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As if Christmas isn’t already too much fun

By Jeff Dawson

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The Versace Boys and Hotmess have been cooking up a Christmas show that’s dedicated to pint-sized legends and their families. Will Henderson (one half of the Versace Boys) calls it, ‘The funnest family day out of the year! We are heading to Federal Hall on 20 December at 2pm to kick the silly season into gear.

The family-friendly Hotmess show is ripe and will include: absurd performance; interactive games; drawing exercises; costumes and play; followed by music by everyone’s favourite designer duo, us, The Versace Boys!’ Kids under 3 are free.

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