David Hobson is a regular visitor to Tasmania. Last year he was here with Colin Lane, performing at his favourite theatre The Theatre Royal. David’s also been here for Speigeltent and performed at The Odeon and in a couple of weeks he will add yet another venue to that list, this time the Wrest Point Entertainment Centre. David will be performing and blending his tenor voice with regular collaborator and much loved soprano Marina Prior in their show ‘The 2 of Us’.
Marina and David will be accompanied by piano legend David Cameron.
David and Marina have similar backgrounds both performing opera and musical theatre and both starting out doing something else entirely, for David it was jazz and rock for Marina, she began as a folk artist. David doesn’t have a favourite genre and says he ‘revels’ in whatever genre he is performing at the time. A mix of genres will be explored as Marina and David take us on a journey through their favourite musical theatre pieces as well as some Celtic folk, songs from their individual albums and other surprises, including between songs being flooded with funny stories by both performers.
The aim of this show, says David is to bring some of these best loved theatre pieces to audiences around Australia that may never have had the chance to enjoy seeing David and Marina perform individually and /or together. David says their together time has logged up 35 years and the two have a great rapport and friendship which translates into a spectacular stage performance.
The tour takes in regional Australia as well as the major capital cities and has performed so far to sell out shows. With a successful tour thus far, David agrees they may have created a precedent for future performances.
David confides in me if he hadn’t been a musician he may have followed his initial career choice of AFL footballer! We can be assured he will continue to be kicking more musical career goals for a long time into the future.
You can see Marina and David perform at the following venues and times.
Sat14 Jul 2018 Launceston Country Club 3pm & 8pm
Sun 15 Jul 2018 Wrest Point Casino 3pm
Paula Xiberras
