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Salty Theatre’s 2021 Production at Theatre Works Photography by Aaron Walker Photography

APRIL 2024

The Grinning Man Australian Premiere

A strange new act has arrived at Trafalgar Fair’s freakshow. Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile? Desperate to know the terrible secrets of his mysterious past and discover the truth of his gruesome disfigurement, Grinpayne leaves everything he knows and loves behind and embarks on a journey into an even crueller world.

An epic tale of gothic horror, laughter, hope and humanity’s deep desire to be ‘seen’ and loved for who we truly are – in our darkness and our light.

Following an extended West End run and an explosive world premiere at Bristol Old Vic as part of the theatre’s 250th season, this critically acclaimed musical will runs at The Alex Theatre St Kilda in April 2024.

By arrangement with Origin Theatrical on behalf of Concord Theatricals.

Salty Theatre and Vass Productions

Cameron Bajraktarevic-Hayward, Melanie Bird, Lilly Cascun, Anthony Craig, Shelley Dunlop, Matthew Hearne, Dom Hennequin, Stephanie Astrid John, Luke Leong-Tay, Luisa Scrofani, Maxwell Simon, Jennifer Vuletic

Aleksandar Vass OAM

Ashley Taylor Tickell 

Miranda Middleton

David Youings

Freya List

Sophie Woodward

Aron Murray

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Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical

Take a trip back to Hawkins, Indiana: 1983 — when times were simpler, hair was bigger, and unsupervised children were getting snatched by interdimensional creatures. Welcome to a wild and irreverent send-up of the hit Netflix series and all its campy 80’s glory. Prepare to go Upside Down with Stranger Sings!

Jonathan Hogue

Salty Theatre

Ashley Taylor Tickell

Georgina Charteris

Geoff Scarlett & Stephen McMahon

Madeline Pratt

Gabriel J. Bethune

Pirate Cat Productions

Edwin Cheah

Emily Busch

Andrew Hughes

Ian Andew, Stacey-Louise Camilleri, Jack Duff, Guillaume Gentil, Asher Griffith-Jones, Stephanie John, Liam J. Kirkpatrick, Jess Ridler and Gabrielle Ward

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