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Rat Pack is Back

Australia’s very own Rat Pack has burst into the corporate scene in a tight, polished, tongue-in-cheek cabaret act evoking the style of the infamous American Rat Pack and starring some of Australia’s brightest talents. Already having worked extensively in the corporate arena with The Three Waiters, Dale Burridge, David Malek, Simon Pryce and Michael Falzon have now created The Rat Pack’s Back. Together, three of the team sing and dance up a storm with some of the world’s most loved songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.

Come Fly With Me; You Make Me Feel So Young; Volare; New York, New York; The Lady Is A Tramp; One For My Baby; That’s Amore; It Had to be You; What Kind Of Fool Am I; When Somebody Loves You; I’m Gonna Live Until I Die; That’s Life; My Way…

With masterfully recorded backing tracks or a live swing band, The Rat Pack’s Back recreates the sound of the Big Band era in a dazzling show. Dressed to the nines, the three guys venture into the audience with witty one liners and soaring vocals, standing on chairs and even getting a lucky few up to dance! The act reaches its climax with a fully choreographed rendition of the classic - New York, New York.

Each of the performers in The Rat Pack’s Back has worked extensively all over Australia and throughout the world in major musical theatre productions, concerts and corporate events, television and film. Between them, they have starred in such shows as The Phantom of the Opera; Les Miserables; Aspects of Love; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Anything Goes; The Sound of Music; Hello, Dolly!; Side By Side By Sondheim, Cats, Witches of Eastwick, and We Will Rock You to mention just a few.

Bookings are flooding in for this slick new and unique corporate and concert act, which promises your guests a beautifully crafted and highly charged experience. One they will not forget.

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BIOGRAPHIES

For twenty years, Dale Burridge has performed in concerts, cabaret, and musical theatre all over the world. He has performed the role of Enjolras in the international cast of Les Miserables and was cast by Hal Prince to play the romantic lead, Raoul, in the Australian premier of Phantom of the Opera with Anthony Warlow and Marina Prior. In concert, Dale has appeared at the famous Tropicana Night Club in Havana, as well as presenting his one-man-show for the 2000 Olympic Games. His many theatrical credits include Oliver; The Sound of Music; Anything Goes; Seven Little Australians; and Scrooge the musical.

David Malek

With an international career in film, television, and theatre, David has performed throughout the UK, North America, Asia and Australia. Originating some of the biggest roles in musical theatre, he has starred in numerous West End shows including multiple seasons of Les Miserables, in which he played both Enjolras and Marius, the role of Alex in Aspects of Love, and Munkustrap in Cats. Other highlights include singing with Sarah Brightman in the world tour of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring alongside Dawn French in the London production of Side by Side by Sondheim.

Peter Cousens

Peter Cousens is one of Australia’s most outstanding musical theatre performers. However, his talents have extended to achievements in almost every field of live entertainment. Peter has been successful as an actor on stage and on television; a cabaret artist, performing at multi-national corporate functions; as a commercial and television presenter and as a recording artist. Peter’s roles in Australian and overseas theatre have been varied and highly acclaimed. Peter has performed in starring roles in Showboat; London’s West End Production of Phantom Of the Opera; West Side Story; Miss Saigon; Aspects Of Love; and Les Miserables.

Bridon Stace

Studied for a bachelor of music majoring in opera at the sydney conservatorium, before starting a life in Music theatre and rock. Performed the role of Doody in Grease the Arena Spectacular-Gordon Frost. Lead singer for INXS in the Australian tour of the Tim Rice Concert Spectacular-Gordon Frost. Has been a member of the Acclaimed Three Waiters since its inception in 1998 and has recently returned from the UK where he set up the European Franchise. One of sydneys leading session singers he has sung on Jingles for Coke, Macdonlads, Dick Smith Powerhouse, Toyota and Arnotts to name a few. Performed on The Midday show TCN 9 and opened the Carols in the Domain for the 7 network.

Michael Falzon

Throughout Australia, Asia, the USA and UK, Michael has performed in concert, cabaret, on television, as a fashion model, and in film. In musical theatre he has appeared in concert with Michael Ball as well as covering and performing lead roles in The Pirates of Penzance; Hello, Dolly!; HMS Pinafore; and, with Lindsay Hatley, in the title role of the international cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 2003, Michael will be seen in cinemas around Australia in Abe Forsythe’s film, Ned, and in the lead role of Galileo in the QUEEN / Ben Elton musical, We Will Rock You.

Simon Hyland

A graduate of the Queensland University of Technology (Bachelor of Arts – Music), Simon has worked as an actor, singer, dancer, composer, pianist, acrobat and compere. In 1988, Simon performed the role of the Young Duke of York in the Royal English Shakespeare Company’s Australian tour of Richard III. He has since been seen theatrically in Miss Saigon, as Tap in Hot Shoe Shuffle, in Show Boat as Frank, and in the role of Chris Bell in The Boy from Oz. He has appeared in film in South Pacific, in Australia and internationally in his own one-man-show Piano Man, Dance Man and recently toured to China with The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. In 2003, Simon entertained audiences around Australia in the role of Walter in the David Atkins production of Hair.

Rohan Mack

Rohan has performed in musical theatre all around the world. In Australasia he has appeared in productions of West Side Story in the roll of Riff, Hot Shoe Shuffle, as the Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jive Junkies, A Chorus Line in the role of Al De Luca, Miss Saigon and Singing in the Rain. On London’s Westend, Rohan was cast in the 1997 Royal Variety Performance as well as the BBC’s productions of Chicago in London and Shirley Bassey / Viva Diva. While in London, Rohan played the role of Fred Casely in the internationally acclaimed production of Chicago.

Aaron Cash

With an incredibly diverse career, Aaron has worked extensively in film, television and theatre across the USA, Asia, and Australia. He has been featured in many films including Titanic and Hook, on TV in several internationally syndicated series. In concert, Aaron has appeared around the US and Europe with Cher, with Twylatharp in New York, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov throughout North America. Theatrically, he was an original cast member of Tap Dogs, featured in Fiddler on the Roof, with Jive Junkies at the Edinburgh Festival and most recently in the Asian tour of Singing in the Rain.

Simon Pryce

Simon’s many appearances on television, in film and theatre have taken him throughout Australia and overseas. Audiences have seen Simon in The Witches of Eastwick; The Phantom of the Opera; STC’s The Sunshine Club; and after appearing in the Australasian cast of South Pacific Simon was featured in the film opposite Harry Connick Jnr and Glenn Close. Most recently, Simon performed in China with Elaine Paige in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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