Eddie Perfect returns to Melbourne for his most terrifying role yet

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Eddie Perfect returns to Melbourne for his most terrifying role yet
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“There’s not a huge number of places to hide if it doesn’t work. I can’t blame the music and the lyrics. I wrote them.”

“Everybody in this room, including myself, is going to die.” That’s the mantra that actor-composer-comedian Eddie Perfect repeats to himself every time he steps on stage – an unconventional way to calm his nerves and lower the stakes of the situation.

But those words will be particularly relevant next year as he treads the boards of the Regent Theatre for the biggest role of his career. Perfect will play the title character in his hit Broadway musical, set to open in May 2025 – a show that “takes the taboo and kicks the shit out of it”.This moment has been a long time coming for the Melbourne local.

“I’m at that age where a lot of people I know are finding grown-up, physical challenges for themselves,” he says. “They’re doing marathons, or they’re riding their bike across Europe, or they’re climbing snow-peaked mountains …“It’s a scary thing. There’s not a huge number of places to hide if it doesn’t work. I can’t blame the music and the lyrics. I wrote them.”

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