Bendigo performer Gina Hogan will return to her home town with a show full of 1960s classics.
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Hogan who grew up in Bendigo and went to St Mary’s (now Catholic College Bendigo) also performed with Bendigo Theatre Company in Godspell and the Sound of Music.
“I loved growing up in Bendigo, it’s a great town,” Hogan said.
“At 19, I left for the big smoke and started pursuing my dream. I was lucky to do professional shows and tour the country and world with certain shows.
“It’s so exciting to be able to perform there, it’s a bit like a home game of footy.”
Hogan’s Women of the 60s show is just one of many she has developed.
She also performs Doris Day and Shirley Bassey show Night and Day, musical theatre-inspired The Belles of Broadway, a newly-developed The Christmas Belle and with The Gina Hogan Band.
“I started with a ‘60s show because I always wanted to do a show I loved and I wanted something for me,” she said. “When I was young I listened to songs a lot and got a feel of what (the original artists) have done to those songs.
“I try to keep close to that but I have my own voice and bring part of me to every song.”
Hogan said she began writing shows because she wanted a new challenge.
“I really wanted to write my own show and get that off the ground and it’s been great to visit all the performing arts centres,” she said.
“The next one was about my experience in musical theatre. The Doris Day and Shirley Bassey show is coming to The Capital at the end of the year.
“I didn't realise the challenge writing shows would bring to me.”
So many shows means Hogan is singing every day. She said she performs about 30 shows each year.
“If I don’t I’m either working on shows, writing shows or refining shows,” she said.
“I also still work with my wonderful singing teacher who keeps me on track with vocal technique.”
Hogan’s Women of the ‘60s show will also raise money for a Bendigo-Strathdale Rotary project that supports Cambodian children with Meningoencephalocoele (MEC).
MEC is a birth defect that occurs in the mother’s womb prior to birth. It occurs when the skull does not form fully and as the child grows there is a fissure behind the eyes in the region of the nose that allows the brain to herniate, and grow in a sack outside the skull.
Women of the ‘60s is on at The Capital on Sunday, July 31 at 2pm. For more information or to buy tickets visit www.thecapital.com.au/Whats_On