On April 7th, the premiere of THE BIG KITTY made it to the Classic cinema at Elsternwick. It took Tom Alberts and Lisa Barmby 12 years to make. Though it should be noted that Tom and Lisa are visual artists and were occupied with other projects during that time. As has been mentioned before in other posts, all the actors in the film are friends of Tom and Lisa, and most of them are Melbourne artists.
THE BIG KITTY premiered at Cannes but none of the Australian cast and crew were present because of COVID travel restrictions so it was a special Melbourne premiere when we all got to see it presented at a major cinema.
Afterwards there was a celebration at The Antique Bar just down the road from the cinema, which also nearly coincided with Tom's 60th birthday, several days before. The Jasmine Mahon trio sang two sets of songs from the 40s, which added some vocal class to the evening. Jasmine also performed in the film in an acting roll and a singing roll, and she wrote the lyrics to the song she sang in the film.
Photo credits - Deborah Klein
Cast and Crew photo credit - Mick Murray
THE BIG KITTY at the Classic cinema, Elsternwick
artists who played a roll in the film.
in a Q&A discussion after the film
The Antique Bar, Elsternwick - Ken Rogers,
Nikki Scarlett and Jasmine Mahon
The cast and crew
