‘Silver Threads and Golden Needles’ - Entertainment Icon and Author, Angela Ayers
Angela Ayers is an icon in the entertainment industry throughout Australia and New Zealand becoming the golden girl of NZ TV through her appearances with Peter Sinclair and Craig Scott in the musical TV shows Happen Inn and Sing in the 70’s. This led to her being voted “NZ’s Queen of Television” and “Most Popular Female Artist”.
Shortly after moving to Australia, she won the plum role of Maggie in A Chorus Line subsequently winning the only scholarship the New York Shakespearian Festival Trust had ever awarded to study Jazz/Ballet in Los Angeles.
A steady stream of significant roles in Musical Theatre kept her in Australia throughout the 80’s including West Side Story, The Rocky Horror Show, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cabaret, Chicago, Guys and Dolls and Jerry’s Girls.
She appeared regularly on all National Variety TV Shows in Australia throughout the 90’s such as The Don Lane Show, The Mike Walsh Show, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and The Two Ronnie’s Specials; as well as many TV programs in guest roles and in commercials.
In 1998, she wrote her own one woman cabaret show entitled I Can Cook Too, performing with the legendary Jazz Pianist Ray Alldridge.
In a career of many highlights, Angela rates one of them as singing the New Zealand National Anthem to over 90,000 people at the MCG Bledisloe Cup Match.
She was a regular favourite entertainer in the 1980’s and 1990’s on Cruise ships and entertained troops in the Sinai with the late Ricky May.
Returning to NZ she starred in musicals such as 42nd St, Jerry’s Girls, and Mum’s the Word. There were numerous television credits in Shortland Street, Spin Doctors and Menopause the Musical in both Australia and New Zealand.
Then in 2014, Angela played Miss Potts in Hairy Maclary at The Sydney Opera House. Angela’s cabaret show, ‘I Can Cook Too’ is in demand throughout Australia and is popular with the Senior Citizens Concerts.
Even more so, is her new show “Simple Dreams” the amazing songs of Linda Ronstadt.
Angela has recently launched her first children’s book; a talent discovered during the COVID lockdown. 2 LITTLE KIWI BIRDS will be released in a series of 6 with an accompanying song.
It is a charming, delightful book following the adventures of two kiwi birds, Les and Beryl, who travel from New Zealand across to Australia and settle here.
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