Blackcat Lounge

Overview

Blackcat Productions is creative Sydney duo Phoebe Meredith and Maeve Marsden, and Blackcat Lounge is their ballsy month of cabaret tunes, tales and talent. Presenting them as part of Sydney's Mardi Gras performances, Meredith and Marsden have lined up a veritable who's who of queer local talent.

Blackcat Lounge is not drag, and it's not burlesque. But when you've got acoustic, beer-fuelled versions of classic Disney songs or some of the greatest male musicians of the 20th century reinvented as sassy femme cabaret, you don't really need crossdressing or any shock tactics.

The production will kick off on Valentine's Day with cabaret, art, food, booze and love before launching into four weeks of performance nights. Lady Sings It Better will take the belief that you shouldn't mess with a good thing and turn it upside-down via saucy reinterpretations of tunes by everyone from Michael Jackson to Queen, while genre-defying songsmith Brett Every will be singing his own heartfelt lyrics. Find out what happens when you mix burlesque and ukelele courtesy of the sultry Lauren LaRouge, or catch all the lads performing at once as The Blackcat Boys.

Better yet, save some cash and get a five-show pass. When it's Mardi Gras, more is more.