Hairspray The Musical – Australia – Lyric Theatre, Star City, Sydney – Ticket on sale now

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Paul Dainty, the Chairman and CEO of Dainty Group, has been promoting and producing live entertainment across Australasia since the early 1970s and is now recognised as being one of the most influential players in the booming live entertainment industry, having recently been ranked by Billboard Magazine as the 10th largest promoter in the world.

Dainty Group produces and invests in world class concerts, theatrical productions, sports entertainment, special events and touring exhibitions. Since 2000, nearly 8 million Australians have attended a Dainty Group event and Dainty Group has won six prestigious Helpmann Awards.

Dainty Group has toured some of the world's leading artists, including Britney Spears, Bon Jovi, George Michael, The Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince, Neil Diamond, Guns N' Roses, k.d. lang, David Bowie, Michael Bublé, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Nickelback, Iron Maiden, Stevie Wonder and Il Divo.

Dainty Group has also produced a host of leading theatrical productions, including Mamma Mia!, Saturday Night Fever London, Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays and The Rocky Horror Show, and is a co-producer of Jersey Boys, which opened in Sydney in September 2010 after a stellar season in Melbourne playing to around 600,000 people.

Dainty Group's special events include the annual Samsung Mobile Australian Film Institute Awards, televised nationally on the Nine Network, and Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear Live.

Dainty Group is also the producer of major sports entertainment events for the global phenomenon of World Wrestling Entertainment, the Professional Bull Riders and is the global promoter and co-owner of the Crusty Demons - the world's leading FMX brand.

Dainty Group has recently partnered with Sweden's Touring Exhibitions to present ABBAWORLD in Melbourne.

In addition to his role as Dainty Group Chairman and CEO, Paul is the co-owner of one of Australia's leading Home Entertainment DVD companies Via Vision Entertainment, and a major shareholder and director of sports and entertainment marketing company, Twenty3.

Paul is thrilled to be producing Hairspray the Musical with the outstanding cast and creative team led by David Atkins.

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Roadshow Live is a subsidiary of Roadshow Films, which is Australia's leading theatrical distributor of product for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, New Line, The Weinstein Co., Relativity and a number of other major independent production companies. Roadshow Films was the theatrical and DVD distributor of the Hairspray film, which was one of the most successful releases in Australia in 2007.

Roadshow Films is a wholly owned division of Village Roadshow Limited – Australia's leading entertainment and media company with a portfolio of businesses and brands spanning radio, theme parks and attractions in addition to filmed entertainment.

Village Roadshow, as Australia's pre-eminent filmed entertainment company generates Group Revenues in excess of $1.4 billion and includes the following divisions:

• Roadshow Films, Australia's leading film distribution company (across cinemas, DVD, pay and free to air television markets)
• Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) is one of the world's leading independent production companies co-financing and distributing a highly successful slate of features with Warner Bros. over the last ten years. VRP's projects have included The Matrix Trilogy, The Ocean's Trilogy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I Am Legend, Get Smart, Happy Feet, Yes Man Gran Torino and Sherlock Holmes.
• Village Cinemas is one of Australia's leading independent film exhibitors, operating 514 cinema screens (wholly or jointly owned) across Australia in 51 locations with a further international circuit of 88 screens in 11 locations across the USA and Singapore.
• The Austereo Radio Network, which includes Australia's highest rating networks of Triple M and the Today Networks.
• Village Roadshow Theme Parks, which includes Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World, Wet 'n' Wild, Australian Outback Spectacular (located on Australia's Gold Coast), Sydney Attractions Group (including Sydney Aquarium), Kelly Tarltons Aquarium (located in New Zealand) and Hawaii Water Park.