Sydney Stage and Screen

The Wedding Singer at the State Theatre Sydney commences this  January 5th. Christian Charisiou is excited to be bringing  this show to his home! It's going to be his first major musical in Sydney, so it's a special one. I caught up with Christian first time round (before those covid show delays)... G'day Christian, I've seen you described as Actor, Singer, Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker (on your management website). Take us through your bio. What is the favourite thing you've done so far in your career? That was just my fun way to say I try to do everything! I graduated from NIDA in 2013 from the Acting Degree where I was the trial year for the Musical Theatre version of the course. Since then I've been doing it all - Plays, Film and TV, Voice Over and Musical Theatre. Cry Baby at the Hayes in 2018 was my first lead in a musical (which is coming back to the Opera House from July-August this year), and then things started to really change; I did The Last F...

THE SILVER TUNNEL NSW TOUR - January to April 2022! Reverend Bill Crews has never done anything as significant or adventurous as the staging of THE SILVER TUNNEL - perhaps the most audacious, ambitious and inspiring story of its time. Free admission. A stage play set in a graveyard, heaven and hell. Specifically performed in churches.  When was the last time a religious man, a social worker and a nice guy stepped outside his traditional areas of charity to challenge everyday Australians to question their priorities?  What would inspire an Australian man of faith to do something no-one else would dream of?  To ask Australians to wake-up to the reality of the modern world in a unique and ground breaking way? The Silver Tunnel visits Manly, Liverpool, Windsor, Katoomba, Wollongong, Berry, St Georges Basin, Adamstown, Bathurst, Parkes & Dubbo where it will be performed free – in churches, just like its original version – right across NSW. This 3,000 km tour is a...