@theatre_australia: 👈FOLLOW FOR MORE THEATRE NEWS Please like , comment and share this post if you loving this content 🎉 🌟CAST ANNOUCEMENT🌟 🎭 WHISPERING JACK: THE JOHN FARNHAM MUSICAL Full Cast Announcement @whisperingjackmusical @benhall23 @Michael Paynter @Bonnie Anderson @Harry Targett @Sydney Theatre Company @mitchellbutel @michaelcasselgroup @gaynorwheatley @goodhumanspr Sydney Theatre Company, Michael Cassel and Gaynor Wheatley today revealed the full cast for Sydney Theatre Company's world premiere season of Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical, playing Roslyn Packer Theatre from 15 November. Joining Michael Paynter (John Farnham), Bonnie Anderson (Gaynor Wheatley) and Ben Hall (Glenn Wheatley) will be musical theatre dynamo Laura Murphy performing the role of John’s wife, Jill Farnham. 
Throughout the season, Harry Targett will be alternate performer for the role of John Farnham.  
Charting John’s career from gigging in RSL clubs in the late 1970s and touring with the Little River Band in the early 1980s to the recording and release of Whispering Jack in 1986 will be: Oliver Lacey as Ross Fraser, Ariyan Sharma as David Hirschfelder, Elenoa Rokobaro as Venetta Fields, Tom Sharah as Darryl Sambell, Stephen Anderson as Graeham Goble and Trent Owers will play both Beeb Birtles and Brett Garsed.  Madeleine Jones will play Cherie Romaro, the 2Day FM radio executive whose instruction to play Farnham’s comeback single You’re the Voice “on the hour, every hour” helped propel Whispering Jack to become the highest-selling album of all time by an Australian artist in the local charts.  Completing the cast will be Calista Nelmes, Chaya Ocampo, Anusha Thomas and onstage swings Shewit Belay, Clay Roberts and Andrew Waldin.  Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical will bring to life the extraordinary story behind the album that made John Farnham a household name, as Australia celebrates the 40th anniversary of the record-breaking 1986 release of Whispering Jack. 📍 15 Nov 2026 - 3 Jan 2027 Roslyn Packer Theatre Sydney Get excited Australia and get your tickets ! More theatre news at theatre-australia.com #theatreaustralia #whisperingjackthejohnfarnhammusical #supportlocaltheatre #johnfarnham #whisperingjack

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