Darren Coggan
Born
Wagga Wagga
Occupation(s)Actor, Musician

Darren Coggan is an Australian musician and actor.

Coggan began his career as a country music performer[1] and was nominated for five Golden Guitars in 1998.[2] In 1999 he got the role of Richie Cunningham in the touring show Happy Days - The Arena Mega Musical.[3] In 2001 he toured with Grease the Mega Musical playing both Teen Angel and Vince Fontaine.[4][5] In 2006 he debuted the musical theatre show Moonshadows based on the life and works of Cat Stevens[6][7][8] followed up by another tribute show Peace Train - The Cat Stevens Story.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Jarvis, Susan (25 June 1995), "Multi-talented Darren Coggan", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ↑ Cochrane, Darren (26 January 1998), "Both kinds of music", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ↑ Sams, Christine (5 September 1999), "That's Rich and Red's in the money", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ↑ Hinde, Sueellen (19 October 2001), "Grease delivers slick, cool action", NT News
  5. ↑ "Big top drama as Grease hits road", Gold Coast Bulletin, 16 May 2001
  6. ↑ Roberts, Jo (3 January 2007), "A copy Cat emerges out from the Moonshadows", The Age
  7. ↑ Podmore, Scott (21 January 2007), "Tasty tribute the Cat's whiskers", Herald Sun
  8. ↑ Ball, Martin (20 January 2007), "Cat's tale captures magic memories", The Age
  9. ↑ Simes, Alicia (11 October 2008), "Muso's meeting with Cat Stevens enriches tribute tour", Illawarra Mercury
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