"Shane
Warne The Musical" is a leg-spun yarn about what it means to fall
arse-backwards into the Australian Dream and emerge a champion. In a
country that routinely lops its tall poppies, this show sets out to
both celebrate and understand the life of cricket's most adored and
maligned hero as he battles fame, failure, fidelity and the ferocious
Australian media.
Written and performed by Eddie Perfect.
Directed by one of Australia's most acclaimed theatre, opera and film
directors, Neil Armfield (Keating!, Candy), Dramaturge Casey Bennetto,
(the creator of Keating! ) and a design team including Tony Award
winner Brian Thomson (Priscilla, Keating! Boy From Oz - Arena) and
Chunky Move artistic director Gideon Obarzanek as choreographer.
A
sizzling live band and an exceptional cast, including Eddie as the man
himself, bring to life a brilliant score which fuses soul, gospel,
rock, power ballads, R&B, opera and even a touch of Bollywood.
Eddie
Perfect is a 2001 graduate of WAAPA, (Western Australian Academy of
Performing Arts). His television credits include Kath and Kim,
Stingers, Blue Heelers, MDA, Spicks And Specks and performing his own
comedy on ABC TV's Stand Up, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala, and
ABC TV's Sideshow. For theatre, Eddie's credits include A Poor Student
(Storeroom), Bat Boy(MTC and Loudmouth), Take Flight (Adelaide Cabaret
Festival), Babes in the Wood (Playbox), The Big Con (Malthouse Theatre
Australian tour), Keating! The Musical (Company B Belvoir) and A
Largely Fanciful History Of The Spiegeltent by Casey Bennetto.
Eddie has written
and toured several shows including, Welcome To The Inside Of Ed's Head
(Chapel Off Chapel) Cliff Hanger; Catch A Falling Star (Melbourne
Fringe / Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Angry Eddie (Melbourne Comedy
Festival/ Brisbane Powerhouse / Adelaide Cabaret Festival / Sydney),
The Big Con with Max Gillies (nationally) and Drink Pepsi Bitch (Australia, Edinburgh,
London and Auckland).
An experienced composer and musical
director, Eddie has composed music for Malthouse Theatre's productions
of The Big Con, Babes In The Wood and Helen Noonan's Voicing Emily as
well as composing and performing music for the Helpmann and Awgie
Awards . Eddie has also won several awards for his writing and
composition, including Green Room Awards in both 2002 and 2003, as well
as the 2004 Melbourne Comedy Festival's "Best Newcomer" Award and the
"Golden Gibbo" Award for his solo show Angry Eddie. He was recently
voted number one in the field of Arts and Entertainment by the Bulletin
Magazine for its Smart 100 awards. Drink Pepsi Bitchalso won the Best
Cabaret award at the 2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival and in 2008 he
received a Green Room Award for his portrayal of Alexander Downer in
Keating! The Musical.
"Eddie's
an anti-hero born of our age, with a show for our times. He's also a
very clever, very funny bastard. More power to him."
Wade Howland - DB Magazine - June 2005
"...perfect
voice...wicked humour...cunning way with language and rhyme...Perfect
is shrewd, irreverent and a consummate performer."
Kate Herbert - Herald Sun - September 2005
"...smooth vocals...sharp...Perfect oozes bad boy charm...Drink Pepsi Bitch! is bitingly entertaining...."
Thuy On - The Australian - September 2005
"...this
angry Australian's sense of humour is so caustic it could strip paint
off railings, his material makes you wince almost as often as it makes
you laugh. Perfect's singing voice is a thing of raw beauty...his
lyrics are shrapnel-sharp...deeply impressive..."
Roger Cox - The Scotsman - August 2005 - Edinburgh Festival
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Heyy Eddie, how you doing? Thought I'd drop you a line and see how it's all going with the Musical and whatnot. Congratulations on the success of it all by the way! :)
I was watching the Tim Minchin doco the other week, and saw you pop up a few times. Hopefully catch you around again soon!
I saw the last show in perth and it was awesome. Shane Warne the Musical was the best musical I've seen. Brilliant singing, dancing, performing, oh what a show it was.
Hats off to you eddie perfect and the cast and crew of the musical :)
Hola The FISH here, hope all is well in your world :) we have added a couple of New B-Sides and a load of old recordings to the site, some random joy in there somewhere :) hopefully we'll cross over soon peace love and oddness JFF, oh and we have a new website www.japanesefightingfish.co.uk xxxx
Brilliant work, finally had the privilege of listening to some of your music...love the biting lyrics, sheer genius. Keep up the wonderful work, the country needs more voices like yours.
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