While initially suspicious of the project, Warne later gave his approval after watching the show, saying "I think Eddie and his team have written the musical in a respectful and sympathetic way, and that they have captured my fun, larrikin side." Ī cast album was recorded during the season at Hamer Hall and released in 2014. This production, directed by Simon Phillips, had a cast that included Perfect, Lisa McCune, Shane Jacobson and Christie Whelan-Browne. It played short seasons in June for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival at Her Majesty's Theatre, then at Hamer Hall in Melbourne. Ī 2013 revision included a new beginning and ending, new scenes and a revised structure, four new songs and new characters including Liz Hurley. It toured to the Regal Theatre in Perth from 18 March 2009 and the Enmore Theatre in Sydney from.
The full Australian production, directed by Neil Armfield with choreography by Gideon Obarzanek and with Perfect in the title role, opened at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne on 10 December 2008. The 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival included a further showing at the Hi Fi Bar and Ballroom.
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival presented a work-in-progress showing on 17 June 2007 at the Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre. And that, I thought, is a great character." Seeking a subject, Perfect reflected that: "with every headline I read about Warnie, came the realisation that here was a simple yet complicated, positive yet flawed, honest but naive, charming, philandering, freakishly talented and endlessly divisive man. "Bunny in the headlights" (about Daryll Cullinan) andĪfter five years of solo cabaret shows, Perfect had wanted to write a full-scale musical.The musical contains a series of songs about various incidents in Warne's life both on and off the cricket field, including: The musical finishes with a chorus "Everyone's a little bit like Shane". The musical consists of two acts: the first act covering Warne's aborted Australian rules football career, his marriage and his rise to success as a Test cricketer while the controversial issues that Warne was involved in such as his drug offence, infidelity and the John the bookmaker controversy feature in the second act. The Daily Telegraph described the musical as "a warts-and-all account of the spin bowler's controversy-laden career and roller-coaster personal life set to soul, rock, opera, gospel music – and even a bit of Bollywood." Plot Shane Warne: The Musical is a musical comedy by Eddie Perfect based on the life of Australian cricketer Shane Warne.
10 December 2008: Athenaeum Theatre, MelbourneĢ009 Helpmann Award Best New Australian WorkĢ008 Green Room Award Best New Australian Musical
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