A bold new voice has arrived on Melbourne’s cabaret scene with a show that throws out the rulebook on love, identity and what it means to be seen. Asexual Fantasies and Hopeless A-Romantics is a solo journey that blends heartfelt honesty with sharp humour and awkward charm, exploring misunderstood labels, teenage confusion and the joy of self-discovery. Rather than chasing traditional narratives of romance, the show centres on visibility and the quiet power of authenticity, offering audiences a rare and refreshing perspective told with wit, warmth and courage.
🎭 Asexual Fantasies and Hopeless Aromantics 🗓️ 16 Jun to 21 Jun 📍 The Butterfly Club 🎟️ https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/asexual-fantasies-and-hopeless-aromantics
Sophie Harvey’s Asexual Fantasies and Hopeless A-Romantics is a deeply personal and refreshingly honest cabaret exploring identity, self-discovery and the often overlooked experiences of asexual and aromantic people. Sophie is a musical theatre performer who also happens to be a proud asexual, constantly questioning where she sits on the aromantic spectrum. Through storytelling and song, she takes audiences on a journey from childhood confusion to present-day clarity, using the cabaret form to share what it means to see the world—and the stage—through an aspec lens. Confronted by the lack of representation for aspec identities in the artform she loves, Sophie responds the only way she knows how: with heart, humour and a killer setlist. Featuring an eclectic mix of music ranging from Golden Age soprano to Queen, from indie ballads to contemporary musical theatre, this is an evening of reflection, visibility and celebration that invites audiences to laugh, feel and maybe even see love a little differently.
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SHOPIE HARVEY is a 20-year-old Scottish-born, Melbourne-based performer and a recent graduate of Showfit’s full-time musical theatre course. She is currently writing and rehearsing her debut solo cabaret Asexual Fantasies and Hopeless A-Romantics, set to premiere at The Butterfly Club. During her training, Sophie appeared in a range of productions including Dance Nation as Ashlee, Icons as Florence Welch, Constellations (Ensemble), and a student-devised verbatim piece in which she portrayed her own mother. Beyond musical theatre, she has a strong passion for plays and classical text, having twice been shortlisted for the John Bell Shakespeare Scholarship and completing workshops at both The Hub Studio and 16th Street, with a focus on Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare. A self-described “asexual who’s constantly figuring out if she’s somewhere on the aromantic spectrum,” Sophie is thrilled to bring her aspec perspective to the stage and share her story with humour, heart and honesty.
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