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Hairspray Adelaide Tickets on Sale This Week

Tickets are on sale this week for the Adelaide season of the 20th Anniversary Broadway production of Hairspray.

The Broadway hit musical will play at Adelaide Festival Centre’s Festival Theatre from December 27 with pre-sale tickets available from today and General Public on sale from Friday, August 26.

The show, currently at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, is delighting audiences and critics alike with standing ovations, dancing in the aisles and glowing reviews.

one of the best shows of the year- Limelight Magazine

Indestructible feelgood entertainment-The Age

Hairspray has received five-star reviews and “left audiences slack-jawed with awe-The Australian

Stage Whispers:

It’s not often that you find yourself part of an audience that is so totally into a show as the audience for Hairspray”

The Herald Sun:

A spunky and spirited Rodrigues stole the show like a seasoned professional.

Some of Australia’s favourite performers are brushing off their dancing feet, including the much-loved Shane Jacobson, who stars as beloved housewife Edna Turnblad, alongside the hilarious Todd McKenney as Wilbur Turnblad, Rhonda Burchmore as the villainous Velma Von Tussle, Rob Mills as the lovable Corny Collins, Asabi Goodman as the powerhouse Motormouth Maybelle and introducing Carmel Rodrigues as Tracy Turnblad.

Acclaimed Director Jack O’Brien (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), lead the original Broadway creative team to present the big hair and big-hearted musical Hairspray in Australia as originally intended.

Set in 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland, it tells the story of dance-loving teenager Tracy Turnblad who has one dream – to dance on The Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star and she must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate a TV network all without denting her ‘do!

With a story more relatable and pertinent than ever, the Broadway production of Hairspray also toured nationally across the US, a West End production was nominated for a record-breaking 11 Olivier Awards, and it was adapted as a film in 2007 starring John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walk en, and Zac E fron.

It’s impossible to resist this original Broadway production’s big hairdos and even bigger feel-good energy. Limelight Magazine

This show is just so much fun” Broadway World John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia present

Hairspray

Starring Shane Jacobson, Todd McKenney, Rhonda Burchmore, Rob Mills, Asabi Goodman, Javon King and introducing Carmel Rodrigues with Donna Lee

  • Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan
  • Music by Marc Shaiman
  • Lyrics by Scott Wittmann & Marc Shaiman
  • Scenery Design David Rockwell
  • Costume Design William Ivey Long
  • Lighting Design Kenneth Posner
  • Sound Design Steve C. Kennedy
  • Original Wigs and Hair Paul Huntley

Season Details

Venue: Regent Theatre, Melbourne
Date: Aug 2022

Venue: Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Date: 27 Dec 2022

Venue: Lyric Theatre, Sydney
Date: Feb 2023

For more information click HERE

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