The title of this show encompasses the three major driving forces in Geraldine Quinn’s life – sex, death and David Bowie, who in her first song could be her father. If she could bring herself to sing soppy love songs she would be winning Aria awards with her faultless voice, but instead she is continually attracting sell out crowds to her comedy cabaret shows with her dark and inappropriate humour.
Australian female pop stars such as Delta Goodrem keep turning down her suggested lyrics for some reason. I mean, why would Delta have a problem singing a song about skin cancer? Sarah Blasko didn’t go for the one about the morning after a big night out either. Strange.
Geraldine cleverly introduces each song in a way that we never expect what is coming and succeeds in building the right amount of anticipation in between songs. Her performance is as fiery as her hair and her perfectly timed, wide-eyed expressions beneath her sweeping fringe effectively adds to the punch lines within each song.
Geraldine’s apparent bleak outlook on life has resulted in other songs featured in this show such as the one about how it all goes downhill once you hit double figures. She uses her musical talent to sing her support of the uncoordinated and to vent her frustrations over The Veronicas.
The satisfied crowd was eager to spur her on to a second encore. Geraldine should be an inspiration for any female comedienne hopefuls, as her powerful presence on stage and her ability to draw her audiences in to her twisted world is a skill to admire.
SEXDEATHBOWIE runs Tuesday through Sunday until April 29th. See the comedy festival website for bookings and further details.