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peter cousens

PETER'S musical theatre starring roles include Tony in West Side Story ; Chris in Miss Saigon ; Raoul in the Australian Production of Phantom Of The Opera ; Alex in Aspects Of Love ; Marius in Les Miserables , Lewis Carroll in Boojum, Nanki Poo in The Mikado , Motel in Fiddler on the Roof , Eddie in Blood Brothers , Ravenal in Show Boat ; Mordred (with Richard Harris) in Camelot Anthony and more recently Tobias in Sweeney Todd .

Peter played The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera on London's West End in 1997-98. Peter played Bobby in Compan y for the MTC and performed with the Sydney Dance Company in Tivoli . His one-man show A Life On Earth was described by The Sydney Morning Herald as "surely the most polished act in town", has toured Australia.

Peter was visiting Fellow at the University of Wollongong where he devised and directed the highly acclaimed Migratory V . Peter has recorded four solo albums; Corner Of The Sky , From A Distance , A life on Earth and a Musical Christmas and a children's album , Are We Nearly There Yet with Noni Hazlehurst.

Peter spends some time each year at sea, entertaining on some of the finest Cruising ships in the world. He has a degree in Dramatic Art from the National Institute of Dramatic Art. (NIDA) and shares his musical theatre experience working as a consultant and teacher at the Talent Development Project for the NSW Government. He presents The Musicals on Ovation the cable Arts Channel and produced a series of short films for Ovation, on the lives of music theatre stars, called Break a Leg. Peter will be seen in concert in Showstoppers with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House in December.

For news of Peter's Kookaburra Theatre, go to the website www.kookaburra.org.au.

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