The Goodies tour is returning to Australia! (updated announcement)
19/09/2005 00:00 GMT
Posted by lisa (Here's an updated version of the announcement from 1 September, for people that have just found the Goodies Rule - OK! website.)
Here's some exciting news - the Goodies live stage show is returning to Australia! To quote from the press release, "The Goodies Still Alive On Stage stars UK comic legends Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. Bill Oddie will feature in the show from London via the wonders of video. The Goodies Still Alive On Stage returns in a new form to continue the tour that may never end, hopefully satisfying demands from every Australian town and city for a Goodies visit."
To answer some of your anticipated questions:
Q: Which cities will the tour be visiting? When do tickets go on sale?
A: Tickets are currently available for Perth, Parramatta, Launceston, Hobart, Geelong, Coffs Harbour, Tamworth, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Albury, Canberra, Adelaide, Rockhampton, Cairns, and Townsville. Tickets for Melbourne go on sale to the general public on Friday, 23 September (there will be an advance sale for club member starting Weds, 21 September).
Full details about these shows (including where to purchase tickets) can be found in the club FAQ at http://www.goodiesruleok.com/faq.php?topic=10.
Further shows to be confirmed.
Q: Will there be ticket pre-sales for club members?
A: While the producers were unable to set up ticket pre-sales in most cities they have arranged a VERY LIMITED amount of preferential seating for the club. This is available on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested in these seats I advise you to book early for the best chance of getting them; so far they've only been available for the first day or two after a show has gone on sale.
In order to request the preferential seating you must book either by calling or visiting the theater box office or by calling the ticketing agency. When ordering you mention the code word. This was emailed to the goodies-l and C&G mailing lists. It is also available to registered users of the website - if you are logged in you will find the code word in a box on the left side of the page.
Q: Why is Bill only participating by video?
A: Despite his best efforts, Bill wasn't able to reschedule all his filming commitments in order to join Tim and Graeme live in Australia (as fan club members will know, Bill has a heavy travel & filming schedule for his BBC nature shows).
Q: When will we hear about additional shows?
A: The club has been promised updates as soon as they are available.
Use the "click here for more" link (in the bottom corner of this box) to see a parital press release about the tour. You can view the tour flyer at http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7yes3/thegoodiesstillaliveonstage/.
Updates will be posted as they become available. |
====== MEDIA RELEASE ======
September 13, 2005
The Big Laugh Comedy Festival, AKA and Hocking & Vigo present
The Goodies … British comedy legends
Still Alive on Stage
“The combination of a weak heart and a sense of humour could prove fatal during their world premier show Still Alive on Stage”
The Sydney Morning Herald 3/3/05
The Goodies are heading back down under – and preparing to brave the Aussie interior – in a national tour of their hit show The Goodies Still Alive On Stage.
The new version of The Goodies Still Alive on Stage stars UK comic legends Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. Bill Oddie will feature in the show from London via the wonders of video due to filming commitments with the BBC hosting Autumnwatch, the follow-up series to the hit Springwatch.
The tour will open at the Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, before dates in Melbourne, Launceston, Hobart, Geelong, Coffs Harbour, Tamworth, Newcastle, Perth, the Gold Coast, Albury, Canberra, Adelaide, Rockhampton, Cairns and Townsville.
The Goodies Still Alive On Stage - the first ever touring stage show by The Goodies - was produced by The Big Laugh Comedy Festival. After premiering at Riverside Theatres Parramatta in March this year, the show played in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane, selling out everywhere it went.
Still Alive on Stage gives the rest of Australia a chance to hang out with Tim and Graeme, enjoy cyber Bill and to check out The Goodies favourite bits and pieces of video and tall tales.
“So, after 35 years after their birth, can they still cut it? And having grown up, would they still have us in fits of belly laughs? Yes and Yes.”
The Age 8/03/05
Tim, Graeme and Bill are the most loved and prolific of all UK comedians. The Goodies live stage show is a heady and hilarious mix of insights and reminiscences with bits and pieces of sketches and clips with tall tales.
“… age has not wearied their genius for the ridiculous”
The Sydney Morning Herald (3/03/05)
“The skits have hardly dated. Superb!”
Melbourne’s The Age (10/03/05
Still Alive on Stage will include Goodies bits banned from the ABC, The Funky Gibbon sung live, sketches from the student revue that took The Goodies to Broadway, Tim’s Union Jack Waistcoat and possibly fireworks (insurance pending!).
The Goodies started out together at Footlights, The Cambridge University revue club, touring with the Cambridge Circus comedy revue. They have writing and performing credits that include the cream of UK comedy from the 60s to the present.
The Goodies television show – which ran for an astonishing 178 episodes - started out with a traditional sit-com element, but evolved quickly into a joyous, unrestrained, lightly satirical festival of visual humour with special effects, explosions, giant props, camera tricks and slapstick.
In the world of British humour dominated by verbal dexterity, The Goodies were classic visual comedians. The Goodies ran for over a decade before they called it a day in 1981, creating an unprecedented library of shows. The Goodies twice won the Montreux Silver Rose and made guest appearances on every major British TV show including the legendary first Amnesty benefit show A Poke In The Eye With a Sharp Stick.
A DVD released by BBC Worldwide to coincide with their live shows in Australia in March earlier this year sold 50,000 units around the country.
Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden currently present Beat The Nation, one of the UK's most original TV quiz shows, on Channel 4, and are panelists on the long-running radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.
The Goodies Still Alive On Stage
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, 8pm, November 2 and 7pm, November 3. Tickets on sale September 13. www.riversideparramatta.com.au or phone 02 8839 3399
Hamer Hall, Melbourne, 7pm, November 4. Tickets on sale September 23. www.ticketmaster.com.au. Phone 1300 136 166
Princess Theatre, Launceston, 7pm, November 5. Tickets on sale September 12. Phone 03 6323 3665
Theatre Royal, Hobart, 3pm, November 6. Tickets on sale September 12. Phone 03 6233 2299
GPAC Ford Theatre, Geelong, 7pm, November 8. Tickets on sale September 19. www.gpac.org.au or phone 03 5225 1200
Ex-Servicemans Club, Coffs Harbour, 7pm, November 10. Tickets on sale September 19.
Town Hall, Tamworth, 7pm, November 11. Tickets on sale September 19. www.tamworth.nsw..goc.au/ticketsales or phone 02 6755 4300
Newcastle Civic Theatre, Newcastle, 7pm, November 12. Tickets on sale September 19. Phone 02 4929 1977
His Majesty’s, Perth, 7pm November 17; 7pm and 9.30pm, November 18. Tickets now on sale. www.bocsticketing.com.au or 08 9791 1133
Arts Centre, Gold Coast, 7pm, November 21. Tickets on sale September 19. www.gcac.com.au or phone 07 5588 4000
Arts Centre, Albury, 7pm, November 23. Tickets on sale September 19.
Phone 02 6051 3051
Theatre Centre, Canberra, 7pm, November 24. Tickets on sale September 19. www.canberraticketing.com.au or phone 02 6275 2700
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, 7pm, November 25. Tickets on sale September 19. www.bass.com.au or phone 131 246
Pilbeam, Rockhampton, 7pm, December 1. Tickets on sale September 19. www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au or phone 07 4927 4111
Convention Centre, Cairns, 7pm, December 3. Tickets on sale September 19. www.ticketlink.com.au or phone 07 4031 9555
Civic Theatre, Townsville, 3pm, December 4. Tickets on sale September 19. www.townsville.qld.gov.au/theatre or phone 07 4727 9797
For information about Media contacts please email president@goodiesruleok.com
(a more formatted version of this release is online at http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7yes3/thegoodiesstillaliveonstage/id1.html) |
