Award Winning Creators
We started with the desire to make people laugh. We've created characters, shows, games and a whole house, yard and stage! We tell the stories of our Australian Outback Culture.
Showcasing Australian art forms of the Stockwhip, Knockabout acrobatics, larrakin pranks and spinning yarns and we share the beauty of humanity.
With a burning passion to share joy and the spirit of Outback Australia, we make stories to make you laugh, learn, think and connect.
Each sister brings her own skills and quirks to the stage. We’ve all performed since we were kids, and trained around the world in the fields of stock whip cracking, knock about acrobatics, circus, aerial acrobatics, dance, hula hoop, handstands, comedy, clowning, acting and animal training. Each dedicating our lives to our crafts, our health to maintain our ability and care for one another.
The lines on our faces and the calluses on our hands are real perfectly formed from hours of laughing, practicing and giving things a crack!
Annually we tour 70,000km a year across rural and remote Australia. Bringing laughs and FUN to over 250,000people each year.
2016 Story Tellers of The Year
2023 Emerging Enterprise of the Year - Crackup Corner
Rigger, Truck Drivers, Dirt Bike Riders, Pilot
Nature Nurturers
Serious about funny stuff
Bush Mechanic
Choreographers, creators, designers, writers
Air b n b Super Hosts!
Why Do We Do What We Do?
Celebrate our Outback culture. That means our way of life, attitude and landscape.
Energising Live entertainment. We are raw and real
Cause we love to play
Make ya laugh.
Remind us all that can do anything if ya practice.
Inspire everyone to 'have a go'
Bit more bout The Sisters and The Company
Born and bred in Winton Outback Queensland, the Ruth Sisters grew up with dirt on their faces, warm hearts and mischievous minds. Mum Ruth, a dancer round the globe, Dad Ruth, an interstate truckie. The sisters were chips off the old block. S.T (the oldest of the sisters) was left to raise the rabble of tackers in Winton, and The Crackup Sisters were born.
In 2009, S.T.Ruth and B-Ute had their first ever gig (except for at home of course) at The Beaudesert Horse Festival. Halfway through that first show, they had to clear out for the street parade. So, with half a show under their belts, they headed to the airport and their second gig The Calgary Stampede in Canada!
With such huge beginnings, it lit a fire in their bloomers. They borrowed a ute and a caravan and went down the road performing at Agricultural Shows, festivals and anywhere that wanted a laugh. And it seemed everyone did. The Crackup Sister brand of have a go, ridiculous antics, high energy and big hearts seemed to be just the tonic the country needed.
Along the way B-Ute got knocked up and went out to the breeding paddock. Struth rang the other sisters: Rowdy, Pickles,Twiggsie and Iffy (who by this stage where all on stages around the world) and they started 'going down the road'.
15 years down the track. We've got an enormous reporie of work, from Monster Truck Show clowns, to working with and hosting The Big Red Bash, creating games for 14,000, bush dances and comedy acts for rodeos, stages, big and small. Main arena stunt acts and hosting an 80th birthday.
The Crackup Sisters company is ever growing and evolving. We're touring an Extraordinary Tent Show and making works for our Dustarena Stage in the next year. Our team supports event and talent management, creation and curation, costuming, theming and dreaming up beaut interactions that truely suit and mean something to the people and places.
We hope that our shows remind people of the spirit of imagination and the energy of 'giving it a crack'.