Australian singer and actor
Bernadette Robinson is an Australian singer and actor.
Robinson was born in Sydney and grew up in Melbourne where she attended the Victorian College of the Arts and was taught opera by Joan Hammond.[1]
She is best known for her ability to sing in the style of many well-known female singers.[2] These skills were featured in the stage productions Songs for Nobodies, directed by Simon Phillips,[3] and Pennsylvania Avenue,[4] both written for her by Joanna Murray-Smith. She appeared with her show The Show Goes On in 2017 at the Sydney Opera House.[5][6]
Robinson was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play in 2012 for Songs for Nobodies.
References
- ^ "Singer Bernadette Robinson is finally flying high" by Jo Litson, The Australian, 17 December 2011
- ^ "Two Dogs unleashed with a little costumed help". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 705. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 September 1994. p. 13. Retrieved 12 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Songs for Nobodies review by Rose Hodson, Australian Stage, 12 August 2011
- ^ "Bernadette Robinson goes from a nobody to a somebody in Joanna Murray-Smith's Pennsylvania Avenue" by Peter Craven, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 2014
- ^ "Bernadette Robinson – The Show Goes On, Sydney Opera House
- ^ "The Show Goes On: Bernadette Robinson", Radio National Breakfast, 23 July 2017
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