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Rob Guest Endowment 2011: Interviews with the finalists

Backstage at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre, Zack Anthony Curran caught up with the six finalists of tonight’s Rob Guest Endowment – Jamie Ward, Gretel Scarlett, Kirby Lunn, Blake Bowden, Ashlea Pyke and Luigi Lucente.

With only hours to go before the concert begins, we bring you another exclusive backstage video featuring interviews with the finalists and the lovely Lucy Maunder – also performing at tonight’s event.

AussieTheatre.com will be tweeting throughout the evening with updates on the performances. Follow us @AussieTheatre. We will be using the hash tag #RGE2011! Pre-drinks start soon, and the concert begins at 7:30, so stay tuned!

Erin James

Erin James is AussieTheatre.com's former Editor in Chief and a performer on both stage and screen. Credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific and The King and I (Opera Australia), Love Never Dies and Cats (Really Useful Group), Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), A Place To Call Home (Foxtel/Channel 7) and the feature film The Little Death (written and directed by Josh Lawson).

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