Performances:
28/10/2018 – Seymour Uniting Church
03/11/2018 – Ormond Uniting Church
04/11/2018 – The Avenue Uniting Church, Blackburn
10/11/2018 – St John’s Anglican Church, Heidelberg
11/11/2018 – Diamond Creek Uniting Church
Creative Team
Director’s Darren Rosenfeld & Michael Try
Choreographer Darren Rosenfeld
Chorus master Michael Try
Musical Director Graham Ford
Written by Darren Rosenfeld
Additional Text and editing Michael Try
Overheads Operator Gary Richter
We join Grace and Charles as they travel through the years of the Great War.
Characters
Charles Colin Bland
Grace Mary Wilkie
Chairman Alan Flint
Suzanna Drake/Alice Sue Page
Fred Rogers/Soldier Darren Rosenfeld
Ginger Astaire/Amelia Cindy Smith
Newspaper seller Neil Spitzer
Recruitment officer Alan Page
Soldier Steve Wilkie
Nelly Kath Gawthorn
Hazel Kylie Stacey
Clergy Kevin Pye
Speaker Michael Try
Ensemble/Narrators
Ladies: Barbara Carter, Jeanette Flint, Kath Gawthorn, Robyn Mulder, Sue Page, Dianne Richter, Cindy Smith, Norma Turnbull-Smith, Mary Wilkie
Men: Colin Bland, Edwin Carter, Alan Flint, Ian Matanis, Frank Meerbach, Alan Page, Kevin Pye, Darren Rosenfeld, Neil Spitzer, Michael Try, Steve Wilkie
Songs / Hymns
1. You made me love you Sue Page
2. Hello, Hello, Who’s your lady friend Jeanette Flint & Ensemble
3. How’d you like to spoon with me Darren Rosenfeld & Cindy Smith
4. Silvery Moon/ For me and my gal Ensemble
5. Mars [The Bringer of War] from The Planets written by Holst 1915
6. Australia will be there Alan Flint & Ensemble
7. Australia’s Battle Hymn Ensemble
8. it’s a long way to Tipperary Alan Page
9. Silent Night Michael Try, Darren Rosenfeld & Ensemble
10. Pack up your troubles Frank Meerbach & Ensemble
11. Roses of Picardy Robyn Mulder
12. Keep the Home fires Burning Sue Page & Ensemble
Interval [10 minutes]
13. Theme from Gallipoli [Oxygene 2] Movie music
14. The band played Waltzing Matilda Steve Wilkie
15. In Flander’s Fields [Poem] Barbara Carter
16. Ch’ella mi creda Michael Try
17. O God, our help in ages past Ensemble
18. The Cobbler’s Song Colin Bland
19. Danny Boy Kylie Stacey
20. I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier Dianne Richter
21. O! How I hate to get up in the morning Alan Flint & Men
22. Rose of no man’s land Mary Wilkie
23. Abide with me Ensemble
24. Jerusalem Ed Carter & Ensemble
25. For the Fallen [Poem] Ed Carter
26. The Last Post
27. I vow to me my country Frank Meerbach, Dianne Richter,
Colin Bland, Robyn Mulder & Ensemble
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZsUwJu36XI
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