Tony Sheldon - Bernadette

Tony Sheldon

Theatre includes the role of Bernadette in the original cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, which he created and played for two years in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, Roger De Bris in Mel Brooks’s The Producers, directed by Susan Stroman (Australian tour), Clyde in The Witches of Eastwick with Rosemary Ashe, directed by James Powell (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 with Googie Withers, Gordon in Neville’s Island directed by Richard Cottrell, 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).

Film includes: An Indecent Obsession.

Directing includes: the all-star concert version of Sondheim’s Follies (1993, Melbourne International Arts Festival), Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well… and Pal Joey (WAAPA), She Loves Me (Newtown Theatre), The Mourning After (Playbox), AfterPlay (Marian Street Theatre), The Sydney Cabaret Convention (Town Hall) and The Floor of Heaven (Sydney Theatre Company).

Writing includes: extensive writing and directing credits for theatre and cabaret in Australia. Tony was also a scriptwriter and storyliner on Home and Away and Sons and Daughters. He is a respected writer and lecturer on Australian musical theatre history.

Awards includes: Sydney Theatre Award, Green Room Award, Glugs Award and Mo Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, 2007), Helpmann, Mo and Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (The Producers, 2005), 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 for Best Actor in a Play (Torch Song Trilogy, 1983), National Theatre Award for Best Actor (Inner Voices, 1977) and many other nominations.