Entertainment
28 February, 2024
Vaudeville adventures
WITH beautiful vaudeville visuals inspired on classic travelling healers from all cultures, The Great Travelling Médicin Show will put on stage an unconventional adventure with a lot of heart.
Coming to the Cairns Performing Arts Centre (CPAC) for three shows from March 7-9, The Great Travelling Médicin Show commissioned by the Centre for Australasian Theatre (CfAT), promises to be an exploration of the human experience through an array of relatable quirky and culturally diverse characters with stunning costumes and visuals that will take audiences to the yesteryear.
After their performances at CPAC, CfAT will take The Great Travelling Médicin Show up to Atherton, Julatten and Kuranda.
Co-director and CfAT secretary Catherine Hassall said the play would make for a night of spectacular performances and powerful messages.
“The Great Travelling Médicin Show is an exploration of human experience. We explore three different aspects in the show, the realm of the divine, the human realm in all its glorious and grotesque aspects, and the show with all the magic of the theatre,” she said.
“It draws on the mythos and nostalgia of the travelling troupe which has a history in almost every country, so it pulls on that romanticism and we looked at the original medicine shows, where people were selling cures and elixirs and using performance to do that.
“We have seven cast members and each plays three characters so we have a total of 21 characters from different cultural backgrounds so there’s something for everyone.
“Those who love theatre will love it, and does who are not theatre fans will love it too.”
In The Great Travelling Médicin Show the audience steps into world where the nomadic spirit of the past takes centre stage in an unconventional adventure full of surrealism and elixir that will move swiftly between reality and illusion.
Actor Lenny Donahue said audiences could expect excitement and outstanding visuals paired with a heartfelt story.
“People can expect comedy, drama but also an exploration of the world of theatre through movement and dance and they can enjoy a great performance of a multicultural theatre company that allows us to express ourselves as artists and theater makers,” he said.
“Come along and enjoy the magic of theatre, it’s a beautiful experience to witness live performances and seeing these characters on stage that you might see yourself as it’s very wonderful.”
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
