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| Tessa Waters is Fully Sik |
Tessa Waters greets every audience member with a high-five
while the repetitive theme song of her shows Fully Sik plays at high volume, which is the only right way to
listen to something called “Fully Sik”. Fully Sik!
Tessa is a physical performer, which is where most of the
laughs come from. The show begins with her in a pillow fight with an audience
member plucked from the front row. She lost the pillow fights in Adelaide, so
she was hungry for a win in Melbourne. We’re on her side.
There’s no knowing where the show will go from minute to
minute and the audience doesn’t care, because the show is face-achingly hilarious
from minute one. From high fives, through the audience sharing a joint, past a
beautiful rendition of a bush po-em called “I Fucking Love Opals”, there’s no
knowing what Tessa will hit you with next.
Her mostly silent sketch comedy is a real treat. A Woman
Goes To Work On Her Period is mime but as she broadly exclaims at the end, it’s
“issue-based comedy”. And we’re with her on that. A Woman Takes A Bottle Of
Wine To A House Party is brilliant in how she fully commits to the scenario and
what a pay-off.
There’s a lot of audience interaction in Fully Sik but don’t let that scare you.
The space is intimate, the party is wild and Tessa will make you feel
comfortable whatever happens. Even if she leaves your head spinning at the end.
Tessa Waters is sik but is she Fully Sik? There’s really
only one way to find out. Get down to the Aphrodite Room at the Greek Centre byApril 23.
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