Reviews

One more female comic is here and smashing the patriarchy at Adelaide Fringe 2023.  This time it is Tania Lacy who has been famous, as well as just a little infamous, since the 90s after stints on Countdown Revolution and The Factory.  Greeting the audience by saying that everything is “pretty good” for her at the moment Lacy reminds us that happy endings don’t usually make for great comedy - or do they?  Fortunately in this case, they do.

“It's not what you do. It's the way you do it - stripping, or writing, or talking . . . or just breathing. Do it with an air, and never admit you're scared.” - Gypsy Rose Lee

YUMMY Productions combine the best of Burlesque and Drag in their latest production YUMMY Iconic. This is the first time I have seen this troupe. From the audience reaction during the intro, they obviously have a fan following which I will now be joining!

It was almost two hundred years ago when The Brothers Grimm published their version of two children abandoned in a forest, but the tale of the siblings who are seduced into a witch’s house had already been around five hundred years before that. Now Lally Katz has built on a concept from Rosemary Myers to retell the story in the near future, with an emphasis on the choices that children make, as much as those of their parents. It challenges us to consider what we’re prepared to sacrifice to get what we want.

The Golden Pathway Annual is a vignette play told in twenty-four sketches. It tells the story of Michael Peters as he grows up, accompanied and entertained by his parents’ gift of a subscription to the Golden Pathway Annual.

Simply staged, with rostra blocks and uniform costuming, a cast of five, all female in this rendition, play multiple roles with just the addition of accessories. The story is interesting and examines a period of huge generational and societal change, with the glimpses at Michael’s life both moving and funny.