Potato City: Shed launches 2019 season in style

MELBOURNE Theatre Company’s The Violent Outburst that Drew Me to You and Melbourne City Ballet’s Alice in Wonderland has been announced as part of The Potato Shed 2019 theatre season.

The audience were enthralled by rising musical theatre star Lorinda Merrypor, who belted out her version of “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”.

Merrypor showed why she is an in-demand performer, before the announcement that she will make her debut at the Potato Shed next July in Tony Brigg’s award-winning play The Sapphires – released as a film in 2012 – which will be at the Shed over two big nights next July 2019.

Dennis Coard (Home & Away, Blue Heelers) was on hand to give the audience an insight into his oneman show, The Fall of the Roman Umpire, with the personal guarantee “If you don’t laugh, you get your money back!”.

Cabaret is once again a strong feature of the programme, with the return of the 2018 sold-out show Paris Underground.

Anya Anastasia will present Executioner, and after touring the globe, Valerie Hex (aka James Welsby) dazzled the audience with her brand of breathtaking drag, dance, circus and burlesque, hitting the Potato Shed stage next May 2019 with YUMMY DELUX.

A bit of southern USA style was added with the announcement of Sun Rising: The Songs that Made Memphis, written by Melbourne musicians Dave Cosma and Damon Smith.

Cosma and Smith gave a stripped back performance of their show, celebrating Sun Studios, the acknowledged birthplace of rock n’ roll, and don’t miss HiT! Production’s Waistwatchers – The Musical!

With the ever-popular Morning Showtime; and the extensive school holiday programmes, you will be booking each and every show – which is why, as a Shed VIP, you get a discount when your purchase five or more shows.

To book or for more information, email The Potato Shed at p o t a t o s h e d @ g e e l o n g c i t y. v i c . g o v. a u , phone 5251 1998 or visit in person at The Potato Shed, 41 Peninsula Drive, Drysdale.