STAGES SPOTLIGHT - CONVERSATIONS REVISITED MAUREEN ELKNER - from October 18th, 2018 - Episode 18

STAGES with Peter Eyers

As we draw towards the end of our 6th Season and chalk up 450+ episodes, it’s time we reach into the archive to feature conversations and creatives previously featured on STAGES. We spotlight such episodes, in case you missed them first time ‘round - or so you can simply savour a second listen.
The STAGES podcast opens an essential doorway to access precious oral histories from the people who were, and are, on and around our stages. Conversations with Creatives about Craft and Career!
In this return episode, we spotlight a conversation with Maureen Elkner. Maureen joined the podcast in our very first year - in fact, hers was episode no:18.
Maureen has been singing since the sixties. Carving out a career as a rock/pop vocalist she began her professional career in a trio called The Chiffons.

Singing back-up for John Farnham and providing some of the vocals on Russell Morris’s classic The Real Thing, Maureen found her great success with the chart climber ‘Rak Off Normie’ – the follow up single to Bob Hudson’s novelty hit ‘The Newcastle Song’.
Maureen released 7 singles and two albums through the 70s and also found success as an actress and comedienne in the original Australian productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show.
A short-lived season (only two performances!) of the musical Oh Calcutta! saw her arrested along with the rest of the cast.
Maureen also entertained the troops during the Vietnam war, venturing into enemy territory to relieve our soldiers from the horrors they were navigating.
It’s a fascinating story and STAGES was delighted to sit down with the inspiring Maureen Elkner. This conversation was recorded in October, 2018.
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