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Grey Gardens
SHOW DETAILS:
Friday 17 July – Sunday 2 August 2026
preview: Friday 17 and Saturday 18 July
opening night: Sunday 19 July
duration: 150 minutes including interval
times:
Tuesday to Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 2pm
ticket price: $49 – $79
bookings: 03 9662 9966
warnings: depictions of racism, haze, dynamic sound and lighting
This July, the theatre at fortyfivedownstairs will be overgrown by Grey Gardens as Australian music theatre stars Helen Dallimore (Wicked and Legally Blonde) and Deidre Rubenstein (My Fair Lady and Shakespeare in Love) transform into the legendary mother daughter duo, Big and Little Edith (Edie) Bouvier Beale.
With music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, and book by Doug Wright, the Tony winning musical Grey Gardens takes its inspiration from the iconic 1975 documentary that introduced the world to two extraordinary and endearing eccentrics whose bond was as complicated as it was profound. That they were the aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy only heightened the public’s fascination with their story, which has endured for generations.
This new production, the first in Melbourne since the musical’s premiere in 2011, will be directed by Tyran Parke (Elegies: A Song Cycle and Ordinary Days) and presented by Clovelly Fox and fortyfivedownstairs.
This production is proudly supported by:
CAST
Helen Dallimore – Edith Bouvier Beale / Little Edie
Deidre Rubenstein – Big Edie
David Hobson – J.V. “Major” Bouvier / Norman Vincent Peale
Nick Simspon-Deeks – George Gould Strong
Luke Ward – Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. / Jerry
Meg Williams – Little Edie
Evan Evans – Brooks Sr. and Jr.
Adeline Hunter – Jacqueline Kennedy
Eleanor Flynn/Jessica Georgeson – Lee Bouvier
CREATIVES
Director: Tyran Parke
Musical Director: Lyndall Dawson
Choreographer: Freya List
Set Designer: Claudia Mirabello
Costume Designer: Louisa Fitzgerald
Lighting Designer: Sidney Younger
Sound Designer: Nick Reich
Producers: Tyran Parke for Clovelly Fox and Cameron Lukey for fortyfivedownstairs
Ticket Prices:
Preview: $49
Full: $79
Concession: $59
Group 6+: $59
Mob tickets (discount for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island mob): $55
Under 30s: $55
Concessions:
Pensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members
Ticket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express
Ticket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding!