newtheatricals

Rodney Rigby is the principal of newtheatricals, a theatrical management and production company. Recent projects include Company B’s production of David Hare’s Stuff Happens in Melbourne, Leader Of The Pack – The Ellie Greenwich Musical and the fifth annual Helpmann Awards for performing arts in Australia. Other recent tours include Lesley Garrett and Anthony Warlow – The Magic Of The Music, Via Dolorosa written and performed by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry, La Fura dels Baus XXX; and the 2004 Helpmann Awards for the (AEIA) Australian Entertainment Industry Association broadcast live on the Ovation Channel.
Other producing credits include The Witches Of Eastwick, the regional tour of Shout! and the Asian tour of Fame The Musical. Rodney served as Executive Producer for the 2001 Inaugural Helpmann Awards. From 1991-2000 Rodney was Executive Director for theatrical producer GFO. West End credits include The King and I, at the London Palladium. Australian credits as co – producer or executive producer include The Sound Of Music, Tim Rice Concert Spectacular, Art, Grease-The Arena Spectacular, Cabaret, Crazy For You, An Ideal Husband, Smokey Joe’s Café- The Songs of Leiber And Stoller, The Secret Garden, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Tropical Nights, Fallen Angels, Hello Dolly, South Pacific, The King And I, Grease, Elvis – the Musical, Jerry’s Girls and An Evening With Sir John Mills.
Rodney was a member of the Executive Council of the (AEIA) Australian Entertainment Industry Association from 1997 – 2005. In 2005, Rodney was awarded Life Membership with the AEIA for “outstanding individuals who have given unquestionable service and commitment to the development of the AEIA and the Australian Live Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry”. For more information, visit www.newtheatricals.com

Singapore Repertory Theatre

Founded in 1993, Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is one of the leading English language theatres in Asia. SRT’s mission is to stage theatre of the highest calibre, collaborating with the best talent from around the world. In addition to its repertoire of original musicals like Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress that was commissioned by Singapore’s 2000-seat Esplanade Theatre as part of its opening festival in 2002, the company has produced a number of critically acclaimed plays that include Into the Woods, Rent, Hamlet, They’re Playing our Song, Barefoot in the Park, Honk!, Betrayal and Art. In 1998, SRT was Associate Producer for David Henry Hwang’s Golden Child, which went on to Broadway and earned three Tony Award nominations. Artistic Director, Gaurav Kripalani has spent the past decade producing over 75 shows for SRT, including touring shows to Manila, Los Angeles and New York. SRT now has four additional divisions. These are The Little Company – which stages professional plays with adult actors, specifically for 2-12 year olds; The Young Co – a three year acting training programme for 16-24 year olds; Stage Two – a playwright incubator programme dedicated to new Singaporean work; and the DBS Arts Centre, SRT’s state-of-the-art 380 seat home. SRT staged The Woman in Black in Singapore in 2004 to sold-out houses, and is delighted to be collaborating with newtheatricals and Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, on the Australian tour.

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions

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