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Miz Ima Starr is a New Zealand/American singing drag
cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining o ...
performer of stage and small screen. She is the comic creation of Charles Bracewell, best known for her appearances on reality TV show Australia's Got Talent. Bracewell produced and/or directed six films and one documentary television series, most notably the short film
Siren Siren or sirens may refer to: Common meanings * Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies * Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology Places * Siren (town), Wisconsin * Siren, Wisc ...
starring
Craig Hall (actor) Craig Hall (born 10 May 1974) is a New Zealand actor. Personal life Hall was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He lives in Auckland and Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in ...
and
Dean O'Gorman Dean Lance O'Gorman (born 1 December 1976) is a New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer. He played the dwarf Fíli in the ''Hobbit'' trilogy and the Norse God Bragi/Anders Johnson in the fantasy series ''The Almighty Johnsons''. He also por ...
. The film screened at forty film festivals worldwide and was described by ImageOut as being ''"A beautifully shot piece on the process of grief, this film deftly explores the conflicted emotions of a young soldier whose mysterious encounter with a siren allows him to come to terms with the loss of his best friend (and lover) in battle''". He co-hosted In The Pink, the first GLBTIQ show on an FM station in New Zealand, with Rick Huntington on Auckland's
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Radio from 1991 to 1998. Miz Ima Starr cabaret shows include: *'' If Life Gives You Lemons'' at Festival of Voices and TasPride Festival; *'' My Heart's A Drummer'' at Hobart Spiegeltent; *'' You Asked For It!'' at the Feast Festival and
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; *'' Gender (Off)ender'' at the Sydney Opera House; *'' Bassey Your Ass Off'' at the
Adelaide Cabaret Festival The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual arts festival featuring cabaret held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It has been held in June each year since 2001, with the exception of 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, ...
; *'' Welcome to Wherthehellawee!'' at
Adelaide Fringe The Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, ...
; *'' Up The Disco'' at the
Adelaide Cabaret Festival The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual arts festival featuring cabaret held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It has been held in June each year since 2001, with the exception of 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, ...
; *'' Hello Miz American Pie'' at Festival of Voices, Aroha Festival and the Melbourne Comedy Festival - where the show was reviewed as ''"an expert blend of song and soliloquy retracing her fictional showbiz history"''. Miz Ima Starr albums include My Heart's A Drummer and American Pie. Her duet with Baitercell of
Trippin' (Push Push song) "Trippin'" is the debut single from New Zealand rock band Push Push. The song was also recorded around the same time by Auckland punk stalwarts "The Warners" (1984–1995) and appeared on the Crazy Horses single released by Wildside Records. "Tri ...
was originally recorded to promote the
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float at the 1998 Hero Parade and was included on the soundtrack to the film
I'll Make You Happy I'll Make You Happy may refer to: * I'll Make You Happy (1949 film), a West German comedy film * I'll Make You Happy (1944 film), a Hungarian comedy film * I'll Make You Happy, a song by The Easybeats, from the EP Easyfever {{dab ...
released by
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