Baz famously said: “Just tell me how much money you can raise and I’ll make it for that”
In 1988 a young NIDA graduate called Baz Luhrmann was invited to stage his play Strictly Ballroom at the Sydney Theatre Company alongside his fellow NIDA graduates writer Craig Pearce, actor Catherine McClements and production designer Catherine Martin, with associate production designer Bill Marron and costume designer Angus Strathie. The show debuted in September, a fun, feel-good romp through the flamboyant, madcap world of competitive ballroom dancing, with an uplifting message of overturning artistic oppression and taking on the establishment.
Sitting in the audience that night was music producer Ted Albert and his wife Popsy, this writer’s
