Matt Byrne Media has won the rights to the hit musical 'The Addams Family', and recently underwent the process of auditioning for the South Australian cast.
The local premiere will hit stages in Adelaide's CBD and Northern suburbs in July.
The musical, like the multiple reincarnations on television and in films, is based on a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist, Charles Addams. The characters are a satirical inversion of the ideal American family; an eccentric, wealthy clan who delight in the macabre and are unaware that people find them bizarre and frightening.
The musical, which is the first stage show based on the family and which takes its characters likenesses from the cartoons rather than the television series, was developed in 2007. With music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the production was first produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals for Broadway in 2010.
Since then the show has toured throughout the US, parts of South America, Sydney Australia, Finland and Asia.
Byrne has completed his casting, who auditioned during an Adelaide heat wave, and will open the South Australian premiere on the 2nd of July 2014, at the Arts Theatre. Shortly thereafter the show will move out to the Shedley Theatre in Elizabeth, where it will run from the 17th to the 26th of July.
Paul Rodda
South Australian cast:
Gomez - Michael Coumi
Mortica - Emma Bargery
Wednesday - Sophie Hamilton
Lucas - Jonathon Shilling
Fester - Jamie Hornsby
Grandma - Chris Bussey
Lurch - Frank Cwertniak
Pugsley - Dylan Richardson
Alice - Fiona Aitken
Mal - James McCluskey-Garcia
Thing - Hans
Cousin Itt - :)
Female Ancestors
Sarah Williams
Roxie Giovannucci
Tahlia Fantone
Sarah Wildy
Alex Cornish
Emma Hamilton
Nadine Wood
Niki Yiannoullou
Male Ancestors
Gavin Cianci
Gus Smith
Riki DeJesus
Bobby Goudie
Ron Abelita
Gil Costas
Callum Byrne
Michael Williams
When: 2 to 12 July
Where: The Arts Theatre
When: 17 to 26 July
Where: The Shedley Theatre
