Shane Warne the Musical

Shane Warne the Musical was as you would expect, theatre with extra spin, art imitating life, imitating art, until it was impossible to say which was which.

The first cheer of the night at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre was for the real Warne as he took his seat, A13, in the dress circle, and was as rousing as if he had just been thrown the ball. The last was also for Warne as he joined Eddie Perfect and the cast on the stage for the curtain call and the Athenaeum audience chanted his name.

Originally, Warne objected to the making of the show, a point Perfect also caricatured at the start. Now, he not only had endorsed it, but as good as guaranteed it as a box office success.

Shane Warne the Musical
Athenaeum Theatre
188 Collins Street, Melbourne
From the 10th December 2008

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