pm

Yes now THAT is exciting. Still keeping everything crossed for Phillip Quast as well though. But I’ll definitely be there in Melbourne now, after missing it the first time around (though I did catch Quast in the RSC production in Stratford). They’re both world class and you’d be a fool to pass-up seeing Anthony Warlow in anything.  

Updated On: 11/24/19 at 07:43 PM

[SweetLips22]

Posted: 11/24/19 at 2:10am

LizzieCurry said: "I am semi-seriously thinking of going. I've been to Australia before and if you think the flight is too long... well, it's just one day in your life. And you reclaim it."

You're right Lizzie---it's ONE DAY.  Maybe because Australia is such a long way from the rest of the world, it doesn't stop us from being one of the most travelled nations on the planet. If we want to go somewhere/anywhere, we just get on a plane and Go.

You walk in a door, sit down, eat sleep are entertained and walk out that same door, and Voila! you are where you always dreamed of being.

Welcome to Australia and Secret Garden in Sydney and Melbourne. I only have to fly down from Brisbane to Sydney, an hour away, so no jet lag.

See you there Lizzie

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 11/24/19 at 4:23am

Worked on the original Australia production, watching Quast and Warlow singing Lilly’s eyes 8 times a week is something I’ll never forget. Can’t wait to see it again from the stalls this time.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 11/24/19 at 4:57pm

I’m curious if they’ll make any major changes or if it will just be a faithful recreation of the original.

[Fan123]

Posted: 2/28/20 at 3:45am

The full adult cast has been announced; no Phillip Quast this time, for those who had been hoping.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/australia-melbourne/article/Full-Adult-Cast-Announced-For-THE-SECRET-GARDEN-at-the-Sydney-Lyric-Theatre-20200224