![]() ![]() This production, however, is something new. ![]() It seems we can’t quite let go of this phenomenon. Opera Australia even staged Phantom of the Opera earlier this year for Handa Opera on the harbour before coming back indoors to do it again. Local creative collaborators Simon Phillips and Gabriela Tylesova made the best out of Webber’s muddled Phantom sequel, Love Never Dies, and their production remains the definitive, recorded for international posterity. Indeed, Australia has its own long history with the Phantom, making international careers for its most famous men in the mask, Rob Guest and Anthony Warlow. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Impossibly of its time and remarkably persistent, it is the longest running show in the history of Broadway and the second longest running musical in the West End (after only Les Miserables). Since 1986, the improbable mix of operatic flourish, classic broadway pop, and 80s synth-rock that forms the backbone of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s love-triangle take on Gaston Leroux’s novel has won hearts across the globe, surpassing its source to become our best-known version of the tale. Singing along is encouraged.The now classic set has given way to a refresh by Paul Brown to heighten the show’s preoccupation with illusion and tricks of light. ![]() It should be noted that no outside props will be allowed, so stick to the props provided in the goodie bags. When the Transylvanians use noisemakers in the lab scene, audience members use their own. In the same scene, people tend to raise glow sticks during the line in the chorus that says “there’s a light.” The theatre didn’t clarify exactly what the props would be, but for anyone unfamiliar with late nights screenings of Rocky Horror, here are some examples of what has been used:ĭuring the rainy song of “Over at the Frankenstein Place” people in the back rows of the theatre squirt water guns to simulate the rain, while people in the front rows cover their heads with newspapers like Janet. Tickets are only $15 and (while supplies last) you’ll receive a goodie bag of props. Remember, “it’s just a jump to the left….” ![]()
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