Reg Livermore
Reg Livermore was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, in December 1938. His long and rewarding career as a performer, writer, designer and director is testament to his talent, dedication, drive - and luck. Reg was an active and enthusiastic figure in the early histories of Sydney's Old Tote and the Melbourne and South Australian Theatre Companies, as well as a revered foundation member of Sydney's Ensemble. His following stage appearances were all show-stopping performances: Hair , Jesus...See more
Reg Livermore was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, in December 1938. His long and rewarding career as a performer, writer, designer and director is testament to his talent, dedication, drive - and luck. Reg was an active and enthusiastic figure in the early histories of Sydney's Old Tote and the Melbourne and South Australian Theatre Companies, as well as a revered foundation member of Sydney's Ensemble. His following stage appearances were all show-stopping performances: Hair , Jesus Christ Superstar , Barnum and the original Australian Frank'n'furter in The Rocky Horror Show . During the 1970s his own groundbreaking one-man shows Betty Blokk Buster Follies , Wonder Woman and Sacred Cow put him at the forefront of Australian popular theatre. He starred as Max Bialystock in the Mel Brooks musical The Producers in 2004-05, and he appeared as the Wizard in Wicked 's tenth-anniversary season in 2014. Having played Henry Higgins in Opera Australia's 2008 presentation of My Fair Lady , he most recently scored as Alfred Doolittle in the Julie Andrews sixtieth-anniversary realisation of this most celebrated musical. His autobiography, Chapters and Chances , was published by Hardie Grant Books in 2004. See less
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