Book now for the best Xmas treat since Santa invented stockings!

The Flag Sisters are dedicating their season of FLYIN' HIGH: THE SEQUEL to the memory and extraordinary legacy of the late HOLLY WOOD. Holly's life was lived to the full and he touched so many lives in such a joyful way. His passing has left us without one of our brightest 'shining lights'. But we know he's up there somewhere illuminating another sphere - and holding court!

STOP PRESS!

DE VINE CELLARS at 911 Beaufort Street, Inglewood (9271 9197), are generously supporting FLYIN' HIGH: THE SEQUEL. All patrons attending as part of a GROUP BOOKING OF 10 OR MORE will receive a 'de vine' glass of bubbly on arrival. DE VINE is the perfect place to shop this Christmas for your fine wines, international beers and specialty spirits. Winner of the WA Liquor Retailer of the Year for 2008, you can email the ever-friendly staff at info@devinecellars.com.au

5 facts about FLYIN' HIGH: THE SEQUEL, the fabulous new show by The Flag Sisters

Glenda, Petula, Dorothy in their old AIR FLAG outfits. They found them a touch too modest, so they have instructed their couturier to design something somewhat more alluring for their comeback season.

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   An army of galant seamstresses has developed collective 'rigor mortis' sewing the dazzling new haute couture frocks
   
   
   
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   Several geeks, none of whom have seen daylight for weeks, have successfully launched the new INTERACTIVE IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (a world-first for AIR FLAG!)***
   
   
   
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   Air Flag's new Cabin Captain, GRAZIANO ("Push my button") SIRCI, has become bilingual and is working on his French and Greek
   
   
   
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   Beauty consultant, Estee Lauder, has told the Sisters that "there is nothing I can do for you - your beauty cannot be improved upon" and has simply recommended "rest and the occasional gin and tonic"
   
   
   
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   Super Economy packages are currently available by phoning AIR FLAG's Australian Terminal (Victoria Hall, 179 High Street, Fremantle - The Home of Deckchair Theatre) on 08 9430 4771 or through visiting http://www.deckchairtheatre.com.au/. FLYIN' HIGH: THE SEQUEL takes off nightly @ 8pm from Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 December. There will be an afternoon service on Saturday 19 December @ 2pm
   

*** AIR FLAG will be offering six absolutely fabulous In-Flight Entertainment Channels during its December services. There will be Canale Bambini (The Children's Channel), The Hollywood Channel, the Masterpieces of Classical Dance Channel, The Brides-to-Be Channel, Canal Espanol (The Spanish Channel) and, of course, Canale Italiano (including Neapolitan favourites).

10 facts the Flag Sisters would like you to know . . .

1. They were all born in 1977, so that makes them just 32 years young (so stop hurling those hurtful nasturtiums!)
2. They were born on a Sunday on a television show in Rome, and their father was Renzo Arbore. So, yes, they are triplets.
3. Their mother was only around long enough to deliver them. She apparently entered a convent shortly thereafter.
4. Dorothy is a natural brunette, Petula a natural redhead, and Glenda a very natural blonde.
5. Yes, they are still looking for husbands. Regrettably, each has been tragically unlucky in amore.
6. Just because they're hostessing with AIR FLAG doesn't mean they're desperate, just optimistic.
7. Yes, Size 10 is their dress size. Don't let your eyes fool you!
8. No, there is not a plastic surgeon in Pisa who has grown rich on their character lines!
9. Yes, they did host a telecast of the Miss Italy contest. Yes, they did entertain Giorgio Armani at his 50th birthday. Yes, they did cavort with Andy Warhol. Yes, they did star with Isabella Rossellini and Roberto Benigni on television and on the big screen. Yes, they did make a movie in which they were male spies pretending to be women, battling against female spies pretending to be men.
10. No, they are not responsible for their many imitators on YouTube. No, they do not encourage people to sing "Fatti piu in la" at weddings (if they want to, that's their business). No, they cannot understand why so many men like to dress up as them and flaunt themselves in piazzas the length and bredth of Italy. No, it is definitely not true that Silvio Berlusconi proposed marriage to each of them!

To view The Flag Sisters (Le Sorelle Bandiera) performing their signature song "Fatti piu in la" on Renzo Arbore's L'altra Domenica on Rai Due in 1978, click here for the YouTube clip:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYvJ95FY6OM

The Flag Sisters 'relaxing' between flights with Air Flag at their hotel in Dubai. Meanwhile, Graziano, their spunky new cabin captain is in the pool

Dorothy (left), Petula (centre), Glenda (right)

During their forthcoming 'layover' in Australia, the Sisters will be moonlighting at Fremantle's VICTORIA HALL from 15-20 December. And they've recruited GRAZIANO "Press my button" SIRCI, who'll join them on stage in their all-dancing, all-singing, all-spoofing new show called FLYIN' HIGH: THE SEQUEL. See the post below for details!

The Flag Sisters are returning to Fremantle's Victoria Hall with Flyin' High: The Sequel, 15-20 December 2009

In May 2009, The Flag Sisters returned to the stage with Flyin' High. Such was the show's success, both in Australia and Italy, those divine divas are returning to the scene of their miraculous (ah, immaculate) revival - Fremantle's Victoria Hall. And, of course, the new show's called Flyin' High: The Sequel.

Those of you who were lucky enough to see the original show will know that Dorothy, Petula and Glenda are superannuated trolley dollies who have been forced back into 'servive' aboard AIR FLAG, apparently due to something called the Global Economic Crisis. Now, according to that arbitor of our airlines, The Airline Monitor, Air Flag "takes budget flying to new lows, but gives new meaning to in-flight entertainment". This is entirely true!

In Flyin' High: The Sequel, our Sisters have a new cabin captain. He's Italian, he's suffering from testosterone overload, and his name is Graziano "Press My Button" Sirci. Oh, and he's a bit of a spunk (well, he's actually Italy's most eligible bachelor). Naturally, our Sisters decide to have a little fun at his expense.

It all adds up to the best Xmas treat since Santa invented stockings!

So, you'd better book your First Class ($35), Tourist Class ($30) or Super Economy ($25) ticket quick smart by going to www.deckchairtheatre.com.au and booking online. Or, if you'd prefer the dog and bone, call Deckchair on 08 9430 4771 (between 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri).

So, when and where's it all happening exactly?

TUESDAY 15 - SUNDAY 20 DECEMBER, 2009 @ 8PM

MATINEE SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER @ 2PM

VICTORIA HALL
(THE HOME OF DECKCHAIR THEATRE)

179 HIGH STREET, FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA

BELOW: Graziano Sirci, the Italian actor who performed with The Flag Sisters during their recent Italian tour.  He will be joining the Sisters for their forthcoming Fremantle season of FLYIN' HIGH: THE SEQUEL

The Flag Sisters are back!

Melbourne, 2009

Spoleto, 2009

Glenda (Ronnie van den Bergh), Perth 2009

Petula (Neil Hansen), Perth 2009

Dorothy (Mauro Bronchi), Perth 2009

Standing ovation, Spoleto 2009

Melbourne, 2009

Perth, 2009

Melbourne, 2009

Yes, those divine divas are back! Such is the magic of gorgeous hair, fabulous frocks, great legs and Estee Lauder!

In the multi-award-winning wake of the documentary The Fabulous Flag Sisters*, Mauro Bronchi (Dorothy) and Neil Hansen (Petula) have revived their much-loved act for today's audiences, with Ronnie van den Bergh joining the trio as 'Glenda' (filling the celebrated stilettos of the late Tito Le Duc).

Their 'revival' show Flyin' High premiered at Victoria Hall (Fremantle, Australia) in May 2009, then toured to Melbourne, before a triumphant return to Italy, with performances in Spoleto and Siracusa and on Rai Uno (Carlo Conti's I Migliori Anni).

Posted above is a small selection of images from 2009 performances by The Flag Sisters [Le Sorelle Bandiera] in Italy and Australia.

* Since its initial television screenings in 2008 on Fox Italy's CULT Channel and Australia's SBS TV, the Mago Films documentary The Fabulous Flag Sisters (Marian Bartsch, Producer) has gone on to win Best Documentary at the Roma Fiction Festival and at the WA Screen Awards. It also won awards for Best Direction (Franco di Chiera), Best Cinematography (Uli Krafzik) and Best Editing (Beckett Broda) at the WA Screen Awards, and also earned a Best Editor nomination for Beckett Broda at the Australian Screen Editors' Guild Awards. It has also screened on televsion in Ireland, Israel and New Zealand, and was on the Qantas in-flight entertainment menu for several months. It enjoyed a cinema release at Perth's Luna Cinemas, and is now in DVD release.