Ben Apfelbaum

REHEARSALS BEGIN ON A NEW PRODUCTION OF MAMMA MIA

Featured image- Performers Stephen Mahy and Sarah Morrison. Pic by Ben Apfelbaum.

Over 60 million people have fallen in love with the story and the music that makes MAMMA MIA the ultimate feel good musical.

A new Australian production- producers Michael Coppel, Louise Withers and Linda Bewick– will be directed by Helpmann Award winner Gary Young, with a creative team that includes Choreographer Tom Hodgson and Musical Supervisor Stephen Amos.

Set on a Greek Island paradise, combined with the story telling magic of Abba’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s tale centres around a young bride to be’s quest to discover the identity of her father. This quest brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island, they all visited twenty years ago.

Starring in this brand new Australian production as mother of the bride Donna Sheridan is Natalie O’Donnell. Donna’s daughter and bride to be Sophie, is emerging young actress Sarah Morrison. Donna’s loyal friend Rosa is played by  Alicia Gardiner. Sophie’s adoring fiance Sky is played by Stephen Mahy. The prospective fathers’ of the bride are played by Ian Stenlake, Phillip Lowe and Josef Ber.

Featuring 22 of Abba’s greatest hits, MAMMA MIA will open at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from 11th February, 2018.

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My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.