| Viv Newton | |||||||||||
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Mouche Phillips | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1989–90 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 5 July 1989 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 25 May 1990 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Des Monaghan | ||||||||||
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Aviva "Viv" Newton is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Mouche Phillips. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 5 July 1989. Phillips audition for the role and informed her she had been successful via an answering machine message. She began filming the same week but Phillips was immediately unhappy with her experience. Viv was written out of the series the following year and she made her final appearance during the episode broadcast on 25 May 1990. Phillips later revealed that she found the role to be unchallenging and the show's writing repetitive. Phillips reprised the role in 1991, for the UK theatre tour of Home and Away: The Musical.