There is excitement in the air at the first dress rehearsal for the production. Centacare clients Myra and Messina (pictured) play two singing sisters Cara and Laoise and both girls are eager to don their makeup and costumes for the first time.
Messina has been with Centacare for ten years and has been in all three of Running Duck’s stage shows. She names Swing as her favourite. She loves singing and acting, so it’s only fitting for her to play a singer.
Erika is one of seven Centacare support workers who walk alongside the cast to make their dreams a reality and to provide back up, helping out in the makeup and costume departments.
She said Running Duck have had a six week break from rehearsing John Red Kelly due to a recent performance of their earlier production, Swing, at the Brisbane Jazz Club.