DOORS 6PM // SHOW STARTS 8PM

The shadowy alleys and darkest dive saloons of Old New York City are born again by the ultimate lady of the night, Lucy Maunder (Matilda, Beautiful, Grease, Pippin,  Fun Home) and Musical Director extraordinaire Daniel Edmonds as they defiantly unplug and reboot the decadence and danger of last century's greatest song writer... Irving Berlin. Come to a Honky Tonk Palace of broken dreams and melodied memories of...Blue Skies, Alexander's Rag Time Band, Puttin' On The Ritz, What'll I Do?, How Deep Is The Ocean?and I Love A Piano.

Nicholas Christo - Writer
Neil Gooding - Director
Daniel Edmonds- Musical Director

REVIEWS

Lucy Maunder is exquisite. - timeoutsydney.com.au

Maunder sings most attractively with a velvety lower register and works gracefully. A model of sensual intelligence and her singing is very fine. - Sydney Morning Herald

Songs in The Key of Black is a love letter. To Irving, from Lucy. - crikey.com.au

It takes a certain indefinable quality to grab your audience and hold them spellbound on the rise and fall of your voice... It's called star power... - AussieTheatre.com

Lucy Maunder sings Irving Berlin website

ABOUT LUCY MAUNDER:

Since graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2006, Lucy has cemented her reputation as one of Australia’s musical theatre leading ladies touring the country and the world in many critically acclaimed productions. Recent credit highlights include Alison Bechdel in the Australian Premiere of Fun Home for Sydney Theatre Company; Catherine in Pippin (GFO); There’s Something About Music (The Little Red Company); Mrs Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (GFO, Helpmann Nomination for Best Supporting Actress); Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group); Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical (Louise Withers/ RSC, Helpmann nom for Best Supporting Actress); Heather Chandler in Heathers: The Musical (ShowWork Productions), Patty in Tim Finn’s Ladies in Black (QTC, MTC) Rizzo in Grease (GFO, Helpmann, Glug and Sydney Theatre Award noms); Lara in the world première of Doctor Zhivago (GFO, Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award noms).

Other career highlights include Cinderella in Into the Woods (Victorian Opera); Georgia Hendricks in Curtains (The Production Company); Gertrude Lawrence in Noël and Gertie (CDP Theatre Producers, Glug Award for Best Actress in a Musical); Polly Peachum in The Threepenny
 Opera (STC, Malthouse, Victorian Opera); Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (TML Enterprises); Emma in Jekyll & Hyde (TML Enterprises) and Anne in A Little Night Music (Opera Australia). Irving Berlin: Songs in the Key of Black has toured Australia to rave reviews at venues such as the prestigious Spiegeltent, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Noosa Long Weekend Festival, His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth and La Salon at Claire’s Kitchen. Her album featuring arrangements and musical direction by Daniel Edmonds is available on iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music.

lucymaunder.com

TICKETING INFO

Due to current Covid restrictions shows will be seated and limited per sitting. 

Please note: Tables cannot be joined together on the evening. Please ensure everyone you wish to seat at your table is included in your booking to avoid being seated separately. Ideally if you can arrive together at the same time, that will help with seating you all together.

Please adhere to social distancing at all times and follow direction from venue staff.

Customers are required to check-in via the Service Victoria App as they enter the venue.

The venue will be taking a number of precautionary measures to ensure patron safety, including:
- Hand sanitiser dispensers
- Signage and social distancing markers throughout the venue
- Regular sanitising of the venue and full clean between sittings

Photo ID is essential, acceptable ID is a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport. 

VENUE INFO

THE BALLROOM MENU
The kitchen will be serving The Ballroom Menu for this show, and will be open from 6:30pm.
You can view the delicious offerings available by clicking here.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

VENUE FAQS
To find out more about the venue, FAQs can be viewed by clicking here.