Header Image: Blake Bowden, Nyk Bielak, Tigist Strode and company of THE BOOK OF MORMON – Picture: Jeff Busby
In what is their final currently announced tour leg in Australia before flying off to The Civic in Auckland, The Book of Mormon is back at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) for an encore season. This strictly limited season will be performed in the Lyric Theatre starting 3 January 2020 and will serve as the major summer musical for the venue. This season will only run for a few weeks, concluding on Friday 14 February 2020 with no possibility of a further extension.
Found yourself a performance time that suits your schedule but can’t find any good seats? Are you someone who loves a front-row experience? Two and a half hours prior to every performance, a ticket lottery will be held which grants the chance for a certain number of people to purchase a front-row ticket for $30.00. Not ideal if you don’t live in the city, but if you are a local of QPAC, then you may want to try your luck a few times for a cheap afternoon or night out. You can find the ticket lottery schedule for each session below:
Having amassed more than 1,000 performances since it kicked off in January 2017 at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne – The Book of Mormon features a book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker (South Park), Robert Lopez (Avenue Q) and Matt Stone (South Park). Given the comedy stylings of these three, you should definitely go into this season expecting more of an NSFW experience than you might otherwise expect from a musical. That said, while pushing the limits on what you might typically see in a musical, it does not have the level of crudeness one might expect from a South Park episode.
The Book of Mormon follows the story of two young Mormons, the aspirational Elder Kevin Price and space-cadet Elder Arnold Cunningham – who having completed their training begin their role as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Known to some as Mormons). Having been sent on a mission to a decrepit village in Uganda dealing with oppression from a fearsome warlord, an outbreak of HIV/AIDS and famine among other issues – this is not a mission that either will find easy…..
The Book of Mormon’s Australian cast includes Blake Bowden and Nyk Bielak in the lead roles of Elder Price and Elder Cunningham respectively. They are joined on-stage by Tigist Strode (Nabulungi), Tyson Jennette (Mafala) and Joel Grander (Elder McKinley) among a diverse cast of other characters.
The Book of Mormon is produced in Australia by Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin, Important Musicals and John Frost.
