Press release from Samantha Whiteley
Take a trip back to 1942 with PAC Script Lab on July 29 as professional actors set to engage the audience with a public free reading of a new war-time musical film script titled Bugle Boy, while the all gal singing group ‘The Andrew Sisters’ entertain live with swinging hits of the era.
“This is definitely a script with a difference,” enthuses PAC founder Annie Murtagh-Monks.
WA based Script writer and producer Tom Lubin has his roots in Hollywood, where he hung out in sound studios recording bands before graduating from high school. Engineering a number of musical projects and working alongside legendary artists, (such as Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Santana and Steve Miller), Tom found his way to Australia in 1987 where he took up – amongst many things –screen writing and has contributed significantly to the film and music industries in this country.
With a music score of jazz, big-band, jitterbug, and songs of the time, Bugle Boy follows the struggles of four musicians caught up in World War 2. It is a love story between an Italian-American horn- playing cook from Chicago and an Italian-Australian girl who skippers her family’s fishing boat whilst singing in a trio at the Fremantle Council dances by night.
It was a time when being Italian was enough to be arrested and imprisoned. Women were suddenly independent and emancipated but scared to death of what might happen if the Japanese invaded. Australian troops were overseas and Canberra had seemingly written off the West. And then the Yanks arrived to check the unstoppable Japanese.
For many, companionship, solace, romance, and love bloomed, often starting at Freo Council’s big-band dances that were held for the departing Anzacs, and later the occupying Yanks. Bugle Boy is also about responsibility and doing the right thing, about love, and loss, war and commitment, worrying about the future while living in the moment during a unique (and little known) time in Fremantle’s history.
The reading will be directed by highly experienced television director Mark DeFriest, who although originally born in America has made Australia his home for many years and directed numerous hours of television.
With complimentary wine and nibbles on hand, what better way to settle into a night of behind-the- scenes development of screen drama with live music? And then you can offer your feedback on the script.
Suitable for all ages, PAC Script Lab invites anyone intrigued by history, music, and cinema to join in on an evening of insights and entertainment on Wed. July 29 at Subiaco Arts Centre, 6pm.
To reserve a place, email: pac@screenworkshop.com.au – or phone Annie Murtagh-Monks or Danielle McCormack.
PAC Script Lab
P: 08 9384 4604
E. pac@screenworkshop.com.au or visit www.screenworkshop.com.au
Proudly supported by ScreenWest, Paddy Maguire’s and Subiaco Arts Centre