Household Names

Music • Classical

South Australia • SA Premiere

'Household Names' is an affectionate, personal glimpse into the work/life balance of female musicians in 200 year instalments. Ironing boards and school lunches battle it out with keyboards and vocal scores, celebrating the glorious music of Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann and Anne Cawrse with Various People's trademark sophistication, warmth and gentle irreverence.

"Various People Inc has presented some quite outstanding shows in recent years, way out of the ordinary in content, innovative in production, sophisticated in performance." The Advertiser

"Overflowed with creativity. Theatrically vivid and studded with some exceptional singing" The Adelaide Review

Kate Macfarlane soprano | Cheryl Pickering mezzo soprano | Glenys March harpsichord | Sachiko Hidaka piano

Presented by: Various People Inc

Various People Inc has created works for the Adelaide Festival (Instructions for an Imaginary Man 2012), Cabaret Festival (The Velvet Gentleman 2012), Adelaide Fringe (The Shouting Fence 2009) and Come Out Festival (Daughter of the Sea 2009, Stari Most 2011), as well as performances as part of the Sessions, InSPACE and Intimate Music series at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Other work includes Orpheus Underground 2017, La Virtuosissima Cantatrice (Best Production & Best Music, Cabaret Fringe 2018) and Household Names ('enormously well-received' Port Fairy Spring Festival 2019). Various People Inc specialises in deconstructing vocal classical music for contemporary audiences.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

You can’t fault the superb musicianship... the show wears its wit and politics lightly... memorable... will crush your heart - Ewart Shaw, The Advertiser
You can’t fault the superb musicianship... the show wears its wit and politics lightly... memorable... will crush your heart... - Ewart Shaw, The Advertiser