Fresh from their success of 80’s Ladies at this year’s Adelaide Fringe, the incomparable Chloe Castledine and The Cast are gearing up for a brand new show. Noughties Girl: Hits of Y2K will premiere at the Glenelg Winter Arts Festival July 15 at 7.30pm and Sunday July 23 at 6.00pm. Packed with the biggest hits from 2000 to 2010, this show promises to rock your socks off.
Chloe and The Cast’s two Adelaide Fringe shows, WONDERFULL! A Celebration of Stevie Wonder and 80’s Ladies, were extremely well received by Adelaide audiences, as Chloe told Glam Adelaide.
“It has been a lovely surprise to see how Adelaide has really come on board and backed our shows. I wasn’t sure how they would go, but still chose to take a huge risk putting on two big productions, especially as we have only been involved in the Fringe under the name The Cast since 2022. So we’re still quite fresh on the scene. Both our shows have been really well received, with so many 5 star reviews. And 80’s Ladies took off in such an exciting way – we did not expect that.”
The music that came out between 2000 and 2010 significantly shifted the direction of the music industry, and this has resonated strongly with Chloe.
“Well, without revealing my true age (ha ha) I was growing up and learning about myself and the world in the early 2000’s, so the music of the time was very present in my life. I was so passionate about music and wanted to be a singer, and I was drawn to so many different genres. A lot of good stuff came out of that time, exciting new sounds. The 90’s really set up the bones of teen pop, pop rock, electronica, dance music, and punk, but the 2000’s is when technology started to really take off and was developing at a super fast rate. So music did the same. Think of all the bangers that came out in those early noughties that we still sing today. They were so fun and the new sounds that were coming out were really percussive and got everyone moving. Everyone just let loose with technology, but still kept that element of live music in it and it was exciting. I can’t think of a song after 2015 that is as memorable on a global stage as a lot of the songs that came out back then.”
Noughties Girl: Hits of Y2K is packed with some of the biggest hits from the decade. Chloe shared that it was difficult reducing the set list to only be an hour of music.
“Do you know how hard it was keeping our show only one hour long? I brainstormed and researched all the massive tunes of the time and the list was pages long. I have about two other “noughties” shows I could easily create from that list, without repeating a single song. I still look at the initial list and cry at the tunes I had to leave off. I was still changing the show up until a week ago. I’d remember a tune that everyone was singing back in the day, and I just had to fit it in somewhere. Poor David Goodwin (he’s my music director) was constantly changing up our charts because I’d ring him and say something like, “WE NEED TO ADD IN NELLY FURTADO!” He’d get a huge long text about where it needed to go, how we would move into it and how we squeeze it in…poor David. I would even test some of the tunes and say a line of a song to my husband, and if he could easily pick the song and continue the chorus without blinking, then it stayed in the show. I would do that to a few different people, and even to my kids to see what was recognizable to them from current pop culture, and that’s how I narrowed the list down.
“In terms of what bands/artists you’ll hear: Beyonce, Britney, Gaga, N*SYNC, Pink, Outkast, Snoop Dogg, The Killers, JET, Good Charlotte… This is a tiny taste, because there are a LOT of songs in this show.“
The Cast features a sensational lineup of local South Australians. Chloe prides herself on providing work for South Australians in the performing arts industry.
“Much like Foodland, I love showcasing the mighty South Aussies. I’m all about it. I’m very proud of the talent we have here and I love showing them off. I use these musicians and dancers in all my shows. Whether it’s for corporate functions, or in shows like these or my bigger productions like Civic Park Carols – my team are the important ingredients. I can come up with all my ideas and know that it’ll be executed well. It’s nice to work with a group of people who have become like family, and have complete trust in me.”
Don’t miss seeing Noughties Girl: Hits of Y2K — 2 shows only: Saturday July 15 at 7.30pm and Sunday July 23 at 6.00pm. Glenelg Arts Winter Festival – Gluttony “The May Wirth,” Colley Reserve. Tickets and further information can be found at https://ftix.glenelgwinterfestival.com/event/7210:12/ .
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