I'm just THAT happy for my friend
I didn't know her during her 'famous' years, but Rowena Wallace was one of the most well known and popular TV stars in Australia during the 80s and 90s.
I moved from Melbourne to a seaside country town nine years ago and met Rowena when the battery fell out of her mobility scooter. I put it back. She'd moved down here when the work was drying up, money ran short and she was facing legal and financial problems. She lives a few doors down from me.
Since then, we have become firm friends. She's the kindest person on the planet; hopeless with money, complete introvert unless she is on stage and suffers from bi-polar disorder. At 72, she has become crippled by scoliosis and self-doubt
A few months ago she was approached by a production company for a role in the musical "The Secret Garden". Small role - Mrs Medlock, the housekeeper. Rowena hasn't worked for ten years and badly needed the money - but she has two poodles.
Not a problem, they can stay with me. The poods spend a lot of time at my place anyhow. She accepted the role and as I write, she is in Sydney for the launch of the show, which stages in August. The show website has, this minute, put a cast video up. Rowena is the woman with white hair, sitting down.
I'm happy for her, proud of her, and have been promised, when the show comes to Melbourne, a backstage pass. On a personal level, this will probably be her final professional appearance and I love watching her come to life at the prospect of working again.
Somewhere, someone buried the key to life…
The key that opens the hidden door to…
The Secret Garden.
A stellar cast has been revealed for the 25th anniversary production of the Tony Award ®-winning Broadway classic…
Australia’s pre-eminent leading man Anthony Warlow, who plays Archibald Craven, will be joined by a star-studded Australian cast – Georgina Hopson as Lily, Rob McDougall as Dr Neville Craven, and fellow musical theatre luminaries Alinta Chidzey, Rodney Dobson and Nigel Huckle. Making her welcome return to the stage is none other than TV legend Rowena Wallace as Mrs Medlock.
This extraordinary cast has been hand-picked to bring the wondrous world of the intriguing and beloved story to rich and radiant life. The sumptuous score comprises such memorable songs as Come to My Garden, Show Me The Key, Hold On, and the spine-tingling Lily’s Eyes.
Enter… and prepare to be amazed
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