Overview
It landed in Melbourne last year and is currently showing in Sydney theatres, and now it looks like Trey Parker and Matt Stone's hit musical The Book of Mormon is finally bringing its hilariously irreverent self to Brisbane.
At least, that what's all the signs are pointing to, with a series of vague posters popping up on bus shelters across Brisbane this week, including ones near South Brisbane station.
The Book of Mormon also posted this teaser on its Facebook page, with some readers saying the building in the top right corner is Brisbane's Meriton.
Announcing simply that 'the mormons are coming', the teasers are pretty short on facts, though they've inspired plenty of locals to jump over to the website and sign up to the email list for first dibs on any info that does surface.
Even The Book of Mormon's publicity company is keeping hush and refusing to comment on the prospect of a Brisbane run. Looks like we'll just have to sit tight and wait for confirmation.
Written by South Park and Team America's notoriously puerile creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, together with Robert Lopez of genius grown-up muppet show Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon is probably one of the most lauded comedies ever to have centred on the Church of Latter Day Saints, African missions, AIDS, bum jokes and super ironic racism. If it wasn't so smart and so funny, few would forgive it. But since it is, The Book of Morman has picked up nine Tonys, four Olivier Awards and a Grammy since it debuted in 2011, and has been called "one of the most joyously acidic bundles Broadway has unwrapped in years".
If you've been among the throngs to see the musical in New York, Chicago or London, then you'll be plenty excited that your Melbourne friends will now get the chance to go learn all the idiosyncratic details of Mormonism, meet war criminal General Butt-Fucking Naked and know the true meaning of the hakuna matata-like saying 'Hasa Diga Eebowai'.
The Book of Mormon is due to wrap up in Sydney on October 21. We'll keep you updated on any official announcements.