{"id":228806,"date":"2026-02-02T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/02\/02\/john-farnham-musical-whispering-jack-sets-2026-sydney-premiere-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:22:11","slug":"john-farnham-musical-whispering-jack-sets-2026-sydney-premiere-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/02\/02\/john-farnham-musical-whispering-jack-sets-2026-sydney-premiere-2\/","title":{"rendered":"John Farnham Musical \u2018Whispering Jack\u2019 Sets 2026 Sydney\u00a0Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tA stage musical celebrating the career of John Farnham<\/a> will premiere in Sydney later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical<\/em> is set to debut Nov. 15, 2026, at Roslyn Packer Theatre as part of the Sydney Theatre Company<\/em>\u2019s season, producers announced Monday (Feb. 2).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production will star Michael Paynter in the role of Farnham. Paynter recently led the 2025 Australian season of Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em> and has previously toured with Farnham, in addition to performing as a member of ICEHOUSE and Jimmy Barnes\u2019 touring bands.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo be asked to help tell the story of the greatest voice this country has ever produced is an honour that is very hard to put into words,\u201d Paynter said in a statement. \u201cFor me, John Farnham is the absolute zenith of male singers in all of history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased in 1986, Whispering Jack<\/em> became the highest-selling Australian album of all time and marked a defining turning point in Farnham\u2019s career. The musical will focus on the creation and legacy of the album, which includes the hit \u201cYou\u2019re the Voice,\u201d which topped the Australian singles chart for seven consecutive weeks and became one of the country\u2019s best-selling songs.<\/p>\n

\n\tProducer Gaynor Wheatley said Paynter\u2019s casting followed an extensive search. \u201cWhen Michael Paynter performed the material for the first time, there was an immediate sense of recognition in the room,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tArtistic director Mitchell Butel added that Paynter\u2019s performance in Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em> confirmed the decision. \u201cJohn Farnham is more than just an incredible voice,\u201d Butel said. \u201cHe is the ultimate showman and musical storyteller.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTickets for Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical<\/em> are on sale now via the Sydney Theatre Company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A stage musical celebrating the career of John Farnham will premiere in Sydney later this year. Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical is set to debut Nov. 15, 2026, at Roslyn Packer Theatre as part of the Sydney Theatre Company\u2019s season, producers announced Monday (Feb. 2). The production will star Michael Paynter in the role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}