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Cry Baby

A poetic sketch comedy cabaret... and maybe sock puppets.

$28.00
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A brown haired woman crying with black mascara down her face. A background of a blue sky and rainbow like a kids drawing.
Past Event

Image Credit: Ross Dwyer

  • Written and Performed by: Isabella Perversi

  • Outside Eye: Fabio Motta

  • Produced by: Isabella Perversi

Isabella's shows have all been dark stories with grim endings.
She wants to do something she has never done before.
She wants to make something different.

She has been writing, but it always ends up melancholic.

Memories, dreams and fantasy collide as the work becomes more and more autobiographical.
isabellaperversi.com

  • Duration: 45 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Self Harm Or Suicide, Mental Health.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room is wheelchair accessible.

    The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.
    If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

    Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building and up the stairs on your right. On the first floor the Evatt Room is on the far right side.

    If you need step free access, head out the northern doors of the Loading Dock and west towards the lift. Take the lift to the first floor and then head south past Solidarity Hall to the Victoria St Building.

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  • Full: $28.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $21.00

  • Extra Applause: $33.00

  • Blak Tix: $20.00

  • Concession: $25.00

  • Group 6+: $25.00

  • Member discounts available

    This event is eligible for 25% off full price Fringe Dweller tickets. Just add the tickets that you want then login at checkout and you'll get the cheapest tickets. If you're not a member yet, simply add a membership to your cart and you'll be able to access Fringe Dweller prices straight away.

"Cry Baby is a show that can not be missed." - Theatre Travels

theatretravels.org

"...Perversi is just getting started in showing us what she’s capable of." - My Melbourne Arts

mymelbournearts.com

"[Perversi] became one of my favourite new writers during lockdown. She writes about women without making women hide behind the mask of what’s expected of women." - Sometimes Melbourne

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

7:15pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

Hump Day
 Past Event

Thursday, 05 October 2023

7:15pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

 Past Event

Friday, 06 October 2023

7:15pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

 Past Event

Saturday, 07 October 2023

7:15pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

 Past Event

Sunday, 08 October 2023

6:15pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

 Past Event

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