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Psycho Beach Party

18 Mar 2021 - 27 Mar 2021
Essendon Theatre Co.

VDL Awards Entry: 2021

Author: Charles Busch

Director: Christopher Hill & Dawn Hinrichsen

Genre: Comedy

Agent: Origin Theatrical on Behalf of Samuel French LTD

Synopsis

Surf’s up, and murder’s afoot, as “Psycho Beach Party” mashes up ’50s psychodramas, ’60s surfer films and ’80s slasher horror flicks into a truly madcap comedy. Think Gidget meet’s Mommie Dearest! It’s 1962 and teenage tomboy Chicklet Forrest desperately wants to be a part of the surfer crowd on Malibu Beach. The one thing getting in her way, however, is her unfortunate tendency towards multiple personalities … and her most dangerous alter ego — voracious vixen Ann Bowman — has nothing less than world domination on her mind! Hilarity ensues as mischief, madness and the passionate pursuit of the perfect wave come crashing over the heads of the audience as beach blankets and Hitchcockian psychological suspense thrillers are tossed around in this rollicking, zany comedy.

Performances

Start Date: 18 Mar 2021

End Date: 27 Mar 2021

Performance Times:

2:00pm on:

  • Sun 21st Mar 2021

8:00pm on:

  • Thu 18th Mar 2021
  • Fri 19th Mar 2021
  • Sat 20th Mar 2021
  • Thu 25th Mar 2021
  • Fri 26th Mar 2021
  • Sat 27th Mar 2021

Ticket Prices:

Adult: $25 Concession: $20

Bookings: Phone/SMS 0406 448 368 or book online at www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au

Theatre: Essendon Theatre Company

Theatre Address:

Bradshaw Street Community Hall
9-11 Bradshaw Street (off Buckley Street)
West Essendon VIC 3040

Auditions

Characters Summary:

2F, 6M, 2 M or F (2 roles possibly performed in Drag)

Audition Dates:

2:00pm on:

  • Sun 1st Dec 2019

7:00pm on:

  • Tue 3rd Dec 2019

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