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| STARRING |
| Ana Maria Belo |
| Marian Frizelle |
| Jennifer Hagan |
| Debra Lawrance |
| Geraldine Turner |
| Jacki Weaver |
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Fragile
as flowers, strong as steel…
This new production of Steel Magnolias premiered at The Seymour Centre on 5 June 2009 and closed 27 November 2009 after playing 153 performances to over 40,000 people in over 30 Australian venues.
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| Shelby
is young, beautiful, passionate and in love. She’s
also sick. As she battles for a real chance at
life, her journey is shared by a super-protective
mother, a beauty salon proprietor, a millionairess,
the town crank, and a god-loving ‘glamour technician’.
The unlikely clan of friends represents an iron-tight
bond of female friendship and the setting for
a veritable feast of comedy, drama, romance and
tragedy. |
Robert
Harling’s poignant portrayal of six strong, funny
and fabulous women in the American South went
from book to off-Broadway play to worldwide smash
hit movie in only three years. Based on the true
story of a small-town girl and her fight to live
life to the full despite the odds, Steel Magnolias
was destined to be a hit with its moments of ‘laugh-out-loud’
comic brilliance, its quirky friendships and its
heart-wrenching depiction of a young woman’s struggle
to have life and love while her illness defeated
her.
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York Times |
In
the haven of Truvy’s beauty salon, six very different
women come together to share their secrets and
bare their souls, throwing in a little neighbourly
gossip for good measure. From weddings to divorces,
babies to funerals, new beginnings to happy endings,
they weather every event in their lives with grace,
determination, and perfectly coiffed hair. When
tragedy strikes, it is in the familiar comfort
of Truvy’s salon where they seek the solace and
support that carries them through.
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Fans
of Robert Harling’s smash hit film can enjoy this
enduring comedy and heart-felt celebration of
love, loyalty, and the bonds of sisterhood live
on stage with some of Australia's best loved actresses
of stage and screen.
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