Kylie Minogue will join some fellow Australian performers at the White House this week – at the least the fictitious White House in the Netflix comedy The Residence.

The eight-part comedic murder mystery The Residence – created by Paul William Davies (Scandal, For the People) – is set inside the White House and is based on Kate Andersen Brower’s book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.

It follows a murder investigation at the “Australian state dinner”, where “everyone is a suspect – even Kylie Minogue”. 

Joining Minogue at the fictional state dinner are Australia’s prime minister played by Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck). McMahon is, course, the real life son of former PM William McMahon.

Brett Tucker (McLeod’s Daughters) plays the Australian foreign minister, while Nathan Lovejoy (The Code) is the Australian ambassador (with no resemblance to Kevin Rudd).

Netflix promises the show features plenty of “hilarious Aussie humour”.

But while The Residence will have an Australian flavour, it is definitely an American show.

The eight one-hour episodes follow Uzo Aduba’s (Orange Is the New Black) detective Cordelia Cupp as she tries to discover who killed the chief usher of the White House, played by Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad).

Cupp is paired with FBI agent Edwin Park, played by Fresh off the Boat’s Randall. He must come to terms with the fact that Cupp’s methods, however frustrating, might just crack the case.

The murder mystery is a <i>Fawlty Towers</i>-type comedy. Photo: Netflix

Also among the ensemble cast are Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock jr., Edwina Findley, Jason Lee, Molly Griggs, Ken Marino, Al Mitchell, Dan Perrault, Bronson Pinchot, Julieth Restrepo, Mel Rodriguez, Mary Wiseman, Eliza Coupe, Jane Curtin and Al Franken.

Former political journalist Brower’s book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, was a New York Times bestseller that offered  a “backstairs” look at the maids, butlers and other professionals who work at the White House.

While it was not a comedy, its loose TV adaptation is.

Speaking to Deadline this week, Davies said the show deliberately leaned into comedy, likening it to the John Cleese classic Fawlty Towers.

“There’s almost something farcical about the White House with all of the doors and people,” he said.

“I love the theatricality of the White House, how there’s a backstage and an on-stage, and we would see both of those things.

“You go out into the state dinner, and you’re on stage … then you go back into the butler’s pantry or whatever, and people are fighting. … That’s the fun.”

The Residence premieres on Netflix from March 20