Fuck Christmas

Fuck Christmas

By Fat Fruit and Susie Dee

27 November 2024 – 15 December 2024 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

Variety Circus Comedy World Premiere

Release yourself from the capitalistic machine that Christmas has become and enjoy a wild, hilarious holiday season celebration. A family of queers, rebels and runaways serving post-punk and anti-capitalist realness, this is an epic Grinchian party like no other. It’s time to flip four calling birds to secular traditions and embrace the festive chaos with F Christmas.  Fat Fruit (Sarah Ward & Bec Matthews, F Fabulous) and Susie Dee invite you to kick back for a yuletide variety show that agitates the holiday season. Somewhere between a hallucinogenic, camp Christmas fantasy and a perverse, apocalyptic nightmare, F Christmas unwraps our toxic secular addictions and makes room for alternative celebrations.   Welcome to F Christmas – at last a holiday experience that truly sleighs.

Cast

Gabi Barton

Gabi Barton

Co-Creator & Performer

John Marc Desengano

John Marc Desengano

Co-Creator & Performer

Joh Fairley

Joh Fairley

Co-Creator & Performer

Jess Love

Jess Love

Co-Creator & Performer

Wai-Zea Man

Wai-Zea Man

Co-Creator & Performer

Bec Matthews

Bec Matthews

Co-Creator & Performer

Seth Sladen

Seth Sladen

Co-Creator & Performer

Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward

Co-Creator & Performer

Nicci Wilks

Nicci Wilks

Co-Creator & Performer

Dale Woodbridge-Brown

Dale Woodbridge-Brown

Co-Creator & Performer

Milo Hartill

Milo Hartill

Standby Performer

Creatives

Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward

Lead Writer

Susie Dee

Susie Dee

Co-Creator & Director

Bec Matthews

Bec Matthews

Musical Director & Sound Designer

Gabi Barton

Gabi Barton

Ensemble Choreographer & Concept Development

Romanie Harper

Romanie Harper

Designer

Monique Aucher

Monique Aucher

Lighting Designer

Chris Bennett

Chris Bennett

Video Producer

Rosemary Osmond

Rosemary Osmond

Assistant Stage Manager

Bernadette Fam

Bernadette Fam

Production Dramaturg

Joh Fairley

Joh Fairley

Research

Annie Bourke

Annie Bourke

Producer (Malthouse)

Kimmie Lovegrove

Kimmie Lovegrove

Besen Family Artist Placement (Producing)

Bianca Pardo

Bianca Pardo

Besen Family Artist Placement (Set & Costume)