by Helen Musa
SYDNEY’S Tilbury Hotel has been basking for some weeks in the description of itself in The Canberra Times as “the mecca of cabaret”.
Now it seems the Tilbury is to be a real centre of pilgrimages, but what an unlikely bunch of pilgrims - Gery Scott, Kate Peters and Tony Magee, three of the stars of the Queanbeyan School of Arts Cafe have been invited to bring their musical entertainments to Sydney.
They are joined by a young group of outstanding talent - pianist Peter Casey and actor-singers Mark Fuller, Queenie van der Zandt and David Pearson will perform two recent successes, The Mere Male on Broadway and Three’s Company. School of Arts cafe maestro Bill Stephens can count this invitation a major coup.
Since 1986, the Tilbury has become a showcase for Australian theatre talent; its minuscule stage has seen the likes of Kerrie Bidell, Lorrae Desmond, June Bronhill and Toni Lamond.
Gery Scott, fresh from her current Cole Porter program, is a giant of a performer at any time. Magee is constantly in demand as a pianist and singer. And Peters, acknowledged Queen of Cabaret in Canberra, is flushed with the Canberra Southern Cross Club’s decision to run Noel and Gertie for an extra night tonight.
Originally published in The Canberra Times, February 29, 1992.
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