OBSERVER: A Coo-ee to Marie
Trek Musicals present A Coo-ee to Marie for five performances, all at 2pm, on November 8 at the Warrandyte Mechanics’ Hall, November 9 at the Eltham Montmorency Uniting Church, November 15 at Living Faith, Greensborough, November 22 at the Diamond Creek Uniting Church and November 23 at the Ormond Uniting Church.
Written and directed by Darren Rosenfeld and Michael Try, with musical direction by Graham Ford, A Coo-ee to Marie pays tribute to Marie Narelle, Australia’s Queen of Irish song, and tells how a girl from the bush would rise to become a local and international singing icon of the early 20th century.
The show features memorable songs, traditional Irish music, ‘endearing’ characters and humour.
For more than 70 years, Ron Pidcock’s ‘second career’ has been his involvement with theatre, encompassing different genres, from radio plays and dramatic stage plays, to rock opera, ballet, musicals, opera and more than 70 Gilbert and Sullivan productions, performing in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
In A Coo-ee to Marie Ron plays Charley Blarney. Having played many characters including Irish, Ron says he has never played a leprechaun.
Bookings: Trybooking
Cheryl Threadgold
Pictured: Rod Pidcock