EDDIE PERFECT TO GIVE MELBOURNE THE FRIGHT OF ITS LIFE AS BEETLEJUICE IN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF BROADWAY SMASH
Performances FROM 7 May, 2025 at the Regent Theatre, MELBOURNE
After earning a Tony Award nomination for the music and lyrics he wrote for BEETLEJUICE, Eddie Perfect will star as the most mischievous corpse in the history of musicals when he takes on the title role in the Australian premiere playing exclusively in Melbourne.
The otherworldly comedy will begin performances on 7 May, 2025 at the Regent Theatre.
It’s showtime, folks! BEETLEJUICE is more reckless, more irreverent and, frankly, more repellent than ever in this original musical based on Tim Burton’s wonderfully demented film. BEETLEJUICE tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and a degenerate demon with a thing for stripes. When Lydia calls on this ghost-with-the-most to scare away her insufferable parents, Beetlejuice comes up with the perfect plan, which involves exorcism, an adorable girl scout who gets scared out of her wits and a whole (nether)world of pandemonium.
Perfect, who was a beloved stage star before shooting to acclaim in the hit series Offspring, said he was overjoyed to not only bring first Broadway smash-hit home, but to have the opportunity to play Beetlejuice himself and perform the songs he wrote for the show.
“I had the privilege of watching Alex Brightman create the role of Beetlejuice from the ground up. Alex wasn’t afraid of anything in rehearsal. I’m hoping to harness some of that fearlessness when I rehearse the role for myself,” Perfect said.
“Beetlejuice is a taboo-busting, shape-shifting, fourth-wall-smashing, free-lovin’ ball of neediness and I’m excited (and a healthy amount daunted) to play the role and represent the wonderful work of my collaborators – Scott Brown and Anthony King who wrote the hilarious book, and Alex Timbers our visionary director. And I’m especially thrilled to be able to bring the world of BEETLEJUICE back to Melbourne, to share this strange and unusual tale with my home town.”
Tickets to BEETLEJUICE will be available to the general public from 6 November with fans urged to sign up to the waitlist at beetlejuicethemusical.com.au to jump the line and get the best seats in the house during the presale from 31 October.
Melbourne
Regent Theatre 191 Collins Street From 7 May 2025
Website: beetlejuicethemusical.com.au