Shout! The Legend of the Wild One
by John-Michael Howson, David Mitchell and Melvyn Morrow
Music by Johnny O’Keefe
Dubbo Theatre Company at DRTCC, NSW, Australia
Johnny O’Keefe wants to conquer the world. He never actually does, but that’s beside the point.
His career gives him spectacular highs and tragic lows. He battles drugs, alcohol, mental illness and a shocking car accident. But he never gives up the fight. The fight Johnny embarks on in the mid-fifties didn’t have its payoff until after his career had long since burnt out. Johnny fought to establish Australian musical performers as forces in world music. In his footsteps came The Bee Gees, INXS, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Allen, AC/DC, The Little River Band and Kylie Minogue.
Johnny’s rise, fall and rise again is a great Aussie musical epic. This musical charts the beginning of teenage culture in Australia. It charts the beginning of Australian rock. It tells the story of a young man setting out on the journey of his life with dynamism verve and ambition.
Directed by Christine Bray
Choreographed by Emma Canalese
