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[title]In the 1950s, Patricia Highsmith penned a novel that would become one of the 20th century’s most gripping thrillers: The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 1999, Matt Damon turned the charismatic conman into a box office hit. Netflix got a slice of the pie in 2024 with a dark series Andrew Scott starred in. Now? Sydney Theatre Company present the Melbourne premiere of the irresistible Machiavellian tale to the stage at Arts Centre.
This spring, the production makes its way down to Melbourne for only four weeks, after a smashing success with Sydney crowds. Will McDonald plays *the* Tom Ripley (a big pivot from his recent role as teenage drug dealer Ca$h in Netflix’s Heartbreak High), who becomes enamoured with the confident and dripping-in-money Dickie Greenleaf (played by Roman Delo, Stan’s Bump). While Ripley was hired to bring him home from Italy’s glamorous coastline, obsession slowly clouds his judgement surmounting to a suspenseful fate.
The must-see theatrical event has been adapted by eminent playwright Joanna Murray-Smith alongside the expertise of award-winning director Sarah Goodes. The pair are a recipe for success after their brilliant work on STC’s Julia and Switzerland, the latter of which has played theatres across the world and has been adapted into an upcoming screenplay starring Helen Mirren.
Tickets are on sale now for Sydney Theatre Company’s The Talented Mr. Ripley at Arts Centre Melbourne from October 28 to November 23. Book here.