It is with great sadness that Miranda Musical Society delivers news of the passing of founding member and long standing resident director Alan Mundy on Friday, 11th October 2019.

Vale Alan Mundy

A Tribute to Alan Mundy
The recent passing of Alan Mundy marks the end of a magnificent era for Miranda Musical Society.  
 
Alan, together with Laurel Gee, George Rixon and Shirley Oberg were instrumental in the establishment of Miranda Musical Society in October 1967. Alan directed our first production The Desert Song in March 1968, and directed 72 shows from 1967 until our June 2009 production of More Showstoppers. Over the years, Alan directed such iconic shows as Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, The Music Man and Mame. When asked to name his favourite musical productions, he listed shows which, whilst not necessarily the most commercially viable, were personal achievements for him as a director - Little Me (Australian Premiere), Sugar (Australian Premiere), Pippin, Seesaw, Follies  and of course Les Miserables (NSW Amateur Premiere) (3 times). A full list of Alan’s shows is below.

Alan’s influence and guidance has had a positive impact on thousands of people over his time in community theatre, with the very real fact that Miranda Musical Society would not exist today if not, in part,  for Alan. He was the creative genius responsible for the direction of almost all productions in the first 40 years of the Society’s existence and created a high standard that has been maintained. When not in charge of productions, Alan continued his participation as Front of House Manager, as our Treasurer and even onstage. 
He was an outstanding singer and actor, receiving Best Actor Awards in the Sydney Drama Festivals for his leading roles in Breaking Point and Shakespeare’s Richard II at the Guild Theatre, Rockdale. He was one of the 100 Faces of the Shire in 2006 and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Spotlight Awards in 2011. He was elected a Life Member of Rockdale Musical Society, and an Honorary Life Member of the Miranda Musical Society in 1976, a significant accomplishment to be made a Life Member of 2 community groups!
 
As well as his multitude of theatre activities he also held down a high pressure job at Citibank while raising a family of three children (Craig, Grant and Lisa) with his beloved wife Marjory.  The entire Mundy family was involved in Miranda Musical Society at some stage over many years, but he always considered that his 50+ year marriage to Marjorie, and his family, as his “most successful productions”.  
 
A great and beloved man of this Society, his presence at our shows will be sorely missed. Miranda Musical Society and its members extend their deepest condolences to the Mundy family and friends.
 
The service for Alan was held at 10am, Tuesday 22/10/2019 at the South Chapel, Woronora Memorial Gardens, Linden St, Sutherland.

Alan directed the following shows for Miranda Musical Society

March 1968               Desert Song
September 1968      The Pajama Game
March 1969               Kiss Me Kate
September 1969      The Music Man
March 1970               South Pacific
September 1970      The King and I
March 1971               Bye Bye Birdie
October 1971           Kismet
March 1972               Calamity Jane
September 1972      Can Can
March 1973               The Bells are Ringing
September 1973      Hello, Dolly!
September 1974      Finian’s Rainbow
March 1975               Oklahoma!
September 1975      Mame
March 1976               My Fair Lady
September 1976      Show Boat
March 1977               Damn Yankees
September 1977      Paint Your Wagon
March 1978               Little Me (Australian Premiere)
October 1978           Brigadoon
March 1979               The Pajama Game
September 1979      Sugar (Australian Premiere)
March 1980               Annie Get Your Gun
September 1980      Oliver!
March 1981               Guys and Dolls
September 1981      Fiddler on the Roof
March 1982               Kiss Me Kate
September 1982      Pippin
March 1983               Gigi
September 1983      Sweet Charity
September 1984      South Pacific
March 1985               Annie
March 1986               Li’l Abner
October 1986           The King and I
April 1987                 Barnum
October 1987              Seesaw
March 1988               Man of La Mancha
Sept/Oct 1988          Camelot
April 1989                 Godspell
August 1989             Damn Yankees
September 1990      Oliver!
March 1991               Pippin
September 1991      Mame
March 1992               Anything Goes
September 1992      Irene
March 1993               Applause
September 1993      Les Miserables (NSW Amateur Premiere)
March 1994               Les Miserables (Return Season)
September 1994      Follies
March 1995               Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
September 1995      Meet Me in St Louis
March 1996               42nd Street (Australian Amateur Premiere)
September 1996      Jesus Christ Superstar
March 1997               Funny Girl
September 1997      How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
April 1998                 Annie
September 1998      Me and My Girl (Played the role of Sir John Tremayne)
March 1999               Sweeney Todd
September 1999      Guys and Dolls
March 2000               The Pirates of Penzance
September 2000      Oklahoma!
March 2001               Les Miserables
June 2002                 Nunsense
March 2003               Hello, Dolly!
March 2004               42nd Street
June 2004                 Nunsense II
March 2005               A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum
June 2006                 High Society
March 2007               Jekyll & Hyde
June 2007                 Showstoppers…Celebrating 40 Fabulous Years of MMS
September 2007      Thoroughly Modern Millie (NSW Premiere – All Inclusive)
June 2009                 More Showstoppers