The Clambake Cabaret, to be held on November 5 at the Naughty Noodle Fun Haus as part of Central Coast Council’s Lakes Festival, will mark the Fun Haus’s fourth birthday.
Clambake is a standout popular feature of the festival known for its creative, original, and often breathtaking take on the “Lakes” theme, with this year’s theme being Swamp Thang.
Producer Glitta Supernova said the kooky cabaret would feature bawdy burlesque, sideshow sweethearts, drag divas and creatures of cabaret rising from the Brisbane Water mangrove mounds.
“The definition of cabaret has evolved over the years and contemporary cabaret bends the classic towards work that engages high and low culture together, uniting and crisscrossing roots across musical cabaret, variety, comedy, drag, burlesque, and performance art,” she said.
“We are very proud to be able to bring this new work out especially post what we have all been through over the last couple of years.”
Award winning headliner performers coming from Sydney, Canberra and the Blue Mountains include performance artists Justin Shoulder , circus style showgirl Sian Brigid and burlesque and performance trio The Divergent Dolls.
“We also have a strong local focus keeping local Coastie performers in paid, engaging new work, so also taking the stage is the brilliant cultural satire jazz musician Dorian Mode, First Nations Nonbinary Queen Diva D-Lish flying high with a circus aerial show, young jazz and blues singer Hannah-Rae, Drag by Khandii Kum Loudly,” Supernova, who will be hostess at the cabaret, said.
“The new wave of cabaret is one of the most theatrical formats around the globe right now not only because its heaps of fun and abit cheeky but because it is accessible and inclusive in its content and crosses class, age, gender, culture and sexuality.
“Like all productions the Naughty Noodle develops or delivers, it’s a melting pot of people and ideas, work that weaves contemporary social criticism, activism, and identity politics with ironic humour, drag ethos and pop culture deconstructions.
“In a nutshell, it’s a hoot.”
Mandatory dress code is swamp thangs and sea hags, sirens and seaweed couture, mermen and Neptune.
Clambake Cabaret will be at the naughty Noodle Fun Haus, Ettalong Beach, at 8pm on November 5 – tickets are available at naughtynoodle.com.au/whats-on/clambake/.
Source:
Media release, Oct 25
Naughty Noodle Fun Haus