Celebs

Rarely do I recognise celebrities mainly due to the darkness of the cab. However last night I carried two stars, one from the media and the other in theatre.

When the first boarded in daylight I immediately picked him as cartoonist, adventurer and radio broadcaster, Warren Brown who hosts The Weekender, a quirky ABC radio spot on Saturday evenings. I took the opportunity to congratulate him on a recent interview with electronic music composer, Endorphin, regarding his updated soundtrack for the world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang.

In the cab Brown carried two large drawing sheets with a pencil outline of today's cartoon in the Daily Telegraph. Now, at home, it's neat to see how the artistic process - adding colour and text - transformed the sketch to cruelly lampoon Premier Iemma.

The second celebrity swept out of Star City Hotel early this morning craddling a massive bouquet of flowers and boarded the cab with his Mum. This was actor Paul Capsis of the The Rocky Horror Show which opened last night. Capsis plays the bent butler, Riff Raff.

I told of seeing the first production of Rocky Horror with Reg Livermore at the Valhalla theatre...back in 1974! He then excitedly reported that Richard O'Brien, the original creator of Rocky Horror had joined him onstage for his signature tune.

As the show is two generations old he exhorted me to promote it to all my Gen Y passengers. So if you haven't already, it's well worth catching this unique show.

After paying the fare Capsis apologised for not tipping, then produced a two dollar coin. It wasn't expected, of course, but good on him anyway. For me it was reward enough to briefly share his elation from a successful opening performance.

Comments

[Dataceptionist]

I saw a short snippet preview of the new production and while he's no Richard O'brien, he's made it work. iOTA is the man to see that production for though, he's fab as Frank.

:)

[Greg]

I suppose the new stage production has something to do with the end of midnight screenings in Sydney, but I always enjoyed the audience participation at the ones I attended in various locales in the States. It can't be as outrageous as it once was, but it's still hilarious.

[Dataceptionist]

Greg the new production has been advertised since last July, and the end of the midnight screenings has only just been announced. They are completely seperate.