MAX SHARAM is MEZZO CUCKOO!
Platinum-selling powerhouse Max Sharam — 90s art-pop icon who turned her back on the commercial machine — detonates onto the stage from New York with Mezzo Cuckoo, a hallucinatory opera-comedy set inside her hand-drawn cinematic universe. Virtuosic vocals, raw emotion, and razor-sharp wit collide as Sharam twists beloved arias into anarchic parody and physical poetry — a surreal act of resistance against the quiet disappearance of women. Fusing opera bouffe, absurdist theatre, animation, and feral clowning, this genre-defying solo work confronts the algorithmic commodification of the female voice.
★★★★★The most brilliant, inventive, meaningful and mind-blowing performance I’ve seen in years. Max Sharam’s Mezzo Cuckoo left me in awe of her talent — I loved it so much I can’t stop thinking about it. Go see her show! She’s only in Oz for a limited time. — Audience member, Sydney Fringe Festival 2025
★★★★★ A one-woman tour-de-force, Mezzo Cuckoo short-circuits the patriarchy with sly theatricality and aching tenderness, revealing what happens when a woman refuses to quietly vanish. — Audience member, Sydney Fringe Festival 2025
With sly theatricality and unsettling grace, Mezzo Cuckoo reveals what happens when a woman refuses to vanish quietly.
Reviews & Fringe Feed Reacts
Max has always been a total original...She's one of a kind - Larry Buttrose, Sydney Fringe
Max could take that show anywhere to any audience and it would be a hit - Michael Shirley, Sydney Fringe
A one-woman tour-de-force, Mezzo Cuckoo short-circuits the patriarchy with sly theatricality and aching tenderness - Dr. Sully, Sydney Fringe
The most brilliant, inventive, meaningful and mind-blowing performance I’ve seen in years. Max Sharam’s Mezzo Cuckoo left me in awe.. - Jackie Loeb, Sydney Fringe
Presented by: Purple Flower Music
Max, an eight-time ARIA Award–nominated singer-songwriter, has been fascinated with character & storytelling in music since childhood. A fearless pioneer & risk-taker, she frequently explores female characters in extreme emotional states. Her love of music and technology has led her to merge mediums & disciplines, developing hybrid art forms that include digitally manipulated drawings & video performances with distinctive themes. Max probes the gap between reality & imagination, blending the psychological, the political, & the conceptual — always defending the marginalized and dispossessed. Max, when not ‘dying’ mens red-ties, makes her home in Manhattan, New York.
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1 Venue
Star Theatre Two at Star Theatres
Star Theatres, 143 to 145 Sir Donald Bradman Dr, Hilton, Kaurna
Free on-street parking for patrons. Small staff car park at rear of the theatre.
- Step-free mobility aid access through the main entrance with an accessible bathroom.
- Venue is suitable for all ages
Suitability & Warnings
Accessibility
- High Audio Content
- High Visual Content
- Suitable for audiences who may not have a comprehensive understanding of the English language
