1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Rent has. It's been launched at His Majesty's Theater from 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: this Saturday night. It's on until made the twenty fifth. 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Tickets are through rent Musical dot com dot au Nika 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: file players Collins and joins us this morning. 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: Hello, morning, morning. 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: Coming in because you've really only just got to town 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: and you're happy with the weather. It's warm for this 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: time of the year. 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. I born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: and so if you've heard, you know, we have four 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 2: seasons and one day back home and that's very I 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: never felt this, I never felt this warm in me. 13 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, when you get off a plane, or 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: when you're on a plane you're being a vocalist with 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 3: a beautiful tenor do you get worried about getting bugs 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 3: because I got back from holidays recently and I got 17 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 3: six straight away. You get paranoid or what do you do? 18 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 2: Definitely, it's definitely a thing. You know, you're on the 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: plane and you hear a cough about five a rose 20 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: up and you're okay, stay away from that person. But 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: you just get you get used to trying to, you know, 22 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: cover up, so oundsize the hands and if it hits you. 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: It hits you. Yeah, it's right, and even if it does, 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: you find ways to sort of sing, sing around. 25 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm wearing the mask on a plane 26 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: is such a bad idea. Now, probably onto something there 27 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: Now in a nutshell, can you tell us what Rent 28 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: is about? 29 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's Rent was a show written in the nineties 30 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: by the wonderful, brilliant mind of Jonathan Larson, and it 31 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: just surrounds a lot of these characters who live in 32 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: a Bahamian community who are trying to get through life 33 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: and searching for love, not just relationships but within themselves, 34 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: and and facing some really real raw situations of the time. 35 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: You know, there's a there's a drugs epidemic, there was 36 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: the AIDS epidemic of the nineties and which you know, 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: which sweeps sort of the colonies as well. We heard 38 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: about New Zealand, I'm sure you did also in Australia, 39 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: and it's it's quite a raw, raw take on these 40 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: individual journeys, you know. And Mike, my character Collins, lives 41 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: in this apartment with he's a college professor that lives 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 2: in this apartment with these other artists and bohemians and 43 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: they Yeah, they're just trying to trying to get through 44 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: life and look for love in the face of their 45 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: their situation. So yeah, it's a it's a beautiful yet raw, 46 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: visceral story. So it's it's awesome to bring a show 47 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: like this to Perth. I don't know, maybe you could 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: tell me if the rend has actually ever been to w. 49 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: Talking about this the other day and we don't think 50 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: it has. Probably both remember, yeah, very familiar with the 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: show and because of course the incredible story behind it. 52 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: The movie Tic Tic Boom, if you haven't seen it 53 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: is tells the story about Jonathan Larson. He wrote it 54 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: and died the night before I think it was the 55 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: night before it's Broadway debut and didn't get to see 56 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: what a huge spectacular success it was. 57 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, as you say that my hair is 58 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: a stand Yeah, I know, it's indible story. You know, 59 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: the rehearsal process is quite incredible because when you're bringing 60 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: to life the story the story of someone that someone's written, 61 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: you really are trying to honor and quite often that 62 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: the writer comes in and visits you and you know, 63 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 2: has to talk to your cast and we're they're putting 64 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: the story together going, well, this this person did pass 65 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: away on the morning that it was supposed to be 66 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: showed to his friends and family, and it just adds 67 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: a little bit more of an incentive to just to 68 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: do justice. Yeah, responsibility to carry the story on. 69 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 3: And yeahs man, it does feel like every time I 70 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: say that Rent's being performed somewhere, it's like this ongoing 71 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 3: tribute to this to this man. Incredible. 72 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: Yeah musically as well. 73 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, we love to ask where you were when 74 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: you found out you got the role. Do you remember 75 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: where you were and how you react and how you reacted. 76 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: I was in Sydney. 77 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 78 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: When I found out I got the role. I was 79 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: in a show at the time called Miss Saigone was 80 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: a Vietnamese American story and I was it an email. 81 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: I come here with an email or a call, but 82 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 2: it was my agent just saying, hey, look they loved 83 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: your colins and that loves you love you to play 84 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: the role. And this is probably the one role where 85 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: I didn't even expect because I came here for another 86 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 2: show and then I was supposed to go back home. 87 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: I was supposed to go back home to New Zealand, 88 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: and I was like, wow, my whole world has flipped again, 89 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 2: and now we've got we're traveling with the family, touring 90 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: with the family at the moment, and I, like I 91 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: was saying before, I felt an incredible responsibility because I 92 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: remember the song that I had to sing in the 93 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: audition room. 94 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: Minu. 95 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 2: It's a song called I'll Cover You that Colins sings 96 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: to his partner that had since passed, you know, in 97 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 2: the eulogy. Okay, I know I nailed it in the audition, 98 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: but now I've got to sing it in front of 99 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:55,799 Speaker 2: the audiences and pressure, and now here I am and per. 100 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 3: We loved going and singing live shows and sing sing 101 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 3: theater and singing, yeah, witnessing the incredible talent that you 102 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: and your cast mates have. But I remember sitting at 103 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 3: the Tina Turner show and Ruver. We had Ruver in 104 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: the studio here, who amazing, wonderful, so wonderful. But I 105 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 3: love I'm such a nerd. I love going through the 106 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: booklet and seeing all the different shows that all the 107 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: people in the cast have been. It's an incredible life, 108 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: isn't it, Because everyone, even some of the understudies, and 109 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 3: they've been forty different productions. What a life for you, 110 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: you lead. 111 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 2: It is and you're saying that teached me back to 112 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: Lane King ten years ago with r Vache was playing 113 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 2: Schenzi Go and that was her that was her first 114 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: big sort of taste of theater and then she went 115 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 2: on and did amazing things and now she's Tina And yeah, 116 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 2: you're right, every every single person is just so incredible 117 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 2: and the oh the way that they bring the roles 118 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: to life and characters to life and. 119 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 3: All that experience. You know, no wonder it's often so 120 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 3: damn good out there. Yeah, someone who's never performed. 121 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: The Lion King, and I do love musical theater and 122 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of it. The Lion King is 123 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on stage. 124 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: And because because you played Simba, I was on the 125 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: edge of my seat, like there's elephants coming from one direction, 126 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: there's giraffe coming from others, and I had tears rolling 127 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: down my face just from the sheer. I was like 128 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: a six year old, so excited. It was so beautiful. 129 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: And you met your wife she was Nala, Yes, please 130 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: please tell me. Can you feel the love tonight? 131 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 2: Was? Do you know what's incredible is that we finished 132 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 2: the Linking tour here in Perth ten years ago and 133 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: me and my wife are walking the streets this morning 134 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: walking our baby girl and she's also in the in 135 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 2: the Rent show as well, and a show she's always 136 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: dreamed of being. And we're talking about it because we 137 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 2: actually at the time, we weren't together, but we were 138 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 2: sort of, you know, in love, and we remember when 139 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: we were here last and we thought we were never 140 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: going to see each other again. Now ten years later, 141 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 2: about to be in her dream show that she's always 142 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: wanted to be in. And yeah, it's life crazy like that. 143 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 2: Sometimes it's pretty special. 144 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: Man. 145 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm glad Perth has played a role in that. 146 00:06:59,720 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: I love. 147 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 3: Know from your sporting career, if your rugby career, is 148 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 3: there anything from your sporting career that helps you on 149 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 3: stage and finding your place and anything along those lines, 150 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: is there any one. 151 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: Hundred percent more so as well? Yes, yes, I mean 152 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: definitely discipline and just that whole that that concept of 153 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: team and yeah, and you know, preparing and coming together 154 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 2: and realizing that when it's time like game time or showtime, 155 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: it's it's it's about your team and it's about it's 156 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 2: about also about others. When you're playing, you're playing for 157 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: the people that are coming to watch you. When you're performing, 158 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 2: you're you're there together and you're telling telling a story. 159 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: So it's yeah, even just the discipline of you've got 160 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: to stay for you've got to look after your body 161 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: more strength. 162 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a lot doing a show every night 163 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: and twice on you know, some days, it's a lot. 164 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 2: That's the thing. You're in the show, you're doing it 165 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: every night. Yes, yeah, you know, playing sport. You're just 166 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: preparing for the weekend. So same ye, similar but similar 167 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: but different. 168 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, well is there a of all you've done a 169 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: lot of shows, but is there a show that you 170 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: you know, is it top of the list of I 171 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: want to play. 172 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 2: That one day? Oh okay, I would have to say, 173 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,679 Speaker 2: and I don't even know if it's going to happen, Okay, 174 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 2: But I really love Blamers. I love Lamers. I love 175 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 2: when I went to the West End and yeah, you just. 176 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: It's just it is my It's my absolute favorite. Yeah, 177 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: I can't. I just yeah, it's beautiful. As I never 178 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: met a production of Blamers I didn't love. Jean, let's 179 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: get working on that. 180 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, did you see the movie and enjoyed it. 181 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: I enjoyed it. I know a lot of few critics. Yeah, 182 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 2: a lot of people didn't. 183 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: Don't mind it. I thought I was going to be, 184 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, because it didn't hurt that I got to 185 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: meet Hugh Jackman. I sat like about that. 186 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: Far from that helps love to meet him, That helps man? 187 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 2: All right. 188 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: Well, you can get your tickets for Rent through rent 189 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: Musical dot com dot au. It starts at His Majesty's 190 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: Theater on Saturday. It runs tall nick Opoa. Lovely to 191 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: have you in. 192 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Lisa and Dean. 193 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 194 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 3: Now, and by the way, Rent is not going up 195 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: like it is in Perth all over the place. The 196 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: price stays the same, So yeah, awesome