"The Leading Men" are proud finalists in the Australian Event Awards!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 4:33PM The Australian Event Awards is the pinnacle awads program for the events industry in Australia. It is the only opportunity for Australian events and event organisers to be acknowledged on a level playing field, across the entire national events industry.
For the first year ever, the Awards will include an "Entertainer of the Year" category. Lovegrove Entertainment is extremely proud to announce that its corporate entertainment act "The Leading Men" are finalists in this category.
“The 2011 Event Awards has again delivered us an outstanding calibre of entries this year, and the decision on finalists presented some difficult choices for the judging panel,” said Johnny Allen, Co-chair of the Judges.
"The Leading Men" was created by corporate entertainment entrepreneur and award-winning musical theatre performer Darryl Lovegrove. Comprised of the cream of the crop of Australia's musical theatre talent - each of the four performers has played one or more 'leading roles' on the Australian stage.
Inspired by the Broadway musical, the performers sing the showstoppers from blockbuster musicals that made them stars, featuring almost every era of musical theatre from the classics of the 40's-60's such as "Carousel","Cabaret" and "Guys "n Dolls" through to smash hit millenium musicals "Spamalot", "Wicked" and "Hairspray". Guaranteed to offer something for everyone, they perform a medley of classic hits written by Australian artists as diverse as Jimmy Barnes, ACDC, Peter Allen and John Williamson but with a twist - they're sung in Italian.
Described by Sir Michael Parkinson as "a brillant concept- as good as anything I've seen in the UK", "The Leading Men" are in a class of their own and truly unforgettable. "The Leading Men" are Scott Irwin, Derek Metzger, Ian Stenlake, David Dixon, Wayne Scott Kermond, Darryl Lovegrove, James Lee and Mitchell Butel. We congratulate each and every one of them!
The Australian Event Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday October 6th at Sydney Olympic Park.
http://www.eventawards.com.au/awards-night/2011-event-details.html
From left Ian Stenlake, Derek Metzger, Darryl Lovegrove and Scott Irwin
Photo: Robert Grima
