Beautiful middle-aged porcelain-skinned cis woman wearing black sequins and yellow-tinted glasses, her hands behind her mass of curly, red hair, lips parted as if in a drag war cry.

Woman in drag make-up with bright orange hair throws back her head to laugh, wearing a blue sequinned dress, standing against a golden background. Photograph by Evan Munro-Smith.

Glamorous red-headed woman in a short blue sequinned dress smiles while holding a microphone, her male accompanist laughing in the background while sitting at an electric piano. Photograph by Keiran McNamara.

Geraldine Quinn - BROAD

Cabaret • Comedy

Victoria • Adelaide Fringe Premiere

2022 Melbourne Comedy Festival
Nominee MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW
Nominee GOLDEN GIBBO AWARD

Agnes Moorehead. Rhonda Burchmore. Vivienne Westwood going commando. Geraldine Quinn ('Spicks & Specks', 'Upper Middle Bogan') grew up idolising bold, brassy older women. Now she's becoming one…

★★★★★ "The sort of electric thunderclap that inspires audience to hoot out loud and bump the air with their fists in empowered solidarity, it lays down the gauntlet for the moment to beat” Time Out Melbourne
★★★★★ “Her uncanny knack for handling everything from torch songs to musical comedy is both impressive and jaw-dropping” Theatre People
★★★★ “GQ cuts an audacious, commanding presence. And with every powerhouse song, supercharged by the fire within, she reminds the audience of all she has to offer” Chortle (UK)

Presented by: Geraldine Quinn

Geraldine Quinn has performed award-winning original rock cabaret around the world for 20 years. Since winning the Green Room Award for Best Emerging Cabaret Artiste (VIC) in 2006, Quinn's been nominated for almost thirty Green Room Awards, been highly commended for Best Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, and was nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award at Melbourne International Comedy Festival for 2010's 'Shut Up and Sing'. In 2011, she wrote 'The Last Gig In Melbourne' AND 'You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac' (2011 Golden Gibbo Winner). She's been on 'Spicks & Specks', 'Upper Middle Bogan' and 'RocKwiz'. She MC'd Circus Oz’s sold out 80s show NEON (2018-2020). In MICF 2022, 'BROAD' sold out and was nominated for a Golden Gibbo (her 3rd nomination) and Most Outstanding Show.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

The sort of electric thunderclap that inspires audience to hoot out loud [...] lays the gauntlet for the moment to beat this festival - Stephen A Russell, Time Out Melbourne
GQ cuts an audacious, commanding presence. And with every powerhouse song, [she's] supercharged by the fire within. - Steve Bennett, Chortle (UK)
Quinn is full of charm and gusto, making me believe she could be the type of actress that would make even the nastiest of villains likeable. - Kiera Stephens, Lilithia
Quinn is the fairy godmother of comedy cabaret, she casts a spell over the audience with her rapid-fire jokes and phenomenal voice. - Heather Bloom, Australian Stage