She
has a lisp, a limp,
a stutter...yet she
seems to lose ALL of
her inhibitions when
she sings...
•
Content: Opera, ballet, original
songs, comic stories, video art
and animation projection.
BUSHPYGMALION
Take
a journey from a pig farm
near Ballarat to Broadway,
New York as the glamorous
and amorous Max Sharam
recounts her bizarre adventures
from Pop Stardom to burn out
in La La Land
After
a decade in
`voluntary
exile`,
Australian `New
Yorker`, Max
Sharam
returns, armed
with a new EP
& projector
and performs her
absurd
animated
autobiography.
Bushpygmalion synthesizes
15 years
of original concerts,
comedy and theatrical
performances.
•
Content: Opera, ballet, original
songs, comic stories, video art
and animation projection.
SONGS &
STORIES FROM
MY SUITCASE
Suitcase
Songs 'Max
has a wonderful way with
words, and her quick tongue,
manically quirky delivery
and soaring voice create a
surreal
world in which everything is
just that little bit more
divorced from reality. The
atmosphere is magical, a
strange and wonderful cocoon
from the outside world.'
•
Content: Incredible Music
with Audiovisual elements
and some quirky writing for
an intriguing new piece of
performance art. No
classical cabaret here.
BUTTERFLY SUICIDE
'Think
of Sopranos
&
Butterflies
and elegant
creatures come
to mind but
this Diva has
become
the town
nuisance!
P’Opera*n.
pl.
P’
O·pe·ra
(O-pr-, pr-)
or pO·pus·es.
Coin
Phrased
by Max Sharam
to describe
her Virtual
Variety and
Multi-Media
Musical.
1.
A
theatrical
presentation
in which a
dramatic
performance is
set to a
combination of
classical
music and
projected
images
and sometimes
found funny.
2.
A
contemporized,
creative
work, a
musical
composition
numbered to
designate the
order of the
composer's
works in order
to
'vent'
using
sick
humor and
spastic dance
moves.
[Italian,
work,
opera, from
Latin, work,
service. See
Pop- in
Indo-European
Roots. Modern
version may be
of
Australian
origin]
ill Soprano A
wacky theatrical
exploration into the
trials of an
eccentric opera
singer who falls
into
a fantasy existence
and develops an
obsession with
butterflies after
being turned away at
an audition for
Madam Butterfly.
In
the flashy,
fancy world of
butterflies and
divas, the great
masses of dowdy
“true
blues” are so common
that most people
overlook them - as
would
it
be true for the
ill soprano should
she not have taken
to
the streets with
her nightly
bellowings.
We
map
this monarch’s
migration and
metamorphosis
across
continents
where she
eventually lands
in New York City and
meets
her end, on a
Subway in Soho,
finally making
headlines worldwide.
MADMOSELLEMAX
Mad
Moselle Max The
only
thing
she knows how to Kook
up
is a storm. She's a lousy
housewife. Her silicon
breasts fall out of her
unbuttoned red gingham
housefrau
frock, she spills wine - and
song and cleavage - and
unrehearsed honesty
everywhere.
She's got 'trubble'
plastered
all over her
walls...
The living picture of
Hitchcock-esque Kitsch. But
God love her.
We don't know who else will.
"Show us your sox!"- cry the
crowd.
"100%
cashmere.
Knee high",
she
coughs - she has a
frog in her throat?
She's been known to
kiss the odd frog...
She likes sauteéd
reindeer, snails
and
frog legs in white
wine?
Oh dear. She has a
serious drinking
problem.
• Content: Charades, Shadow
Puppets, ballet, original
songs, comic stories, parody and
foul play.
