C H E R R Y

Created by Sarah Carroll

Dramaturgy Nadia Townsend

Sound Design - Marissa Saroca

It’s 2008 and 13 year old Sarah is watching MTV when Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl comes on and her obsession with Katy begins.

On a cloud of cotton candy, Cherry takes you on an intimate, bubblegum, pop journey from fangirl Sarah’s awkward teenager years, to discovering the power of Katy Perry’s music, to ultimately becoming a confident, bisexual woman, and on the way invites each one of us to embrace who we fully are.

Cherry hilariously and insightfully celebrates the power of music to transform and enlighten in this one woman’s thank you card to her idol. #KATYCATS

β€œSarah Carroll is a certified superstar. It feels very much as if you are reading someone’s diary or more accurately, their Tumblr blog from 2012”
4 STARS – Michelle Sutton, Theatre Travels

β€œI died and went to Katy Perry heaven.”
Weekend Notes

β€œA playful, joyful journey; one young woman’s passage into adulthood with Katy Perry as an inspiration. The Fringe provides a perfect arena for a little bliss bomb like Cherry.”

Paul Gilchrist, Theatre Red.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Produced by Dollhouse Collective

2022 – Panimo Pandemonium – KXT Bakehouse (1 performance – SOLD OUT)

2022 – Everything but The Kitchen Sink Festival – Flight Path Theatre (4 performances)

Produced by Sour Cherry Productions

2022 – Sydney Fringe Festival (5 performances)  

WINNER: TOUR READY AWARD AND NIDA BEST EMERGING ACTOR

2022 – Melbourne Fringe Festival (6 performances) 

2023-  Midsumma Festival Melbourne February 2023 (4 performances) 

2023 - The Joan (pop up performance) March 2023 (1 performance)

2023 - Hollywood Fringe June 2023 (5 performances)

NOMINEE: BEST INTERNATIONAL SHOW

2024 - Qtopia Pride Festival June (2 performances SOLD OUT)

2024 - Sydney Fringe Festival (1 performance SOLD OUT)

2025 - Qtopia Pride Festival June (FINAL SHOW)


Some Really Cool & Nice Reviews

β€œBut what is outstanding in Sarah Carroll’s telling of her story is her detailed creation of a 13-year-old girl with all the shyness and dreaminess, and sudden assertions, and fiddling nervously with her clothes.”

β€” Stage Whispers

β€œCherry is a coming-of-age journey delivered with humour and a whole lot of heart. Carroll ties the show together through a heartfelt reflection delivered to cardboard Katy, with the audience as witnesses and voyeurs.”

β€” Farrago Magazine