Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model

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Event Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model
Venue Theatre Works, St Kilda, VIC
First Date 25 March 2014
Last Date 6 April 2014
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In an audacious and provocative protest against the world’s flagrant attempts to sexualise and commodify childhood, the award-winning performance artist Kimmings and her 9-year-old niece Taylor decided to take on the global tween machine at its own game. They invented Catherine Bennett, a dinosaur-loving, bike-riding, tuna-pasta-eating pop star, and vowed to make her world famous to prove that an alternative was possible! Bryony became Catherine Bennett and Taylor her manager. So far they’ve been invited to parliament, become friends with Yoko Ono and Amanda Palmer, gained more coloumn inches
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Taylor Houchen Actor
Bryony Kimmings Actor
Tom Parkinson Composer
David Curtis Ring Costume Designer
Bryony Kimmings Director
Tom Parkinson Director
Martin Langthorne Lighting Designer
David Curtis Ring Set Designer
Bryony Kimmings Writer
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Further Information Australian Premiere. Winner: Fringe First 2013, The Three Weeks Editors Award, Fringe Review Outstanding Show Award
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 114388