As he goes up, Brad and Janet are stripped to their underwear to dry off. [2], Beyond its cult status, The Rocky Horror Show is also widely said to have been an influence on countercultural and sexual liberation movements that followed on from the 1960s. [97], A European tour of Rocky Horror commenced in Cologne in Germany in October 2017, visiting venues across Germany and Italy before ending in Hanover in April 2018. He withdrew from the production on 27 May, citing ill health. Other cast members included Tony Preece as Brad; Keith Reid (who was the Melbourne understudy) as Riff-Raff; Bill Binks as Eddie/Dr. Frank makes a final plea for sympathy from Riff Raff, trying to make him understand his desire to spend the rest of his life having sex with Earthlings ("I'm Going Home"). The Adelaide reviews were His audiobook work includes Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Pan in Scarlet, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Bram Stoker's Dracula and the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix.[26]. In Brisbane and Sydney Reg Livermore, the show's original Frank-N-Furter, was cast in the same role. [110], The show opened at a cabaret-style venue. Nigel Triffitt's interpretation of the musical was revived in 1996 for a new national tour. Following the previews for this production, the nation's first openly transgender mayor, Stu Rasmussen, moderated post-show talk backs with the cast. Even before the Royal Court production, Harry M. Miller heard O'Brien's tapes in London played by Sharman, loved it, and put the show on at Eric Dare's New Arts Theatre in Glebe, then an art film house. Since his youth, he had developed a passion for science fiction and B horror movies; he wanted to combine elements of the unintentional humour of B horror movies, portentous dialogue of schlock-horror, Steve Reeves muscle films, and fifties rock and roll into The Rocky Horror Show. Scott, Jeffrey Kime as Rocky Horror, Geoffrey Carey as The Narrator.[81]. [68] Television presenter Gretel Killeen replaced Waters as the narrator for the first half of the Melbourne run, while media personality Derryn Hinch played the role for the remainder of the run.[69][70]. [105][106], In 2018, the world renowned Stratford Festival; more synonymous with the works of William Shakespeare and other classics performed in repertory presented Rocky Horror as part of its 2018 season. [98][99], The cast includes: Gary Tushaw - Frank-N-Furter; Sophie Isaacs - Janet; Felix Mosse - Brad; Stuart Matthew Price - Riff Raff; Anna Lidman - Magenta; Holly Atterton - Columbia; Ryan Goscinski - Rocky; and Daniel Fletcher - Eddie / Dr. Scott. The cast included Terry O'Connell as Frank-N-Furter (reprising his role from the 1978 production), Annie Stanford as Janet, Paul Minifie as The Narrator, Bob Baines (another former member of the 1978 production) as Riff Raff, and Wayne Pygram as Rocky Horror. Director Ridley Scott cast Curry in the film after watching him in Rocky Horror, thinking he was ideal to play the role of Darkness. Lou Adler had made millions with risky ventures such as Monterey Pop. Like I said: if the father hits them, they will know it's wrong and will have sex with their guy friend from school, they will not say they are trans people, they will try to find a man to them and will stop searching for the spotlight. 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