Fanfayre - PETA TOPPANO - July 2010

Actress PETA TOPPANO star of ‘Prisoner’, ‘Return To Eden’, ‘Home & Away’ and ‘Fields of Fire’ is returning to the UK this coming summer! Peta's upcoming trip will include a Lunch Event with fans at The Old Joint Stock Theatre in Birmingham, UK is on Saturday 31st July 2010. For anyone interested in meeting Peta Toppano, please register your interest as soon as possible by emailing: Hazel Prosser at Fanfayre - events@fanfayre.com

This is a unique and rare opportunity to meet one of Australia's leading actress' in person. DON'T MISS OUT!

Please direct all enquiries to Fanfayre, NOT Peta Toppano Online. Thank you.

For those of you in the UK, remember to tune into CBS Drama on Thursdays at 8:00pm to see Peta and other familiar faces in 'Return to Eden'

 

Screen Star Events - JANET ANDREWARTHA - March 2010

We are delighted to announce that Screen Star Events have confirmed one of Australia's best loved actresses will be flying into the UK in MARCH this year to attend a number of special personal appearances. Famous for her portrayal of one of Prisoner's most iconic characters, Reb Kean, Janet Andrewartha has become one of Australia's most sought after and highly respected actors. This really is a once in a lifetime chance for a VERY limited number of lucky UK Prisoner fans to meet the actress behind 'Reb', and who is currently appearing in her ongoing role as Lyn Scully in 'Neighbours'.

You can meet Janet on March 28th 2010 in Birmingham, UK and on Tuesday, March 30th 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland. The events are expected to sell out quickly, so please click HERE for further details and to secure your place. Janet will be in the UK for ONE WEEK ONLY so this really is a chance of a lifetime, and potentially never to be repeated opportunity for you to meet a true Australian icon and Screen Star.

Me & Jezebel - AMANDA MUGGLETON - Opens 8th April 2010

Amanda Muggleton ("Chrissie") will be starring in a one-woman show called "Me & Jezebel", based on the life of Bette Davis, which opens at the MECC (Alfred Street), Mackay, Queensland on February 23rd (8PM) and February 24th (2PM & 8PM). Amanda will also appear in John Frost's production of Calendar Girls, which opens in Brisbane at the Lyric Theatre from 8th April - 18th April, before touring nationally. Amanda will also be appearing for Black Swan Theatre's production of "Madagascar" in October 2010.

The Swimming Club - CAROLINE GILLMER / TINA BURSIL - January - March 2010

Six friends. A Greek island. A summer romance. Thirty years later, would you dive in again? A seductive new comedy from the writer of Hotel Sorrento and Inheritance. In 1983, when they were footloose and fancy free, they spent one glorious summer together working and loving on a Greek island. Now that they are middle-class, middle-aged, mid-career and mortgaged to the hilt, do they really want to carry all their burdens halfway round the world for a reunion? Stars CAROLINE GILLMER & TINA BURSIL, for Melbourne Theatre Company. For more information, click HERE.

Underbelly 3 - SIGRID THORNTON - January 2010

(From TV Tonight) Celebrity gangsters, crooked cops, violence, sex scenes, a ripping soundtrack, star turns, urban folklore coming to life before our eyes -Underbelly’s infamy is now so well entrenched in Australian television that we know what to expect. As the theme reminds us, “it’s a jungle out there.” Set against King’s Cross from 1988-99, UNDERBELLY's third series has glitzy strip clubs, extortion rackets, drag queens and street brawls. Sigrid Thornton also adds a dash of class to the second hour as Australian Federal Police Inspector ‘Gerry’ Lloyd. Other Australian actors to appear across the series will include Steve Bastoni, Matt Day, Paul Tassone, John Waters, Andrew Bibby, Salvatore Coco, Jessica Tovey and Damien Garvey. For more information, click HERE.

Australia Day - JANE CLIFTON - January 2010

The City of Whitehorse Australia Day Twilight Concert and Fireworks is a fantastic way to enjoy this special public holiday among family, friends and the community. Our Australia Day Ambassador Jane Clifton, a talented Australian actor, singer and writer, will host an evening of reflection, celebration and spectacular entertainment. The concert, to be held at the Whitehorse Centre Soundshell, 397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading. For more information, click HERE.

Sad News - MONICA MAUGHAN - January 2010

THE Australian actress Monica Maughan has died in Melbourne. A veteran of the theatre, she launched her career in the 1950s and has worked with all of Australia's major theatre companies. She also had many TV roles, including "Pat O'Connell" in Prisoner and Monica McHugh in the 1994 ABC series The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which she won a Silver Logie and an AFI award. Read MORE.

Cast Interview - PATSY KING - Audio, MP3 December 2009

Patsy King, best known as Governor Erica Davidson, is emerging from the wings to tread the boards again, in a stage production of A.R. Gurney two hander, Love Letters. First performed in 1988, the play features two actors reading letters their characters have written to each other over 50 years. It has been performed numerous times with celebrity pairings, and picked up a Pulitzer Prize along the way. To listen to an MP3, click HERE.

 

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