{"id":830196,"date":"2026-07-29T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/830196\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:10:13","slug":"aussie-film-the-castle-is-being-turned-into-a-stage-production-premiering-in-melbourne-march-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/830196\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie film The Castle is being turned into a stage production premiering in Melbourne, March 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

In great news for Aussie<\/a> film<\/a> fans, The Castle<\/a> will be reimagined as a theatrical stage production. Michael Cassel Group and Working Dog announced on July 28, that it will premiere March 2027 at Melbourne<\/a>\u2019s Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre. <\/p>\n

Just 24 hours after tickets went on sale, a statement from Michael Cassel Group confirmed that the production has broken the record for highest first day ticket sales for a play in Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre history.<\/p>\n

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The Castle was first released on April 10, 1977 and has remained an Aussie cult classic since. \u00a0Paramount <\/p>\n

\u201cTo break a longstanding Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre record on our very first day of on-sale tells us just how deeply The Castle lives in the heart of Australian audiences,\u201d Cassel said in the statement. <\/p>\n

The demand for the play is at record levels with the Melbourne premiere run \u201cstrictly limited\u201d. <\/p>\n

The premiere of the production will mark 30 years since the film\u2019s original release<\/a>, with original creators Rob Stitch, Tom Gleisner, Santa Cilauro and Jane Kennedy on board as writers and co-producers. <\/p>\n

Award-winning director Paige Rattray also joins the crew, best known for her work on seasons two and three of Netflix hit Heartbreak High<\/a>, and the acclaimed musical Fangirls. <\/p>\n

The production is said to stay true to the story of the Kerrigan family, featuring all the fan-favourite scenes and characters from the film, plus new laughs and modern references in hopes of pleasing fans both old and new. <\/p>\n

In a statement shared the morning of the announcement, producer Michael Cassel said that as soon as he was approached about the idea of adapting The Castle<\/a> for the stage, he knew it had to be done. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe film miraculously captures the specificities of Australian life and yet feels so universally true; family love, the challenges change presents, and the warmth and humour and dignity of ordinary people standing up for what matters,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes you laugh, and then, before you know it, it makes you cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In 2025, nine.com.au chatted with Michael Caton, Stephen Curry and Anthony Simcoe from the cast of The Castle as they reunited for the first time in 25 years. \u00a0Uber Green<\/p>\n

The Castle<\/a>\u2019s creators, Stitch, Gleisner, Cilauro and Kennedy said that over the years the group has always had an interest in turning the film into a stage production for Aussie audiences. <\/p>\n

\u201cNot just a retelling of the story but a quarter of a century of funny updates! A celebration of all we love about the Kerrigan family,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe wrote this new, fully updated show in the same way that we wrote the film screenplay all those years ago – the four of us in a room trying to make each other laugh. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal was to capture the warmth and humour (dare we say, \u201cthe vibe\u201d?) of the original story in a way that will hopefully resonate with new and long-term fans alike.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The Castle\u2019s creators said there has always been interest in turning the film into a stage production. \u00a0Working Dog<\/p>\n

The announcement comes at a difficult time for Australian theatre<\/a>, with shows such as Waitress<\/a>, Beetlejuice and Back to the Future having their tours cut short<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Cassel said that The Castle is exactly what Aussie theatre needs, giving audiences the opportunity to sit together and \u201cfeel the laughter, tears and pride in real time\u201d. <\/p>\n

Kicking off in March 2027 at Melbourne\u2019s Her Majesty theatre, it is currently unclear if The Castle stage production will be a melbourne exclusive or an Australia-wide tour. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In great news for Aussie film fans, The Castle will be reimagined as a theatrical stage production. Michael…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-830196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}