All-Australian cast brings Peppa Pig to the stage

An all-Australian cast will present Peppa Pig’s Fun Day Out LIVE! with Zoe Crisp (Avenue Q, We Will Rock You) cast as Peppa Pig in the nationa tour, which comes to Geelong tomorrow (Saturday, May 3).

The Australian premiere follows a smash hit season in London’s West End, and is the first time Peppa Pig has graced Australian stages since 2018.

The rest of the multi-talented cast includes Adelaide-trained and Melbourne-based Romy Juliette Glass (Legally Blonde; Universal Studios Singapore roles) as Daisy; Perth-raised and Brisbane-trained Maddison Price (Queensland Pop Orchestra, QPAC’s The Wizard of Oz in Concert) as Suzy Sheep; Melbourne’s Jake Waterworth (Tigger in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation) as Danny Dog.

Joining them are Sydney-raised and Melbourne-based Zuleika Khan (PAW Patrol Live, Offspring, Please Like Me) as Mummy Pig and Miss Rabbit; Jacqui Dwyer (Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation) from the Blue Mountains as George; with Daddy Pig played by Newcastle-born Benjamin Richards (Heathers, Cry Baby).

Crisp grew up watching the Peppa Pig TV show with her twin brother in West Leederville, Perth.

 

“My brother and I related very much to Peppa and George’s sibling relationship. I was a tiny bit bossy and he didn’t have a lot of words,” she said.

A WAAPA graduate with a range of professional credits, Crisp recently toured with the National Theatre for Children, playing various characters with lots of silly voices.

Presented by TEG Life Like Touring and Fierylight, the stage show is based on the much-loved animated series. Peppa Pig is presently the #1 kids show on Nick Jr. and #2 on ABC Kids Australia, while the show’s theme song received 165 million views in just six months of 2024.

We are excited to be bringing Peppa Pig back to Australia in 2025 with TEG Life Like Touring,” the show’s director and writer, Richard Lewis from Fierylight, said.

“For Peppa Pig’s Fun Day Out LIVE! we have created lots of new puppets our Australian audiences wouldn’t have seen before.

“We bring together all sorts of different techniques to make the action and fun with Peppa, her family and friends come to life on stage.”Also, the level of audience interaction has increased, with even more opportunities in this new show for the audience to sing along, dance and to get involved.”

For more information or to book, head to peppapiglive.com.au