An end of the world fundraiser to buy musical instruments, a juke box and a music therapist for the John Cade Psychiatric Ward at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Starring a very exciting and SURPRISE array of local stars to make your hearts cry and then explode! Your brain cells will multiply! Your problems will shrivel! When you see the greatest and only magical Magosopher in the world! The lion taming act of the century! A nearly-nude dance to make your seen-everything-there-is-to-see-eyes go blind! Plus very special appearances by Elvis (back in the building), Cher, Queen, Italian Dolly Parton and Iggy Pop! Plus a Vegas wedding! Plus sitars! Lights! Fountains! Dancers! Balloons! Confetti! Aliens! And so much singing you'll die unbelievably happy its not funny!!
THE LAST GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
This is the end, beautiful friends, the end…
The end of the world as we know it is NIGH, or so says the MAYAN PROPHECY, so roll-up ladies and gentleman for the ‘LAST GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH’!!!
To celebrate our impending DOOM, Northcote’s Regal Ballroom will be TRANSFORMED into a GLITTERING POST-APOCALYPTIC LAS VEGAS SHOW ROOM featuring a roster of GLAMOROUS PERFORMANCES, ARTISTIC TABLEAUX and FRANKLY WEIRD SHIT to accompany us on our FINAL JOURNEY INTO THE ABYSS. We give you:
ELVIS' ROTTING CORPSE!
DOLLY PARTON'S LONG LOST ITALIAN TWIN SISTER!
CHER ALIKE!
SCREAMING QUEEN!
LIVER ARCHIE!
IGGY POOP AND THE STOOGE LIONS!
SIGFRAUD & RAY!
THE MAGOSOPHER!
DEAN MARTIAN!
NANCY SIDDHARTHA!
THE SITAR ALL-STARS!
THE TIVOLI LOVELIES!
ALIEN SEX GIRLS!
THE ATOMIC EXPLOSIONS!
AND MORE!
performed by our cataclysmic cast of thousands including:
Laura Jean, Geoff O'Connor, Jessica Says, Harmony, Clem Bastow, Quincy McLean (Blue Ruin), Dan Luscombe (The Drones), Richie 1250, Marcus Rechsteiner (UV Race), Matt Kulesza (Rat vs Possum), Shags Chamberlain (Lost Animal, Brous), Miles Brown (The Night Terrors), Sunny Leunig, Simone Page Jones (The Love Birds), Harriet Stewart (The School Of Radiant Living), Andrew McClelland (Somewhat Accurate History of Pirates), Justin Marshall, Stella Angelico, Tommy Spender, Masato Takasaka (Ana Nicole), Midnite Bosom, The Shellettes, Shak Shachter & LLoyd Pratt (Parking Lot Experiments), The Tivoli Lovelies and Super Wild Fortune Telling Horses with Phonographic stylings by Hannah Fox and Raoul Duke
But wait, not only will there be SINGING, friends, not only will there be DANCING, not only will there be MAYHEM AND EXCESS IN A HIGH DEGREE, there will also be a VERY SPECIAL VERY REAL LIVE ON-STAGE MARRIAGE CEREMONY by an alien from outer-space...with a little help from Elvis.
And it’s all happening Sunday March 25th 2012 at The Regal Ballroom 216-218 High Street Northcote.
PRE-SALE TICKETS released soon
$25 plus booking available through Polyester, Thornbury Records, Basement Discs and Webtickets.com.au
or $35 on the door (if available)
ALL PROCEEDS will be used to buy musical instruments, a jukebox and a music therapist for the John Cade psychiatric unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
We suggest booking early because you wouldn’t want to miss the END OF THE FREAKING WORLD now would you?
The whole shebang is presented by ‘MONTY’ MONTAN in cahoots with FAD PRODUCTIONS
** EXTRA INFO
We will be taking donations in the form of working musical instruments but so that we don't end up with 35 guitars and 16 kazoos, we have put together an instrument registry of sorts (see below). Email Marcus at punkass92@hotmail.com to talk about your donation.
2 Acoustic guitars
2 Ukeleles
African drums
Bongo drums
Congas
Bass Drum
Rain Makers
Maracas
Triangle
Wood Block
Bells
Harp
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Chimes
Organ
Vibraslap
Guitar Strings
&
Lots of MP3 Players!!
