The most wonderful time of the year has just got even better. The creative team that brought you the highly acclaimed cabaret The No Bang Theory has been back in their workshop coming up with a new feel-good show that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about Santa and the Spectrum.
Led by Brisbane autistic performer Oliver-Hetherington-Page, the cabaret will use musical theatre songs and personal anecdotes to set the record straight about what life on the autism spectrum is really like. And while last time it was The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper Oliver had in his sights, this time it’s Santa because Santa Claus IS Autistic.
He makes a list and checks it twice. He avoids social contact. Same routine, year in and year out. His diet is limited to milk and cookies. But everyone loves Santa. When people on the Autistic Spectrum exhibit exactly the same traits they are immediately on the Naughty List. Matilda Award winner Oliver Hetherington-Page and the No Bang team of director Lewis Jones and musical director Tim Forrester firmly believe if life serves you lemons, make cabaret. Thanks to support from indelibilityarts and funding from Creative Australia, Brisbane City Council’s Creative Sparks and Access Arts the team is joined in their new venture by choir master Katie Swan and the Spectrum Singers Autistic Choir formed especially for this show.