Cabaret

  • Fringe Festival

Make 'Em Laugh - The Untold Story of Donald O'Connor

"The story of Donald O’Connor deserves to be told" - The West Australian.

An actor with short slicked brown hair in a blue suit and glasses holding his chin and smirking at the camera. His hand is up to his chin, making a V under his chin with his fingers.
An actor in a black suit and black shiny shoes jumps in the air with three rows of four stars across the image.
An actor in a brown tweed suit sitting down, leaning forward onto his fist and and looking wistfully above the camera.
Past Event

Image Credit: Alex Winner

An actor with short slicked brown hair in a blue suit and glasses holding his chin and smirking at the camera. His hand is up to his chin, making a V under his chin with his fingers.
An actor in a black suit and black shiny shoes jumps in the air with three rows of four stars across the image.
An actor in a brown tweed suit sitting down, leaning forward onto his fist and and looking wistfully above the camera.

  • Performed by: Mikey Halcrow & Jens Radda

  • Directed by: Olivia Charalambous

  • Written by: Mikey Halcrow

A Hollywood inspired cabaret filled with show stopping songs from the golden age of film, telling an unknown history of under-recognised, Golden Globe winning actor: Donald O’Connor. Loosely based around his life story, this cabaret, featuring Mikey Halcrow & Jens Radda uses numbers from O’Connor's films to tell his surprising life story.

Featuring elements of vaudeville and music theatre, this cabaret is filled with hits spanning 60 years of Hollywood and Broadway. With songs by Irving Berlin & George Gershwin and original arrangements by Radda and Halcrow, audiences will be tapping their feet along with the cast for the entire 50 minutes.

"The end of the 50-minute show came too soon." ☆☆☆☆ The West Australian
"(a) slick and clever production." - ☆☆☆☆ Weekend Notes

"Mikey Halcrow delivers heart in his performances and exudes a sense of excitement while doing so – making the young actor this generation’s Donald O’Connor in many aspects." - Frooty.com