Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Space Theatre. 10 Jun 2016
American Amy G was last in our little town in 2008, and thank goodness you have a second bite of the cherry. I hate making comparisons, yet she opened with the indefectible energy and persona of Liza Minelli, but so versatile is this amazing performer, you could draw up a list as the show progresses.
Yet the centre of our attention is Amy G, who has something to say about shame, shameless behaviour, empathetical shame, and being silly without feeling shame, and in a world of bullies, she is through with feeling shame for being normal.
Amy G is a one-person variety act, a modern vaudevillian, a whacky whirlwind of irreverency. Amazingly, she admitted to "cutting down her show to fit into the Cab Fest format," so we only got the fantastic voice, stand-up comedy, magic act, tango on roller skates, ukelele on roller skates, tap dancing on roller skates, rock throwing at the critics, cunning lingual virtuosity in French, German and Spanish, and the quick changes and running commentary. Whilst in Europe, the French loved the feathered cock while the German talent judge jeered at America The Beautiful played on the kazoo with her fanny. Intrigued?
Only one more show like the one I saw, on Saturday, 11 June, but you can catch her on Saturday and Sunday at the Backstage Club, and Sunday at the Family Gala. Don't be a galah and miss out.
David Grybowski
When: 10 and 11 June
Where: Space Theatre
Bookings: adelaidecabaretfestival.com.au
