Plumage! Puns! Political incorrectness gone mad!

A lonely kid in rural Australia, fair-skinned Sarah Jane Jones is deathly sure of two things: 1. She’s the best dancer in the whole town of Chithole, and 2. She’s a proud Aboriginal woman. There’s very little proof of either of these things.

So, when a long-lost photograph offers hope of her Indigenous ancestry, Sarah Jane high-tails it to the glitziest casino in Brisvegas. Her mission? To land a role in the First Nations burlesque spectacular: ‘Blaque Showgirls’… by any means necessary.

Blaque Showgirls is Nakkiah Lui’s sparkly, smart-arsed spoof of the so-bad-it’s-good cinematic masterpiece Showgirls. The luminous Stephanie Somerville (Chalkface) fan kicks her way to the front of the chorus line, going head-to-head with all-dancing, all-diamantéd drag icon Foxxy Empire!

Co-directors Shari Sebbens (Superheroes, City of Gold) and Ursula Yovich (Diving for Pearls, Barbara and the Camp Dogs) jam-pack a long-awaited, pint-sized rhinestoned arena spectacular into the SBW Stables Theatre in 2023.

DATE: Tuesday 3 October 2023

TIME: 7.00pm

VENUE: SBW Stables Theatre, 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross, NSW 2011

TICKETS: Tickets are $58 Full and $49 Seniors. Free seating.

To buy your tickets visit [email protected] or call (02) 9361 3818, 10.00am – 6.00pm Monday–Friday.

PRE-THEATRE DRINKS & SNACKS: 6.00pm at the Penny Cook Bar in the theatre lobby.

RSVP TO: Judith Nguyen at [email protected] by Wednesday 27 September 2023, indicating whether you want to join us for pre-theatre drinks and snacks.

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THEATRE GROUP – Looking Ahead in 2023

To enable you to plan your diary for the rest of 2023, below are the dates and selected plays for Theatre Group that we are yet to see. Newcomers to SWIC are very welcome; if you need help with booking or have any queries, please contact Judith Nguyen at [email protected] or Cherry Spoor at [email protected]