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Nat Phillips' Whirligigs NAT PHILLIPS' WHIRLIGIGS aka Nat Phillips Revue Company / Snapshots Revue Company A specialist revusical (and later a revue) company, the Whirligigs was founded by Nat Phillips immediately after he and Roy Rene ended their Stiffy and Mo partnership in 1925. The troupe initially featured Phillips as Oscar the Aussie and Harry Huley as Percy the Pom. Phillips later teamed up with Jack Kellaway to form the partnership "Stiffy and 'Erb." He revived the Whirligigs immediately after he and Rene split for the final time in 1928. It was renamed the Nat Phillips Revue Company in 1930. Around that time he was also working in partnership with comedian Stan Foley (as "Stiffy and Stud"). The following year he and Joe Lawman became "Stiffy and Joe," followed a few months later by "Stiffy, Joe and Syd" (with Syd Beck). The troupe disbanded in 1932 following the unexpected death of its leader. Nat Phillips and Roy Rene's played their last show together in 1925 on 17 July. The split occurred during Stiffy and Mo's Adelaide season. With advertising already booked Phillips continued to present the Stiffy and Mo Revue Company without his former partner, who was at that time reportedly indisposed."1 A week later, with little fanfare Phillips announced his "newly organised musical comedy company" and heavily promoted it as a "season of joy and gladness" featuring such "clever folk" as Mike Connors and Queenie Paul, Shannon Raye, Dan Dunbar and the "Six Crack-a-Jacks" among others. It was not until the end of the third week of the new season, however, that Phillips decided to advertise the company as the Whirligigs.2 The remainder of the season comprised a selection of Stiffy and Mo revusicals and several new shows, including Flying High and East is West. The first production staged without Rene was the old Stiffy and Mo classic, The Plumbers, and in this Phillips appeared without an off-sider. For the second week's show (In Mexico) he elevated Joe Mullaney from the ensemble to play opposite him - as Stiffy and Joe. Mullaney, described in the Register as "a new comedian of the Peter Doody type,3 must not have had the necessary chemistry because the following week Phillips brought in the more experienced Harry Huley, who continued in the role of second comedian up until at least the end of the Adelaide season. For the third production of the season, Flying High, Phillips did not play his Stiffy character but instead introduced a new one, "Oscar" (aka Oscar the Aussie). Although Huley's character for this revusical was named Bertie Blobbs, it appears that for Register (Adelaide) 25 July 1915, 2. the remainder of the Adelaide season he took on an alter ego called Percy the Pom. Interestingly Phillips also seems to have retained the Oscar character during that same period - possibly reasoning that he had to change his name so as to lessen comparisons with his former partnership. By 1926, however, "Stiffy" was back. 1926 also saw Whirligigs Revue Company's revusicals revolving around a new onstage partnership - Stiffy and 'Erb (played by Jack Kellaway). The troupe continued to present mostly old Stiffy and Mo revusicals, with a few more new works inserted into each season. Stiffy and 'Erb would also appear in one or more sketches staged during each evening's first-half vaudeville programme, with other members of the company performing the usual fare of songs, dances, and specialty acts. One the Whirligigs earliest engagements was a 26 weeks season at Perth's Luxor Theatre for Walker and Doyle (beginning 10 May 1926). A highlight during the season was a live broadcast of several items by the Westralian Farmers radio service (20 Sept.). The length of the season is an indication of Phillips popularity, even without Mo. This appears to have also been the case with the company's Brisbane season which followed Perth. The Brisbane Courier writes of their debut performance at the Empire Theatre in 1926 (in At the Grand): Brisbane Courier 16 Feb. (1929), 2. 1 "Majestic Theatre: Popular Programme." Register (Adelaide) 20 July 1925, 3. 2 See "Historical Notes and Corrections" below regarding the possible origins of the Whirligigs name. 3 "Majestic Theatre: A Strong Combination." Register (Adelaide) 27 July 1925, 12. Mr Nat Phillips was the central figure in the many and varied comedy scenes, but able assistance was lent by Ern [sic] (Mr Jack Kellaway). Both comedians proved more than equal to the task of sustaining a liberal flow of laughter."4 The Whirligigs remained together until 1927, a period of some 18 months, before reverting back to the Stiffy and Mo Revue Company following the return of Roy Rene. Although Phillips initially stated that the new company would star all three comedians, his and Rene's onstage relationship was too well-established in the minds of audiences and Kellaway soon reverted back to a support role. The Whirligigs was reformed in December 1928 following the final Stiffy and Mo season. After playing Melbourne the company travelled to Brisbane, opening at the Empire on 23 February with Who's Who.5 Unlike earlier years, in which Phillips' company's would provide only the second part revusical, each evening's entertainment was supplied in whole by the company – with the first part comprising a series of vaudeville acts and the second part either a revusical or revue. The Melbourne and Brisbane engagements also established the format of the seasons to be played up until late 1930, with these comprising a mix of old Stiffy and Mo revusicals, a smattering of Stiffy and 'Erb shows from 1925 and 1926 and some fresh productions. Among the new productions staged in 1929 were Eyes Right, Pensions, Not Guilty, Mama's New Husband, Marrying Mary and In Very Old Arizona. The company then travelled to New Zealand sometime around mid-1929, presenting an extended season at the new Opera House in Christchurch between ca. August and November. This engagement also saw the company augmented by veteran comedian Hector St Clair. After returning to Australia in late-December 1929 Phillips re-organised his company. One of changes by this stage was the departure of Jack Kellaway. The new Whirligigs appeared at the Bridge Theatre, Newtown under the venue's new lessee Harry Kitching, 6 Clay's Bridge Theatre Company having recently made the decision to close down its live theatre operations. The line-up included Kitching's wife Amy Rochelle, Daisy Merritt, Al Mack, Les Warton, Phyllis Baker and Cecil Scott. After concluding its 14 weeks Sydney season the Whirligigs travelled to Perth, opening at the Luxor on 10 May). Phillips' offsider by this time was Stan "Stud" Foley – himself an emerging comic with an increasingly popular reputation. This suggests that the Whirligigs revusicals were still being performed by two comedians rather than in the traditional comic/straightman format. As with Melbourne and Brisbane, the Perth season began with a revusical (The Dooleys). The Stiffy and Mo revusicals presented were The Bell Boys, Waiters, In Spain and Manicure, Sir?),7 while the Stiffy and 'Erb shows comprised Meet Mabel, The Huntsmen, Oh Auntie. The new works included O.K. Chief, Hot Baby and Cure 'em Quick. While the troupe's movements immediately following the Perth season (which closed 29 Aug.) have not yet been fully established, the next engagement found was surprisingly in Broken Hill (New South Wales) under the management of Fullers Theatres. Even more surprising the season's advertising had Stan Foley as the feature artist, with Phillips, Keith Connolly billed as the support cast for the production Flotsam and Jetsam. While the show is known to have premiered at the Crystal Palace on 4 October no further advertising is forthcoming until 17 October when the Barrier Miner reports the final nights and full change of programme (by then known as the Nat Phillips Revue Company). Foley appears to have been downgraded to one of the company members [see advertisements below]. Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 30 Sept. (1930), 2. Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 17 Oct. (1930), 2. 4 "Empire: Whirligigs Revue Co, The." Brisbane Courier 18 Oct. (1926), 17. 5 It is likely that the troupe played a short season elsewhere between the close of the Melbourne season and its engagement at the Empire (Brisbane) beginning 23 February. 6 "What's On." Truth (Sydney) 12 Jan. (1930), 11. NB: Clay's Bridge Theatre Company continued operation into the 1960s but only as the owner/lesser of the Bridge Theatre. See Clay's Bridge Theatre Company Ltd and Bridge Theatre (Newtown) for further details. 7 Another show from the 1930 Perth, The Sultan, is possibly a renamed version of In a Harem (aka The Porters). The company next travelled to Sydney and as the Nat Phillips' Snapshots Revue Co. it began a record-breaking nine- month engagement at the Grand Opera House8 beginning 1 November (advertising also often billed the troupe as Nat Phillips and His Merry Men and Maids). For this season Phillips' staged all new revues, with no previous Stiffy and Mo/Stiffy and 'Erb productions having been identified. One interesting feature inserted into the revues was a period of community singing led by Nat Phillips. The Sydney Morning Herald notes that by the third week of the season that it had become a popular custom with the audience.9 In another review in the same newspaper provides an insight into the Phillips/Foley partnership: Nat Phillips and Stud Foley, comedians, were the outstanding performers at the Grand Opera House on Saturday night. The pair act well together.
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