Comedy

Catherine McClintock - Burst

Hopes and dreams are like bubbles - eventually they burst and they don't pay the bills.

  • Dates 3 Oct - 22 Oct
  • Time Available On Demand (50 minutes)
  • Venue Digital Fringe
$10.00
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A plump woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a fluorescent tie-dye top looks up at many bubbles. Her hands are raised slightly and she looks like she's waiting for them to burst.
A woman in a rainbow tie dye shirt has her hands outstretched, looking off to the side,. She is against a green backgruond and there are bubbles surrounding her.
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Image Credit: Rebekah Halls

A plump woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a fluorescent tie-dye top looks up at many bubbles. Her hands are raised slightly and she looks like she's waiting for them to burst.
A woman in a rainbow tie dye shirt has her hands outstretched, looking off to the side,. She is against a green backgruond and there are bubbles surrounding her.

  • Written and Performed by: Catherine McClintock

  • Outside Eye: Nicky Barry

  • Produced by: Paula Ferrari

Fresh from a sold-out Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, Catherine McClintock presents Burst exclusively on Digital Fringe. Don't miss this fun and insightful stand-up show from a constantly disappointed yet incurable optimist. Catherine delivers a cracking hour laughing at how our lives don't work out how we plan them. She blames Oprah.

Catherine wears many hats on her objectively giant head: comedian, nurse, mum, Canadian, body acceptance and chronic illness advocate. She has a weird autoimmune disease nobody can pronounce called dermatomyositis.

A two-time RAW Comedy State Finalist, Catherine has performed throughout Australia supporting acts such as Claire Hooper, Judith Lucy and Ivan Aristeguieta. Catherine's solo show Please and Thank Yous toured Australia from 2019 – 2021, including to Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

"Sassy, filthy and very funny" - Upside News
"Natural charisma and hilarious observations in spades" - The Funny Tonne
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  • Duration: 50 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: MA15+

  • Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language.

  • Content warnings: Emotional Abuse, Drug References, Misogyny, Sexual References, Mental Health, Medical Bias, Ableism.

  • Full: $10.00

  • Extra Applause: $20.00

"Sassy, filthy and very funny" - Upside News

"Natural charisma and hilarious observations in spades" - The Funny Tonne

Sessions: Digital Events

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Date Time Venue

Tuesday, 03 October 2023 -
Sunday, 22 October 2023

On Demand

Digital Fringe

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