Its been a while...

...since I posted anything on here, but here is a little link from 'The Stage'. An article on Mark Shenton's favourite leading musicals men.

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An interview!!

This was detailed on 'the Philip Quast Guide' (the wonderful source of a lot of PQ info). It is an interview with Philip. Some of the answers he gives may be known about if you are a hardened PQ fan ;), but a good article if you want to know a bit about what inspires him .

http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news-article/opinions/arts/philip-quast-on-the-rhythm-of-the-stage-188056

Yes, Prime Minister media call video

A video from theatrepeople in Australia on the media call for 'Yes, Prime Minister' which has just opened. Hope you enjoy :) It looks wonderful!

Quast now based in Oz??

In a snippet from Mark Shenton's blog in 'The Stage', Philip Quast is now based in Australia. Good news for all his Aussie fans, not so good for the rest of us :( But my best wishes and good luck to all his adventures back in Oz.

"It was splendid to see them all on the same stage, and proves once again the strength in numbers of Aussie musical talent which has also stretched from Hugh Jackman to three-time Olivier winner Philip Quast in the West End. (Quast is now based in Australia again, after living in London for over twenty years, and by coincidence my partner and I had a long lunch at his Sydney home before we went to seeAnnie; the next day he left for Melbourne, to begin rehearsals to lead the company of the Australian premiere of Yes Prime Minister, opening in Melbourne at the end of January)."

Merry Christmas :)

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year just in case I don't get to post another entry before 2012!!

SEASONS GREETINGS TO YOU ALL

Australian Childrens' Music Fund picture

A wonderful picture of Philip Quast from contactmusic.com on the Australian Childrens' Music Fund fundraiser at Sydney's State Theatre in August 2011.

The Memory Lane Concert

Some details of the Memory Lane Concert on Monday 24th October at the State Theatre in Sydney are available here. It is for a worthy cause.

OT: All change for Mary Poppins

The two female leads in 'Mary Poppins' - Verity Hunt-Ballard and Marina Prior are 'taking a break' from their roles as Mary Poppins and Winifred Banks respectively. The roles are now to be played by Scarlett Strallen and Pippa Grandison.

I'd like to take the opportunity to wish both actresses well in their roles.

The article by 'Stage Whispers' is here. Thanks to the excellent Philip Quast Guide who brought this to my attention :)

Methods in their Madness

An interesting article from 'the age' on-line paper. All about 'the Scottish Play' and how it affected some actors. There is a nice quote from Philip in the piece. Linky is below :D

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dueting it for the kids - August 22nd 2011

An event if you are in Sydney Monday 22nd August. Pop along and show your support.

My 'bit of rough' for the weekend :)

I love this picture from ''The Theatre Show' in Australia, so I thought I'd pop it on here. I love 'the look' and is my 'bit of rough' for the weekend. I hope you all have a good few days, and enjoy the pic! :D

A couple of 'Devil's Double' reviews

Hi there! There are a lot of reviews for 'Devil's Double' about, so I've picked links for just two which I think are pretty good and balanced reports. As usual click the links, and if anyone has managed to see the movie and would like to do a review, please email me at the address on this page.Any reviews I'll try and add in to the trailer page for a little bit of fun :D

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/film.nsf/reviews/thedevilsdouble

http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4311:film-the-devils-double-movie-review&Itemid=7

A sneeky screencap :)

To publicise the UK opening on Wednesday 10th August (and Philip's role) of 'The Devil's Double', I've done a sneeky screencap for you all. Hope you like - two Philips for the price of one :D

copyright Lionsgate Pictures

A snap from 'Secret Garden'

Here is an enhanced clip from the previous post's scene of 'Secret Garden'. Hope you like as best I could do with  original video quality :)

it's late at night and I found this on youtube

It's way past my bedtime and I found this on youtube. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Devil's Double - an interesting review

I thought I'd put the link on here from 'The Hartford Guardian' as I thought you might like it. It is the only one I've found so far that talks about Philip's interaction with Dominic within the movie.See what you think and comment please :D

http://www.thehartfordguardian.com/2011/08/06/devils-double-dispels-doubt-about-being-a-hit/

Congrats to Philip and cast/crew in Helpmann awards

Philip Quast, Matt Lee, Verity Hunt-Ballard and the cast and crew of 'Mary Poppins' have all won awards in this year's Helpmann Awards. A full list of winners is available here . WELL DONE to all :D

A 'Devil's Double' review

Here is one of the many reviews for 'the Devil's Double' which had its US release yesterday. For those who haven't seen it yet, or are unsure of what it is about, the review does have minor spoilers so be warned. Follow the link to the article :D

http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/movies/the-devils-double-a-look-at-iraq-review.html

If you have seen the movie and would like to comment or leave a review, please feel free to contact me at my email address (see the sidebar) or leave in comment box below. Thanks :D

(Please note if people do leave comments, they may have spoilers, so if you don't want to know please don't look)

A Night at NIDA

Philip Quast is due to go to this year's NIDA Foundation Trust Annual dinner in Australia this Friday the 22nd. See the link below for the quick mention and more about the dinner and NIDA.

http://www.filmink.com.au/filmbiz/notice/4180/

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