SHE'S CROWNING: MELBOURNE THIS WAY

"The Crown, but on poppers" – Nathan Joe 

After smash seasons and sell-out shows around Aotearoa in 2022, we would love to take our satire spectacular SHE'S CROWNING to the Melbourne Fringe Festival in October 2023

– 8 weeks away! 

SHE’S CROWNING an anarchic queer take on royalmania. This year it had sold-out seasons at Q Theatre during the Auckland Pride Festival and Bats in Wellington in the NZ Fringe Festival. And now with our confirmed season and a spectacular venue in the Melbourne Fringe Festival – all we need is a $5500 Boost to make it happen

The show features all the familiar faces, from Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip and the iconic Diana, Princess of Wales to hitherto unknown characters like Charles’ homophobic therapist, Margaret Thatcher’s henchmen and the favourite horse of Camilla Parker Bowles. it's "Go for broke, unrelenting, not for the faint of heart"

The $5500 we are seeking will go directly towards flights and accommodation in Melbourne for our small team of two performers and support crew during our season. We are a young company dedicated to making original work, and we are excited to have been offered this opportunity – Melbourne Fringe Festival is a magnet for independent theatre makers and has spring-boarded artists into international careers. We couldn’t hope for a better trans-Tasman debut than this. 

As makers we are inspired by the legacy of outstanding queer work in Aotearoa. Peter Wells and Stewart Main’s cinema epic ‘Desperate Remedies’ and the cabaret shows of trans pioneer Carmen Rupe are touchpoints for us - they show a fearlessness that has inspired our work. These are the shoulders we would be standing on in Melbourne, and we acknowledge them with pride. 

In a time where hysteria is being spread around queer identities it is important to make work that speaks in our own original voice – bold, invigorating and joyful. 

Taking SHE’S CROWNING to the Melbourne Fringe will be one small step for a Queen...

one giant leap for queen-kind. We hope you will take it with us. 

xx  

Murdoch, Peter & the team @ SHE’S CROWNING HQ.