Toni Lamond helped me fall in love with Australian theatre before I’d ever stepped inside one.
The legend of Australian stage, who died this week at age 93, had a career that spanned eight decades, leaving generations of Australians with a Toni Lamond that feels like theirs: the vaudevillian of the Tivoli circuit; the star of musicals such as Anything Goes and Gypsy; on TV in Number 96 and as a frequent figure on variety shows (she even hosted her own).
