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Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica
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'What do a classical musician and retired country and western singer have in common? Not a lot according to Monica (Georgie Parker) who really just wants Gary, aka Rhinestone Rex (Glenn Hazeldine), to do the job he’s being paid for and renovate her kitchen. She hates his taste in music, his attitudes to women and the plinths he wants to put on her kitchen cabinets. Gary can’t find much about Monica to recommend to anyone but still finds her attractive in a cold, rigid and inflexible kind of way. Can they find a way past all their conflicts towards a harmonious and fulfilling relationship? Or will their differences keep them from making beautiful music together?' Source: www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/ (Sighted 08/06/2010).

Production Details

  • World premiere at J Theatre, Noosa Junction as part of The Noosa Long Weekend Festival, 22-24 June 2010 and then at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, 16 September, 2010.

    Director: Sandra Bates.

    Cast: Glenn Hazeldine and Georgie Parker.

    Presented by the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribili, 10 March - 29 April 2023.

    Director: Mark Kilmurry.

    Cast: Glenn Hazeldine and Georgie Parker.

    Presented by Queensland Theatre Company at Bille Brown Theatre, 28 May -21 June 2025.

    Director: Mark Kilmurry.

    Designer: Veronique Benett.

    Lighting Designer: Trudy Dalgleish.

    Sound Designer: Daryl Wallis.

    Cast: Glenn Hazeldine and Georgie Parker.

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First known date: 2010
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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica, Ensemble Theatre Sarah Liversidge , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2023;
— Review of Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica David Williamson , 2010 single work drama

'The return of a classic Williamson play about finding connection despite musical and personality differences.'
Best Touring Drama Set for Theatre Stage 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 February 2012; (p. 39)
Williamson in the Howard Years Denise Varney , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Radical Visions 1968-2008 : The Impact of the Sixties on Australian Drama 2011; (p. 79-126)
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 October 2010; (p. 14)
— Review of Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica David Williamson , 2010 single work drama
Drawn By the Waves Marie-Christine Sourris , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 6 June 2010; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica David Williamson , 2010 single work drama
Drawn By the Waves Marie-Christine Sourris , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 6 June 2010; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica David Williamson , 2010 single work drama
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 October 2010; (p. 14)
— Review of Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica David Williamson , 2010 single work drama
Theatre Review : Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica, Ensemble Theatre Sarah Liversidge , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2023;
— Review of Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica David Williamson , 2010 single work drama

'The return of a classic Williamson play about finding connection despite musical and personality differences.'
Williamson to Party Again for Ensemble Clare Morgan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 September 2009; (p. 16)
Best Touring Drama Set for Theatre Stage 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 February 2012; (p. 39)
Williamson in the Howard Years Denise Varney , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Radical Visions 1968-2008 : The Impact of the Sixties on Australian Drama 2011; (p. 79-126)
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