Bisexual Intellectuals Coming to Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024
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Bisexual Intellectuals Bring Their Hit Adelaide Fringe Show to Melbourne Fringe
as they tackle Biphobia with Levity and Heart in this Queer Comedy-Cabaret
“The embodiment of queer joy.” Glam Adelaide
“Silly, sexy & self-aware.” BingeFringe
“Compelling, camp & ultimately joyful.” 1/2 InReview
“A comedic masterpiece of bisexual liberation.” 1/2 – Your Local Hok
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Bisexuals of Australia, rejoice! The Bisexual Intellectuals are on the move and will bring their brand-new queer cabaret show to Melbourne for Fringe Festival. Fresh off the back of an award-winning and sold-out Adelaide Fringe season the show has been created by three of South Australia’s premiere female performers. Bisexual Intellectuals is a one-hour comedy cabaret, jam-packed with original music, pop culture nods, tight three-part harmonies, explosive choreography, and utter queer joy.
Bisexual Intellectuals is co-created and performed by Adelaide Fringe powerhouses Millicent Sarre, Jemma Allen, and Rosie Russell. Millicent Sarre is best known to Adelaide audiences for her feminist cabaret work; her most recent solo show Millicent Sarre is Opinionated won ‘Best Cabaret’ of Adelaide Fringe 2023. Jemma Allen was most recently seen in the Award-Winning queer parody musical Reclaiming Harry in 2023, and Rosie Russell is a resident artist of cult-favouritecabaret, The Finest Filth Variety Hour.
The show will feature a fully original score co-written by Allen, Russell and Sarre, representing a diverse range of musical genres. There’s everything from folk ballads to EDM bangers that will make you laugh. Cry and maybe buy a pair of tap shoes the next day! Join Bisexual Icons Millicent Sarre (‘Opinionated’), Jemma Allen (‘Reclaiming Harry’), and Rosie Russell (‘The Finest Filth’), for a big, bold evening of cathartic comedy chaos. Pairing an unforgettable original soundtrack and the transformative power of tap dance, ‘Bisexual Intellectuals’ is a celebration of queer joy, dismantling bi-phobia with levity and heart.
The score features both the gentle and lilting (including “An Ode to my Lesbian Boyfriend”, a folk-style song about bisexual women gravitating towards effeminate male partners) as well as the utterly head-banging (including a filthy EDM track about bisexual people being unable to sit in chairs). The music also features many a nod to the trio’s Musical Theatre roots: Sarre and Russell recently graduated with Bachelors of Music Theatre from the Elder Conservatorium, which is where they met.
As to the motivation behind creating a cabaret about the Bisexual experience, Russell says “Bisexuals are the largest group in the LGBT+ community, and one of the groups with the poorest representation in society, media and pop-culture. As three bisexual women, we wanted to address that deficit with levity and joy, and allow bisexual folk to feel seen and celebrated through music and comedy.” Sarre adds “So much queer theatre and media centres around queer tragedy. Queer joy is just as important, if not more so.”
According to its creators, the tight-knit bond that the team share as friends is the secret to their success as a trio. Allen says “It’s amazing that I get to hang out with my best friends and write songs together and call it work. The show is madeso much stronger because of the love and trust we have for each other, and the unique skill sets each of us brings. It’s very much a case of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. I’m so proud of what we’ve created and can’t wait to share it with our audiences and fellow bis!”.
Bisexual Intellectuals will play at Trades Hall across Common Rooms and Meeting Room with shows running from Wednesday 2 October through to Saturday 12th. Tickets available at melbournefringe.com.au. Tickets INSERT PRICES. MA15+. AUSLAN interpreted sessions INSERT DATES. Media kit available here.
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Bisexual Intellectuals wishes to the the Adelaide Fringe for The Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award.
BISEXUAL INTELLECTUALS
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024
Trades Hall
2-12 October, 2024
Wed 2 Oct – 6pm [Preview] – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Thu 3 Oct – 6pm [Opening Night] – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Fri 4 Oct – 6pm [Media Night] – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Sat 5 Oct – 6pm – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Sun 6 Oct – 5pm – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
No shows Mon 7th or Tuesd 8th
Wed 9th Oct – 6pm – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Wed 9th – 10pm – Meeting Room, Trades Hall
Thu 10th Oct – 6pm – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Thu 10th Oct – 10pm – Meeting Room, Trades Hall
Fri 11th Oct – 6pm – Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Sat 12th Oct – 6pm [closing night] Common Rooms, Trades Hall
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