AMPLIFIED
Written by Sheridan Harbridge
Co Created by Sheridan Harbridge, Sarah Goodes and Glenn Moorehouse
Directed by Sarah Goodes
UMAC June 2025 MELB
Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane Festival) 19–21 September 2025
Sydney - Belvoir Street Theatre 29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026 SOLD OUT
Ballarat - Her Majesty’s Theatre 11 February 2026
Geelong Arts Centre 12–13 February 2026
Melbourne Comedy Theatre 19–22 March 2026
Creative Producer: Diana Glenn
Photo Jade Ellis
CAST
Sheridan Harbridge
Glenn Moorhouse
Ben Cripps
Dave Hatch
Clarabell Limonata
"Sheridan Harbridge, together with director Sarah Goodes, conjures Chrissy’s legend with humour, grit, and a pulsing live band that never lets the room rest. This is no jukebox show; it’s a theatrical séance.
Harbridge doesn’t so much play Chrissy as resurrect her.
Amplified is cabaret at its most alive: irreverent, haunting, and fiercely electric. Like Chrissy Amphlett herself, it demands we ask what rock really is—before it spits in our face and leaves us begging for more."
Nothing ever happens in Brisbane
"Harbridge and Goodes have crafted a cabaret that is affectionate without being reverential, entertaining without being frivolous, and ultimately, as fearless as its subject. Amplified celebrates a woman who refused to play by the rules, and in doing so, it reminds us why Chrissy Amphlett still matters.
This new cabaret is not a straight biographical retelling, nor is it a jukebox concert. Instead, it’s a richly woven piece of entertainment that balances scholarship with swagger, honouring Amphlett’s legacy while refusing to tame her.
The dramaturgy is smartly structured: instead of traditional biography, Harbridge and Goodes offer a kaleidoscopic portrait shaped by songs, anecdotes, and re-enactments. It’s a history of Australian rock and roll royalty refracted through performance, not pinned down by it.
It genuinely feels like an important act of cultural remembrance.
Harbridge is magnetic at the centre of it all."