The Wild Party

Details

Set against a backdrop of Manhattan decadence and 1920's excess, The Wild Party tells the story of Queenie and Burrs, a Vaudeville showgirl and a Vaudeville clown whose relationship is marked by vicious behaviour and recklessness. In an attempt to salvage their toxic union, they decide to throw a party to end all parties. The guests are a vivid collection of the unruly and the undone: a cocaine-sniffing bisexual playboy; a washed-up boxer; a diva of indeterminate age; a fresh-faced ing?nue; and a handsome Valentino who catches Queenie's roving eye. The jazz and gin soaked party rages to a mounting sense of threat, as artifice and illusion are stripped away. But when midnight debauchery turns into tragedy, the revellers must sober up and face reality. After all, no party lasts forever.

Cast/Performers

George Crawford, Jade Kennedy, Kirsty Foreman, Christian Maynard, Samantha Bingley, Kyle Richardson, Maddison Bulleyment, Lillie-Pearl Wildman, Ronan Quiniou, Ryan Wolpert, Jennifer Louise Jones, Amber Sylvia Edwards

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Michael John LaChiusa, Ben Goddard-Young (musical supervisor)
Lyrics: Michael John LaChiusa
Book by(s): George C. Wolfe, Michael John LaChiusa
Director(s): Dan Herd, Richard Johnston (casting - for Pippa Ailion), Natalie Gallacher (casting - DeeHampton Productions Ltd)
Choreographer: Alexzandra Sarmiento
Design: Sophia Pardon
Costume: Sophia Pardon
Lighting: Adam King
Sound: Russell Ditchfield
Other: Ian Moore (production manager for Production Family)