Kimberly Akimbo: A Musical

26 JUL —  30 AUG 2025

Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse

Meet your new favourite musical. It took Broadway by storm, won five Tony awards and now it’s time for Melbourne audiences to be treated to this dose of pure joy.

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WINNER BEST MUSICAL, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE & BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

2023 Tony Awards
This is rated 5 out of 5 stars

‘Clever, touching and idiosyncratic.’

Time Out, US

ABOUT THE SHOW

The new girl in town is making heads spin. You’ve got to move fast when you’re 16 going on 70.

Kimberly Akimbo is the musical that took Broadway by storm. It won countless hearts and raked in five Tony awards including Best Musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori, the brilliant mind behind the critically acclaimed Fun Home. This Australian premiere directed by four-time Helpmann Award-winner Mitchell Butel and starring Marina Prior, Casey Donovan and Christie Whelan Browne brims with infectious energy and tunes that soar.

New Jersey, 1999: from a sea of teen angst, unrequited crushes and popularity contests bursts Kimberly, a musical heroine like no other. Equal parts teen comedy, heist caper and unlikely love story, her rollercoaster journey shows that the tempo of your own song is yours to set. Born with a genetic rarity that means she ages at four times the rate of everyone else, Kimberly is a teen in mid-life form and living on borrowed time. She can cope with her dropkick dad and narcissistic mum – can’t spell ‘dysfunction’ without ‘fun’, right? But when her criminal aunt Debra shows up with a get-rich-quick scheme too good to be legal, Kimberly decides you’re only young once.


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Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

  • Hearing Assistance

  • Relaxed Performance

  • Audio Described

  • Tactile Tour

  • Open Captioning

  • Closed Captioning

  • Auslan Interpreted

Performance Type Performance Date(s)
Audio Described
by Vision Australia
Saturday 16 August at 2pm
Tuesday 19 August at 6.30pm
Tactile Tour
at venue
Saturday 16 August at 2pm (Tactile tour commences at 1pm)
Open Captioning
via screen
Saturday 23 August at 2pm
Closed Captioning
via GoTheatrical App
Saturday 23 August at 2pm
Auslan Interpreted Please email mtcticketing@mtc.com.au for more information
Relaxed Performance Saturday 30 August at 2pm
Marina Prior

Marina Prior

Kimberly Levaco

Nathan O'Keefe

Nathan O'Keefe

Buddy Levaco

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Christie Whelan Browne

Patti Levaco

Artwork for Casey Donovan

Casey Donovan

Debra

Artwork for David Lindsay-Abaire

David Lindsay-Abaire

Book & Lyrics

Artwork for Jeanine Tesori

Jeanine Tesori

Music

Mitchell Butel

Mitchell Butel

Director

Artwork for Kym Purling

Kym Purling

Musical Director

Artwork for Amy Campbell

Amy Campbell

Choreographer

Artwork for Ailsa Paterson

Ailsa Paterson

Costume Designer

Matt Scott

Matt Scott

Lighting Designer

Playhouse

100 St Kilda Road

Melbourne , Victoria 3004