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A comedy musical featuring songs from James Bond movies, the setting for From Asia with Love is a seedy speakeasy in Shanghai, 1950. 'Secret agent Matt Ward has been sent on an intelligence mission in the guise of a lounge singer. But is there is something deadly about the gig? And who is the mysterious Asian girl who fascinates him?' (Mermaid Beach production poster).
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Hear Kimie Tsukakoshi sing John Barry and Hal David's 'All the Time in the World' on Soundcloud. A video of Tsukakoshi rehearsing the song can also be accessed on YouTube.
Production Details
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2013: Mandarin Court Restaurant, Mermaid Beach (Queensland); 28 April
- Director Brad Rush; Producer Simon Chan (for The Other Production Company).
- Cast: Matt Ward, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Simon Chan.
- Musicians: David Lazar, Lachlan Hawkins, Amanda Tio, Molly O'Boyle-Collier.
- NB: The evening included a two-course Chinese banquet.
2013: Anywhere Fest. Vineyards Complex, 40 Blackwood Street Mitchelton, Brisbane (Queensland); 11 and 18 May
- Produced in association with the Blackwood Street Chamber of Commerce.
- Cast and musicians as for previous Mermaid Beach production.
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Shanghai,
cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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