Home and Away fans will recognise newcomer Josh Virgona from Aussie comedy

 He’s the newest character to enter Home and Away's Summer Bay as music journalist Tully Dixon who interviews the Lyrik band members, but fans may remember him from a much-loved Australian comedy series.

Home and Away newcomer Josh Virgona recently joined Australian soap opera Home and Away as music journalist Tully Dixon, but eagle-eyed fans may recognize the star from a previous role.

The young star is the latest character to be welcomed into Summer Bay as he causes drama amongst the Lyrik band members.

Virgona recently joined Australian soap opera Home and Away as music journalist Tully Dixon (Image: Endemol Shine Australia)

Tully sparks tension amongst the band when he reveals a romance between Kirby and Theo and labels the other two members as their back up musicians.

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As the drama unfolds, fans might be doing a double take on the new star as he appeared in a very popular Australian comedy.

Josh stars as Ace in six-part series Iggy & Ace, which centres on brash Iggy and awkward Ace, both gay and in their 20s, best mates who enjoy drinking every night in Perth’s pubs and clubs.

Speaking of his role, Josh told SBS: “Iggy and Ace use it as an escape sometimes, to avoid their feelings or avoid going through any sort of troubles.

“It can be seen as an addiction they can use together.”

For young actor Virgona, Ace was his first major TV role after graduating from the WA Academy Of Performing Arts earlier this year.

Not having struggled with alcohol addiction himself, he said he enjoys “a few good red wines every now and then, or a beer or two, more for the social aspect” and he needed to do some research before shooting started.

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Tully sparks tension amongst the band when he reveals a romance between Kirby and Theo (Image: Endemol Shine Australia)

“I had no idea about the whole 12-step program stuff and AA meetings, and I also didn’t realise how religious it was,” he says.

“I talked to a few people and their experiences about the programs, the forgiveness and stuff.”

The series was shot in Perth this year, but the shooting schedule was originally impacted by COVID.

“We were about to film in the first week and lockdown happened, because there were a few cases,” Virgona remembers. “So we had to pause things and push everything forward.”

Josh starred as Ace in six-part series Iggy & Ace (Image: SBS)

For his TV debut, Virgona found himself acting opposite Sara West, who’s appeared in series from Dead Lucky to Ash vs Evil Dead, and also sharing scenes with comedy veteran Roz Hammond, who plays the AA group’s informal leader Gwen.

“It was daunting at first going in,” he admits.

The series debuted at SBS On Demand in September and it seems it already has people reflecting on how they drink and why. Virgona has seen it in the feedback he’s had from viewers who’ve gone through what Ace experiences.

“A few people have reached out on Instagram to say it’s a great story and they can relate.