Swamplesque — The Bad Collective

Overview

What do The Simpsons, Star Wars and Shrek have in common? They've all graced the big screen, they clearly share a love for the letter S and they're each huge hits. Oh, and they've all inspired their own firmly adults-only stage parodies, as pop-culture favourites starting with the 19th letter of the alphabet happen to do in Australia, it seems.

Somebody once told us that Swamplesque is the burlesque and drag satire of pop culture's favourite green ogre that you didn't know you needed — and we're telling you that now. (And no, nobody informed you two decades ago that the animated hit would turn out like this, because no one could've predicted it.)

On the bill at the aptly named show: a irreverent and raunchy take on all things Shrek, which might share a general storyline and a fondness for the colour green with the much less satirical — and actually family-friendly — Broadway hit Shrek the Musical that came our way a few years back, but couldn't be more different in a heap of ways.

Swamplesque returns to Brisbane as part of Wynnum Fringe 2023, playing George Clayton Park from Friday, November 17–Sunday, November 19.

Wearing green is obviously recommended — although you'll be seeing plenty of it on-stage anyway. And if this is exactly your sense of humour when it comes to beloved pop-culture commodities, all that glitters is gold, naturally.

Images: SomeFX.