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Dirt cheap preview tickets for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Producers Stephen Doorey and George Youakim from James Anthony Productions have announced Dirty Rotten Scoundrels preview tickets will be on sale for just $69 next week.

A full week of previews for Sydney’s premiere production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be on sale at the special price of $69, giving audiences the chance to see the show as it is tweaked in preparation for an official opening night on October 24. Sydney’s Theatre Royal will be home to the production for a limited season with previews commencing on 17 October.

Leading the cast will be Tony Sheldon as Lawrence Jameson and Matt Hetherington as Freddy Benson. Sheldon is returning to Australia to play this role following his huge success around the globe as Bernadette in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Seeing this Tony Award nominated performer live on an Australian stage for the first time in five years is worth the ticket price alone!

The cast also features Matt Hetherington (Freddy), Amy Lehpamer (Christine), Katrina Retallick, Anne Wood, John Wood, Zoe Coppinger, Rodney Dobson, Xander Ellis, Jillian Green, Matthew Hamilton, Glenn Hill, Vincent Hooper, Zoe Jarrett, Annabel Knight, Nadia Komazec, Phillip Lowe, Stephanie Morrison, Lisa Sontag, Darren Tyler, Caleb Vines, Jake Walasek and Sophie Weiss.

Rehearsals for the production are set to commence in Sydney next week, with director Roger Hodgman, musical director by Guy Simpson and choreographer Dana Jolly at the helm.

Based on the 1988 film of the same name, the original Broadway production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and 10 Drama Desk Awards and is

For more information visit www.dirtyrottenscoundrels.com.au

Previews from October 17, 2013 – ON SALE FROM SEPTEMBER 16

 

Erin James

Erin James is AussieTheatre.com's former Editor in Chief and a performer on both stage and screen. Credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific and The King and I (Opera Australia), Love Never Dies and Cats (Really Useful Group), Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), A Place To Call Home (Foxtel/Channel 7) and the feature film The Little Death (written and directed by Josh Lawson).

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