Eloquent, soul-baring theatre-with laughs
October 15, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/eloquent-soulbaring-theatrewith-laughs/2009/10/14/1255195827810.htmlLOOK MUMMY I'M DANCING By Vanessa Van Durme.
Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, city, until Saturday
Reviewer Cameron Woodhead
MOST people have wondered what it would be like to be a member of the opposite sex. Fantasised about it, maybe. Now imagine that experience, not as fantasy, but as a psychological reality so compelling that gender reassignment surgery seems a natural choice.
This is Vanessa Van Durme's invitation to the audience in Look Mummy I'm Dancing, the autobiographical one-woman show she has performed in four languages around the world.
