Only a few weeks until the electrifying production of GREASE featuring Patti Newton, Jay Laga’aia, Marcia Hines and more, opens in Perth on 30 June 2024.
The production features Perth-born fourth generation performer Mackenzie Dunn who is playing the role of Rizzo in the highly-anticipated production.
“I am so delighted to finally be sharing the Grease experience with my hometown of Perth. It’s where I grew up, studied (WAAPA) and where my love of theatre began. It’s a limited season so Perth audiences need to hurry to see our spectacularly talented cast in one of the best musicals of all time,” said Mackenzie Dunn.
Featuring dazzling costumes and all those unforgettable songs from the movie, including Summer Nights, Sandy, Hopelessly Devoted to You, You’re The One That I Want, Greased Lightnin’, and Grease is the Word, GREASE really is “fast, furious and thrilling, an injection of raw energy… and fun, fun, fun!” (The Daily Mirror, UK).
The cast of the beloved, worldwide favourite musical also includes Annelise Hall in the coveted role of Sandy, rising star Joseph Spanti as Danny and Brianna Bishop as Marty. Patti Newton will be ringing the school bell as the much-loved Miss Lynch, Jay Laga’aia is set to sizzle as Vince Fontaine and the incomparable Marcia Hines will bring the house down as Teen Angel.
Also joining the gang at Rydell High includes Keanu Gonzalez (Hamilton) in the role of bad boy Kenickie, Lucy Fraser (Hairspray) as the perky Patty Simcox and Gareth Isaac (Mary Poppins) as nerdy Eugene. The iconic Pink Ladies includes Catty Hamilton (The Rocky Horror Show) as Frenchy and Caitlin Spears (Hairspray) as Jan while Andy Seymour (The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour) as Roger, Harry Targett (Hairspray) as Sonny and Tom Davis (The Book of Mormon) as Doody are donning the famed leather jackets as the T-Birds.
Since the show’s Broadway premiere and the hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John – which went on to become the highest grossing movie-musical of all time – the Tony Award nominated GREASE has triumphed across the globe, with its irresistible mix of adolescent angst, vibrant physicality and 1950s pop culture.