Following a national tour of Old Friends Sing Sondheim, Mark Trevorrow has reunited with “old friends” Rupert Noffs and Music Director Bev Kennedy to stage a new show at Ginger’s – a terrific little cabaret room upstairs at the Oxford Hotel in Taylor Square, Sydney which isn’t used enough. (Trevor Ashley fans will remember that he staged his cabaret series Show Queen there.)

Mark Trevorrow, Bev Kennedy and Rupert Noffs, Old Friends Sing Sundays. Photo supplied

Old Friends Sing Sundays is a fabulously enertaining show, with songs by Bacharach, Coward, Kander & Ebb and Sondheim among others. Staged on Sunday evenings, the initial August performances quickly sold out, so the season has been extended to 21 September.

Trevorrow has long been one of Australia’s comedy and cabaret stars, enjoying international success with his hilariously camp alter ego Bob Downe, the self-proclaimed Prince of Polyester. Noffs (grandson of humanitarian Rev Ted Noffs, who founded the Wayside Chapel) is no stranger to Bob, having played his “nepo-nephew” Philip McKrevis in the show CHOOSE BOB! 40 Ridiculous Years.

There is a nice, easy rapport between the two of them. Trevorrow’s quick-witted humour...