1996 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent '60s, should have at its center a social and political rebel. Jesus' meteor-like rise in renown provides, as the title suggests, a parallel to contemporary celebrity worship. As his radical teachings are evermore embraced, Judas increasingly questions the enlightened motives of this new prophet, resulting in betrayal. Christ's final days are dramatized with emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality. Propelled by a stirring score, by turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.
CAST
JESUS -
Paul Rienets / David Bowen
JUDAS -
Phillip Krasa / Steve Dennis
MARY MAGDELENE - Majella Powell
PONTIUS PILATE - Andrew McCalman
CAIAPHAS - Stewart Greedy
ANNAS - Andrew Hare
KING HEROD - Andrew Cook
SIMON ZEALOTES - Keith McNamara
PETER - Tim Arundell
MAID BY THE FIRE - Janette Baxter
OLD MAN & PIT SINGER - Chris Baulch
PRIEST - Alan Edmonson
PRIEST & SOLDIER - Darren Rumble
PRIEST - Peter Jacobs
ENSEMBLE
Glenn Fisher
Karen Mason
Heather Coyne
Mark Brian
Fiona Nicholls
George Skamantzaris
Colin Prato
Rachel Odlum
Rodney Monteduro
Sophie Livitsanis
Gael Leith
Greg McMaster
Rebecca McGuinness
Glen Dunwoodie
Linda Ogier-Cooper
Andrea Monteduro
Aidan Carrigg
Rebecca Rowse
Juanita Muller
David Bowen
Angie Fryer
Matthew Henderson
Bianca Leith
Fay McCalman
Bev Horwood
ALTERNATE CHILDREN
Julian Coyne & Gemma Bromley
Penny & Scott Bohan
PIT SINGERS
Ann-Maree Caligari
Gerard Ballinger
Peter Rademaker
Joy McKelvey
Garth Horsefield
Elizabeth Gay
Sharon Caitlin
Tim Ryan
Trina Crowe
Brad Coulter
Jackie Warner
Cameron Yorke
Regent Multiplex
November 15 - 23, 1996
DIRECTOR :
Garry West
MUSICAL DIRECTOR:
Ray Doyle
CHOREOGRAPHER:
Heather Coyne
CHORAL DIRECTOR :
Andrew McCalman
COSTUME DESIGN:
Leanne Westblade
SET DESIGN:
Graeme Beames
