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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2024 season. This season is now over.

A sky-blue backdrop. Gemma, who is tan with dark curly hair and bleached eyebrows, wears a hot pink dress and matching high-heel shoes, she is sitting on the floor with her legs out and hands in her lap, surrounded by pink feathers. She is looking a bit defeated and looking off to the side.
Adelaide Fringe 2024

Galah Galah

This very loud little girl was handed down two things: a nickname comparing her to a noisy bird, and a lot of high expectations.

The newest work by Gemma Caruana, recently branded as "the new face and brain of modern cabaret" by Theatre Matters, 'Galah Galah' features hilarious and heart-wrenching stories that every high-achiever-perfectionist-anxiety-ridden-eldest-sister type will find scarily familiar. 

Directed by powerhouse creative Sarah Frencham, 'Galah Galah' is a cabaret that critics and audiences alike have been waiting for.

★★★★★ - Fresh 92.7
★★★★★ - Theatre Matters
★★★★★ - Lilithia Reviews
★★★★ - The Advertiser

Presented by: Mover's Call Theatre Company

Mover’s Call Theatre Company is a production company made up of three graduates from the Ballarat Arts Academy (2020 alumni). After the successful 2022 season of 'Fruitcup' by Chanda Anderson Prior, MCTC was created to further amplify new Queer-led, local works. Mover’s Call exists to facilitate emerging artists with a platform and opportunity for collaboration, development and experience. MCTC values shared theatrical experience through learning from colleagues and approaching new works with heart and passion. MCTC hopes to contribute to the ripple effect of destigmatising certain groups, & topics, and helping to develop a more inclusive and true-to-life theatre industry in Australia.
Cabaret • Comedy
Victoria • SA Premiere
 
Previous Award Winner
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
Reviews
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    Laughing, cringing and almost in tears... (her show was) funny, explorative and insightful. I can’t stress enough, this show is for everyone - Cassandra Johns, Fresh 92.7

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    Flawless comedic timing, Gemma has the audience eating out of her hand. A tender & brilliant masterpiece...you'll be sorry if you miss it! - Heather Bosted, Theatre Matters

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    Incredibly funny, very deep, emotional, & intensely raw. Musical theatre, cabaret & comedy blended together in perfect harmony. Outstanding. - Jarrad Jenkins, Lilithia Reviews

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    Really, really funny! Tells her story with unfailingly good humour. If you don’t laugh you’d cry. Whole lot of love and the heart of a lion. - Peter Burdon, The Advertiser

  • Forget bad art! Her confidence is well-earned...tightly focused, urgent & often boisterously funny. A force of nature. - Daniel Herborn, The Saturday Paper

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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Family friendly: No
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild
Mental Health

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: Mover's Call Theatre Company

Mover’s Call Theatre Company is a production company made up of three graduates from the Ballarat Arts Academy (2020 alumni). After the successful 2022 season of 'Fruitcup' by Chanda Anderson Prior, MCTC was created to further amplify new Queer-led, local works. Mover’s Call exists to facilitate emerging artists with a platform and opportunity for collaboration, development and experience. MCTC values shared theatrical experience through learning from colleagues and approaching new works with heart and passion. MCTC hopes to contribute to the ripple effect of destigmatising certain groups, & topics, and helping to develop a more inclusive and true-to-life theatre industry in Australia.