Lovers and lonely hearts are set to experience a Christmas show with a world-class jazz-cabaret twist when Melissa Western and Tnee Dyer appear in character as the fabulously funny Barbara and Barry.
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On Saturday 26 November Barbara and Barry’s Sweet, Sour and Saucy will charm Cloncurry audiences with their knockout vocals, virtuosic piano playing and witty repartee.
They will have something they call 'erotic spoons' in their special Christmas edition of the show at the Cloncurry Shire Hall.
The pair will also be performing on Sunday night at Mount Isa’s Carols by Candelight outside the Xstrata Entertainment Centre having played in Friday night in Julia Creek.
The 1950s inspired radio talkback jazz cabaret features songs of yesteryear from Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Eartha Kitt, along with a dose of dodgy relationship advice from these self-appointed "experts on love".
The brassy banter between the pair is a laugh-out-loud delight as the vintage musical duo solve - or at least, attempt to solve - dilemmas of the heart. There are some surprises in store too as Barbara and Barry reach out into the audience, making for some hilarious moments of audience interaction.
Always adored by audiences, Melissa Western and Tnee Dyer have collaborated on stage for more than a decade, performing to critical acclaim at Brisbane Festival, Queensland Music Festival, internationally in the UK and France including regular appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Off the back of their hugely successful 2015 Queensland tour to 20 towns, Melissa Western and Tnee Dyer are primed to bring the charming and hilarious Barbara and Barry to Cloncurry.
A true Christmas cabaret night out just for adults, tickets include drinks and nibbles and parents can access childcare for 2 – 12 year olds in the community precinct during the show.
So pull up a cabaret seat and tune in when outrageously ocker duo Barbara and Barry bring the laughs, love and music with Sweet, Sour and Saucy a Special Christmas Edition.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
