Britney Spears: The Cabaret Starring Christie Whelan @ Chapel off Chapel
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:07PM
Photo credit: Simon Schluter
’Christie Whelan IS Britney Spears; young, talented and gorgeous - with one notable difference - Christie Whelan is intentionally hilarious’ - Magda Szubanski
Following a highly acclaimed sell out season in 2009 at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Raval in Sydney, Britney Spears: The Cabaret is coming to Melbourne for a limited season at Chapel Off Chapel.
Performed by Christie Whelan, and written for Christie by award winning writer/ director Dean Bryant, Britney Spears: The Cabaret is a satirical and realistic look at the perils of fame and is described as ‘adroitly scripted, ‘hilarious’ and ‘bittersweet’.
Dubbed one of Australia’s hottest rising stars, Whelan plays Britney who shows us life through her eyes. Hilariously funny and at times exceptionally sad. Under the musical direction of Mathew Frank, Britney’s greatest hits are transformed into cabaret songs, seamlessly intertwined into the fabric of her life.
Writer/Director Dean Bryant and Musical Director Mathew Frank won the Green Room for Best New Musical this year for Once We Lived Here, which starred Whelan. Bryant’s recent cabaret work includes his Sydney Opera House shows Newley Discovered (starring Hugh Sheridan) and I’m Every Woman (starring Hairspray’s Trevor Ashley). Frank was Musical Director at the Melbourne Theatre Company’s The Drowsy Chaperone earlier this year.
‘Hilariously sad and sadly hilarious an eye opening journey into the existence of one of the most successful commercial bodies on earth…’- Sydney Morning Herald
’.An unmissable tale of growing up too fast with all eyes on you, performed by a young girl who should be a star in her own right. No lip-synching here - Christie Whelan is the realstar ‘ - The Advertiser
‘The production still has the edginess and rawness of a Fringe show - but a polished, accomplished and clever one. I was so impressed; I went home, shaved my head, lost my kids, snogged Madonna and got out of a limo wearing no knickers…‘ - Adelaide Theatre Guide
Don’t miss your opportunity to see what all the fuss is about.
Britney Spears:The Cabaret
Dates: 6-24 October
Venue: The Loft, Chapel Off Chapel 12 Little Chapel St Prahran
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: $35 Full, $30 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
Bookings: Click here or call (03) 8290 7000
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