11 - 19 January 2013
Charles Busch’s camp classic PSYCHO BEACH PARTY follows the schizophrenic world of Chicklet, a Gidget-esque nerd with a dream to surf. When people in the town are attacked in strange sado-masochistic ways, it is up to the surf-bums and a B-Grade Horror star to find the culprit and save Chicklet from her potentially lethal sexual awakening.
This production boasts a cross-gendered cast, sixties surf rock hits, and an appreciation of the perverse. Its classic Busch meets the golden age of Hollywood and the homo-eroticism of Point Break.
“...this is a perfect theatrical fit."
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
“Stunningly efficacious and evenly-matched cast... The bare-midriffed Flanders is, if not divinely, comically inspired casting.”
AUSTRALIAN STAGE
DURATION
80 minutes no interval
Written and Created by
CHARLES BUSCH
Directed by
STEPHEN NICOLAZZO
Set Design
MICHAEL HANKIN
Costume Design
TESSA PITT, EUGYEENE TEH
Lighting Design
KATIE SFETKIDIS
Sound Design
NATE EDMONDSON
Performed by
CAITLIN ADAMS, ZOE BOESEN, ASH FLANDERS, GENEVIEVE GIUFFRE, KEVIN KIERNAN MOLLOY, PETER PALTOS
