On stage in Sydney from 19 August, Joanna Murray-Smith's ravishing adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's glamorous thriller will star Will McDonald (Netflix’s Heartbreak High), Claude Scott-Mitchell (Binge’s The Last Anniversary), Raj Labade (Amazon Prime’s The Office), Faisal Hamza (ABC’s House of Gods), Andrew McFarlane (ABC’s The Newsreader and award-winning performance in STC’s Hubris & Humiliation) and Johnny Nasser (Heartbreak High; currently on tour with STC’s The Dictionary of Lost Words). 

The Talented Mr. Ripley was commissioned by STC as part of Murray-Smith's 2024 Patrick White Playwrights Fellowship. She says that reuniting with director Sarah Goodes to bring literature’s most alluring confidence man to life was a 'job sent from heaven': ''I have long been invested in The Talented Ms Highsmith and her wildly strange and brilliant mind. The world’s most famous serial killer has been waiting for his moment in the spotlight and it’s now”. 

Soon after the final curtain in Sydney, this spectacular production will make its Melbourne: running at the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne from 28 October. All cast members bar Labade will return for the Melbourne season. 

The Talented Mr Ripley is the fifth STC production to tour to Arts Centre Melbourne in recent years, along with Murray-Smith and Goodes’ previous collaboration, Julia, two seasons of Suzie Miller’s RBG: Of Many One (2024 and 2025), the adaptation of Pip Williams’ The Dictionary of Lost Words (2024) and the original production of Kip Williams’ cine-theatre hit, The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Eryn Jean-Norvill (2022). 

Grab your tickets to The Talented Mr. Ripley here.