It’s an intriguing title if ever you saw one: Wolf Creek The Musical. If that doesn’t peak your comedic curiosity, there may be something wrong with you. And so we sat in a small room in Trades Hall, slowly suffocating from the heat, and witnessing the musical mayhem of a story brought to song from the scenes of one of the country’s most notorious serial killers films.
The plot was predictable for anyone who has seen the movie, and simple to catch on for those who hadn’t (backpackers get lost in Aussie outback, crazed serial killer preys, etc). However, there was the small issue with clams. A random twist to the entertainment which meant that, due to the apparent funding of a clam company, the seafood treats were integrated into the story every now and then. Especially interesting when the sound of a car trying to start equals “clam clam clam, clems clams”.
A unique and wide-reaching plot easy to tackle for an amateur comedy crew which added flavour with casting such as a pre-pubescent looking Aussie guy as a desirable Greek man, another man as a desirable blonde backpacker, a tubby man waving red fabric as a kind of camp fire and of course, the crazy-eyed killer whose main mission was putting “heads on sticks”. Delightful.
BY JEN WILSON
