Thirsty Thursdays
A loose and lyrical night of live music and revelry in the heart of Darlo
Back by popular demand, Thursday Thursdays is Sydney's hottest underground musical theatre club! This is a coming together of music theatre folks and fans hosted and curated by Andrew Bukenya. Past special guests have included Erin Clare (9 to 5 The Musical), Julian Kuo (Hamilton), Blake Appelqvist (& Juliet) and Ellis Dolan (Rocky Horror Picture Show).
Our June Series is titled SONGS FROM THE SILVER SCREEN to coincide with Sydney Film Festival. This is your chance to hear the hits from your favourite films come alive in the warmth of our dazzling cabaret lounge. Meet the headliners below!
Special Edition Thirsty Thursdays
On June 13 we're bring Thirsty Thursdays direct to The Sydney Film Festival Hub! Join us for a very special evening hosted by Andrew Bukenya, and enjoy a night of live music and revelry featuring your favourite songs from the silver screen. Headliner Olivia Vásquez, star of SFF 2024 film The Sloth Lane, and seen onstage in Moulin Rouge! and West Side Story, will kick off an enchanting night of emerging musical theatre stars.
OPEN MIC & TALENT SHOWCASE
If you would like to register for the Thirsty Thursdays open mic section please email thirstythursdays@darlinghursttheatre.com with a bit about yourself and the song you'd like to perform.
When
6 June
with Libby Wood & Ben Kiehne
13 June - at Sydney Film Festival Hub
with Olivia Vasquez
20 June
with Brad Cooper
7pm (doors from 6pm)
Cabaret Lounge
Tickets
Single Seats - $46
Table of 2 - $92
Date Night package - $138
Includes a table for 2 + bottle of wine & cheese board
Sydney Film Festival Hub Tickets
13 June
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LIBBY WOOD
June 6
Growing up in Sydney, Libby (she/her) has always been drawn to music, making her on stage debut at just 4 years old.
After touring Australia and the UK with feminist cabaret group Lady Sings it Better and Edinburgh fringe sell out, Mother’s Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin, Libby settled back home with new work, co-written with her cabaret partner Maeve Marsden, Fat Musicals: A Body Of Work (Darlinghurst Theatre Co, Adelaide Cabaret Festival). You can currently find her singing her heart out at Lola’s Piano Bar, a bi-monthly speakeasy which pops up at Sydney Spiegeltent.
This self confessed film junkie can’t wait to share her love of songs from the silver screen with her favourite piano man Ben Kiehne, taking inspiration from the films that raised her.
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OLIVIA VASQUEZ
June 13
Olivia Vásquez is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Music who’s credits include The Bodyguard the Musical (GFO), West Side Story as Rosalía (HOSH), The Voice Season 10 (Channel Seven), Guest Entertainment on cruise ships (Mama Montez Productions), Moulin Rouge! The Musical as Arabia (Global Creatures) and In the Heights as Vanessa (Josh Robson Productions). Olivia’s film credits include Thor: Love and Thunder (Disney Studios), Carmen and Bolude as Juanita (Charcol Pictures) and will be making her animation feature film debut in The Sloth Lane as Gabriella (Like A Photon Creative). When not onstage, she is usually modelling as she is a proud advocate for body positivity and was featured in Vogue Australia Dec’ 2022 issue. Most recently, Olivia released her debut EP, GODLY TIES, which she wrote and co-produced and is available on all streaming platforms. Follow her on socials to keep up to date.
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BRAD COOPER
20 June
Following his sell out Weimar show BERLIN ELECTRIC for Darlinghurst Theatre Company in 2021, Brad Cooper is thrilled to return to the Eternity Playhouse after a year of international successes.
The current season has seen Brad perform Siegfried in Wagner’s Ring Cycle with the Mahler Players, Apollo in Richard Strauss’ Daphne for Scottish Opera, Agamemnon in Ernst Krenek’s Leben des Orest and Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre for Theatre Münster, Albert Gergor in Janáček’s Věc Makropulos and Aegisth in Strauss’ Elektra for Mainfranken Theater Würzburg.
Brad is thrilled to return to headline Thirsty Thursdays with the unstoppable Andrew Bukenya with a night of European Film classics.