The Australian Musical Theatre Festival

The Examiner

The Australian Musical Theatre Festival will be held over five days from 15 to 19 May and this year includes 19 events in a range of venues from the Cataract Gorge, the local pub to a brewery to backstage at the historic Princess Theatre

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00:58 Well, that was a song called That Smile, composed by John Bucchino.

01:03 And it's just a five part song, it's beautiful.

01:07 We've been rehearsing that for a couple of months now, getting the singing down.

01:11 The harmonies are by Jason Robert Brown, and so they're incredibly complex.

01:15 And yeah, it's been great to work with Ty and directing us through that.

01:19 It's been a wonderful process.

01:20 Separated across the states of Australia, trying to learn our separate parts.

01:24 And we've had about two days to bring it all together and

01:28 put all the puzzle pieces together.

01:29 And it's come together wonderfully, we're really excited.

01:33 There's such a tight community here for theater in Launceston.

01:36 And it's sometimes hard to hop that water over to the mainland.

01:40 But for the opportunities like this, we get workshops,

01:43 we get questionnaires, all that kind of stuff.

01:46 So it's a beautiful opportunity to get us across that water.

01:51 Also, I'm always impressed every time I come to Australia with the level of talent.

01:58 You have some of the most extraordinary singers and

02:01 performers that I've ever encountered throughout the world.

02:04 It's wonderful, so I'm always happy to work with them.

02:07 Again, I wish we were doing more shows so that more of the local people can come.

02:12 A lot of people that I know have flown in from other parts of Australia to see it,

02:17 which is part of the reason I think it sold out so quickly.

02:20 But yeah, it's what a sweet place, I love it here.

02:23 I've never been, I've been to Hobart a couple of times, but

02:26 I've not been to Launceston.

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