Comedy

Tight Mums, Loose Units

A smorgasbord of stand-up comedy and song featuring four multicultural mammas cutting loose.

Dates 04 - 08 Oct
Time 5:45pm, 4:45pm (60 minutes)
Venue Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room

$24.00

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Wheelchair Accessible

The Tight Mums are huddled together. Marilyn Leder is wearing a rose gold sequin top and black sparkly mini skirt, holding a cocktail and kicking up her heel, Pradeepa Timmermans is wearing a red floral dress and black choker and is lighting a joint, Lisa Lee is wearing a black sparkly dress and is chugging on a bottle of Tanqueray gin and Aarti Vincent is wearing tan leopard print pants, a red jacket and yellow beaded necklace and is running her hand through her hair while pouting.

The Tight Mums are huddled together. Marilyn Leder is kicking up her heel on the left. She is wearing a rose gold sequin top and sparkly black mini skirt and is holding a cocktail. Aarti Vincent is back centre wearing tan leopard print pants, a red jacket and yellow beaded necklace and is running her hand through her hair, Lisa Lee is on the right, wearing a black sequin strapless mini dress and large hoop earrings, Pradeepa Timmermans is kneeling in the front, wearing a red wrap dress, black choker with her hands in the air, smoking a joint.

Past Event

Comedy

Image Credit: Dean Hobson

Created by: Tight Mums
Written and Performed by: Pradeepa Timmermans, Marilyn Leder, Lisa Lee and Aarti Vincent

The smash hit of Melbourne International Comedy Festival returns for Melbourne Fringe.

Two happily married, two happily divorced gals from diverse cultures. We feel the pressures placed on women to be perfect wives and mothers – tightly wound, tight friends, tight bodies. But when we hit the stage, we’re loose units!

"These four bombshells hit the stage with a vengeance.... Be ready to be challenged, surprised and laugh till your guts hurt.... This fast-moving comedy spotlights four talented comedians who share stories of diversity ... and they hit the nail on the head every time... Completely relatable and disgustingly hilarious." - Weekend Notes

Pradeepa Timmermans has opened for Dave O'Neil, Tom Gleeson and Anne Edmonds. She has 4 MICF shows under her belt and a podcast ‘Uncomfortable Truths’, where she interviews Melbourne based comics. 2023 Raw Comedy Semi-Finalist

Marilyn Leder was raised in a Melbourne Jewish community but is anything but orthodox. A showbiz triple threat, she has toured Australasia in ‘Buddy-The Buddy Holly Story’ musical and has worked in script development for ABC Comedy and NBC Television in the heyday of ‘Seinfeld’, ‘Frasier’ and ‘Friends’. Marilyn’s 2022 solo show, ‘The MILF Next Door’ was a MICF and Fringe Festival knockout. 2023 Raw Comedy Honourable Mention.

Lisa Lee has performed at MICF and Melbourne Fringe and has also set Vietnamese stages ablaze. She is an unapologetic opinionated Diva, Chinese by birth, American by choice, and Australian by chance, Lisa Lee drops truth bombs like it ain’t nobody’s business! Lisa is invincible with the race card in her left pocket and the gender card in her right pocket! 2021 Raw Comedy Semi-Finalist

Aarti Vincent, has performed for shows at MICF, Melbourne Fringe & Adelaide Fringe. Having hung up her yoga teacher’s mat, she has been killing audiences regularly around Melbourne, Adelaide and recently Bali with her observational humour.

Duration: 60 minutes
Age suitability: R18+
Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.
Content warnings: Sexual References.

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room
Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

Wheelchair Access

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music 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 west and through the corridor to the stairs, and up passed ETU Ballroom and Common Rooms through to the Music Room. There is also a lift if you are unable to take the stairs.

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Full: $24.00
Concession: $21.00
Group 6+: $18.00
Extra Applause: $27.00

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"These four bombshells hit the stage with a vengeance.... Be ready to be challenged, surprised and laugh till your guts hurt.... This fast-moving comedy spotlights four talented comedians who share stories of diversity ... and they hit the nail on the head every time... Completely relatable and disgustingly hilarious...These gals are so hot you will need to wear protective clothing" - Weekend Notes

weekendnotes.com

"Leder challenge(s) ideas of behavioural limitations that long-term marriage and motherhood place on women.’ – The Age/ Sydney Morning Herald (The MILF Next Door, 2022)

smh.com.au

"Aarti Vincent ... takes insightful swipes at religion, family and the patriarchy, with a fresh and cheeky perspective" - Australian Arts Review (The Amazing Cannonball Flower, 2021)

artsreview.com.au

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Date	Time	Venue
Wednesday, 04 October 2023	5:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Thursday, 05 October 2023	5:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Friday, 06 October 2023	5:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Saturday, 07 October 2023	5:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Sunday, 08 October 2023	4:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event