![]() ![]() Theatre credits include: The Wharf Revue: De Ja Revue (Sydney Theatre Company). ![]() He has worked across most of the mediums in the acting profession including film and TV, theatre, musical theatre and voiceover, both in Australia and in the UK. In 2020 it was announced that Joe will be part of the Original Australian Cast of 9 to 5 the musical.ĭouglas is currently appearing in the Australian production of Come From Away as Kevin T & others which re-opened in January 2021 in Melbourne. There he worked with Multi-award Winning Director and Choreographer Chet Walker, internationally acclaimed Choreographer and Director Sergio Trujillo, four time Tony Award nominee Randy Skinner, and The Verdon Fosse Legacy LLC, among others. In 2018, Joe qualified as a semi-finalist for the Rob Guest Endowment and subsequently travelled to New York in the following year to study at Steps On Broadway with their Summer Study NYC program. ![]() He has also performed at numerous corporate events through Ding Productions, Event Theatre, Excessive Productions, Fame Agenda, FX Entertainment, J Smith Productions, Rizer and Voltage International Productions. On screen, Joe features in Dream Deep for Museums Victoria, feature film Beautiful for KOJO Pictures as well as TVC’s for The Sammy D Foundation and the Superfine music video for ‘Boys! Boys! Boys!’. Additional theatre credits include ‘Snowboy’ in Opera Australia’s West Side Story on Sydney Harbour, ‘Trick’ and ensemble in the 20th Anniversary production of The Boy From Oz (The Production Company), leading man in the premiere season of Just A Couple of Song and Dance Men (JTM Productions), Oklahoma! (The Production Company), Rhonda Burchmore and Rachel Beck’s The Long and Short Of It (Ding Productions) and Curtains (The Production Company). Most recently, he toured with the Australian production of Chicago (GFO) where he covered and performed the role of ‘Fred Casely’ among others. The author was not a fan of Gene Wilder's portrayal of Willy Wonka, and would have much preferred his actor of choice, Spike Milligan, to have played the part.Graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2015, Joe’s professional career was launched by following the footsteps of Fred Astaire as the leading man in A Fine Romance: The Magic of Fred Astaire (Australian Tour, JTM Productions). While it is now considered a family favourite, the 1971 movie version received a mixed reaction upon its release, not least of all from Roald Dahl himself. But by a stroke of luck he finds some money on the floor, and rushing into the nearest shop, he buys a solitary Wonka bar and finds something gold glittering under the wrapper.Īnd so Charlie is one of the chosen few who steps into the chocolate factory, a realm of candy covered delights where nothing is quite as it seems. To find a golden ticket would be a dream come true for young Charlie Bucket, but given neither he or his grandparents who take care of him can afford a Wonka Bar, it seems an impossible one. That is until a contest is announced - five golden tickets have been hidden away inside five Wonka chocolate bars, and whoever finds them will be led on a tour of the factory by the mysterious Mr. Yet he is a total recluse, and no one else in the world has ever stepped foot inside his famous chocolate factory. Willy Wonka is the most famous candy maker in the world, an eccentric confectioner whose sugary treats are works of genius. WHAT is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory About? Taking on the iconic role of Willy Wonka in this production is two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle, last seen on Broadway in Something Rotten! It also garnered two Olivier Awards for its lush costumes and creative lighting design. Proving to be a monster hit with audiences, it set the record for the highest weekly gross in West End history. ![]() This acclaimed musical transfers from London's West End, where it opened in 2013. Follow young Charlie Bucket inside Willy Wonka's world famous Chocolate Factory, and discover that its wonders go far beyond your wildest dreams! Step into a candy wonderland with this spectacular adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic. ![]()
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