Ghost Stories cast announced for 2022
Realscape Productions is excited to announce the chillingly talented Australian cast for GHOST STORIES, ahead of the two-time Olivier Award nominee’s opening.
GHOST STORIES will be led by esteemed playwright and actor Steve Rodgers (Savage River, Kenny) in the role of Professor Phillip Goodman. Joining him is much-loved screen and stage entertainer Jay Laga’aia (Star Wars, Play School, Once), actor-magician Darcy Brown (Peddling, Animal Farm) and Green Room Award-winning Nick Simpson-Deeks (Winners and Losers, The Circuit, Falsettos).
Speaking about the casting, producer at Realscape Productions, Amy Johnson, said, “GHOST STORIES is thrilling and spine-tingling, and to immerse audiences in an emotional rollercoaster live on stage, you need an exceptionally talented cast. Steve, Jay, Darcy and Nick each bring an exciting depth to their roles that we cannot wait to see live on stage.”
Richard Carroll (Godspell, Once, Calamity Jane) will also join the GHOST STORIES team as Associate Director for the Australian production.
GHOST STORIES co-writer and director, Andy Nyman, said, “We couldn’t be more thrilled with the Australian cast and creative team for ‘Ghost Stories’. We can not wait to see the dark fruits that they harvest!”
A fully sensory and electrifying encounter, GHOST STORIES is the ultimate twisted love-letter to horror and thriller, a supernatural edge-of-your-seat theatrical experience like no other. Enter a nightmarish world, full of thrilling twists and turns, live on stage.
Little can be revealed about the production’s plot in order to keep the audience on edge, but ticketholders are promised they will be both roaring with laughter and jumping out of their seats.
GHOST STORIES will play at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre from 16 September to 22 October, and will then move to Adelaide’s Dunstan Playhouse from 7 to 31 December 2022.
If you think you’re brave enough to attend, you can book from the Ghost Stories official website.
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