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About The Show
Breast Wishes is an all Australian musical about love, life, loss and silicon; a witty and heart-warming journey of courage and determination through laughter to triumph.
A celebration of breasts and those who support them, Breast Wishes is written by some of Australia's most respected comedic and dramatic writers including Merridy Eastman, Jonathan Gavin, Richard Glover, Wendy Harmer, Sheridan Jobbins, James Millar and Debra Oswald, with music and lyrics by Bruce Brown. Original concept by Anne Looby.
Meet four women - sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins. Add a fumbling boyfriend, a well-meaning husband, a bra-fitter who's seen it all, some show-stopping numbers and a brilliant cast with direction by Jason Langley, musical supervision and arrangements by Michael Tyack, choreography by Nathan M Wright, dramaturgy by James Millar, original production design by Imogen Ross, lighting design by Trudy Dalgleish and sound design by Michael Waters and you have a sophisticated and hilarious glimpse of cleavage and beyond which promises to make your heart sing.
The genesis for Breast Wishes was born out of our desire to create a show to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. We felt compelled and inspired to make a difference to the thousands of women - friends, mums, grandmothers, sisters, cousins - and men who are affected by this disease.
It is only through the talent, skill and enormous generosity of all those involved over the past five years, that Breast Wishes has survived the mad, unconventional gestation period of its creative development.
What we thought initially was a story inspired by our collective experience, turned out to be in part, everyone’s story - that of life, love, loss, family, identity and above all the humour and determination which drives us all to survive.
We are indebted to Bruce, Merridy, Jonathan, Richard, Wendy, Sheridan, James and Debra for their invaluable contributions and to the many actors and creative personnel who have generously given their time, advice and expertise during our developmental workshops. Most particularly we must mention the efforts and perseverance of Jason, Michael, Nathan, Imogen, James, Trudy and Michael, who when combined have become the underwire of the production.
We would like to thank our investors for their continued faith in us and our shared vision for this show and their generous support of our breasts during their extended development.
Premièring with a Gala Concert in 2008 at Sydney Theatre, followed by a 2009 capital city tour, Breast Wishes now travels to all states and territories as part of a 48 venue tour – making it one of the largest tours of a home grown musical.
We hope Breast Wishes will continue to have a long, vibrant and rewarding life both at home and on the world stage.
For all those who have supported and inspired each of us…..Breast Wishes!
Anne Looby, Simone Parrott and Neil Gooding – Producers
Proudly supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
'Breast Wishes is for you! It is fun and filled with fond memories to which we can all relate. Australia's top writers and producers have put their heart and soul into this production and you will definitely come out remembering more than one tune ...... the sign of every great musical!' Sue Murray, former CEO, National Breast Cancer Foundation
"...this uplifting musical (with a fascinating backstory and evolution) strongly supports the National Breast Cancer Foundation. It promises to do more for grassroots education, in that respect, than practically any initiative to date, so, aside from its very considerable entertainment value, it's worth the price of admission, and then some, purely on that basis.” Brad Syke, Australian Stage Online
