Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Party Shows & Sleaze Ball shows, concepted & directed by Danielle Harvey for Dancing Giant:
2010, Mardi Gras Party, George Michael
2010, Mardi Gras Party, Amanda Lepore
2009, Mardi Gras Party, Tina Arena & Alison Jiear
2009, Mardi Gras Party, Natalie Bassingthwaite
2009, Harbour Party, Sam Sparro
2008, Sleaze Ball 'Villains Lair', drag extravaganza
2008, Mardi Gras Party, Cyndi Lauper
2008, Mardi Gras Party, Olivia Newton-John
2007, Sleaze Ball 'Zirkus',Nikki Webster & Toby Allen
Images courtesy of New Mardi Gras
Photographer Ann-Marie Calilhanna
Costumes Matthew Aberline 2007 - 2009
Costumes Nigel Shaw 2010
DEATH'S WAITING ROOM is a confronting hybrid of drama, musical theatre and circus, grounded
in and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade and The Bible. It is a study of love, family, gender, insecurity and sexual depravity.
Beneath a 'big-top' the Ring Master presides over his godless troop: Marie Antoinette, the drag queen suffers from penis envy and laments her position in life through song; Strawberry, the bitter, gothic mermaid, dreams of having legs, a vagina and a decent role in the show; Arial, contortionist and madam, runs a brothel from her caravan of acrobatic and enthusiastic whores; Fat Clown and Skinny Clown duke it out using words, women and stilts.
'When it comes down to it though they're not that strange after all, just a mermaid, a ballerina or a lonely man - simple, fairly normal and possibly beautiful.' Revolver, Feb 25 2002.
DEATH'S WAITING ROOM enjoyed sell out seasons in Sydney in 2002 and 2005. Director and co-creator, Danielle Harvey believes the show's popularity lies in its broad appeal. "It has so many layers: the content, the music, the complexity of the characters - it pulls you in on so many levels. It's unapologetically dark, yet hilarious at the same time; it takes you somewhere, it gets under your skin."
Created by Danielle Harvey, Jenni Laird & Alice Cadwell
Written by Sam Bowring with Music by Tim Hansen
Photographer Dave Parkin
It is the year 16022 and in the bureaucratically run facility of The Great Library of Earth the ever-present boredom has driven the librarians to their wits' end. No dewy decimal system can save them from themselves.
The Great Library of Earth is a records management facility, dedicated to the documentation of everything that has occurred or been created since the dawn of civilisation. It takes one month’s cryo-sleep to get there and each employment term is ten years. Ten long years… It’s enough to drive a person mad!
As the staff come to grips with the relevance and value of history, the answers they uncover push them to their librarian limits with disastrous consequences. A black comedy with heart was performed at Newtown Theatre in 2007.
Directed by Danielle Harvey
Written by Sam Bowring
Designed by Chris McGirr
Music by Louis Tillet
Lighting design by Tiana Salmon
Sound design by Digby Mitchell
Assistant director Travis Williams
Starring: Liam Nesbitt, Duncan Fellows, Matt Doherty, Dean Mason, Claudia Tory
Photographer Liz Christie
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