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Speaker 1: Darwin Musical Theater are preparing to draw back the curtains

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Speaker 1: on their latest production of The Wedding Singer. Now the

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Speaker 1: Community Theater Group is putting on three shows starting this

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Speaker 1: Friday at the Darwin Entertainment Center, showcasing local talent and

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Speaker 1: joining me in the studio This morning is Darwin Musical

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Speaker 1: Theater's director Charmain Gibbs. Good morning firstly to you, Charmain.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, thanks for having us.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you in the studio. And I've also

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Speaker 1: got choreographer Hannah Clark. Good morning, Hannah, get a Katy.

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Speaker 3: How are you so good?

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Speaker 1: It's wonderful to have you both in the studio. And

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Speaker 1: how exciting the Wedding Singer.

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Speaker 3: It's not happening.

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Speaker 2: Get your eighties things out.

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Speaker 3: Now, it is.

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Speaker 1: It's an absolute favorite when it comes to watching The

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Speaker 1: Wedding Singer on film. So what is the show going

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Speaker 1: to be like?

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Speaker 2: Well, it's think of the movie, but it just being

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Speaker 2: tenfold coming right at You have lots of eighties fashion,

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Speaker 2: lots of eighties hair, Some of the songs from the

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Speaker 2: movie are in the musical are and then there's a

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Speaker 2: whole new lot of eighties synthesized vibe as well. So

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Speaker 2: it's a lot of fun.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like it's going to be Hannah. What's it like,

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Speaker 1: you know, putting something like this together.

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Speaker 4: Oh, you know what, with the Darwin community, it's beautiful.

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Speaker 3: We've had the best time. It's fun, it's camp.

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Speaker 4: Everybody gets to be themselves and you know, everybody's so

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Speaker 4: kind here, so we all just work together and we

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Speaker 4: just want the best for each other.

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Speaker 3: And the cast too.

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Speaker 1: How many people are involved, not only cast wise, but

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Speaker 1: also behind the scenes and in terms of you know,

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Speaker 1: putting this production together.

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Speaker 2: So there's about twenty cast and then there's three of

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Speaker 2: us on the production team, and then you've got the

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Speaker 2: committee who run Darwin Musical Theater and in that committee

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Speaker 2: are cow the two people who are just running the show,

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Speaker 2: Holly O'Donnell and Eleanor Blackfed, who we would be lost without.

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Speaker 2: So and then there's just lots of other people who

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Speaker 2: then are coming in Lily Daniel, our stage manager, and

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Speaker 2: tjur Asm as well. So there's just so many people

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Speaker 2: who are just part of this volunteers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, how wonderful.

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Speaker 1: That's it's so nice to see the way that the

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Speaker 1: community comes together for something like this. Now, I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure if I've ever been to a Darwin Musical Theater production.

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Speaker 1: I'm embarrassed to say.

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Speaker 2: We got a production.

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Speaker 3: For our listeners.

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Speaker 1: I love it, Like, tell me a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you've said that it is going to be

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Speaker 1: as if the wedding singer really comes to life. Tell

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Speaker 1: us a little bit more, you know about just about

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Speaker 1: it and about what people can expect with the show.

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Speaker 3: Well, upon arrival there will be cheeky surprises, decorations. You're

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Speaker 3: walking into a wedding expect tissues, laughs. You know, it's

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Speaker 3: mainly going to be a night out for anyone who

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Speaker 3: wants to have fun. You're going to get big eighties

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Speaker 3: dance moves, You're going to get discooples, You're going to

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Speaker 3: get flooring. You're going to get love above all else,

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Speaker 3: love and joy.

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Speaker 1: How cool? Now? In terms of the cast, all local performers,

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Speaker 1: aren't They.

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Speaker 2: All local performers and such an eclectic mix of people.

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Speaker 2: Our leads, you know, some of them have got PhDs.

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Speaker 2: One of them is the senior registrar in pediatrics at

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Speaker 2: Royal Darwin Hospital. They are just so amazing, with so

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Speaker 2: many feathers to their cap I was messaging them last

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Speaker 2: night and I said, oh, guys, I know a little

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Speaker 2: bit about you, but can you tell me more, because

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Speaker 2: as a director you don't get too much time to

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Speaker 2: chat with them. And they started telling me all these things,

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Speaker 2: and I was like, guys, I was just looking for

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Speaker 2: you know, I want world peace and I love dolphins.

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Speaker 2: I didn't need all this. So they're a whole bunch

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Speaker 2: of just wonderful, wonderful nerdy. I love that.

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Speaker 1: It must be difficult getting everybody together for all, you know,

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Speaker 1: for all your preparation and for all your rehearsals, when

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Speaker 1: you've got people from such a vast walk of life

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Speaker 1: coming together to perform.

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Speaker 2: And competing with the dry season, Yeah, it's hard to

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Speaker 2: so you know everyone's going to make the most of

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Speaker 2: their dry season, but yeah, everyone has had has been

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Speaker 2: challenging at times with rehearsals and working around everyone. But

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Speaker 2: you know, when everyone does come together, everyone's just so

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Speaker 2: focused on making it great for one another. So it's

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Speaker 2: it's really great. It's a lovely vibe.

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Speaker 1: And how important is it as well, though, to put

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Speaker 1: on performances like this in terms of showcasing that local

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Speaker 1: talent and giving people an outlet to be able to perform.

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Speaker 4: It is so important because like, theater means a lot

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Speaker 4: of things to different people, and it's a place where

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Speaker 4: you can come and escape. You get to nurture another

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Speaker 4: side of yourself, and you get to find like minded

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Speaker 4: people in Darwin, which is a really special thing because

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Speaker 4: it's niche.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but it's important. We need to keep the art

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Speaker 3: team thriving and you can do that by booking your

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Speaker 3: tickets to the website.

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Speaker 1: How like, how good are the ticket sales looking at

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Speaker 1: the moment, They're going.

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Speaker 2: Really well, Like like we were saying off earlier, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's that thing of everyone now going oh that's right,

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Speaker 2: that's on this weekend. Yes, and it has been interesting

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Speaker 2: too because it's obviously the long weekend, so competing with

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Speaker 2: the Darwin Show, not that they're much competition.

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Speaker 1: You've got a Darwin show.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the tickets are going really well, so

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Speaker 2: there are a few left, so yeah, grab them. And

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Speaker 2: there's a couple of spots on Sunday's Mattnee We've got

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Speaker 2: some vip down on the stage on the actions.

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Speaker 1: So some people might be too frightened to be up

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Speaker 1: there thinking that.

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Speaker 2: They themselves getting married too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you'll be you get champagne arrival.

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Speaker 2: It's actually luck really funny.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Good, that sounds like it's going to be so cool. Now,

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Speaker 1: tell me in terms of how long it's taken to

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Speaker 1: actually put together the show, how long has it been

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Speaker 1: in the making.

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Speaker 2: So we started rehearsing in April. Wow, and yeah, and

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Speaker 2: it's been pretty much two rehearsals a week since then,

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Speaker 2: and sometimes three rehearsals a week. Probably for half of

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Speaker 2: the rehearsal run, it's been about three rehearsals a week.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, so we're now we're finally here. So we

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Speaker 2: all gave each other a big cuddle and we got

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Speaker 2: to the theater today and just way, yes, it's a

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Speaker 2: pompin day. So it's really exciting.

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Speaker 1: I love the excitement. I can see that you two

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Speaker 1: love what you do as well, and I really like

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Speaker 1: that when I interview people, when you can see the

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Speaker 1: passion and you see how excited you are about the shows,

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Speaker 1: that's wonderful. And you know, I'm sure that those listening

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Speaker 1: this morning as well will be feeling that excitement and

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Speaker 1: thinking we want to get along, so how can they

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Speaker 1: purchase tickets.

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Speaker 2: So if they go to the Dumwant Entertainment Center website

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Speaker 2: and the link is really easy from there. It's got

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Speaker 2: there the banner of what's on and it will have

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Speaker 2: all the links to the phone numbers to the online

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Speaker 2: booking system. Very easy.

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Speaker 1: Well, Hannah and Charmaine, it is lovely to meet you both.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so very much for joining us in the

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Speaker 1: studio this morning, and I hope that it is absolutely

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Speaker 1: fantastic on the weekends.

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Speaker 2: Thank you