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Our director Kat in action! She made the whole process endlessly fun
Book your tickets to Cry-Baby now to see her work come to life!!

Closing October 25
Phoenix Theatre Elwood 🕺📻

#musicaltheatre #musical #director

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Friends! I am over the friggin moon to end the debut season of Parasocial with a nomination for Best Work by an Emerging Artist!! Massive thanks to @melbfringe, to everyone who came along to watch and support, and to the whole team that made it happen 🤩

@katyatesdirector for cheekily jumping aboard as director in a chance encounter at an Edinburgh bar, for assembling this team of creative geniuses, and leading the way through the muck

@nickijam and the @lamamatheatre team for your vote of confidence when the show was just a couple of ideas on an application form, and for making the season run so smoothly. And to @darren.gill for capturing the magic (incl this killer pic)

@kyradoeslights for designing such elevating lighting, for building that TRULY ridiculous costume piece, and for being lightning hands on our billion cues

@tomdickins for being the great tech finder, fixer and fine-tuner

@madeleineamy_ for the endless pep talks, brainstorms, forwarding of anything even slightly on-topic, and for making space for all of my show-related neuroses in a house chock full of them

Extra thanks to @iamthewong @gabbiboltofficial @bethpatersonaus @simone_music1 @zoeharlen @joelharrismedia and all of the other lovely generous creatives who contributed to the show (including responding to my survey 🤓)

Anyway, time to rest for exactly 4 minutes before getting ready to tour this baby! 😍😍😍 Watch this space!

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Meet our Director, Kat Yates!

Kat Yates (she/her) is an internationally award-winning Naarm-based director, dramaturg and intimacy coordinator.

Focusing on new Australian writing, Kat works extensively alongside marginalised writers to tell unique, vulnerable and courageous stories. Known for her assured craft and thoughtful staging, she creates intimate productions that allow performers to shine. Her last four projects represent new voices and perspectives from Australia's LGBTIQA+, CALD, and d/Deaf & Disabled communities.

Her directing credits include the Scotsman Fringe First Award winner NIUSIA (2025) Binge Fringe’s Queer Performer’s Award winner ALTAR (2025) Melbourne Fringe Access and Inclusion Award winner What If Island (2024), Cult (Melbourne Fringe 2023 & Midsumma, 2023), and Green Room nominated Memoir of a Tired Carer (Melbourne Fringe, 2022), Still Buried (VCA Masters Showcase 2022), Legends or the god killers Dirty Pennies Theatre Project (Zoom Development 2020).

Kat holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Monash University and graduated with a Master of Directing for Performance from the VCA, University of Melbourne in 2022. She is a recipient of the Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship for 2025. She travelled to the Schaubühne, Berlin in March,2026 with the support of Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grant to undertake a directorial observation with Katie Mitchell.

Get your Cry-Baby Tickets NOW via the 🔗 in bio!
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Cry-Baby The Musical 📻🕺
11-25 October 2025
Phoenix Theatre, Elwood

#crybabymusical #saltpillartheatre #communitytheatremelbourne

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Here’s what audiences have been saying about Parasocial at @melbfringe! Only two shows left, 7:30pm Sat 10/10, and 4pm Sun 11/10 at La Mama Courthouse @lamamatheatre

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⭐ So exciting! PARASOCIAL is a JUDGES' PICK for Fringe! ⭐ Huge congratulations to Emerson Brophy and Kat Yates! ⭐

🔥 Comments from the Judges:
🔥 "The voice. The songs! The VOICE!!! Come for Emerson's silky smooth vocals, and stay for a unique perspective on parasocial relationships from a self-described 'exfluencer'!"
🔥 "A wonderfully engaging show with killer music and a very charming performer. Emerson’s exploration of exfluencer existence is an event to experience."

PARASOCIAL plays tonight, Saturday and Sunday ONLY - tickets still available but don't miss it!! Book via link in bio.

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I am THRILLED to announce that Parasocial has been selected as a Judges’ Pick for @melbfringe!

So much work has gone into this show, from @katyatesdirector @kyradoeslights @tomdickins @nickijam and the team at @lamamatheatre, and also me. I’m so stoked and grateful for us to get this nod from the judges to acknowledge all the effort!

Three shows left, let’s go!!

📷 @darren.gill !

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Your favourite up-and-coming local piano-based socio-political musical comedian‘s favourite up-and-coming local piano-based socio-political musical comedian. Thanks for the lovely review @hugging_comedians ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tickets available for tonight through to Sunday 11 Oct, at La Mama Courthouse for @melbfringe

📷 Darren Gill @darren.gill courtesy of La Mama @lamamatheatre

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❤️👍😲 PARASOCIAL opens tonight and finishes this weekend - don’t miss it!

A one-man musical comedy by political satirist, niche online micro-celebrity and floppy-haired goofball Emerson Brophy. Join him as he traverses the weird, the wholesome and the downright uncomfortable realities of the one-sided relationships we have with the famous people we spend our lives watching.

“One of the funniest and cleverest musical satirists in Australia, if not the world” - STAGE WHISPERS

Written and Performed by Emerson Brophy
Directed by Kat Yates
Proudly part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

🔸Runs til 11 October
🔸Tix just $10-$35
📷 Darren Gill
🔹Book via link in bio

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Parasocial opens tonight!! Original songs to get your toes tapping, an ethical question to get your brain scratching, and plenty of jokes to get your funny bone cackling. Catch it at La Mama Courthouse, now until Sunday as part of Melbourne Fringe!

@katyatesdirector @lamamatheatre @melbfringe

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Celebrating hitting 14k and thinking a lot about how I ended up here. I am so grateful that embracing myself and my special interest loud and proud has led to so many fantastic things ❤️ thank you for being here, so much more to come 💃 ❤️‍🔥

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🔥This week only: Emerson Brophy's musical comedy, PARASOCIAL, laying bare the weird, the wholesome, and the downright uncomfortable realities of those one-sided relationships we have with the people we spend our lives watching.

💙 PARASOCIAL: /ˌparəˈsəʊʃl/ (adjective) a one-sided sense of intimacy felt by a fan towards a famous person or character

“Brophy's wit is endless” - THEATRE MATTERS

Written and Performed by Emerson Brophy
Directed by Kat Yates
Proudly part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

🔸Previews Tuesday 6 October, runs only til 11 October
🔸Tix just $10-$35, preview $20.
🔹Book via 🔗 in bio
📷 Darren Gill

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Congratulations, you’ve unlocked Self-Aware Mode for your doomscroll 🥳 To find out what to do with this information, catch ‘Parasocial’ at @lamamatheatre 6-11 Oct for @melbfringe

#melbournetheatre #melbournecomedy

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