Jeanne Pratt

The Production Company Ends 21st Season With Potent ‘Ragtime’

‘Ragtime’ is possibly the most confronting production The Production Company has ever presented.

Tagged as: Alexander Lewis, Australia, Georgina Hopson, Jeanne Pratt, Kurt Kansley, Ragtime, The Production Company, theatre

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Jeanne Pratt AC, Chairman of The Production Company

After 21 Years The Production Company To Finish In 2020

by Paul Cashmere

The Production Company, the treasured Melbourne theatre company founded by Jeanne Pratt in 1999, will present its final performance in May 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Jeanne Pratt, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Rachel Taylor, The Production Company, theatre

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The Production Company Launches 2019 Season with a Bowie exclusive

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s revered theatre company The Production Company has launched its 2019 season with two Australian premieres (including David Bowie’s last work) and an all time classic.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, David Bowie, Jeanne Pratt, Lazarus, Ragtime, rock, The Production Company, theatre, Thoroughly Modern Millie, UK

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The Production Company to produce David Bowie ‘Lazarus The Musical’ for Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Production Company will stage the first Australian production of David Bowie’s musical ‘Lazarus’ in 2019.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, David Bowie, Jeanne Pratt, Lazarus, rock, The Production Company, theatre, UK

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The Production Company Announces It’s 2018 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s theatre crown jewel The Production Company has revealed the three shows for the 2018 season.

Tagged as: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Aliyce McCann, Anna O'Byrne, Australia, Ben Mingay, Bobby Fox, Jeanne Pratt, Oklahoma, Richard Piper, Robin Niven, simon gleeson, The Boy From Oz, The Production Company, theatre

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Funny Girl Is The Show But The Production Company Is The Star

by Paul Cashmere

The Production Company will deliver its 50th show this season and Saturday night saw a spectacular launch of the 2016 season with ‘Funny Girl’. More on that in a moment.

Tagged as: Curtains, Dusty, Funny Girl, Jeanne Pratt, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Rachel Taylor, The Production Company

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Nice Work If You Can Get It at the State Theatre in Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nice Work If You Can Get It Premieres In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Jeanne Pratt’s The Production Company has premiered the new Gershwin musical ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ for the first time in Australia and it is one of the best shows from the company to date.

Tagged as: Christie Whelan Browne, Ester Hannaford, George Gershwin, George Kapinaris, Gina Riley, Ira Gershwin, Jeanne Pratt, John Wood, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Nicki Wendt, Rohan Browne

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Westside Story opened on Saturday 11 July 2015 at the State Theatre in Melbourne.as part of The Production Company 2015 season.

The Production Company Turns 50 With West Side Story

by Paul Cashmere

The Production Company has turned 50 with its latest production, the classic ‘West Side Story’.

Tagged as: Jeanne Pratt, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Rachel Taylor, The Production Company, West Side Story

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The Production Company Launches 2014 Season

by Paul Cashmere

The Production Company Chairman Jeanne Pratt, Artistic Director Ken Mackenzie-Forbes and Executive Director Rachel Taylor have launched the 2014 season in a lavish function in Melbourne’s historic Raheen mansion.

Tagged as: Jeanne Pratt, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, The Production Company

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The Benaud Trio Launch Album At South Melbourne Town Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Australian classical group The Benaud Trio chose the South Melbourne Town Hall for the launch of their new album ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ because that is where they recorded the album.

Tagged as: Bohemian Rhapsody, Jeanne Pratt, Melba, Queen, The Benaud Trio

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Gypsy Kicks Of The Production Company 2013 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Gypsy, starring Caroline O’Connor, has launched the 2013 season for Jeanne Pratt’s The Production Company.

Tagged as: gypsy, Jeanne Pratt, Pirates of Penzance, Singin' In The Rain, The Production Company, theatre

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The Production Company Announces 2013 Season

by Paul Cashmere

The 15th season of The Production Company will feature ‘Gypsy’, ‘Singing In The Rain’ and ‘The Pirates of Penzance’.

Tagged as: Australia, gypsy, Jeanne Pratt, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Singing In The Rain, The Pirates of Penzance, The Production Company, theatre

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Rick Springfield Still Ready To Reactivate Zoot Despite Delays

Covid has postponed the first Zoot tour in 50 years a number of times now but founding member and guitarist Rick Springfield says he can’t wait to get it happening.

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Mike McClellan Premieres ‘If Sorrow Should Find You’

As Mike McClellan gets closer to the release of his next album ‘Behind The Mask’ he has premiered a second track titled ‘If Sorrow Should Find You’.

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Russell Morris and Rick Springfield Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz

Rick Springfield Become The Red Locusts With A Nod To The Beatles

Rick Springfield has gotten together with Matt and Gregg Bissonette to create a faux-Beatles band they called The Red Locusts.

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Australian Albums: Tones And I ‘Welcome to the Madhouse’ is No 1

The tenth Australian No.1 Album for 2021 occurs this week for Tones and I with her debut studio album "Welcome to the Madhouse".

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The Dead Daisies Go Back On Tour

The Dead Daisies, featuring Australian billionaire David Lowy with guitarist Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio), drummer Tommy Clufetos (Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper) and bassist and singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Country Communion), will be back touring across America in September.

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