Poignant musical

the Night, War and Bridge Over Troubled Water.

I attended the final rehearsal for the upcoming Australian tour, which runs until 10th June and the vocal and musical proclivity involved is stellar.

Tom Oliver plays larrikin country soldier Johnny and Brittanie Shipway his girlfriend, Sarah.

Jerrod Smith is cast as duty-bound American marine Thomas and Christian Charisiou the conscripted Aussie, Andy.

Rounding out the cast are Imogen Moore and Sam Richardson, both of whom appeared in Frozen The Musical.

The five-piece band (drums, keyboards, two guitarists and a bass) under musical director Chong Lim is inspired. I can’t recommend Rolling Thunder Vietnam any more highly – it seeps into one psyche and remains there long after exiting the theatre.

This is “must see” material. Do not miss it.

For bookings, go to https://www. rollingthundervietnam.com/#tickets

Between July 1962 and June 1973, more than 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam (the war ended in 1975). During the battle between the North and South Vietnamese, 523 Australian troops died and more than 3,000 were evacuated, after being injured or falling ill.

US casualties alone numbered 58,220.

More than a million Vietnamese fighters were killed and as many as two million civilians on both sides of the conflict.