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The Umbrella Birds

The Umbrella Birds

Sketches set in the changing room of a clothes shop

(3 stars)18 Aug 2009

The girls return with a series of sketches set in that bastion of insecurity and loneliness that is the changing room in a women’s clothes store. Brides, shoplifters and Jesus freaks all emerge from the cubicles and though it is well-acted and staged…

Comedy Hit List

Comedy Hitlist

Who's making us laugh at the Fringe?

29 Jul 2009

Die Roten Punkte - Robot/Lion Tour, Janeane Garofalo, Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup, Mark Thomas: The Manifesto, Rhys Darby: It's Rhys Darby Night, WitTank

Umbrella Birds - Retails of the unexpected

Umbrella Birds - Retails of the unexpected

28 Jul 2009

The ladies’ shop changing room is an intimate space, playing witness to bubbling neurosis and provoking many an emotional breakdown. Wobbly bums poke out from behind curtains as women twist and turn in front of the mirror suffering body dysmorphia and…

Umbrella Birds

Umbrella Birds

Sweating out life's problems

(3 stars)7 Aug 2008

Mark Watson is no longer the hardest working performer on the Fringe. That accolade may actually go to Emily Watson Howes who just so happens to be the popular stand-up's good lady missus. Not only is she the creator and director of World War II drama…

Umbrella Birds

(4 stars)23 Aug 2007

Set and staged in a portaloo, this series of vignettes veers from the clownishly comical to awkward and tender. Acutely observed and excellently acted by its four-strong female cast, it never takes the easy route to laughs and allows each scene to play…

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