It’s showtime! The eight-time Tony Award-nominated musical BEETLEJUICE will exclusively haunt Melbourne in the Regent Theatre from April 2025. In this irreverent production based on Tim Burton’s film, you’ll follow the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange teenager who is obsessed with the whole “being dead thing”. Her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and a degenerate demon with a thing for stripes. When she calls on Beetlejuice to scare away her parents, he comes up with a chaotic plan which involves exorcism and more! Tickets will go on sale in 2024, but you can sign up to the waitlist now.
BEETLEJUICE the musical
Buckle up for the fright of your lives in this show about death. BEETLEJUICE was nominated for Tony Awards like Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score, which was created by Melbourne’s own Eddie Perfect.
“While BEETLEJUICE began on stage in America, this show has a macabre sensibility and twisted humour that Australians will delight in,” said Perfect. “I always hoped it would have a life here at some point and I am thrilled that moment has finally arrived.”
According to Executive Producer and Executive Vice President of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Mark Kaufman, Australian fans were some of the most vocal about seeing Beetlejuice in their home country. “We listened and we can’t wait to expand our community of Netherlings down under. We are thrilled to bring this hilarious and remarkably touching show to a whole new place and share the electrifying experiences that audiences on Broadway, and now, throughout North America have fallen in love with.”
BEETLEJUICE is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge), an original score by Eddie Perfect, a book by Scott Brown and Anthony King, choreography by Connor Gallagher and music supervision, orchestrations and incidental music by Kris Kukul. It features scenic design by David Korins (Hamilton), costume design by six-time Tony Award-winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Kenneth Posner and sound design by Peter Hylenski (Frozen).
Chant ‘Beetlejuice’ three times and sign up to the waitlist to see this wicked musical.