” The show is all true stories from my life so is raw and honest and vulnerable while also being very ridiculous with Rockstars and feathers and cream pies and blow up props all interspersed with original songs.”
WHO: Tara Rankine: Writer/Performer
WHAT: “**** (Advertiser). ‘Tender, raunchy, uplifting, hilariously funny’ **** (GLAMAdelaide.com). ‘Experience tender moments alongside the hilarity’ **** (TheatreWeekly.com). Adelaide Fringe Weekly Cabaret Award winner Tara Rankine is raw, honest and laugh-out-loud funny. She takes you on a ridiculous yet poignant storytelling ride through past love, sex and relationships, fuelled by heartfelt soul singing, real-life embarrassments and the sensuality and pain of being human. Original songs and the most vulnerable and hilarious love stories, this endearing mess invites you to a party in her heart.”
WHERE: Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre – Just the Sanctum (Venue 393)
WHEN: 20:40 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
First time performing in Edinburgh yes (exciting!). I worked FOH in Edinburgh back in 2016 which is when I got inspired to write my own one-woman show after seeing so many incredible female-led shows that made me laugh and cry and everything in-between.
What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?
I toured my one woman show to Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals in Feb-April this year and won an award (The Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for best Cabaret) which I guess is pretty big.
Tell us about your show.
The show is a one-woman comedy cabaret show about love, sex, relationships and heartbreak, written and performed by me with music and lyrics written by the amazing Maddie Thiele, directed by Helen Broughton with dramaturgical help from Sheri Sadd, guitar and ukulele played by Lolsy Byrne and produced by Lisa-Skye Goodes. So an all-female and non-binary team which I’m super chuffed about! The show is all true stories from my life so is raw and honest and vulnerable while also being very ridiculous with Rockstars and feathers and cream pies and blow up props all interspersed with original songs.
I was inspired to write the show after working at the fringe in 2016 where I managed to see 50 shows and was so moved and inspired I decided it was time for me to take the plunge and create my own show. So I wrote it throughout 2017, developed it in London in 2018 with a mini-season at The Space in October and then more development before taking it to The Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival earlier this year. I am hoping it might get picked up for a tour somewhere and I also want to take it to some festivals I’ve not been to before
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Lolsy Byrne: Sweet Enough – because she’s gorgeously funny and talented and Irish, also doing her own one woman comedy cabaret show also and she is the guitar and ukulele player for my show!
Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove – the best absurd comedy you with see. Won the Golden Gibbo in MICF this year and will make you scream laugh. I am always in pain laughing when I see Josh
Two Little Dickheads – adorably stupid and silly and ridiculous. Two clowns dicking around on stage who glow with joy and are instantly loveable and oh so very silly!
After You – beautiful, touching, heartwarming and affirming. Real mother and daughter performing on stage and their story is special and made me laugh and cry in equal measure.
Leo Mohr: When I Was Zorro – because he is a fabulous clown and very silly and absurd and absolutely nails awkward humour!
Take a punt on some shows you know nothing about that someone gives you a flyer for – you might find your next favourite performers!
Lolsy Byrne: Sweet Enough – because she’s gorgeously funny and talented and Irish, also doing her own one-woman comedy cabaret show also and she is the guitar and ukulele player for my show!
Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove – the best absurd comedy you with see. Won the Golden Gibbo in MICF this year and will make you scream laugh. I am always in pain laughing when I see Josh
Two Little Dickheads – adorably stupid and silly and ridiculous. Two clowns dicking around on stage who glow with joy and are instantly loveable and oh so very silly!
After You – beautiful, touching, heartwarming and affirming. Real mother and daughter performing on stage and their story is special and made me laugh and cry in equal measure.
Leo Mohr: When I Was Zorro – because he is a fabulous clown and very silly and absurd and absolutely nails awkward humour!
Take a punt on some shows you know nothing about that someone gives you a flyer for – you might find your next favourite performers!
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