DARREN GRAY MANAGEMENT
Offices in the UK and Australia.
Darren Gray Management is a theatrical agency/management company representing Australian actors in the UK, including the majority of cast members from Neighbours and Home & Away in the areas of film, television, theatre, pantomime, commercial and corporate work. We also represent Directors such as Alan Coleman and Casting Consultants such as Sue Manger.
For further details or a current client list please contact one of our consultants by the e-mail link on this page or:-
Tel: +(0)23 92699973
Tel: +(0)7798 662889 (Darren Gray, Direct)
Or You Can Write To:
Darren Gray Management
2 Marston Lane
Portsmouth
Hampshire
England, PO3 5TW
E-Mail: darren.gray1@virgin.net
AGENCY NEWS UPDATES....
PANTO 2007-2008
Darren Gray Management have a number of actors appearing in Christmas pantomimes this year including the following:-
Eliza Taylor-Cotter (Janae Timmins from Neighbours) will be appearing as Snow White in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs at the Pavilion Theatre in Weymouth from 19 December-6 January. Tickets can be booked by calling 01305 783225.
Natalie Blair (Carmella Cammeniti from Neighbours) will be playing Snow White in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs at the Music Hall in Shrewsbury from 6 December-6 January. Tickets can be booked by calling 01743 281281.
Lara Sacher (Serena Bishop from Neighbours) will be starring as Beauty in Beauty & The Beast at the Lyceum Theatre in Crewe from 5 December-5 January. Tickets can be booked by calling 01270 537333.
Trent Baines (Macca Mackenzie from Home & Away) will be appearing as the Prince in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs at the Civic Theatre in Doncaster from 13 December-6 January. Tickets can be booked by calling 01302 342349.
Amy Mizzi (Kit Hunter from Home & Away) will be playing Princess Jasmine in Aladdin at the Civic Theatre in Rotherham from 3 December-13 January. Tickets can be booked by calling 01709 823621.
Beau Brady (Noah Lawson from Home & Away) will be playing the Prince in Sleeping Beauty at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone from 1 December-6 January. Tickets can be booked by calling 01622 758611.
We have two clients appearing in Aladdin at the Woodville Halls Theatre in Gravesend from 13 December until 30 December. The whole show then transfers to the Majestic Theatre in Retford where it will play from 4 January-9 January. Victoria Scott will be playing the Princess and Paul O'Brien (Jack Holden from Home & Away) joins the production from 20 December as Aladdin. Tickets for Gravesend can be booked by calling 01474 337774 and to book for Retford you'll need to call 01777 706866.
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WHY NOT CAST AN AUSSIE? - the autobiography of agency founder Darren Gray has just been published by Trafford Publishing. The book covers his life and career and is essential reading for fans of Aussie soaps and actors who wish to work in the UK and/or Australia. Further details and information on how to order the book can be found on Amazon or at: www.trafford.com/05-2652
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Due to popular demand DARREN GRAY is once again writing a weekly newspaper column covering Australian showbiz news from both sides of the globe. His new column can be found in the UK publication AUSTRALIAN TIMES every Wednesday and anyone wishing to apply for a subscription should go to: www.australiantimes.co.uk or alternatively click on the link on the bottom of this page.
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VAL LEHMAN (top dog, Bea Smith, Prisoner Cell Block H) now has her own official website which is fantastic and certainly worth a visit as it contains plenty of info on her career and Prisoner- www.val-lehman.com or click on the link at the bottom of this page to be directed straight to the site.
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Judy Nunn (best known in the UK as Ailsa Stewart from Home & Away) is Australia's best selling female novelist! Her blockbuster novels can be ordered via this website. Please e-mail us for further details and prices if you are interested in having a read.
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CALLING FANS OF THE YOUNG DOCTORS
The Young Doctors was Australia's longest running drama serial and was a ratings winner in the UK as well as in other countries around the world. The show launched with an initial hour long pilot episode in 1976 and by the time that the Albert Memorial Hospital closed its doors for the final time in 1982 it had clocked up a further 1396 half hour episodes.
Viewers as far away as New Zealand, Angola, the Bahamas, France and the Netherlands were hooked on the romance and drama of The Young Doctors. The Albert Memorial Hospital was run like a well oiled machine by medical superintendent Dr Brian Denham (Michael Beecher) and his ever efficient secretary Helen Gordon (Lyn James). Kiosk lady Ada Simmonds (Gwen Plumb) kept the gossip flowing, orderly Dennis Jamison (Chris King) was the joker of the pack and Sister Grace Scott (played by Home & Away star Cornelia Frances) kept the flighty young nurses in line with a rod of iron. The show was awash with sexy young nurses and hunky doctors including Nurse Jo Jo Adams (Delvene Delaney), Nurse Tania Livingstone (Judy McBurney), Nurse Sherry Andrews (Karen Pini), Nurse Maggie Gordon (played by Neighbours regular Jackie Woodburne), Dr Peter Holland (Peter Lochran), Dr Tony Garcia (Tony Alvarez) and Dr Greg Mason (played by Australian Idol judge Mark Holden). Then we had the prickly Dr Graham Steele (Tim Page), the abrupt Dr John Forest (played by Alan Dale of Neighbours and Ugly Betty fame) and the suave senior surgeon Dr Raymond Shaw (Alfred Sandor). The series also featured a very young Russell Crowe in his television acting debut and Joseph Furst who played the evil Dr Metz in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever.
Umbrella Entertainment (www.umbrellaent.com.au) have released two volumes of classic episodes from the show on DVD - 'The Young Doctors - The Best Romances' and 'The Young Doctors - Classic Cliffhangers.' These DVD's have been selling like hot cakes and now fans are campaigning to have the entire series released on DVD in chronological order.
"I have been approached by a lot of fans asking if the whole show will be released on DVD in chronological order," said Darren Gray of Darren Gray Management who represent a number of The Young Doctors cast members and who also represent Alan Coleman who produced, directed and wrote the series, "I know that the programme has a strong and loyal fan base and I'm certainly throwing my weight behind this campaign to release every episode of the show in regular monthly instalments.
"Umbrella Entertainment have recently announced that they'll be releasing the whole of Sons & Daughters on DVD and A Country Practice and Prisoner (Cell Block H) are already being released in their entirety so we know that a massive audience exists for classic Australian drama serials.
"In addition with a brand new version of The Young Doctors about to be produced in Australia I would suggest that now is the ideal time for the release of the original series - viewers can enjoy the new show whilst also revisiting the classic episodes to see where it all began."
So if you are a fan of The Young Doctors and would like to see the entire series released on DVD you are urged to e-mail Umbrella Entertainment to show that the demand exists for this to happen. E-mail Andrew Mercado at info@umbrellaent.com.au
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