TONY SHELDON created the role of
“Bernadette” in the original cast of Priscilla
Queen Of The Desert The Musical in
Australia and starred for two years in
Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland before
transferring to London’s West End where he
was nominated for an Olivier Award for
Best Actor in a Musical.
Other theatre includes: “Roger De Bris” in
Mel Brooks’ The Producers,directed
by Susan Stroman (Australian tour),
“Clyde” in The Witches of Eastwick
(Melbourne), “Garry” in Noises
Off (Sydney Opera House), Twelfth
Night, Much Ado About Nothing,
A Comedy of Errors,Henry IV
and Candide (Nimrod Theatre),
“Edmund” in Long Day’s Journey Into
Night, “Manolo” in The Odd
Couple, “Hero” in A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum,
“Maitland” in The Chalk Garden,
“Gordon” in Neville’s Island,
“Dick” in Dames at Sea, “The
Negro” in The Roar of the Greasepaint
– The Smell of the Crowd (Marian
Street Theatre), “Geoffrey” in The
Sisters Rosensweig, “John Barrymore”
in I Hate Hamlet with Guy Pearce
(Melbourne Theatre Company), “Elyot”
in Private Lives, “The
Baker” in Into the Woods,
“Laurence Vail” in Once in a Lifetime,
“Florindo” in The Venetian Twins,
“Paul” in Company, “Joe” in Merrily
We Roll Along, “Mendel” in Falsettos
(Sydney Theatre Company), “Arnold” in Torch
Song Trilogy (Australian Tour),
“Lt. Ralph Clark of the First Fleet” in
the one-man play A Singular Voyage (Sydney
Festival), “Aunt Augusta” in Travels
with My Aunt (Australian
tour), “Mr. Myers” in Fame - The
Musical (Australian Tour), “Jonathan
Harker” in Dracula directed by
Sir Robert Helpmann (Australian
tour), “Sergei” in Wild Honey (South
Australian Theatre Company), “Alvin” in I
Love My Wife (Australian tour),
“Clifford” in Deathtrap
(Queensland Theatre Company), “Tom” in The
Glass Menagerie, “Alan” in Equus
(Hunter Valley Theatre Company), “El
Gallo” in The Fantasticks (Newtown
Theatre) and “Donald” in Spoiled
(Independent Theatre).
Awards include: The Sydney
Critics Award, The Green Room Award, Glugs
Award and Mo Award for Best Actor in a
Musical (Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
The Musical, 2007), the Helpmann, Mo
and Sydney Theatre Awards for Best
Supporting Actor in a Musical (The
Producers, 2005), the Norman Kessel
Award for Outstanding Performance in
a Play (Noises Off, 2001), Green
Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in a
musical (Falsettos, 1994), Variety
Club and Green Room Award as Best Actor in
a Play (Torch Song Trilogy, 1983),
National Theatre Award for Best Actor (Inner
Voices, 1977) and many other
nominations. Extensive directing and
writing credits.
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