Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Colin Hay Of Men At Work Joins Melbourne Theatre Company For Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

by Paul Cashmere on October 9, 2018

Men At Work’s Colin Hay will morph from Classic Rock to Classical when he makes his Melbourne Theatre Company debut in Shakespeare’s ‘The Twelfth Night’.

Colin Hay will play Feste, alongside an all-star cast featuring Tamsin Carroll, Frank Woodley and Esther Hannaford.

Shakespeare’s ‘The Twelfth Night’ will feature new music from Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttal, costumes by Gabriela Tylesova and direction from Simon Phillips.

Colin Hay has acted before. He had a recurring role in ‘Scrubs’, he was Barry in ‘The Craic’, Zac in ‘Cosi’ and a couple of characters in ‘Blue Heelers’.

‘The Twelfth Night’ is on from 12 November to 5 January 2018 at the Sumner, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne.

Colin will also play a round of Australian dates in April.

Colin Hay dates
Thursday, 18 April 2019 Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
Saturday, 20 April 2019 Byron Bay Bluesfest
Sunday, 21 April 2019 Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane, Qld
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Vic
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA
Friday, 26 April 2019 The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra ACT
Saturday, 27 April 2019 State Theatre, Sydney, NSW

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Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Colin Hay, Melbourne Theatre Company, Men At Work, rock, Shakespeare, The Twelfth Night

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