Casey Bennetto is an Australian writer, musician, performer and radio broadcaster.
Bennetto was born in 1969 in Mildura, Victoria, and grew up in Greensborough, Melbourne.
He wrote and composed the musical ''
Keating!
''Keating!'' is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 and 1996; the musical follows him from his ascent to the leadership through ...
'' for the
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the largest international comedy festival in the world. First held in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typically starti ...
which later received the 2007
Helpmann Award for Best Musical
The Helpmann Award for Best Musical is a musical theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. The award is for a production in Australia, and is open to both new musicals and revivals. Th ...
as well as
Best Original Score for Bennetto.
Casey has been co-host on ''The Conversation Hour'' with Jon Faine on ABC Local Radio in Melbourne. He also co-presents the program ''Superfluity'' on community radio station 3RRR. He was a regular guest on television music quiz
''Spicks and Specks''.
In 2015, Bennetto co-wrote the music to a musical about Berrimah women's prison in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
, entitled ''Prison Songs''.
In 2020, Bennetto submitted his song "''I AM"'' to ''"SBS's Eurovision 2020 - Australia Decides",'' where it was performed by Geraldine Quinn as a contender to become Australia's Eurovision entry.
References
External links
Casey Bennettoon IMDb
1969 births
Helpmann Award winners
Living people
Australian writers
Australian musical theatre composers
Male musical theatre composers
People from Mildura
People from Greensborough, Victoria
Musicians from Victoria (state)
Writers from Victoria (state)
Radio personalities from Melbourne
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