WENDY DE WAAL

In 1980 Bob Downe and Wendy de Waal co-founded a cabaret comedy group, Gloria and the Go Go's, later to reform as The Globos. In 1982 The Globos became a professional group, releasing a national Top 20s single, ''Tintarella di Luna'', and appearing in Sydney to huge acclaim at the newly opened Kinselas cabaret. The group toured Australia with Cliff Richard in 1983, released another hit single, ''The Beat Goes On'', and appeared with Simon Burke at Kinselas in Tonight! Tonight! with original music by Geoffrey O'Connell, directed by Robyn Nevin. Not only was she a member of The Globos she was a hairdresser and makeup artist to the stars working on everything from Moulin Rouge to Wolverine to Star Wars to Strictly Ballroom and a thousand productions in between. Wendy De Waal died in January 2022 after a six-month battle with cancer.

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