Hot Brown Honey

The Black Honey Company was set up to create cross-genre work for the hip-hop generation and for young people, folks on the margins and families. Director's Notes indicate a desperate need for change, in particular the need to give love and respect to the First Nation people of our land, those that have come before us. To quote: 'this is our time and it's time to shine'.

And shine they did, but this wasn't without an in-your-face raw exposition of hot female energy sizzling on a bunsen burner and ready to explode. I say bunsen burner because this was more of an experiment aimed at being more confrontational rather than embracing the more traditional forms of entertainment.

A mixture of cabaret and theatre, with influences from Polynesia and bogan Australia, there were enough ingredients thrown into the pot to satisfy all those with mixed taste: dance, striptease, comedy, song and even a circus routine. The cast of eight consisted of a selection of seductive brown mixed beauties, some over the top, others somewhat reminiscent of a drag-show and even an opera diva whose eclectic repertoire transcended enough genres to short-circuit any history teacher's agenda. It also included a Voodoo Queen segment with an audience participant who had to endure enough female molestation to take the g out of g-string, with the accent on wiggle rather than giggle. Included was even a satirical segment aimed at your average Ozzie tourist in Bali, a la baubles, bangles and beads.

Being a show aimed at fans of Indie and associated styles, we saw the majority of the audience well into the spirit of things, clapping along with the action or else dancing on the stage. 

This was definitely Female party-time with a capital F. 

Brian Adamson