GLOBAL LIVE-STREAMING EVENT from THE CONCOURSE THEATRE, CHATSWOOD
Friday 30 July, 8:30pm (AEST)
Starring Catherine Alcorn
with special guests:
Ursula Yovich (Redfern Now, Australia, Barbara and The Camp Dogs), Phil Scott (The Wharf Revue, The Big Gig) and Jean Kittson (Let The Blood Run Free, Good News Week)
FURTHER SHOWS SCHEDULED – THURSDAY 12 AUGUST AND FRIDAY 27 AUGUST WITH SPECIAL GUEST LINEUPS TO BE ANNOUNCED
After their triumphant Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Sydney debut smashing box office records, funny Diva and host Catherine Alcorn announces a streaming series of Catherine & Friends commencing Friday July 30 with future shows programmed for Thursday 12th August and Friday 27th August. The series will be directed by legendary AFI Hall of Fame director Ted Robinson (Good News Week) and the GNW team.
Joining Catherine on Friday, July 30 is singer/actor Ursula Yovich, writer/actor/composer/pianist Phil Scott and comedy legend Jean Kittson. Also making her virtual return to Catherine & Friends is pivoter of the year Verushka Darling who will be standing by to take your texts as she sashays from ‘hotspot’ to ‘hotline’.
Catherine & Friends debuted online on Friday 16th July to thunderous reviews. Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as “riotously entertaining” it captured hundreds of global audiences including Los Angeles, Florida and Colorado, Spain and Berlin. Australia tuned in too!
Catherine & Friends is presented as part of the 2021 Melbourne Digital Concert Hall (MDCH) series. Born in the middle of Australia’s Covid pandemic in 2020 and at a time when the Australian Arts and entertainment completely shut down, the MDCH presented over 233 digital concerts raising over $1.4 million in support of Australian musicians and the arts sector. Now, as NSW finds itself in what is predicted to be a long lockdown period, MDCH brings their digital live-streaming platform to Sydney. 100% of ticket sales goes directly to the artists, supporting them in their greatest time of need.
“To be off the couch, performing and working is the greatest outcome we could have hoped for. The support was overwhelming and it would be a tragedy to stop now, so we’re not going to! –
Catherine Alcorn Catherine Alcorn is a multi award-winning artist, producer, Artistic Director and one of Australia’s most in-demand entertainers. She wowed the world with her award winning show The Divine Miss Bette and is no stranger to live-streaming having conceived and delivered The Reservoir Room during Australia’s first lockdown of 2020 keeping over 45 of Sydney’s Arts and Entertainment industry employed.
Ursula Yovich is an artist and writer of works including Magpie Blues, The Man with the Iron Neck and Barbara and the Camp Dogs. Barbara and the Camp Dogs premiered at Sydney’s Belvoir Street Theatre in 2017 with Ursula in the starring role winner her the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical and Best Original Score. Her stage and film credits include Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Ivan Sen’s Goldstone and Ray Lawrence’s Jindabyne. Her television credits include – Doctor Doctor, Wakefield, The Gamers, Mystery Road, Wanted, The Code, Devil’s Dust, Redfern Now, The Gods of Wheat Street.
Phil Scott is one of Australia’s most respected artists. The popular writer, actor, pianist and composer and best known for The Wharf Reviews. Craig Scott is one of Australia’s leading jazz bass players and played alongside musicians such as Don Burrows, James Morrison, Roger Frampton, Jim Pennell and many more.
Jean Kittson is an Australian legend of comedy and scriptwriter for stage, television, radio, magazines and newspapers. Kittson came to national attention on The Big Gig, followed by Let the Blood Run Free, Kittson Fahey, Good News Week, the Glasshouse, Flat Chat, The Einstein Factor, Media Dimensions and Strictly Speaking. Well known for her comedy debates for the ABC, Channel 9 and Channel Ten, she has been a regular columnist with New Weekly, Sunday Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney Magazine, Inspire Magazine, the Readers Digest Health Smart magazine and The Hoopla.
BOOKING DETAILS ON SALE NOW:
https://watch.melbournedigitalconcerthall.com/#/item/73932
Tickets are $24.00 incl inside fees and charges
TICKETS INCLUDE A 72 HOUR PASS TO WATCH THE SHOW
ABOUT MELBOURNE DIGITAL CONCERT HALL:
Melbourne Digital Concert Hall (MDCH) was created by musicians, for musicians. We connect Australian artists and communities everywhere through music and technology.
Launched on 27 March 2020, we presented 233 live concerts in our first nine months, generating $1,000,000 in income for musicians and arts sector workers who’d lost everything through COVID-19
The concept is straightforward. You purchase a ticket to enjoy a high-quality live-streamed concert; we pass on the full ticket price to the artists, with a modest booking fee keeping the cameras rolling.
Chris Howlett and Adele Schonhardt lead this social enterprise, combining their artistic and management skills. They’d like to thank the many incredible supporters who’ve made MDCH possible.
