Watch Karis Oka sing “Dead Mom” from Beetlejuice at the Australian Open ahead of the musical’s Australia premiere!
Oka will star in the Melbourne production as Lydia Deetz, opposite the musical’s composer, Eddie Perfect, who will play the title role.
Oka is a familiar face to Australian audiences having starred in the original Australian production of Six, the return season of Fangirls and the Australian premiere of Ride The Cyclone. On screen she has been seen in the hit SBS series Erotic Stories, Girl At The Window, Stan’s Population: 11 and opposite Rebel Wilson in The Deb.
For the uninitiated, Lydia Deetz is not your average teenager. She’s strange and unusual, with a darkly poetic soul and a keen eye for the otherworldly. As Lydia navigates a world filled with insufferable parents, recently deceased houseguests, and a mischievous demon who lives for chaos, she becomes the beating heart of BEETLEJUICE’s irreverent and wildly entertaining story.
It’s showtime, folks! BEETLEJUICE is …