Hugh Jackman has given a huge shout out to a little local theatre in regional Victoria.
The Aussie A-lister, 56, took to his Instagram Stories on Saturday to drum up support for his old drama school mate, Mark Constable, who is putting on an n comedy in Macdeon.
‘I recommend you go and check out this gem of a play. It’s an Aussie play.
‘For people who are in , or wherever you are in the world, if you want to go down to Mount Macedon just outside Melbourne – there is an incredible little theatre called the Mountview theatre,’ Hugh said.
‘And they are doing a production of the Appleton Ladies Potato Race. It’s a gem of a play. It will move you. It will make you laugh. You will laugh your heads off.
‘It’s directed by a great mate of mine that I went to drama school with, Mark Constable, who is awesome. He told me to say he’s a genius. He’s great.’
Hugh Jackman has given a huge shout out to a little local theatre in regional Victoria
The Aussie A-lister, 56, took to his Instagram Stories on Saturday to drum up support for his old drama school mate, Mark Constable, who is putting on an n comedy ‘The Appleton Ladies Potato Race’ at the Mountview Theatre in Macedon from June 13
‘It’s at a regional theatre and it’s going to be phenomenal,’ the Wolverine star continued in his glowing endorsement.
The Mountview theatre has a capacity of 100 and the play will run for three weekends from June 13 to June 29.
‘Although I have a funny feeling it may get extended,’ Hugh said.
‘When Penny Anderson, the town’s new GP, returns to her childhood home of Appleton, she’s shocked to find the local potato race prize still sits at $1000 for men and just $200 for women,’ a synopsis for the play reads.
‘Determined to change this outdated tradition, she sets out on a mission to even the playing field. But not everyone is on board, especially the no-nonsense Bev, who sees Penny as another city slicker disrupting country ways.’
Margot Knight, Shayne Francis, Sharnie Page, Sophie Cleary and Sheila Kumar star in the ‘big-hearted n comedy.’
Hugh, who is currently starring in his one-man live show at Radio City and his new off-Broadway play ‘Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes’, recently appeared on Good Morning America to talk about why he returned to the stage.
‘I felt I wasn’t doing the thing I loved to do enough,’ he revealed. ‘I wasn’t acting enough. I love the theatre. I think it should be available for everyone.’
In Hugh’s ‘stripped down’ off-Broadway show, the Greatest Showman actor swears liberally, speaks graphically about sex and engages in multiple steamy make-out sessions with his 25-year-old co-star Ella Beatty (pictured)
The pair were seen larking around in rehearsals this week. Hugh had his arm wrapped around the budding actress, who is the daughter of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty, and he beamed from ear to ear as he gave the camera a thumbs up
‘Sometimes I feel more relaxed on stage than I do in life,’ Hugh admitted during his sit down interview. ‘I don’t know what it is. I’m living the dream.’
In Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, Hugh engages in multiple steamy make-out sessions with his 25-year-old co-star, Ella Beatty.
The pair were seen larking around in rehearsals this week.
Hugh had his arm wrapped around the budding actress, who is the daughter of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty, and he beamed from ear to ear as he gave the camera a thumbs up.
It follows reports that Hugh is turning up the heat on stage – as he continues to date his new girlfriend, Broadway actress Sutton Foster.
Foster, 50, even made a backstage appearance this week, trying to quiet whispers that their new relationship has been on shaky ground since going public in January.
But the show’s raunchy moments can’t be easy to watch for Foster, who reportedly struck up an offstage relationship with the Greatest Showman star while playing his love interest onstage.
Adding more fuel to the gossip mill, fresh photos of the pair holding hands during the curtain call have sent tongues wagging.
It follows reports that Hugh is turning up the heat on stage – as he continues to date his new girlfriend, Broadway actress Sutton Foster
Offstage, Hugh’s own split from Deborra-Lee Furness seems to mirror the emotional storm
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The two beamed with pride, looking completely at ease with the intimate gesture.
It’s not just the steamy make-out scenes turning up the heat — Hugh also unleashes a barrage of expletives, including blunt, graphic lines about a college cheerleader ‘sucking his c***’
Offstage, Hugh’s own split from Deborra-Lee Furness seems to mirror the emotional storm.
The actor, who has only been married once, announced his split from Deborra-Lee Furness, 69, in September 2023 after 27 years of marriage.
In a joint statement at the time, they said they were ‘shifting’ and had decided to ‘separate to pursue our individual growth.’
The couple share two adopted children, Oscar, 24, and Ava, 19.
Hugh and Sutton’s relationship reportedly overlapped with the end of his marriage.
The two had been friends for years in the same theatre circles but only went public after they were photographed holding hands earlier this year