Bananaland
Playing Sydney Festival, this new musical from Kate Miller-Heidke is about a protest band that becomes the new Wiggles.
Overview
Fresh from premiering at 2023's Brisbane Festival, one of Sydney Festival's big 2024 highlights is a stage musical comedy from the songwriting team behind Muriel's Wedding The Musical: Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall, who are taking the fest to Bananaland.
Created by the pair after their success treading the boards with everyone's favourite Porpoise Spit resident, Bananaland focuses on 21-year-old Ruby. She has her own protest band called Kitty Litter, which accidentally becomes a hit with preschoolers.
Penned by Nuttall and featuring a score composed by Miller-Heidke, with the duo joining forces on the show's musical numbers, Bananaland is a warmhearted but incisive exploration of chasing dreams — and an ode to performing live.
Charting Kitty Litter's path to following in The Wiggles' footsteps, Bananaland is taking over Parramatta's Riverside Theatres until Sunday, January 14. Simon Phillips (Ladies in Black) directs, while Max McKenna (Jagged Little Pill) stars as Ruby.
Production images: Darren Thomas.
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