KEATING - The Musical
Event Date: 15/07/2015, 08:00 pm
Hi musical and winner of multiple awards!
In song. And dance. And swingin’, rockin’ musical fun!
The show debuted in 2005 at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, became a cult hit and went on to tour nationally, become a major commercial hit in theatres such as Belvoir Street and win multiple awards for the script, the production and its actors.
Birdie Productions is proud to bring this production to the former PM’s home town of Bankstown - where he is still considered a local hero.
Paul Keating himself (who attended the original show multiple times) may pop in as the guest of honour at Bankstown’s Bryan Brown Theatre.
He believes the musical is popular because politics and public life today are without humour.
"The game is very dour," he says, "But satire can get a lot across. It can cut out the humbug."
Birdie Productions – which debuted earlier this year with a sell-out hit production of Hot Shoe Shuffle starring Daryl Somers - has again assembled an all-star cast blazing with young talent.
Director Jordy Shea says Keating! is a show that needs to be seen more than ever today. “At a time where politics is lacking panache, presentation and chutzpah, this show will transfer you straight back to when it had all those things!
It's the story of a man who believed and won over Australia.”
With Shea, musical director Philip Eames and choreographer Alex Lewtas at the helm,
Keating! The Musical stars Andy Leonard as Paul Keating, Doron Chester as both Bob Hawke and John Howard, Jonathon Holmes as Alexander Downer and John Hewson, Sean Curran as Cheryl Kernot, Rick Woodhouse as Gareth Evans with Rebecca Morris, Alex Morgan and Claire Mitchell featuring in a range of hilarious ensemble roles.
Performances:
5-19 July Wed-Sat 8pm;
Sat & Sun matinees 2pm
$32 per ticket
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Bryan Brown Theatre, 80 Rickard Road,
Bankstown New South Wales,2200
Bryan Brown Theatre, 80 Rickard Road,
Bankstown New South Wales,2200
