Courtney's Past Events - Courtney Act

Courtney’s Past Events

6 Courtney Act - Under the Covers Starts: 12:00 am Ends: April 8, 2018 - 12:00 am Location: 305 Queen Street Auckland, Auckland Central, New Zealand Description: Star of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Australian Idol and MTV's Single AF, Courtney Act is bringing her brand new show, Under the Covers, to Auckland this February. Courtney has been under the covers with many, but not usually in front of a live audience. It’s time to get tucked in with all your favourite songs that have been covered in one way or another by all your favourite artists. Lay back and enjoy the caress of those romantic satin sheets as she strips some songs down and flips others on their back to show you just how gender fluid and genre fluid a great song can be! The sweet dreams Courtney spins will leave you pillow fighting and pillow biting. Her last show, Girl From Oz, was a complete sell out in Auckland with rave reviews – don’t miss your chance to see her up close and personal this summer during the 2018 Auckland Pride Festival. -------- Written by Courtney Act, Brad Loekle (Joan Rivers, World's Dumbest, Last Comic Standing) Musical Direction by Daniel Edmonds (Music Director for King Kong, Strictly Ballroom and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical). -------- TWO AUCKLAND SHOWS Friday, April 6th - 7:30pm Saturday, April 7th - 7:30pm -------- Gender is at the forefront of pop culture. Courtney Act is an artist who captures this zeitgeist, breaking the rules and living life on the gender divide, sometimes as a girl, sometimes as a boy. She’s a pop culture star for a new generation that’s beyond labels. In 2016, Courtney released her debut EP, Kaleidoscope, featuring studio collaborations with Sam Sparro and the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears. Her single releases have entered the Billboard, ARIA and iTunes charts and her videos have racked up over 12 million views. A vegan, pansexual, polyamorous hippy child who is passionate about human rights and the environment, Courtney now lives in Los Angeles and has spent the last few years touring the world in the wake of her runner-up placing on RuPaul’s Drag Race. https://www.facebook.com/events/103869297040011/ More details...

7 Courtney Act - Under the Covers Starts: 12:00 am Ends: April 8, 2018 - 12:00 am Location: 305 Queen Street Auckland, Auckland Central, New Zealand Description: Star of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Australian Idol and MTV's Single AF, Courtney Act is bringing her brand new show, Under the Covers, to Auckland this February. Courtney has been under the covers with many, but not usually in front of a live audience. It’s time to get tucked in with all your favourite songs that have been covered in one way or another by all your favourite artists. Lay back and enjoy the caress of those romantic satin sheets as she strips some songs down and flips others on their back to show you just how gender fluid and genre fluid a great song can be! The sweet dreams Courtney spins will leave you pillow fighting and pillow biting. Her last show, Girl From Oz, was a complete sell out in Auckland with rave reviews – don’t miss your chance to see her up close and personal this summer during the 2018 Auckland Pride Festival. -------- Written by Courtney Act, Brad Loekle (Joan Rivers, World's Dumbest, Last Comic Standing) Musical Direction by Daniel Edmonds (Music Director for King Kong, Strictly Ballroom and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical). -------- TWO AUCKLAND SHOWS Friday, April 6th - 7:30pm Saturday, April 7th - 7:30pm -------- Gender is at the forefront of pop culture. Courtney Act is an artist who captures this zeitgeist, breaking the rules and living life on the gender divide, sometimes as a girl, sometimes as a boy. She’s a pop culture star for a new generation that’s beyond labels. In 2016, Courtney released her debut EP, Kaleidoscope, featuring studio collaborations with Sam Sparro and the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears. Her single releases have entered the Billboard, ARIA and iTunes charts and her videos have racked up over 12 million views. A vegan, pansexual, polyamorous hippy child who is passionate about human rights and the environment, Courtney now lives in Los Angeles and has spent the last few years touring the world in the wake of her runner-up placing on RuPaul’s Drag Race. https://www.facebook.com/events/103869297040011/ More details...

9 Sparkle in the Sand Starts: 12:00 am Ends: April 10, 2018 - 12:00 am Location: Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Description: Celebrate the worldwide LGBTQI community here on the sands of the Gold Coast. Kick off your heels, loafers or bedazzled thongs and relax into an evening of song, dance, laughter and delight with performers, athletes and speakers from across the Commonwealth. Hosted by International Drag Sensation Courtney Act. https://www.facebook.com/events/166114014023564/ More details...

13 Grease - The Arena Experience Starts: 12:00 am Ends: April 15, 2018 - 12:00 am Location: Hisense Arena Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne CBD VIC 3000, Australia Description: EXPERIENCE THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCTION OF GREASE IN APRIL! The world’s most loved musical, GREASE, will feature over 500 performers when it hits the stage at HISENSE ARENA for four shows only in April 2018. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.ticketek.com.au GREASE - THE ARENA EXPERIENCE brings everyone's favourite rock and roll musical to life on stage like you've never seen it before. Featuring all the hit songs from the most popular movie musical of all time, including You're the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin' and more, this is GREASE on a mega scale! International Drag superstar singer and entertainer, Courtney Act (aka Shane Jenek), will take on the most fabulous role in musical theatre – that of Teen Angel . Not sure if she was a Beauty School Dropout, but Courtney Act rose to national prominence when he was bumped out of Australian Idol as Shane Jenek; but then re-auditioned as Courtney Act and raced through to the Semi Finals. She then took off for the bright lights of the USA and landed on the international hit show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”. 2018 is a massive year for Courtney. Apart from starring as Teen Angel in Melbourne & Sydney productions of GREASE THE ARENA EXPERIENCE, Courtney has been appointed Ambassador for the 2018 Adelaide Fringe as well as touring her own show “Under the Covers”. Starring alongside Courtney is Australian singing sweetheart, Meghan O’Shea (Singing in the Rain) in the iconic role of star-crossed lover, Sandy and, making his national debut in a lead role, Damon Wade as Danny. Lauren McKenna – who played Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray – the Big Fat Arena Spectacular will swap a can of hairspray for a Pink Ladies jacket when she takes on the role of Jan. Also starring Chris Geoghegan as Kenickie, Ruby Clark as Rizzo, Stacey de Waard as Frenchie and Emily Monsma as Marty alongside a mass ensemble of over 500 young musical theatre performers. “Visually astonishing to witness…celebrated one of the best-loved movie-musicals of all time in a display of vocal mastery, and theatrical wonderment”. Scenestr.com.au Tickets are sure to sell like Greased Lightnin’, so book today! GREASE plays for one weekend only in April 2018 at the Hisense Arena. To book now visit http://www.greasearenashow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/368332983648326/ More details...

14 Grease - The Arena Experience Starts: 12:00 am Ends: April 15, 2018 - 12:00 am Location: Hisense Arena Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne CBD VIC 3000, Australia Description: EXPERIENCE THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCTION OF GREASE IN APRIL! The world’s most loved musical, GREASE, will feature over 500 performers when it hits the stage at HISENSE ARENA for four shows only in April 2018. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.ticketek.com.au GREASE - THE ARENA EXPERIENCE brings everyone's favourite rock and roll musical to life on stage like you've never seen it before. Featuring all the hit songs from the most popular movie musical of all time, including You're the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin' and more, this is GREASE on a mega scale! International Drag superstar singer and entertainer, Courtney Act (aka Shane Jenek), will take on the most fabulous role in musical theatre – that of Teen Angel . Not sure if she was a Beauty School Dropout, but Courtney Act rose to national prominence when he was bumped out of Australian Idol as Shane Jenek; but then re-auditioned as Courtney Act and raced through to the Semi Finals. She then took off for the bright lights of the USA and landed on the international hit show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”. 2018 is a massive year for Courtney. Apart from starring as Teen Angel in Melbourne & Sydney productions of GREASE THE ARENA EXPERIENCE, Courtney has been appointed Ambassador for the 2018 Adelaide Fringe as well as touring her own show “Under the Covers”. Starring alongside Courtney is Australian singing sweetheart, Meghan O’Shea (Singing in the Rain) in the iconic role of star-crossed lover, Sandy and, making his national debut in a lead role, Damon Wade as Danny. Lauren McKenna – who played Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray – the Big Fat Arena Spectacular will swap a can of hairspray for a Pink Ladies jacket when she takes on the role of Jan. Also starring Chris Geoghegan as Kenickie, Ruby Clark as Rizzo, Stacey de Waard as Frenchie and Emily Monsma as Marty alongside a mass ensemble of over 500 young musical theatre performers. “Visually astonishing to witness…celebrated one of the best-loved movie-musicals of all time in a display of vocal mastery, and theatrical wonderment”. Scenestr.com.au Tickets are sure to sell like Greased Lightnin’, so book today! GREASE plays for one weekend only in April 2018 at the Hisense Arena. To book now visit http://www.greasearenashow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/368332983648326/ More details...