Cracked Actors Theatre (CAT) take great pride in presenting this Cracked Actors Production by award winning playwright/director Noel Anderson for Midumma Festival 2021. Few plays capture the Zeitgeist of one era. This one captures both the rough ‘n’ ready iconoclastic time in which it is set alongside the current yearning and nostalgia for an era that entrenched the LGBTIQ community in the mainstream of Australian culture. Kings Cross, Australia - New Year’s Eve, 1968. On the floor of a pokey flat lies the dead body of a street hustler shot at close range, straight through the heart. A man stands over him whistling Auld Lang Syne. A year earlier, in a seedy nightclub called The Boom Boom Room, dressed in a fake fur and sequined frock, Cha Cha weaves her magic on the small appreciative crowd. That night she meets Billy, a brash young boy from Melbourne and falls in love. Local pimp, Louis, has a less romantic idea for the star-crossed lovers...
Billy Loves Cha Cha Forever! is a bittersweet story. It has more frocks than Priscilla and more plot twists than Sleuth. Go on, you know you’ll love it! Noel Anderson has written plays including 'Audrey Hepburn and I Consider Our Assets' (Melba Spiegeltent, Melbourne), 'Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame' and his play on the AIDS epidemic, 'Dark Victory' (Playtime finalist Midsumma Festival 2016). He has directed more than fifty shows, including the 2017 hit Melbourne Fringe season of 'Love Kills'. Billy Loves Cha Cha Forever! will be Noel’s first production at Cracked Actors. Cast & Crew
Cha Cha - Samuel Thompson
Billy Green - Sebastiano Pitruzzello
Louis - Luke Styles
Sound & Lighting Designer - Patrick Slee
Assistant Director - Daniel Cook
Set & Production Designer - Sarah Yeung
Original Music by Daniel Abineri
Written & Directed by Noel Anderson
Produced by Cracked Actors at the CAT
Thursday 22 April 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm (Preview)
Friday 23 April 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm (Opening Night)
Saturday 24 April 2021, 2:30pm – 4:30pm (Matinee)
Saturday 24 April 2021, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Sunday 25 April 2021, 2:30pm – 4:30pm (Matinee)
Sunday 25 April 2021, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday 28 April 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Thursday 29 April 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Friday 30 April 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Saturday 1 May 2021, 2:30pm – 4:30pm (Matinee)
Saturday 1 May 2021, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Tuesday 4 May 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Wednesday 5 May 2021, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
