![Elizabeth, Almost By Chance A Woman](/media/0zdb1e5r/jeff-busby_313-hero.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=400&height=250&rnd=132781435182970000)
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Production still for "Blak Cabaret". L-R: Kamahi Djordon King as Constantina Bush, Kutcha Edwards. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Blak Cabaret (2015)
10 February 2015 – 22 February 2015 The Malthouse
Malthouse Theatre, Summersalt Festival,
Theatre Cabaret
Blak Cabaret is a deadly take on black–white relations, a vision of blak invasion that flips our Australian history on its head. Unstoppable diva Constantina Bush blazes onto the stage as a forgotten Queen from a distant land, giving the wayward white savages the finger and claiming this terra nullius as her own. Majestic, outrageous, and ball-breakingly funny, Queen Constantina takes no prisoners as she stakes her claim over this god-forsaken country. And she’s bringing with her blak royalty.
Performed in the Courtyard at the Malthouse after a season for the Sydney Festival in January. Also performed in Sale on 21 May, the Tanks Arts Centre (Edge Hill, Queensland) 28-29 July and The Lighthouse (Darwin), 11-14 August.
"CONSTANTINA BUSH IS NOT AFRAID TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES ... HER DEMEANOUR — TOTALLY UNAFFECTED BY HER OWN JOKES — WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF KIM FROM KATH AND KIM, AND SO TOO WAS THE FEIGNED IGNORANCE TO HER OWN INAPPROPRIATENESS."
— ABC Online
Cast
Creatives
![Stephen Hawker](/media/lexjbfjl/hawker-stephen.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238593630000)
Lighting Designer
![Michael Kantor](/media/yn0lpzdg/kantor-michael.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239325100000)
Director
![Jed Palmer](/media/kzqdqmok/palmer-jed.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241368300000)
Sound Designer
![Lisa Osborn](/media/idhjydbh/osborn-lisa.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241247530000)
Stage Manager
![Kutcha Edwards](/media/4d0j312p/edwards-kutcha.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237037900000)
Musician
![Nakkiah Lui](/media/dc2pgsy4/lui-nakkiah.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239951170000)
Writer
![Mark Pritchard](/media/t1pfraua/pritchard-mark.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241760630000)
Dramaturg
![Chloe Greaves](/media/zjvpmcjr/greaves-chloe.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238061330000)
Costume Designer, Set Designer
![Jason Tamiru](/media/izljvncw/tamiru-jason.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763242983630000)
Creator, Producer, Co-Producer
![Bart Willoughby](/media/olfndfww/willoughby-bart.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243962770000)
Musician
![Deline Briscoe](/media/znafxmpi/briscoe-deline.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763235329600000)
Musician
![Emma Donovan](/media/hcwayeuf/donovan-emma.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236871700000)
Musician
Acknowledgements
Presented in assocaiiton with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival 2015 — the spectacular new celebration of Melbourne's creativity. Proudly supported by VicHealth Arts About Us.