I visited the cast of Western Arts Hairspray Junior and chatted with Kianna Bartolo, Damon Holmes, Max Reymers, Hannah Warren and Jordan McColl about their upcoming performances.
Western Arts theatre company present Hairspray Junior from 8 April 2021 in Essendon.
It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular “Corny Collins Show.” When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob, Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network… all without denting her ‘do!
At its core, Hairspray is a story about acceptance and inclusion (and rejection and exclusion) during the early days of the civil rights movement
Western Arts Theatre provides opportunities in the Arts, either in performance or viewing. To foster it’s development in the western suburbs of Melbourne by networking and making a variety of projects in order to be a sustainable organisation.
To support local community arts and buy tickets to Hairspray Jr visit http://westernartstheatre.org
Videographer: Isabelle Khor