
05/09/2025
The award-winning creator of FANGIRLS, Yve Blake, premieres her new work - a hilarious, twisted, and deeply camp reimagining of Shakespeare’s MACBETH.
Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom.
One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist who is struck with a vision - that Mackenzie will be NUMBER ONE POP GIRL OF THE WORLD.
Directed by the electric Virginia Gay, this hilariously macabre play (with songs) charts Mackenzie’s rise to fame fuelled by a cut-throat stage mum who will stop at absolutely nothing. Set in the heights of early 2000s TV stardom, prepare for a wild ride that will leave you in stitches - and deeply disturbed.
MACKENZIE
By Yve Blake
Director Virginia Gay
6 June – 9 August
The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney and Arts Centre Melbourne