11 October 2007

THE HATPIN IS COMING!
Neil Gooding Productions has teamed up with Kim Hardwick and Martin Kinnane (White Box Productions) to produce the World Premiere of The Hatpin. Full information can be found at The Hatpin Website: www.thehatpin.com

15 APRIL 2007

Neil's is directing a reading of the exciting new Australian musical THE HATPIN by Peter Rutherford & James Millar. The reading will be held at 3pm on Monday the 7th of May at the new space of Kookaburra Musical Theatre. This reading is an important step towards a full production of the musical in early 2008. The cast for the reading is Melle Stewart, Sophie Carter, Rodney Dobson, Lara Mulcahy, Amelia Cormack, Tyran Parke, Scott Irwin, Shaun Rennie, Jennifer Peers, Naomi Burke & Lauren Easton. Much more will be posted about The Hatpin on this site soon. In the meantime, you can find out more info about the show:
www.thehatpin.com or www.myspace.com/thehatpin

10 APRIL 2007

Neil is directing LISTEN TO MY HEART for the Statement Bar in Sydney. This is a revue of the songs of American writer David Friedman. The exceptional cast is comprised of Margi De Ferranti (Les Mis / Fame), Kaye Tuckerman (Dusty, Boy From Oz) Saskia Smith (Cabaret, Dirty Dancing, Hedwig & The Angry Inch), Tony Farrell (Titanic, Mamma Mia) and Tyran Parke (Sunday In The Park With George, Eurobeat, Oliver). The show is produced by TAA and runs on the following dates:
26, 27, 28 April @ 8pm & 3, 4, 5 May @ 8pm
Tickets can be booked via Ticketmaster (136 100) . More info on the show can be found at taaentertainment.com

1 APRIL 2007

Back To The 80's has now been signed to the catalogue of MTI (Music Theatre International) for productions staged in the United States and Canada.

Any USA or Canadian producers should now contact MTI directly regarding licensing of Back To The 80's on:

Music Theatre International
421 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Email: Licensing@MTIshows.com
Web: www.mtishows.com
Tel: (212) 541-4684
Fax: (212) 397-4684

15 MARCH 2007

Neil will be producing the third of Fast & Fresh - the under 18 version of Short & Sweet, which has become the largest short play competition in the world. We have received over 50 plays already. The heats are on at the Riverside Theatres from May 21-26 with the Gala Final on the 18th of June. For more information, please visit the website (www.fastandfresh.org)

20 FEBURARY 2007

Neil's directed a 10 minute musical called Building A Wing for Short Sweet & Song in Sydney. This musical, by New York writers Amanda Yesnowitz and Michael Ficocelli starred Nick Christo and Paul Whitely. It was awarded the Judges Choice Award for the Best Musical in the competition.

Neil also directed Keeping Annabelle for Short & Sweet. The play is written by UK writer Rachel Welch and starred Ric Herbert and Melle Stewart. The play was chosen by the judges to go through to the Gala Final of Short & Sweet where it picked up two prizes - Melle Stewart for Best Actress and the Runner-up award for Best Script

6 SEPTEMBER 2006

BACK TO THE 80'S NOW HAS ITS OWN WEBSITE!

For loads of information, pictures and forums please visit: www.backtothe80smusical.com

5 JUNE 2006

Neil has just completed producing the second year of Fast & Fresh - the under 18 version of Short & Sweet, which has become the largest short play competition in the world. 2006 marked the second year of the competition - and it has been a massive success. 50 plays were received from all over New South Wales. For more details on Fast & Fresh, please visit the website (www.fastandfresh.org)

12 APRIL 2006

Neil was thrilled to be asked to be Assistant Director to Gale Edwards for the launch concert of Kookaburra Music Theatre - an exciting new national musical theatre company being set up by Australian theatre star Peter Cousens. Neil was the Ensemble Director for the all-star concert which was held at Star City on Monday 10 April 2006. The cast was a who's who of Austrlian Theatre including Toni Lamond, Nancye Hayes, Judi Connelli, Peter Cousens, Marina Prior, Caroline O'Conor, John Waters, Debra Byrne, Jill Perryman, Normie Rowe, Julie Anthony, Simon Burke, Michael Cormick, Drew Forsythe, Peter Carroll, Rachel Beck, Ian Stenlake, John Dietrich and Wayne Scott Kermond. Kookaburra is a very exciting development for Australian musical theatre and will be announcing its first season of musicals soon. To stay up to date, their website is www.kookaburra.org.au

12 DECEMBER 2005

A new forum has been established to discuss all matters related to Back To The 80's!.

To view or post on this forum, click here

1 DECEMBER 2005

It has a huge second half to the year. We provided tour accountancy services to Delta Goodrem on her massively successful first Australian tour - The Visualise Tour. As well, we have consulted to Jacobsen Entertainment's production of Dirty Dancing, and established Fast & Fresh - a short play competition for Under 18's. Neil has just completed directing the workshop presentation of a new Australian musical called The Hat Pin, written by James Millar and Peter Rutherford. The workshop was very exciting and showed enormous promise - so hopefully we will all be hearing a lot more about this wonderful show very soon.

After some hold-ups with the music licensing in the UK, Back To The 80's is now finally ready for its full release by Josef Weinbergers. This will occur in January 2006. However, they have already established a waiting list for productions in the UK. Any UK producers interested in the show should contact Weinbergers at the following email address: amateur@jwmail.co.uk

Merry Christmas to everyone - hope you all have a massively successful 2006!!

1 APRIL 2005

Back To The 80's has now been signed over to the Josef Weinberger catalogue for all UK performances. UK producers wanting to enquire about mounting a production of the show should contact Sean Gray at Weinbergers: amateur@jwmail.co.uk

Alternatively, there is more information about the UK performance rights etc on the Josef Weinberger website: www.josef-weinberger.com

20 OCTOBER 2004

Neil Gooding Productions has just completed its hugely successful production of Back To The 80's in Sydney. The show featured Bruce Samazan (E Street / Neighbours) and received an enormous response from its large audiences. Details of the production and photographs have now been added to the website. To access these, click here.

30 SEPTEMBER 2004

Back To The 80's was presented at the Strand Theatre in London's West End on the 4th of July 2004 by Welsh School Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade to huge success -

"It was a tremendous success- with the audience on their feet before the end of the megamix! The audience left the theatre in a euphoric mood"

This record-making performance was the first musical in Welsh to ever appear on the West End, as well as the first full musical performance by a school on the West End.

20 AUGUST 2004

Back To The 80's has now been released for performance in the United States and Canada. For further information on performance rights please email admin@goodingproductions.com

Back To The 80's has become the highest performed musical in Australia and New Zealand after being released for just two years. The show has also exploded in the United Kingdom in just its first year of release. For futher information on performance rights in Australia and New Zealand, please email admin@goodingproductions.com