The Midnight Shift
Event Date: 01/09/2016, 07:30 pm
Get set for the most pleasurably indulgent soak in a soapy TV nostalgia bath ever
makes its world premiere at The Midnight Shift and Giant Dwarf from 1 to 11 September.
With a large and multi-talented cast of all-singing, all-dancing performers, this loving homage to 1980s Australian TV soap leaves no cliché unturned, no fashion crime unrepeated… with a script and music that will make you both cringe, then cheer - then want to join in!
Taking its starting point from Australia's shortest-lived 80's soap of the same name, the creators of BATTLERS & DREAMERS claim to have discovered the lost tapes; bravely, they invite Sydneysiders to settle in for a memorable experience that turns theatre into live TV – complete with opening credits and theme-song!
Join them as the show follows local country family The Grundys battling big business, while their only daughter (with dreams of pop stardom… of course) prepares to marry a bad boy with a past he can't recall.
Laugh and cry with the people of Mainsbridge as they struggle through their domestic dramas… and fight to ignite their dreams!
Romy Bartz and Erin Brookhouse devised this new work, inspired by their shared history and affinity with the genre.
While Romy's mum, Belinda Giblin, appeared in classic Aussie shows such as The Sullivans and Sons and Daughters (where Romy spent much of her childhood on set), Erin's grandfather, producer/writer Don Harley and his actress wife June Thody, worked in the same circles.
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85 Oxford Street,
Darlinghurst New South Wales,2010
85 Oxford Street,
Darlinghurst New South Wales,2010