The Mormons are coming to Brisbane and Adelaide

Ryan Bondy, A.J. Holmes and the Original Australian Cast of The Book of Mormon - photo by Jeff BusbyThe Book of Mormon, the Broadway smash hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, is coming to Brisbane and Adelaide in 2019.

The Tony, Olivier, Grammy and Helpmann award-winning show will begin performances at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC on 16 March 2019 for a limited season, before it transfers to the Festival Theatre, Adelaide from 27 June 2019. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday 7 August 2018..

The Australian production of The Book of Mormon has notched up 615 performances since opening at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre on 17 January 2017 for a one year run, before moving to the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 27 February 2018, with every performance selling out.

Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre album and four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical. At the 2017 Helpmann Awards, The Book of Mormon was crowned winner of the coveted Best Musical award, while Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw were awarded Best Direction of a Musical.

The Book of Mormon set a record for the highest grossing on-sale of any musical theatre production in Sydney’s history with more than 45,000 tickets sold by the end of the first day of public sales, and is the highest grossing production in the Princess Theatre’s 159-year history in Melbourne.

Book, Music and Lyrics are by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Co-directed by Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon has choreography by Casey Nicholaw, set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design by Brian Ronan, orchestrations by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, and music supervision and vocal arrangements by Stephen Oremus.

The Book of Mormon is produced in Australia by Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin, Important Musicals and John Frost. Sign up to receive priority-booking information for your chance to see The Book of Mormon first in Brisbane and Adelaide. For more information, visit: www.bookofmormonmusical.com.au for details.

Image: Ryan Bondy, A.J. Holmes and the Original Australian Cast of The Book of Mormon – photo by Jeff Busby