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Normal is a brilliantly built premise: Mel is trapped in a simulation and can only escape if she can be “normal” for an entire hour, as decided by the audience. I did not know you could interrogate normality via comedy this well, but here we are.
Before it even begins, there’s a bucket with paper and pens and we’re left to our own devices to write examples of "normal" everyday things. I hurriedly wrote “potato”, “ants”, “cucumber sandwiches”. When Mel arrives, she does something so unexpected with the answers that the room instantly clicks into gear. I knew I was in for a treat.
From there, the audience drives the night. We pick scenarios, the absurdity kicks off, and each segment gets funnier as the stakes rise. There’s voting, intense eye contact, dance, high energy, great technical accompaniment, skits, and that electric skill of finding the funniest possible version of whatever the room gives her. It’s playful, bold, and sharply controlled chaos. You will all get what you give.
This show is for the brave and the fun. You need it, if only to help free Mel from an existence of basic, normie, eternal sourdough hobbies and into something far, far stranger. Easy 5 stars. I wish I had seen it sooner and please don't make the same mistake.
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- Fri, 20 Feb - Sun, 01 Mar
- The Bally at Gluttony - Rymill Park
- MA15+ (3 Warnings)
- $26 to $34 - grab your tickets here