Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Hayes Theatre Co + WorldPride

Jump aboard the luxury cruise liner The Ile De France as we sail across the Atlantic in the company of two of musical theatre’s most dazzlingly charismatic heroines. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tells the raucous and subversive story of Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw – two smart young single women with a burning desire for experiences that aren’t supposed to be available to them within the laws and conventions of the 1920s.
Armed with only their vitality, ambition, quick wits, and above all their unshakeable friendship – these thoroughly modern women play the men at their own game, and live life to the full. Champagne? Check. Diamonds? Check. Sex? Check, check, check. And as for the consequences? They’ll worry about those when the ship docks.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes made stars of Carol Channing onstage and Marilyn Monroe on film, and this new production for WorldPride Arts, part of the Sydney World Pride festival, sees a queer Australian team serve up a ship-sized slice of high-femme camp.
Featuring songs like Bye Bye Baby, I’m Just a Little Girl From Little Rock, and Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, prepare for a wet and wild voyage of self-discovery through a queer lens. And remember – in international waters, all the usual rules are suspended – indefinitely.

Performances from 16 February 2023

Mon 6:30 pm
Tue - Sat 7:30 pm
Thurs 1:00 pm
Sat 2:00 pm

Approximately 2 hours 20 minutes run time – including interval

CAST & CREATIVES

Director Richard Carroll
Musical Director Victoria Falconer
Choreographer Sally Dashwood
Set Designer Dan Potra
Costume Designer Angela White
Lighting Designer Benjamin Brockman
Associate Musical Director Abi McCunn
Stage Manager Bronte Schuftan
Assistant Stage Manager Anastasia Mowen
Assistant to the Costume Designer Holly-Jane Cohle
Dialect Coach Benjamin Purser
Intimacy Coordinator Chloë Dallimore
Starring Octavia Barron-Martin, Thomas Campbell, Ruby Clark, Adam Di Martino, Emily Havea, Georgina Hopson, Tomáš Kantor, Leah Lim, Tomas Parrish, Matthew Predny, Monica Sayers