Australian Theatre Live and The Q present
Blaque Showgirls
11 Jul 26
The Q
14+
a Griffin Theatre Company production
Experience the filmed recording of Griffin Theatre’s 2023 production of Blaque Showgirls, as part of NAIDOC Week 2026
Overview
Date
Saturday, 11 July 2026
Time
7pm
Venue
The Q
Running time
90 minutes
Audience advice
Contains (largely satirical) depictions of racism, racial slurs, blood and gore, drug use, murder, sexism, sexual abuse, physical violence, weapons, and partial nudity. The play also contains references to death, dying, homophobia and genitalia, & loud and dynamic sounds.
Tickets
Q Member – $10
Non-Member – $15
Description
Classification
Filmed recording of 2023 Griffin Theatre production, as part of NAIDOC Week 2026.
A lonely kid in rural Australia, fair-skinned Sarah Jane Jones is deathly sure of two things: 1. She’s the best dancer in the whole town of Chithole, and 2. She’s a proud Aboriginal woman. There’s very little proof of either of these things.
So, when a long-lost photograph offers hope of her Indigenous ancestry, Sarah Jane high-tails it to the glitziest casino in Brisvegas. Her mission? To land a role in the First Nations burlesque spectacular: ‘Blaque Showgirls’… by any means necessary.
Blaque Showgirls is Nakkiah Lui’s sparkly, smart-arsed spoof of the so-bad-it’s-good cinematic masterpiece Showgirls.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with co-director Shari Sebbens and actor Jonathan Jeffrey.
Shari Sebbens is an Aboriginal Australian actress and stage director, known for her debut film role in The Sapphires (2012), as well as many stage and television performances. She will be in attendance at the screening and will join us for the following Q&A.
Jonathan Michael Jeffrey is a proud First Nations Gay man from Darwin, NT. As a naturally talented writer, dancer, and mentor, he has worked on TV shows such as Barrumbi Kids for NITV, The Garden Hustle for Channel 9, Muster Dogs S2, and Preppers for ABC. He will be in attendance at the screening and will join us for the following Q&A.
Supported by Create NSW
A wildly entertaining all-killer, no-filler, 90-minute one-act package. ★★★★
Alannah Le Cross, Time Out Sydney
What a gift—an act of resistance in the face of daily oppression, wrapped up in laughter. It tackles questions of identity, authenticity, and appropriation with complexity disguised as bawdy raucousness. It’s campy, defiant, ambitious, and gloriously subversive. ★★★★
Cassie Tongue, Sydney Morning Herald