Follies in Concert
Frankston Arts Centre
May 2000
It is 1971, and the iconic Weismann Theatre, now a crumbling shell of its former glory, is about to be demolished to provide precious New York City parking space. Broadway impresario Dimitri Weismann arranges a reunion of the actors, singers, dancers, and personalities who peopled his famous Follies in the years between the World Wars, as a farewell tribute to the doomed building. In a shabby yet sparkling atmosphere of bittersweet nostalgia, a wide variety of faded glamour girls — the famous Follies beauties of years gone by — laugh, reminisce, brag, boast, express regret, and perform the musical numbers which made them famous, trailed by the ghostly memories of their younger selves. Against this volatile atmosphere of drunken remembrances, a decades-old love quadrangle receives a revival when Follies dancers Sally and Phyllis, and their respective husbands, Buddy and Ben — who used to hang around backstage, waiting for their girls — meet again. During one night of romance and regret, two crumbling thirty-year-long marriages are put to the test.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director | Geoff Harrison |
Musical Director | Bev Woodford |
Choreographer | Robin Collins |
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Production Co-ordinator | Brett Wingfield |
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Stage Manager | Stephanie Langman |
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Costume Design | Brett Wingfield |
Design | Scott Hili |
Lighting Director | Martin Karklins |
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Props | Elaine Hillier |
| Linda Beadle |
| Kerry Grigg |
Make Up/Hair | Judi McCormack |
| Jodi Langdon |
Set Co-ordinator | Alberto Salvato |
Set Dressing | Scott Hili |
| Alberto Salvato |
Set Construction | Stephan Bowen |
| Bill McGowan |
| Alberto Salvato |
| Cameron Sweatman |
Rehearsal Pianist | Charles Rinaudo |
Lighting Assistants | Ron Gavin |
| John McCormack |
| Mike Smith |
| Scott Winrow |
Sound | Alan Green |
Video Systems | Rick Merrin |
Backstage Crew | John Langman |
| Wayne walker |
Company Tickets | Sue Dyer |
Poster/Flyer | Michael Fletcher |
Program Design | Michael Fletcher |
Program Assistant | Brett Wingfield |
Photography | Louisa McLorinan |
Front of House | John Rumbelow |
Audition Secretary | Robyn Rumbelow |
Sponsorship | Geoff Harrison |
Publicity/Promotions | Norma Evans |
| Brett Wingfield |
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Conductor | Bev Woodford |
Reeds | Ruth Hall |
| Andrew Corbel |
| Andrew Mathers |
| Michael Powell |
| Vivienne Tate |
Trumpets | John Lucas |
| Nathan Post |
| John Patti |
Trombones | Don Jordan |
| Tracey Videon |
| Lucas Clayton |
French Horn | Stuart Gunn |
| Louise Brown |
Violins | Margaret Boyle |
| Marcello Peterson |
| Anne Beruldsen |
| Margaret Conyers |
Viola | Heather Birrell |
Cello | Cassie Wallis |
Double Bass | Jeremy Hall |
Piano | Charles Rinaudo |
Keyboard | Sue Fletcher |
Harp | Felicity Owens |
Guitar | David Bell |
Percussion | Bryn Bowen |
CAST
| Dimittri Weismann | Bruce McBrien |
| Phyllis Rogers Stone | Sue Allen |
| Benjamin Stone | David Outtrim |
| Roscoe | Bill McNeilly |
| Sally Durrant Plummer | Shirley Bowen |
| Buddy Plummer | Stephan Bowen |
| Stella Deems | Dorothy Parker |
| Carlotta Campion | Kathie Wilson |
| Young Buddy | David Griffiths |
| Young Ben | Jason Muir |
| Young Sally | Nicole Smith |
| Young Phyllis | Briony Croft |
| Emily Whitman | Pam McNeilly |
| Theodore Whitman | Bill McLorinan |
| Solange Lafitte | Elizabeth Garnsworthy |
| Hattie Walker | Judith McLorinan |
| Heidi Schiller | Sue Kawecki |
| Meredith Lane | Joan Crossland |
| Young Heidi | Jo-Anne Hillaird |
| Margie | Amber Rimmer |
| Sally | Courtney Smyth |
| Cavaliers | Paul Cooper |
| Luke Dawson | |
| Damien Stevens | |
| Dancers | Amy Anselmi |
| Emma Clancy | |
| Simone Couper | |
| Sue-Allen Lakasas | |
| Amelia Macleod | |
| Amber Rimmer | |
| Courtney Smyth | |
| Katie Voigt | |
| Marni Watson | |
| Ensemble | Debra Byrne |
| David Copeland | |
| Marie Couper | |
| Paul Couper | |
| Jessica Crea | |
| Luke Dawson | |
| Jane Elvy | |
| Brandi Galpin | |
| Monica Dalstead | |
| Susan Merton | |
| Lorraine Pearson | |
| Angela Phillips | |
| Max Reid | |
| Robyn Rumbelow | |
| Courtney Smyth | |
| Damien Stevens | |
| Elspeth Vines | |
| Sarah Watson |
