Dirty Dancing Australian Production
National Tour Dates and Reviews
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, Australia on 18 November 2004. Following this, the production went on a national tour of Australia and New Zealand, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Auckland. In total, the show had a sell-out season of 18 months throughout Australia and New Zealand. A new production opened at the Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany in March 2006 where it broke records for achieving the highest advance in European history.
The show has gone on to perform across the world in Toronto, Canada; Utrecht, Holland; a North American Tour including Chicago, Boston and LA; Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The show opened in Berlin, Germany, April 2009 and closed on the 14th November 2010, making it the longest run in the history of the Potzdamer Platz theatre.
Whats it all about
It’s the summer of 1963, and 17 year- old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman is about to learn some major lessons in life as well as a thing or two about dancing. On holiday in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents, ‘Baby’ shows little interest in the resort activities, and instead discovers her own entertainment when she stumbles upon the staff quarters when an all-night dance party is in full swing. Mesmerised by the raunchy dance moves and the pounding rhythms, ‘Baby’ can’t wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of Johnny Castle the resort dance instructor.
‘Baby’s’ life is about to change forever as she is thrown in at the deep end as Johnny’s leading lady both on-stage and off with breathtaking consequences.
Cast
Kurt Phelan – Johnny Castle
Kirby Burgess – Frances ” Baby” Houseman
Maddie Peat – Penny Johnson
Mark Vincent – Billy Kostecki
Mike Bishop – Max Kellerman
Gabriel Brown – Neil Kellerman
Penny Martin – Majorie Houseman
Barry Mitchell – Me Schumacher
Adam Murphy – Dr Jake Houseman
Eric Rasmussen – Tito Suarez
Teagan Wouters – Lisa Houseman
Erinn Arnel – Ensemble
Kyla Bartholmeusz – Ensemble
Charles Bartley – Swing
James Bryers – Swing
Aaron James Campbell – Ensemble
Amy Campbell – Swing/Dance Captain
Anna Freeland – Ensemble/Elizabeth
Kim Hudman – Ensemble/Pressman
Elysha Manik – Swing
Sam Marks – Ensemble
James Maxfield – Ensemble/ Moe/ Pressman
James D Smith – Ensemble/Jordan
Hannah Stanton – Ensemble
Mitchell Woodcock – Ensemble/Assistant Dance Captain
Reviews
Read More reviews from the USA National Tour HERE
Tour Details
The cities, theatres, and dates for the tour are as follows:
Sydney January 2015 – 22 February 2015
Lyric Theatre Sydney
Melbourne 4 March 2015 – 19 April 2015
Princess Theatre Melbourne
Brisbane 27 May 2015 – 05 July 2015
Lyric Theatre Brisbane
Perth 02 August 2015 – ?
Crown Theatre Perth
Please Note Tour Dates/ and Cast are all Subject to Change without notice check your daily press.
