Strictly Ballroom the Musical
Australia Tour Dates and Reviews
The Musical was based on a stage play and Film originally developed by Luhrmann and others while he was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney in the mid-1980s, and the play was later expanded for a successful season at Sydney’s Wharf Theatre in 1988 and in 1992 the movie was released and was a great world wide success. Strictly Ballroom was adapted into a stage musical and premiered at the Sydney Lyric theatre April 12th 2014. Strictly Ballroom tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings, and his struggle to establish his personal style of dance in his way to win the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Dancing Championship. Scott’s steps are not strictly ballroom. Scott comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood. Scott’s mother Shirley teaches ballroom dancing, and his father Doug meekly handles maintenance chores at the dance studio.
Reviews
Tour Details
The cities, theatres, and dates for the tour are as follows:
Sydney April 12th 2014 – 05 Oct 2014
Lyric Theatre Sydney
Melbourne – 17 January – 12 April 2015
Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne
Brisbane – 9 Sept 2015
Qpac
Please Note Tour Dates/Tour Cast are all Subject to Change without notice check your daily press.
Cast
Thomas Lacey – Scott Hastings
Phoebe Panaretos – Fran
Bob Baines- Les Kendall
Drew Forsythe – Doug Hasting
Natalie Gamsu – Abulela
Robert Grubb – Barry Fife
Fernando Mira – Rico
Heather Mitchell – Shirley Hasting
Mark Owen-Taylor – JJ Silvers
Ash Bee – Vanessa Cronin
Damien Bermingham – Merv
Rohan Browne – Ken Railings
Jarryd Byrne – Nathan Starkey
Andrew Cook – Tina Sparkle
Tyler Coppin – Terry best
Sophia Katos – Liz Holt
Angela Kennedy – Charm Leachman
Kate Wilson – Natalie
Kaylah Attard – Kayleen West
Keanu Gonzalez – Rory West
Cristina D’Agostino – Emily Waters
Ryan Gonzalez – Jonathon Drench
Melanie Hawkins – Murial Shunt
Mike Snell – Tommy Arbunt
Loren hunter – Stephanie Shanks
Nathan Pinnell – Liam Lamb
Leigh Archer – Swing
Steven Grace (Asst Dance Captain)
Jillian Green (Asst Dance Captain)
Matthew Jenson
Holly Sheils
Brenton Wilson
Regina Fosse – Kylie Hasting
Jordan Lazarus
Jessica Percy
Annabel Wolfe
Cody Ettingshausen – Luke
Connor Griffith
Flynn Henry
Jack Reason
Creative Team
Baz Luhrmann – Director/Book Co-Writer
Catherine Martin – Set& Costume Designer
Craig Pearce – Book Co -Writer
John O’Connell – Choreographer
Elliott Wheeler – Original Score & Arrangements
Hugh Vanstone – Lighting Designer
Peter Grubb – Sound Designer
Max Lambert – Musical Supervisor
Anton MonSted – Music Designer
Wendy De Waal – Hair and Make-Up Designer
