“If these young people stick together, they could really go far!” – thus spoke a long-forgotten judge of the 1991 Talent Quest at St John’s Regional College, Dandenong, when Geraldine and her brother Nicholas took first place.
All through high school, Gerry and Nick shared a passion for music – two competitive siblings with one teenage dream of an arts career. That 1991 win marked the validation of their hopes. Then he got a ‘normal job’ and she went into musical comedy. Could things get any worse? Hell yes!
After putting on extra performances and playing to sold out crowds with a blistering come back show BROAD in 2022, Geraldine Quinn returned to Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with her most personal show to date – and put on extra performances after playing to full houses throughout the run. Again.
Rock-cabaret singer-songwriter and comedian Geraldine Quinn (Spicks & Specks, Upper Middle Bogan, The Weekly, that chick on the escalator in the superannuation ad) follows up her Most Outstanding Show and third Golden Gibbo Award nominations with a beautiful original cabaret about love, death, rivalry, grief and the beyond-lifeline of playing music: The Passion of Saint Nicholas.
Directed by Declan Fay (Ronny Chieng: International Student, CrossBread, Dirty Laundry Live). Also featuring musician contributions from Quinn’s past award-winning shows You’re The Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac, The Last Gig In Melbourne and Modern Day Maiden Aunt – all of whom are also bandmates from Quinn’s epic rock cover band Spandex Ballet (many Upfront Galas, Moosehead Gala, V&A’s David Bowie Is… exhibition and MICF’s Festival Club).
The Passion of Saint Nicholas is a show about the joy of playing, following your heart, the friction of divergent paths, and keeping the band together when you lose your biggest cheerleader.
“Beautifully personal and breathtakingly hilarious” – Lilithia Reviews
The Passion of Saint Nicholas
Hayes Theatre Co, 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay (Sydney)
Season: 4 – 6 October 2024
Information and Bookings: www.hayestheatre.com.au
Image: Geraldine Quinn stars in The Passion of Saint Nicholas (supplied)