In Session: A Cabaret Season
21st-26th May, 2019 at The Halo Lounge
In Session 2019 was Blackboard Theatre Collective’s first cabaret development season. Eight acts, four double bills, one week. Christchurch's most-talented storytellers took the stage using music and song to present stories from their past and future; both fictitious and true. Blackboard worked with 11 local artists as they created and developed their own solo, duo or trio acts. We presented a wide-variety of shows featuring pop, hip hop, country, musical theatre and opera combined with the heart and humour of our performers. Several of these cabarets have since gone on to perform at various festivals all over the country.
Promo Photography by James Shera, Way Off Broadway Photography by Wendy Riley
Our line-up was:
Moments from the Edge starring Charlotte Taylor
Bromance starring James Foster and Paul Fidow
Her Fairies starring Dearna Doglione
Insert Title Here starring Tatjana Tiscenko
Chris’ Café Cabaret starring Chris Symon
Comes with Caution starring Ocean Denham
Blue Experience starring Sophie Ricketts
One Sh*t Couch starring Lorraine Turner, Brendon Latimer, Claire Steel
Their Musical Directors:
Caelan Thomas
Kimberly Wood
Frankie Daly
William Ernest
“Producing eight original cabaret style shows, presented in four double bills over one week may seem an ambitious endeavour even for an established company, the two shows offered tonight and the audience’s reaction prove there is ample space for The Blackboard Collective in our city’s theatrical landscape, and that they are definitely improving the view”
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Special thanks to Becky Gallacher, Ali Harper, Monique Clementson, Meatball Monday and Gelatiamo