| download | B–OK. Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Simon Burke and Ainsley Melham star in the acrobatic Broadway musical, PIPPIN, at Sydney's Lyric Theatre which will run until January 31. Simon Burke was seamless and bought much to the role of the ruthless Charlemagne, while Bell as his second wife Fastrada, was jaw-drawing for her dancing. Simon was also Executive Producer of the project, which in 2015 won both the AACTA and Logie awards for Most Outstanding Telefeature or Mini Series. PIPPIN AUSTRALIA regaled us at the red carpet premiere in Sydney last night Thursday 3 December 2020 with the audience standing in ... Let's just call him Charles. Simon Burke: ‘Kerri-Anne Wasn't Happy About Playing My Mother!' Simon Burke (Les Misérables, La Cage Aux Folles in London’s West End) will play Charles, Pippin’s demanding father, while Lucy Maunder (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beautiful) will be playing Catherine, a widow and mother who falls in love with Pippin. PIPPIN is the winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and has been hailed as “A Right Royal Treat” by the Sunday Telegraph and “an evening of magic” by The Guardian. regarding PIPPIN and future events. With music and lyrics by Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, Pippin is the story of a young prince (Ainsley Melham) and his father, King Charles (Simon Burke – both characters are based on historical figures from the eighth century).Pippin yearns for excitement in his life and to achieve something extraordinary. Returning to the stage after an extraordinary award winning career in television Kerri-Anne Kennerley plays Berthe, Pippin’s saucy grandmother. Simon Burke plays Pippin’s demanding father Charles, Lucy Maunder takes on the widow and mother role of Catherine; Leslie Bell plays Fastrada; and Euan Doidge is Pippin’s half-brother Lewis. Will Pippin (Ainsley Melham) follow in the footsteps of his father Charlemagne (Simon Burke) or will he strike out on his own to find his own “corner of the sky”? Photo by: Joan Marcus. Biography. Starring Ainsley Melham (Aladdin on Broadway and across Australia) as the young and confused protagonist Pippin and Gabrielle McClinton (PIPPIN Broadway and US National Tour) as the charming and manipulative Leading Player. It turns out Pippin is also a prince to King Charlemagne (Simon Burke), and is yearning to find meaning in his life and become extraordinary. Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. All rights reserved © 2021 PIPPIN. HTML erzeugt am 5.1.2010 mit DYNAS-TREE 0340.C10; lizenziert für Rudolf Klein Index der Familiennamen 87271 Personen, 31144 Familien aus Datei C:\DNST\V340\KLEIN_6.DTB (5.1.2010) Photo by: Joan Marcus. presales and any news about PIPPIN! Simon Burke plays Pippin's demanding father Charles, Lucy Maunder takes on the widow and mother role of Catherine; Leslie Bell plays Fastrada, and Euan Doidge is Pippin's half-brother Lewis. 'And there's a … Returning to the stage after an extraordinary award-winning career in television Kerri-Anne Kennerley plays Berthe, Pippin's saucy grandmother. Full of extraordinary acrobatics, wondrous magical feats and soaring songs from Stephen Schwartz, the composer of WICKED and Godspell, PIPPIN has been lovingly crafted to become Broadway’s high-flyin *By subscribing, you agree to receive email from the promoters Pippin also has an equally dim-witted brother in Lewis (Euan Doidge). ‘And there’s a few tweaks to the very end of the routine so that there is no way anything could happen again ever.’ Kerri-Anne reunited with the cast and crew of Pippin on Monday. There was also a hilarious one-liner about Pippin’s dad, King Charles (Simon Burke 'Les Misérables') being the most powerful man in the world and the least educated. On London’s West End he starred as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Raoul in Phantom of the Opera, Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music opposite Dame Judi Dench, Georges in La Cage Aux Folles opposite John Barrowman. Pippin (Ainsley Melham), the son of King Charlemagne (Simon Burke), searches for the meaning of life in an erotically charged, nod and wink version of the Middle Ages. For all the info, head to our website: https://sydneyweekender.com.au/pippin. With is vaudeville, circus stylings Pippin is a very surreal play, perhaps fitting in 2020. At age 13, he made his acting debut in the 1976 classic feature film The Devil’s Playground, winning the Australian Film Institute Best Actor award. *By subscribing, you agree to receive email from the promoters All rights reserved © 2021 PIPPIN. Simon has appeared in over 130 stage productions in Australia, the UK and North America. Simon Burke (Sydney Theatre Company and Les Misérables) plays Pippin’s demanding father Charles, Lucy Maunder (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beautiful) takes on the widow and mother role of Catherine; Leslie Bell (Broadway’s Chicago and Ragtime) will play Fastrada; and Euan Doidge (Les Misérables and Kinky Boots) is Pippin’s half-brother Lewis. After months of “Lights Out” in theatres across Australia, it’s time for audiences to be entertained once again, with Pippin Australia hitting the Sydney Lyric stage! They join the previously announced stellar cast of Ainsley Melham as Pippin, Gabrielle McClinton as Leading Player, Kerri-Anne Kennerley as Pippin’s saucy grandmother Berthe, Simon Burke as Pippin’s demanding father Charles, Lucy Maunder as Catherine, Leslie Bell as Pippin’s stepmother Fastrada, and Euan Doidge as Lewis, Pippin’s half-brother. Australian musical theatre highlights include as Mr. Banks in Disney’s Mary Poppins, Marius in the original Australian cast of Les Miserables, and Billy in Anything Goes (Green Room Award Best Actor in a musical). Opening track, 'Magic To Do' is a bombastic invitation into a world of intrigue. Book now! The confusion continues on stage, as a circus troupe begin to perform a story about the middle ages, with ‘new performer’ Pippin (Ainsley Melham) freshly arrived from college. Woman's Day Australia | November 30, 2020 The stage and screen star opens up about his Play School years and his new role in the musical Pippin. Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche (LThK3) - Band 4 | Michael Buchberger (Begr. Simon Burke plays Charles, Pippin’s demanding father, with Lucy Maunder as Catherine, a widow who falls in love with Pippin. Returning to the stage after an extraordinary award winning career in television Kerri-Anne Kennerley plays Berthe, Pippin’s saucy grandmother. Pippin’s search for meaning leads him to war, to sex, even to murder, but eventually, it is the simple pleasures of family love that fulfill his dreams of an extraordinary life. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto.The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. Scene from Broadway cast. One annoying aspect was Paulus’ choice to use American accents, which floated in and out without great consistency or conviction. He is enormous in accomplishment, yet delivered by Simon Burke as a towering melange that mixes arrogance with clumsiness, unyielding steadfastness and clarity with confusion, tenderness and good humour. Pictured with co-star Simon Burke, who plays Charlemagne in Pippin ‘We have just lowered it slightly and we have a couple more people spotting around,’ she told the publication. Posted by Sydney Weekender on Thursday, 19 November 2020 Simon starred in Foxtel’s six-part mini-series Devil’s Playground, in which he reprised the role of ‘Tom Allen’, the character he played 40 years earlier in the original film. Finally there's Simon Burke, enjoying himself immensely (as he always seems to do) playing the despotic Charles – as in Charlemagne. Simon Burke (Les Misérables, La Cage Aux Folles in London’s West End) will play Charles, Pippin’s demanding father, while Lucy Maunder (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beautiful) will be playing Catherine, a widow and mother who falls in love with Pippin. Returning to the stage after an extraordinary award winning career in television Kerri-Anne Kennerley plays Berthe, Pippin’s saucy grandmother. Pictured with co-star Simon Burke, who plays Charlemagne in Pippin 'We have just lowered it slightly and we have a couple more people spotting around,' she told the publication. Simon Burke plays Pippin’s demanding father Charles, Lucy Maunder takes on the widow and mother role of Catherine; Leslie Bell plays Fastrada; and Euan Doidge is Pippin’s half-brother Lewis. Scene from Broadway cast. Simon Burke plays Pippin’s demanding father Charles, Lucy Maunder takes on the widow and mother role of Catherine; Leslie Bell plays Fastrada; and Euan Doidge is Pippin’s half-brother Lewis. Simon starred in Foxtel’s six-part mini-series Devil’s Playground, in which he reprised the role of ‘Tom Allen’, the character he played 40 years earlier in the original film. Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's Kookaburra; a painful look at a dysfunctional working-class family, focusing particularly on an almost autistic young boy. You play Pippin’s dad Charles in the upcoming stage show. 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