The Pole Shebang at Melbourne Fringe Festival
Trades Hall - Meeting Room
The unexpected journey of a gender-rebellious neurodivergent tomboy into the glamorous world of pole
One Person. One Pole. One Hour. Take a behind the scenes detour on this journey of a tomboy pole dancer, when she is unexpectedly called up to the biggest stage in the world - a stage full of the most iconic, glittering, glamorous pole dancers in all the land.
The Pole Shebang is a coming of middle age story by a neurodivergent gender-rebellious Asian-Canadian/Australian navigating the glitzy shadows of the pole dance world, where she's always just a little bit late and a little bit left of centre stage.
Andrea James Lui, originally from Canada, is a theatrical trailblazer in the Australian pole community. With a background in theatre, stage combat, and sketch comedy, she is best known for her energetic and versatile style, performing, competing, and teaching pole and flying pole for the last 10 plus years all around the country, including at Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Opera House, and Miss Pole Dance Australia.
