The Front Lawn | |
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| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Genres | Pop, musical theatre, performance art, comedy |
| Years active | 1985–1993 |
| Labels | Front Lawn Records, Virgin Records |
| Past members | Don McGlashan Harry Sinclair Jennifer Ward-Lealand |
The Front Lawn was a New Zealand musical/theatrical duo founded by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair in 1985. In 1989 and 1990, they were joined by actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand. The Front Lawn were known for their live performances, and toured extensively in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and America. They released two albums and made three short films.
Don McGlashan went on to form New Zealand band The Mutton Birds, and had a successful solo career. Harry Sinclair has written and directed television and feature films, including Topless Women Talk About Their Lives, The Price of Milk, Toy Love, and the reborn 90210.
The pair reunited to work on the children's TV series Kiri and Lou, broadcast from 2019 onwards, with Sinclair writing and directing, McGlashan scoring, and both writing songs, credited as "The Front Lawn".[1]