Riff Raff: The Re-mix

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Lisa Worley as Julie, Anthony de Fazio as Doogs, Justin Connor as Mick, Tania Klerfon as Razie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Riff Raff: The Re-mix

By Phil Sumner, Jan McDonald & Greg Sneddon

13 May 1988 – 28 May 1988 Union Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company, Next Wave Festival,

Theatre Musical Co-Production

A rock musical for young people about young people.

Riff Raff the energetic Australian rock musical that launched Men at Work onto the professional circuit in 1978 is back, bigger and better than ever before.

Sporting a new name and featuring additional songs, an updated storyline and an exciting new talent line-up Riff Raff: the Re-mix will burst onto the Union Theatre stage at Melbourne University under the auspices of the Playbox Theatre Company as part of the 1988 Next Wave Festival.

From the upbeat studio of KAOS FM and the corridors of Buckley Park High School to the reverberating dance floor of Spinner's Nightclub, this rollicking musical traces the problems, frustrations and hopes of four teenagers living in the 1980; but it never strays from its inherent sense of the comic.

 

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Tania Klerfon as Razie, Lisa Worley as Julie. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Phil Sumner as Spinner, Justin Connor as Mick. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Justin Connor as Mick, Anthony de Fazio as Doogs, Tania Klerfon as Razie. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Tania Klerfon as Razie, Anthony de Fazio as Doogs, Lisa Worley as Julie. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". Musicians Michael Wilson, Nigel Davis and Chris Jones. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". Musician and musical director Richard Zatorski. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Tania Klerfon as Razie, Lisa Worley as Julie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Phil Sumner as Spinner, Justin Connor as Mick. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Justin Connor as Mick, Anthony de Fazio as Doogs, Tania Klerfon as Razie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". L-R: Tania Klerfon as Razie, Anthony de Fazio as Doogs, Lisa Worley as Julie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". Musicians Michael Wilson, Nigel Davis and Chris Jones. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Riff Raff: the Re-mix". Musician and musical director Richard Zatorski. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Phil Sumner

Playwright, Actor

Lisa Worley

Actor

Creatives

Jan McDonald

Playwright, Director

Greg Sneddon

Playwright

Richard Jeziorny

Richard Jeziorny

Designer

David Murray

Lighting Designer

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Production Manager

Michael Wilson

Musician

Chris Jones

Musician

Ian Cuming

Puppeteer

Ross Murray

Stage Manager

Frances Farmer

Costume Co-ordinator

Richard Zatorski

Musician, Musical Director

Nigel Davis

Musician

Leonie Marshall

Choreographer

Matt Flood

Assistant Stage Manager