The Art House Presents

Ride The Cyclone

28 June - 29 June 2024 At The Art House Theatre
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Times

Friday 28 June 2024 | 8pm Saturday 29 June 2024 | 8pm

Tickets

Adult: $55.00

Concession: $50.00

Encore Member: $47.00

Under 30: $35.00

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About

The viral Tik Tok sensation that rocked the Northen Hemisphere adapted for Australian audiences.

The Art House presents 
a Hayes Theatre Co. production
Ride The Cyclone
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell

In this hilarious and exhilarating story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a rollercoaster. 

When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other – the chance to return to life. 

Bursting with witty, memorable songs and featuring some of the most compelling characters in modern musical theatre, this remarkable show makes a uniquely uplifting and deeply funny case for what makes a life worth living. 

This bold, striking, and genre-busting musical started life in Canada, before becoming a hit in Chicago and New York, and then a record-breaking online phenomenon (with over half a billion views on Tik-Tok).

Now the show has its long-awaited Australian premiere in an all-new production from Hayes Artistic Directors Richard Carroll & Victoria Falconer. 

“The show inherently combines teen-scream mayhem with existentialism, and then layers in sophisticated wit and theatricality” – Sydney Morning Herald

“The Hayes Theatre has rewarded us yet again…utterly charming, utterly bonkers and utterly wonderful…” - ArtsHub


“Dark yet camp, nihilistic yet strangely life affirming, this show is full of surprises and just as brilliantly bonkers as it sounds.”  – TimeOut

“…this is well worth seeing for anyone that enjoys dark twisty stories, bright new musicals and seeing emerging new talent.” - BroadwayWorld

“…poignant…punchy and cleverly funny” – Stage Whispers

“…it’s the excellent cast that is most integral in making Ride the Cyclone a memorable night.” – Theatre Matters

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Cast and Creatives

Director Richard Carroll

Musical Director Victoria Falconer

Choreographer Shannon Burns

Set Designer Benjamin Brockman

Assistant Set Designer Lochie Odgers

Lighting Designer Ryan Macdonald  

Costume Designer Esther Zhong 

AV and Sound Designer Daniel Herten

AV and Sound Design Assistant Madeline Picard

Hair & Makeup Designer Ashleigh Grace

Assistant Director Nicole Pingon

Stage Manager Bronte Schuftan

Assistant Stage Manager Anastasia Mowen

Sound Operator Emma-Jade Dwyer

Dialect Coach Linda Nicholls-Gidley

Intimacy Coordinator Chloë Dallimore

Musicians Nathan Barraclough, Gianna Cheung, Jarrad Payne, Patrick Schnur

CAST

Constance Natalie Abbott

Noel Bailey Dunnage 

Mischa Lincoln Elliott

Ricky Justin Gray 

Jane Doe Ava Madon

Understudy Mel O'Brien

Ocean Karis Oka

Understudy Alec Steedman 

Karnak Pamela Rabe 

Reviews

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "The Hayes Theatre has rewarded us yet again with this utterly charming, utterly bonkers and utterly wonderful new musical, Ride the Cyclone." - ArtsHub

“The show inherently combines teen-scream mayhem with existentialism, and then layers in sophisticated wit and theatricality” – Sydney Morning Herald

“The Hayes Theatre has rewarded us yet again…utterly charming, utterly bonkers and utterly wonderful…” - ArtsHub

“Dark yet camp, nihilistic yet strangely life affirming, this show is full of surprises and just as brilliantly bonkers as it sounds.”  – TimeOut

“…this is well worth seeing for anyone that enjoys dark twisty stories, bright new musicals and seeing emerging new talent.” - BroadwayWorld

“…poignant…punchy and cleverly funny” – Stage Whispers

“…it’s the excellent cast that is most integral in making Ride the Cyclone a memorable night.” – Theatre Matters